Climate50’s Post

RESULTS: Top Growth VC Congratulations to the Top 5 Growth VCs for their outstanding contribution to the startup ecosystem: 🎯 Energy Impact Partners: is a global investment firm leading the transition to a sustainable future. With over $4 billion in assets under management, EIP brings together entrepreneurs and forward-looking energy and industrial companies to advance innovation. Investing globally across venture, growth, and credit. 🌿 Khosla Ventures: Founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Khosla Ventures is a Menlo Park-based firm focused on bold, early-stage, and impactful investments. With a broad investment spectrum, the firm backs companies in AI, climate, sustainability, fintech, digital health, medtech, therapeutics, and frontier technology. 🌐 Breakthrough Energy : aims to finance, launch, and scale companies focused on eliminating greenhouse gas emissions. Part of the Breakthrough Energy network, BEV has raised over $2 billion in committed capital and supports more than 100 companies at the cutting edge of innovation. 🚀 Ecosystem Integrity Fund: is an early-growth stage investor in companies driving environmental sustainability. Recognizing the transformative potential of the environmental movement, EIF seeks to support companies making incremental improvements to the world's largest industries. ⚡G2 Venture Partners: specializes in climate-tech, investing in and partnering with transformative companies at critical growth stages. With over 15 years of experience, G2 seeks out companies harnessing innovative technologies to redefine how the world works. Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of innovation together!💚 #VentureCapital #Innovation #Startups #EnergyImpactPartners #KhoslaVentures #BreakthroughEnergy #EcosystemIntegrityFund #G2VenturePartners

RESULTS: Top Emerging VCs Congratulations to the Top 5 Emerging VCs for their outstanding contribution to the startup ecosystem: 🎯 Elemental Excelerator: A nonprofit investor with more than a decade of experience and a portfolio of 150+ companies. Filling two fundamental gaps in climate technology: funding projects in communities and embedding equity and access into climate solutions. 🌿 Collaborative Fund: A dynamic network of fund managers dedicated to both profit and purpose, Collaborative Fund champions companies that merge commercial success with societal good. With a diverse portfolio across various asset classes, we are committed to empowering businesses that serve as a nexus for innovation and impact. 🌐 Blackhorn Ventures: An early-stage venture capital firm at the forefront of technology and innovation, Blackhorn Ventures invests in pioneering companies reshaping resource efficiency. By harnessing groundbreaking engineering, science, and the vast potential of the Information Revolution, they catalyze significant advancements in resource productivity. 🚀 Volta Energy Technologies Ventures: Committed to advancing transformative technologies, Volta Ventures collaborates with top-tier institutions, including Argonne National Laboratory. They focus on technologies with far-reaching implications for transportation, the electric grid, and portable electronics, aiming to revolutionize these critical sectors through strategic validation and investment. ⚡ Starlight Ventures: Based in the dynamic hub of Miami, Starlight Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to addressing global challenges through science and technology. They engage early with visionary entrepreneurs poised to make significant impacts at scale, leveraging their strategic location to connect cultures and markets across the Americas and Europe. Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of innovation together!💚 #VentureCapital #Innovation #Startups #ElementalExcelerator #CollaborativeFund #BlackhornVentures #VoltaEnergyTechnologiesVentures #StarlightVentures

RESULTS: Top Corporate VCs Congratulations to the Top 50 Corporate VCs for their outstanding contribution to the startup ecosystem: 🎯 ENGIE New Ventures 🌿Toyota Ventures 🌐Siemens Energy Ventures 🚀Chevron Technology Ventures ⚡Statkraft Ventures Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of innovation together!💚 #VentureCapital #Innovation #Startups #ENGIENewVentures #ToyotaVentures #SiemensEnergyVentures #ChevronTechnologyVentures #StatkraftVentures

RESULTS: Top Growth VCs Congratulations to the Top 50 Growth VCs for their outstanding contribution to the startup ecosystem: 🎯 Demeter 🌿 Activate Capital 🌐 ETF Partners 🚀 Kleiner Perkins ⚡ Evok Innovations Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of innovation together!💚 #VentureCapital #Innovation #Startups #Demeter #ActivateCapital #ETFPartners #KleinerPerkins #EvokInnovations

RESULTS: Top Emerging VCs Congratulations to the Top 50 Emerging VCs for their outstanding contribution to the startup ecosystem: 🎯 Evok Innovations 🌿 Norrsken VC 🌐 Climate Capital 🚀 Katapult VC ⚡ Activate Capital Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of innovation together!💚 #VentureCapital #Innovation #Startups #EvokInnovations #NorrskenVC #ClimateCapital #KatapultVC #ActivateCapital

RESULTS: Top Early Stage VCs! Congratulations to the Top 5 Early Stage VCs for their outstanding contribution to the startup ecosystem: 🎯 Plug and Play Tech Center: The ultimate innovation platform bringing together 35,000+ startups, 500+ world-leading corporations, and hundreds of venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies across 20+ industries. Leading the way in Agtech, Crypto, Fintech, Insurtech, and more. 🌿 Elemental Excelerator (Top Emerging VC, First Place) : A nonprofit investor with more than a decade of experience and a portfolio of 150+ companies. Filling two fundamental gaps in climate technology: funding projects in communities and embedding equity and access into climate solutions. 🌐 Third Sphere: Investing in founders transforming global systems, with over 100 investments including Cove Tool, OneWheel, and Bowery Farming. Providing traditional venture and credit finance alongside coaching and connections to over 12,000 customers and investors. 🚀 Prelude Ventures: Investing in and supporting early-stage startups with the potential to mitigate climate change. Building the next generation of category-defining businesses. ⚡ Future Energy Ventures: A unique venture capital and collaboration platform shaping the future energy landscape. Investing in digital and digitally enabled technologies and business models to redefine the energy landscape. Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of innovation together!💚 #VentureCapital #Innovation #Startups #PlugAndPlay #ElementalExcelerator #ThirdSphere #PreludeVentures #FutureEnergyVentures

A different high-#growth story >> The unique challenges of climate #tech >> https://buff.ly/3OjHxxm #climatetech #impact #sustainability #techforgood #cleantech #investors #investments #founders #VC #venturecapital #ESG #startups

$230 trillion! That's the investment required to reach zero carbon emissions over the next 25 years. Positive to see that climate tech investment bounced back in Q1 and more investors recognizing the demands for new tech & new business models across sectors. Investors still focused on revenue generating start-ups. What takeaways do you have? #climatetech #ESG

Turning technological advances in clean energy into sustainable businesses is expensive and risky. Very few startups from the first climate-tech boom, which happened from around 2006 until 2013, exist today. But we can learn from past failures. As VC spending in climate technology increases again, here are six key takeaways from that first investment boom. https://trib.al/JNgGiqQ

Here’s an interesting grassroots-focused climate finance initiative that’s not just about throwing money at the problem; it’s all about empowering the little giants – early-stage startups and MSMEs – to make a big difference. Small businesses have a critical role in combating climate change. Imagine a future where every small business is not just focused on making a profit, but also on making a positive impact on the environment. For this vision to become a reality, we must do more than just write checks. We need to build an ecosystem that nurtures and supports sustainable entrepreneurship. This includes providing access to finance, fostering collaboration between diverse stakeholders, and creating enabling policy frameworks. We need to inspire a wave of entrepreneurial creativity, where businesses aren’t just focused on profitability but on purpose-driven innovation. #climatechange #climatecrisis #climatefinance #climateaction #impactinvesting #startups #msme #sustainability #environmentalimpact #climateresilience #climatemitigation #climateadaptation