Active Impact Investments
San Francisco,USA
Clean Energy · Transportation · Sustainable Food +5
💰 $500K–$2M✓ Early-stage
Canadian early-stage climate VC; submit pitch via website.
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Climate VC
Aera VC
New York,USA
Biodiversity · Carbon Capture · CCUS +5
💰 $500K–$2M✓ Early-stage
Pre-seed climate VC; pitch via website.
Cherry Ventures
Berlin, Germany
Tech · Climate Sleeve
💰 $500K–$2M – $2M–$10M✓ Early-stage✓ Open
Berlin-based generalist seed VC investing in climate alongside other sectors; submit pitch via Get in Touch form.
Climate Capital
San Francisco, USA
Stage Agnostic Climate
💰 $25K–$100K – $500K–$2M✓ Early-stage✓ Open
US early-stage climate VC writing $10-25k checks via AngelList rolling 'Network Fund'; pitch via website contact / submission form.
East Ventures
Honolulu,USA
Sustainability · Climate Impact (Broad) · Decarbonization +1
💰 $100K–$500K – $10M–$50M✓ Early-stage
SE Asia VC; pitch via website.
Factor[e] Ventures
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Agriculture · Energy · Logistics +5
💰 $500K–$2M – $2M–$10M✓ Early-stage
Emerging-markets climate VC; pitch via website.
First Star Ventures
Boston, USA
Compute × Real World (Techbio · Climate)
💰 $100K–$500K – $500K–$2M✓ Early-stage✓ Open
US deep-tech/climate seed VC; pitch via website Contact form; invests in pre-seed and seed rounds.
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Washington DC, USA
Biodiversity · Climate · Land Degradation +1
💰 $25K–$100K – $10M–$50M✓ Early-stage
Funds only via 18 GEF Agencies; civil society can access via UNDP-implemented Small Grants Programme (sgp.undp.org) up to $50k per project.
Global Greengrants Fund
Boulder, USA
Grassroots Environment & Climate
💰 <$25K✓ Early-stage
Does not accept unsolicited proposals; uses participatory model with ~200 regional advisors who identify grassroots grantees ($500-$5,000 typical).
Google.org
Mountain View, USA
AI For Climate · Just Transition
💰 $100K–$500K – $10M–$50M✓ Early-stage
No general open process; periodic Impact Challenges/AI for Climate calls; separate Google Ad Grants programme runs rolling for nonprofits.
Climate VC
FoodTech · GreenTech
💰 $500K–$2M – $2M–$10M✓ Early-stage
German foodtech/greentech VC; pitch via website.
Climate VC
Industrial Tech Incl. Greentech
💰 $500K–$2M✓ Early-stage✓ Open
German seed fund (HTGF); accepts startup applications continuously via online portal.
InnoEnergy
New York,USA
Mobility · Renewables · Energy Storage +5
💰 $100K–$500K – $2M–$10M✓ Early-stage✓ Open
EIT InnoEnergy supports clean-energy startups via Highway program; rolling applications, equity-free support + investment.
Inter-American Foundation (IAF)
Washington DC, USA
Community Led Development · Environment · Indigenous
💰 $25K–$100K – $100K–$500K✓ Early-stage✓ Open
Year-round applications via GovGrants portal in 5 languages; ~120-day review; for grassroots organisations in Latin America/Caribbean.
Khosla Ventures
Menlo Park, California, United States
Finance · Financial Services · Venture Capital +5
💰 $100K–$500K – $10M–$50M✓ Early-stage
Multi-stage deep-tech/climate VC; warm intro strongly preferred.
Lowercarbon Capital
San Francisco, USA
Climate Impact (Broad) · Carbon Reduction · Foodtech +5
💰 $500K–$2M – $50M–$250M✓ Early-stage
Chris Sacca's climate VC; submit pitch via website form.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
Washington DC, USA
Habitat · Species · Climate Resilience
💰 $25K–$100K – $2M–$10M✓ Early-stage✓ Open
Many active RFPs with rolling deadlines; recent open programs include Sustain Our Great Lakes and Five Star.
Climate VC
Carbon Capture · Carbon Markets · Behavior Change +3
💰 $100K–$500K – $2M–$10M✓ Early-stage
Climate-tech VC; submit pitch via website.
Patagonia Holdfast Collective
Ventura, USA
Environmental Activism · Climate Solutions
💰 <$25K – $500K–$2M✓ Early-stage
Holdfast Collective has no open process (one staffer, invitation-only); Patagonia's separate Environmental Grants programme accepts proposals at how-we-fund page ($5k-$20k typical).
Planet A Ventures
Germany
Climate Impact (Broad) · Mitigation · Resource Savings +5
💰 $500K–$2M✓ Early-stage
European climate VC with science-based impact framework; pitch via website.
rali_cap
United States
EM Fintech And Climate
💰 $100K–$500K – $2M–$10M✓ Early-stage
Emerging-markets fintech/climate VC; submit pitch via website.
Salesforce Sustainability Fund
San Francisco, USA
Climate Justice · Ecosystem Restoration
💰 $25K–$100K – $2M–$10M✓ Early-stage
Ecosystem Restoration & Climate Justice Fund deploys $100m via partner nonprofits identified by Salesforce; no public open call; investment side via Salesforce Ventures Impact Fund.
Salesforce Ventures (Impact Fund)
San Francisco, USA
Climate · Education · Sustainability Software
💰 $500K–$2M – $10M–$50M✓ Early-stage✓ Open
$100m Impact Fund (climate among themes); pitch via website Contact email — invests in cloud/climate startups aligned with Salesforce ecosystem.
SOSV HAX
Newark, USA
Human & Planetary Health · Hard Tech Incl. Climate
💰 $100K–$500K✓ Early-stage✓ Open
SOSV's hard-tech program (Newark NJ); accepts pre-seed founder applications continuously, up to $550k check.
Third Sphere
Denver,USA
Cleantech · Climate Impact (Broad) · UrbanTech +5
💰 $100K–$500K✓ Early-stage
Pre-seed climate/cities VC; submit pitch via website.
World Fund
Mannheim,Germany
Agnostic · Climate Impact (Broad) · Impact +5
💰 $500K–$2M – $2M–$10M✓ Early-stage
European climate-tech VC focused on >100Mt CO2e impact potential; submit pitch via website.
Y Combinator
Silicon Valley, USA
Agnostic · Climate Tech Batch Companies
💰 $500K–$2M✓ Early-stage✓ Open
Accelerator running quarterly batches; late applications accepted continuously, ~$500k investment for 7%.