# Top 50 Climate Startup Investors in United States in October 2023

## Congruent Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 46
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Energy, Renewable Energy

Congruent Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in Mobility and Urbanization, Energy Transition, Food and Agriculture, and Sustainable Production & Consumption sectors. We look for technology companies that will positively impact our energy and resource consumption. If we see an opportunity to partner with a like-minded teamfocused on scale across hardware, software, or services, we’re interested.

## Clean Energy Venture Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 41
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing

CEVG is an angel investor collective that invest in and mentors early-stage cleantech and climatetech startups across North America.

## Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 41
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing

Focused on developing and deploying the critical climate solutions our world needs to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

## Third Sphere
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 39
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Real Estate, Transportation

Early-stage fund focused on rapid, scalable climate action and targeting outsized impact and outsized returns.

## Khosla Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 37
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence

Khosla Ventures invests in companies that are bold, early and impactful. The firm was started in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, to provide venture assistance to entrepreneurs. Headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., Khosla Ventures invests in a range of areas including AI, climate, sustainability, enterprise, consumer, fintech,digital health, medtech and diagnostics, therapeutics and frontier technology.

## Clean Energy Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 35
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy

Clean Energy Ventures invests in scalable early-stage climate tech startups and clean energy technologies addressing global climate change.

## Innova Memphis
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Relevant deals: 35
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device

Founded in 2007 by the Memphis Bioworks Foundation, Innova is a pre-seed, seed and early-stage investor focused on starting and funding high-growth companies in the Biosciences, Technology and AgBio fields across the state of Tennessee. Innova links capital with great ideas to create groundbreaking products and services.At Innova we invest instart-up companies, help them grow, and then assist them in linking with established corporations for licensing, buy-outs or further investments. We provide the synergy of experienced management, market expertise and venture capital to accelerate the development of new products and services into viable business units that can stand on their own and then take their place with a mature market leader, if desired.Whether an innovation is still on the drawing board or stalled in the market place the Innova staff has the expertise, skills, and experience to envision and create a functioning business unit that is prepared to thrive in the market place. Technical know-how, market-proven staffing, and "just-right" funding assure the greatest chance possible for success.

## Lux Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 30
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Lux Capital manages over $5 billion in assets focused on founding, seed, early-stage, and growth investments at the intersection of technology and the sciences. Lux takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses in high-growth sectors. Its investment team has built over 20 companies from scratch. Lux's investmentstrategy ensures portfolio companies are better connected, have a deeper insight, and command industry leadership faster than their competitors.

## Houston Angel Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 30
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

The Houston Angel Network (HAN) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing the innovation ecosystem in Houston, Texas by supporting founders and startups with financial resources and mentorship.

## DCVC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 30
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

We are deep tech venture capital.

## Alumni Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
- Relevant deals: 29
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.

## Right Side Capital Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 28
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care

Right Side Capital Management is a venture capital firm that helps startups build their company. It invests exclusively in the pre-seed round of technology startups and makes 75-100 investment per year. The firms prefers to invest in diversified technology sectors such as the internet and cloud companies.RSCM was established in 2010 and is basedin San Francisco, California.

## Founders Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 27
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet

Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.

## Prelude Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 26
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Energy, Manufacturing

Prelude Ventures invests in and supports early-stage startups with the greatest potential to mitigate climate change. For us, climate is everything.

## Threshold
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 26
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile

Threshold is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on a high-conviction investment strategy. The firm partners with entrepreneurs building innovative consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology companies.
Threshold was founded in 2019 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

## Asymmetry Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 25
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.

## The Engine
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 24
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing

A home for Tough Tech founders.

## Kleiner Perkins
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 22
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley.

## Evergreen Climate Innovations
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 21
- Stages: Convertible Note, Seed, Grant
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Electronics

Evergreen Climate Innovations supports entrepreneurs and startups that are bringing impactful climate technologies to market.

## New Enterprise Associates
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 21
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

New Enterprise Associates, Inc. is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors, and geographies. With over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital since the firm’s founding in 1977, NEA invests in technology and healthcare companies at all stages in a company’slifecycle, from the seed stage through IPO. The firm's long track record of successful investing includes more than 210 portfolio company IPOs and more than 360 acquisitions.

## Collaborative Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 21
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Software

Collab Fund is a leading source of capital for entrepreneurs pushing the world forward.

## Bolt
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 21
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet of Things

Bolt: Investing at the intersection of the digital and physical worlds

## Toyota Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 21
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Robotics

Toyota Ventures is a San Francisco Bay Area-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups from around the world. Founded in July 2017, its mission is to discover what’s next for Toyota by helping startups bring disruptive technologies and business models to market quickly. With more than $500 million in assets under management,the firm’s funds include the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund focused on artificial intelligence, cloud computing, autonomy, mobility, robotics, smart cities, digital health, financial technologies, materials, and energy; and the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund focused on innovative solutions for carbon neutrality.

## Gaingels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 20
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, FinTech

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital todate. The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments.

## Energy Impact Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 20
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Energy, Renewable Energy

Energy Impact Partners (EIP) is a collaborative strategic investment firm that invests in companies optimizing energy consumption and improving sustainable energy generation. Through close collaboration with its strategic investor base, EIP seeks to bring the best companies, buying power and vision in the industry to bear on the emerging energy landscape.

