Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a leading European innovation engine focused on Sustainable Energy. It invests in early-stage climate tech and energy companies across Europe and the US, providing equity minority investments and added value services to de-risk projects.
GAIA Impact Fund is a venture capital firm that specializes in renewable energy, focusing on building long-term partnerships with startups in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia. With a strong environmental and social focus, the firm supports businesses that provide sustainable and affordable energy to local communities. GAIA Impact Fund also works to promote technological innovations and business models that facilitate the widespread adoption of renewable energy in regions where energy mixes are highly carbonized.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development finances projects and provides advisory services to the public and private sectors. It supports new ventures and expansion in existing companies through project financing, loans, and equity or quasi-equity investments, including equity funds and guarantees, and it partners with private entities to invest across sectors such as banking, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, information technology, and services. The bank also helps publicly owned entities privatize and restructure municipal services and engages in policy reform dialogue and advisory services, along with trade finance and loan syndication. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in London, it operates across regions including Southeastern and Central Europe, the Baltic States, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, Central Asia, and parts of the Middle East and Africa, aiming to foster market-oriented change and private sector development by mobilizing capital for sustainable investments. It has invested more than €130 billion in over 5,200 projects.
Clean Energy Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage investments in climate technology and advanced energy innovations. The firm targets technologies and business model innovations that address climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, with emphasis on energy storage, grid connectivity, renewable energy production, clean transportation, and the water-energy nexus. It seeks scalable solutions ready for commercial deployment and supports them with capital and guidance to accelerate growth. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Clean Energy Ventures is the venture capital arm of Clean Energy Venture Group and concentrates its activity in the United States and Canada, drawing on the group’s network and operational experience to help portfolio companies scale.
Founded in 1995, SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in New Jersey. It focuses on seed-to-growth stage investments in deep tech innovations, primarily in bio-tech/life sciences and hardware/robotics sectors, with a commitment to human and planetary health.
Breakthrough Energy Ventures is an investor-led venture capital firm based in Kirkland, Washington, focused on climate and energy technology. It makes minority investments across seed, early, and later stages in companies delivering environmental services, climate technology, and cleantech solutions. The firm seeks scalable technologies that provide reliable, affordable power while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supports innovations that address energy access, infrastructure, and transportation needs. Its mission emphasizes patient, impact-oriented investing to accelerate the transition to low-emission energy systems.
Founded in 2013, Powerhouse is an innovation firm that supports seed-stage startups developing software to accelerate decarbonization in global energy and mobility systems. It offers a 6-month program, investing $50,000 to $250,000 for equity stakes.
Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.
Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Jackson, Wyoming, that funds research and invests in companies developing technologies to reduce CO2 emissions and advance decarbonization, with a focus on energy, transportation, industrial materials, and agriculture.
Persistent is a Nairobi-based venture capital firm focused on Africa, investing in climate, renewable energy, e-mobility, agricultural technology, and solar sectors. It supports entrepreneurs with deep operational and strategic guidance to help them scale sustainable businesses. The firm seeks attractive financial returns while creating social and environmental impact, including improving energy access for underserved markets in sub-Saharan Africa.
Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 that concentrates on technology for the real estate industry, investing in startups and later-stage companies worldwide. It aims to connect real estate owners and operators with innovators redefining the built world, spanning sectors such as property technology, climate, energy, and tenant experience. Headquartered in California with offices in Venice and San Francisco, the firm maintains a broad network of strategic partners and limited partners from real estate, retail, hospitality and related sectors. Through its investments and collaborations, Fifth Wall supports portfolio companies in scaling solutions that improve operations, asset management and customer experience across markets in the United States, Europe and Asia. The firm has about $3 billion in commitments, reflecting its role as a leading source of capital for real estate technology.
Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices across North America. It provides access to venture investing for individual accredited investors, particularly alumni networks, by offering diversified portfolios of venture opportunities and allowing members to invest alongside fellow alumni in ventures led by peers. The firm backs early-stage and later-stage opportunities across technology, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and other sectors, with a sector- and geography-agnostic approach. It typically invests between $10,000 and $3 million per deal and emphasizes the involvement of alumni connections and an institutional lead investor in opportunities. Alumni Ventures also offers focused funds to broaden participation, enabling accredited investors to access venture portfolios diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. The model aims to democratize access to venture capital while maintaining rigorous selection standards through alumni networks.
Founded in Munich, Germany in 2015, Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. It works closely with daring founders to build successful global companies across various sectors including financial services, HR, energy & climate, healthcare, logistics & mobility, real estate & construction, crypto & web3, deeptech, and e-commerce. Picus invests in pre-seed, seed, and series A ventures, aiming to become the closest partner of its portfolio companies by supporting strategic decisions and operative challenges throughout their lifecycle.
Founded in Tokyo in 1998, Global Brain is a venture capital firm focusing on seed to late-stage investments across various sectors globally. They have invested in over 300 startups, facilitating 25 IPOs and 61 M&As through hands-on support services.
MassVentures is a venture capital firm based in Waltham, Massachusetts, established in 1978 as a quasi-public corporation by the Massachusetts Legislature. The firm focuses on providing seed and early-stage funding to high-growth startups, facilitating their transition from concept to commercialization. MassVentures invests primarily in sectors such as information technology, healthcare, cybersecurity, e-commerce, mobile, manufacturing, and robotics. With a governance structure that includes an independent Board of Directors and management by experienced venture capitalists, MassVentures leverages the state's entrepreneurial spirit and innovation centers to support the Massachusetts innovation economy. The firm also offers accelerator programs to further assist emerging companies in their growth journey.
Energy Impact Partners is a New York-based private investment firm focused on the energy transition. It backs entrepreneurs and established energy and industrial companies across venture, growth, credit and infrastructure, with an emphasis on energy efficiency, clean energy generation, smart grids, energy storage, distributed generation, and related digital and data-enabled services. The firm collaborates with partners to accelerate innovation in smart buildings, mobility, cybersecurity for energy systems, and comprehensive energy services, often pursuing co-investments. Since its founding in 2015, Energy Impact Partners has built a global footprint with offices in New York, San Francisco, Palm Beach, Cologne and London, enabling investments across North America and Europe. It seeks to align investments with environmental impact and scalable infrastructure, supporting the transition to sustainable energy and resilient energy systems.
Chalmers Ventures is a Swedish venture capital firm based in Gothenburg that supports technology-driven companies through coaching, financing and business development. The firm invests across seed, early, and growth stages in Sweden, with programs that include incubation, startup camps and accelerator activities as well as a technology transfer program. It focuses on companies connected to the Gothenburg region and Sweden operating in information technology, communications, new materials, green tech, health tech and biotechnology, and seeks innovative ventures with growth potential. The firm typically makes minority investments and uses a staged funding approach, providing capital through various program phases and through balance sheet investments. It partners with ventures that participate in its programs, helping them advance from explore to scalable stages and achieve commercial success.
Prelude Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm established in 2013, dedicated to investing in early-stage startups that aim to address climate change. The firm focuses on sectors such as advanced energy, food and agriculture, transportation, logistics, advanced materials, manufacturing, and advanced computing. By supporting innovative businesses in these areas, Prelude Ventures seeks to foster the development of the next generation of companies that can significantly impact environmental sustainability and contribute to a more sustainable future.
Giant Ventures is an impact investment firm founded in 2019 and based in London, United Kingdom. It backs purpose-driven founders who are building companies that address meaningful problems and create positive change. The firm focuses on investments in climate, health and wellness, and inclusive capitalism, aiming to support ventures that generate measurable social or environmental impact alongside financial returns.
Congruent Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It specializes in early-stage investments in climate technology and sustainable development across North America, with a focus on mobility and urbanization, energy transition, food and agriculture, and sustainable production and consumption. The firm seeks technology companies that improve energy and resource efficiency and partners with teams capable of scaling hardware, software, or services. Its portfolio spans sectors such as transportation, consumer products, industrials, IT software, and related climate tech areas, reflecting a commitment to backing ventures that deliver measurable environmental impact.
SET Ventures is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 that invests in European energy and renewable sector companies across early to growth stages. It backs digital technology-enabled solutions aimed at carbon-free energy systems, including energy generation, distribution and storage, energy efficiency, and smart energy applications in buildings, industry, mobility, and infrastructure. The firm targets investments in technology-enabled clean energy and sustainability initiatives, often with a focus on smart grid, energy storage, and EV/green building applications, and seeks to support portfolio companies with strategic guidance, including board participation. Typical check sizes range from approximately €0.5 million to €6 million per company over the life of participation. SET Ventures concentrates on Europe and prioritizes companies that combine software and hardware components to create scalable energy solutions.
Founded in Berlin, Germany in 2020, Vireo Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on seed and pre-seed stage investments. It supports European tech startups driving electrification and digitalization, taking a long-term view and providing extensive support to its portfolio companies.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, with additional offices in Osaka and Nagoya, founded in 1974. It concentrates on seed to development stage and startup investments across healthcare, biotech, information technology, electronics, high technology, life sciences, fintech, ICT, SaaS, and AI sectors. The firm targets opportunities in Japan and with relevance to the Japanese market, and it participates in investment syndication for Japanese investments to support entrepreneurs and innovation within the domestic economy.
Founded in 2005, Demeter Partners is a Paris-based private equity firm specializing in investments that drive the ecological transition. It focuses on seed to late-stage companies and infrastructure projects across Europe, with a particular emphasis on France. The firm invests between €0.5 million and €30 million, typically taking minority stakes and seeking board seats.
ArcTern Ventures is a Toronto-based Canadian venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in cleantech and sustainability-focused companies. Established in 2012, it targets technologies across clean energy, energy efficiency, storage, circular economy, advanced manufacturing and materials, mobility, agtech and sustainable food and agriculture. The firm funds early-stage ventures with geographic reach in North America and Europe and pursues ESG and impact outcomes aligned with climate, energy and industrial decarbonization goals. Its portfolio spans energy equipment, software and hardware, energy technology and related IT innovations developed to reduce environmental impact.
Skyview Ventures, LLC is a principal investment firm based in Nashville, Tennessee, established in December 2008. The firm primarily focuses on the renewable energy sector, seeking investment opportunities in companies located in North America. Skyview Ventures has built a diverse portfolio that includes investments in environmental commodities, solar projects, electric vehicle infrastructure, and early-stage startups aimed at innovating solutions for the financing and installation of renewable energy.
Founded in Berlin in 2018, Kopa Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in Europe's most innovative climate tech startups. They concentrate on Energy, Mobility, and Nature & Carbon Tech sectors, aiming to foster a climate-positive economy.
CIBC Capital Partners is a Toronto-based investment firm specializing in direct, fund, and mezzanine investments. It provides subordinated debt and equity to mid- and late-stage private or public companies for growth financing, acquisitions, management buyouts, and recapitalizations. The firm prefers investments in later-stage companies undergoing financial restructurings, with a focus on sectors such as Industrials, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Financials, and Technology. It typically invests CAD10-20 million ($9.81-$19.61 million) per company, based primarily in Canada, Europe, and Australia.
FEI OGEF is a venture capital firm established in 2018 and located in Port Louis, Mauritius. The firm focuses on providing local currency financing solutions to companies that deliver affordable solar energy to off-grid communities in the region. By investing primarily in the energy and technology sectors, FEI OGEF aims to address the challenges of energy access while promoting sustainable development through innovative financing models.
Founded in 2017, Activate Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in Philadelphia and San Francisco. It specializes in growth capital investments in emerging markets, focusing on technology-driven solutions across energy, transportation, and industrial sectors. The firm invests between $10 million to $30 million per transaction, preferring board positions and both minority and control stakes.
Founded in Rome, Italy in 2015, CDP Venture Capital is a venture capital firm dedicated to fostering innovation and economic growth. It invests in early-stage and growth companies across various sectors, with a focus on Italian startups.
BP Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2007, investing in private technology companies to accelerate innovation across the energy sector. With over $400 million invested across more than 40 entities and over 200 co-investors, BP Ventures focuses on Oil & Gas Value Chain, Low Carbon Technologies & Fuels, and Energy Usage & Trading, delivering near-term business value while backing breakthrough innovations for a sustainable future.
Lifeline Ventures is a Helsinki-based venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage investments in health, games, web and technology sectors. Founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneurs, the firm partners with founders from the earliest days and primarily targets opportunities in Finland, while pursuing select investments abroad. It supports inception-to-Series A rounds and typically commits between €0.15 million and €2 million per deal.
Clime Capital Management, founded in 2019 and based in Singapore, is a venture capital firm focused on the clean energy sector. The firm identifies, incubates, and scales innovative investment platforms aimed at early-stage companies within this industry, particularly across Southeast Asia. Clime Capital's mission is to support the growth and development of sustainable energy solutions, positioning itself as a key player in the transition to clean energy in the region.
Shell Ventures is the strategic investment arm of Shell, focusing on identifying and adopting innovative technologies to enhance commercial advantage. It invests in promising tech companies, joint ventures, and venture capital funds across sectors such as power, mobility, emission management, digital, and resources.
Founded in 2020, Energy Transition Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Houston, Texas. It invests in startups driving or benefiting from the energy transition across categories such as distributed energy, electrification, mobility, resource efficiency, and enabling technologies.
Founded in 2010, The Ecosystem Integrity Fund is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. It specializes in early to late-stage investments in companies contributing to environmental sustainability across sectors such as renewable energy, transportation, agriculture, green chemistry, waste management, and more. The fund aims to demonstrate that positive impact on the environment can coexist with outstanding financial returns.
BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Munich, Germany, established in 2018. It focuses on early-stage investments in the energy sector, specifically targeting scalable business models in digital energy solutions, storage, and e-mobility. The firm operates as the corporate venture capital arm of BayWa r.e. Holding, which provides a combination of corporate stability and a deep understanding of the energy market. BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures emphasizes the importance of strong collaboration and chemistry among founders, management teams, and investors to drive success in its investments across Europe and Israel.
Established in 2015, Evergy Ventures is the venture capital arm of Evergy. It focuses on investing in growth-stage and early-stage companies within the energy sector, with a particular interest in customer energy solutions, energy infrastructure industries, renewables services, and related areas. The firm prefers to invest using equity and debt instruments, primarily in North American companies.
Saxovent is a Berlin-based company focused on developing renewable energy, real estate, and agricultural projects. The firm is actively involved in the creation of initiatives in wind and solar energy, aiming to contribute to sustainable development. Additionally, Saxovent engages in venture capital investment, with a commitment to fostering projects that promote environmental sustainability. Through its operations, the company is already contributing to the reduction of carbon emissions, saving approximately 625,000 tons of CO2 annually, which is equivalent to the emissions generated by around 60,000 people in Germany.
Inspired Evolution Investment Management is a Cape Town-based private equity and venture capital firm focused on sustainable environmental and energy technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa. It targets equity investments across multiple growth stages, often as a lead investor seeking significant minority or majority stakes and board representation. The firm concentrates on clean energy and resource efficiency, including energy generation, water treatment, waste management, green chemistry, and related sectors, with additional exposure to sustainable agriculture, ecotourism, and green real estate. The geographic focus spans Southern Africa and broader Sub-Saharan Africa, with activity in countries such as Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and neighboring states. Inspired Evolution operates through a multidisciplinary team to deliver returns aligned with social and ecological outcomes, and maintains offices in Cape Town and internationally in Grand Baie, Mauritius; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Nairobi, Kenya; and London, United Kingdom.
Kima Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm that funds seed and early-stage technology startups globally, with a strong focus on Europe and France. The firm typically participates in rounds from seed to Series A, often as a lead investor, and aims to be a significant minority shareholder while co-investing with angels and other funds. It supports portfolio companies with a network of founders and experts to accelerate growth, speed fundraising, and help teams scale. Kima emphasizes rapid decision-making and founder-aligned support, viewing fundraising as one step in a broader journey. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Paris and maintains an office in London, reflecting its European reach and global activity, and it has backed hundreds of startups across multiple countries.
WIND Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Empresas Copec S.A., focused on startups and scaleups in energy, new mobility, and retail. Backed by COPEC, it accelerates growth by leveraging the parent company's resources to help portfolio companies advance and expand. The firm seeks global investments with a particular emphasis on Latin America and was founded in 2019 with headquarters in San Francisco, California.
Energize Capital is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2016. The firm specializes in early and growth-stage investments in technology companies, with a focus on enhancing the affordability, reliability, and security of energy and industrial sectors. Energize Capital primarily targets investments in areas such as data analytics, cybersecurity, energy storage, distributed energy resources, mobility, and operational efficiency. The firm seeks to make impact investments in sectors including renewable energy, industrial operations, electrification, infrastructure resilience, and decarbonization. It typically invests between $3 million to $20 million per company, aiming to support innovations that contribute to energy-related advancements and sustainability.
New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in Menlo Park, California, with offices in the United States, India and China. It makes investments across technology and healthcare startups at multiple stages, from seed to growth, including software, cloud, data, internet services, fintech, AI, e-commerce, and enterprise technology, as well as healthcare information technology, life sciences, medical devices, and biopharma. It also considers energy technology and infrastructure opportunities, such as solar, batteries and smart grids. The firm pursues a global approach, with activity in the United States, Asia and other regions, and supports companies through rounds of financing ranging from small to sizable investments as they scale. NEA focuses on building portfolios in software, IT services, consumer technology, and healthcare technology, backing ambitious entrepreneurs across sectors and geographies.
Founded in Berlin, Germany, AENU is an impact fund driving systemic transformation in venture capital by focusing on long-term investments in early-stage European climate-tech and social impact companies.
Speedinvest is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, with offices in Berlin, Paris, London, Munich, and San Francisco, that focuses on early-stage technology investments across Europe, including Central and Eastern Europe. The firm backs seed to early growth rounds in areas including deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, marketplaces, consumer tech, software-as-a-service, and network effects, with a platform philosophy and hands-on support via an in-house Platform+ team that provides growth marketing, human resources, US business development, and networking assistance from day one. Typical investments range from a few hundred thousand euros up to about three million euros, with a preference for minority stakes up to around 20% and for taking co-entrepreneurial operational roles for six months to a year. Speedinvest was founded in 2011 and is known for combining capital with hands-on operational support to help portfolio companies scale.
Established in 2001, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a Canadian organization that funds and supports innovative cleantech projects. It focuses on moving groundbreaking technologies to market, creating jobs, driving economic growth, and promoting environmental benefits. SDTC operates independently but collaborates with various stakeholders from private industry, academia, and governments.
Applied Ventures is the venture arm of Applied Materials, a company providing nanomanufacturing technology solutions for electronics. It invests in early-stage technology companies with high growth potential and that align with Applied Materials' core capabilities. The unit seeks opportunities that advance or complement its parent’s expertise by developing technologies and markets that extend applications for semiconductors, displays, solar PV, and related products. Its focus includes advanced materials, display technologies, energy conservation and storage, artificial intelligence and big data, life sciences, data storage, software, sustainability, and conservation sectors, aiming to back innovations that integrate with or extend Applied Materials' offerings and support the broader electronics ecosystem.