## Fifty Years
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 20
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

WE BACK HEROES   using technology to solve the world's biggest problems

## Braemar Energy Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 20
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Renewable Energy

While energy has been a key to global development since the dawn of the electronic age, the beginning of the new century has seen a tremendous surge in the technology advancements, market activity and the strategic importance of energy around the world. While many companies and investors have sought to take advantage of the tremendous opportunitytoday's energy industry presents, the unique market issues, scientific contributions and complex web of interrelationships require a specialized expertise.Braemar Energy Ventures was formed in 2002 to create a venture capital firm with that expertise. Focused exclusively on technology and communications opportunities in the energy sector, Braemar Energy Ventures has both the industry and operating knowledge to select promising young companies, bring them into the larger energy world and guide them to reach their full potential.The firm's four principals have a long history of successful investments, as well as experience financing and operating companies in the energy sector. Together, they have been responsible for investing in almost 40 energy technology companies, including early stage companies which have grown to become some of the most successful in the sector.Braemar Energy Ventures works with management teams who are skilled in their industry but who can benefit from Braemar's assistance with strategic direction and financing issues. Having worked with many early stage companies, the Braemar Energy Ventures principals understand the challenges that many young companies face and provide invaluable counsel to their portfolio companies on longer-term issues, allowing management to focus on daily operations.

## BoxGroup
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 20
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet

BoxGroup is an early stage investment fund focused on technology companies. Contact Us: hello@boxgroup.com

## Good Growth Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Software

Good Growth Capital specializes in finding, cultivating, and assessing complex science and deep-tech start-ups. GGC invests in seed-stage and Series A deals through the General Fund family and in pre-seed and seed-stage companies through the Infinite Corridor Fund, which primarily targets MIT-affiliated and transformative science start-ups. GGC ismajority women- and minority-owned and is uniquely positioned geographically in both the Southeast and New England.

## Austin Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Internet

Austin Ventures is a venture capital and private equity company that specializes in partnering with talented executives and entrepreneurs to build companies.
It was founded in 1984 and headquartered in Austin, Texas.

## Intel Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software

Intel Capital is uniquely positioned to help build the companies of tomorrow. Our investment team is backed with deep domain knowledge and the resources of Intel to assist companies in their paths to success.

## Sequoia Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

We help the daring build legendary companies.

## Flybridge
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Flybridge is a Seed-stage venture capital firm based in Boston and New York City. We are excited to invest in companies and entrepreneurs who share our vision for the power of community across a range of sectors.

## Launch NY
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Buffalo, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Convertible Note, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Food and Beverage

Launch NY is a nonprofit venture development organization in Upstate NY. We provide pro bono mentoring and access to risk capital for high-growth startups.

## Liquid 2 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

Liquid2 Ventures provides technology startups with seed-stage investments and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma.

## Climate Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sustainability, Manufacturing, Biotechnology

Climate Capital is an investment firm that supports companies that directly or indirectly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

## WindSail Capital Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Energy, Software, Renewable Energy

Growth Capital for the Clean Economy

## Lowercarbon Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 18
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Renewable Energy, Energy

Lowercarbon Capital backs kickass companies slashing CO2 emissions, sucking carbon out of the sky, and buying us time to unf**k the planet.

## Lerer Hippeau
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 18
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital fund based in New York City. As founders and operators ourselves, we see returns in relationships

## Maine Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, Maine, United States
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology

Maine Angels they make investments with entrepreneurs with an emphasis on businesses.

## Chrysalix Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, CleanTech

Leading global venture capital fund that invests in resource intensive industries across North America and Europe.

## Mark Cuban
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence

Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of Broadcast.com. Mrk attended the Indiana University Bloomington.

## Connecticut Innovations
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rocky Hill, Connecticut, United States
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software

At Connecticut Innovations, we see venture capital the way you see your business. Like no one else. We invest in innovative biotech, IT, and other industries.

## Eclipse Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence

Palo Alto based Eclipse Ventures partners with entrepreneurs boldly transforming the essential industries that define and propel economies. Learn more.

## Powerhouse Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Energy, Solar

Powerhouse Ventures
backs entrepreneurs building the digital infrastructure for rapid decarbonization.

## My Climate Journey Collective
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Software

My Climate Journey Collective is an early-stage climate tech fund. It seeks to invest in early-stage climate tech startups(primarily pre-seed, seed, and A across a wide range of sectors. Its typical check size is between $100-250k and aims for between 3-5 investments per quarter.

## Advantage Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Health Care, Software

Advantage Capital has invested over $3.8 billion in more than 800 portfolio companies and projects nationwide since 1992. The firm specializes in growth equity, lending, and mezzanine debt capital investments spanning three distinct but complementary themes, driving local economic development and lasting impact in underserved communities.____________________Growing Small Business // 800+ PORTFOLIO COMPANIES // 34 STATES // 66,000+ JOBS SUPPORTED //
Small businesses and the entrepreneurs who power them are fundamental to the U.S. economy, driving inclusive economic expansion that allows people and communities to thrive.
Advantage Capital offers debt and equity investment opportunities and can provide senior, unitranche and subordinated debt, as well as minority equity financing. The firm invests in companies from a diverse array of industry sectors, including manufacturing, technology and business services, among others. It seeks to make an initial investment between $500K and $10M in companies with $1M+ EBITDA.Financing Affordable Homes // 89 PROJECTS SINCE 2015 // 8,000+ FAMILIES & SENIORS HOUSED // 7 STATES //
Creating stronger communities goes beyond business investment and jobs. Financing housing in these same communities creates even more positive and lasting impacts.Expanding Renewable Energy Solutions // $130M IN CAPITAL DEPLOYED // 65 PROJECTS // 20,000+ HOMES POWERED //
Increased access to renewable energy supports local green jobs and economic development while building the framework for tomorrow's carbon-free America.
____________________Geographic Focus: Advantage Capital is committed to impact nationwide, with current emphasis in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia____________________Advantage Capital is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana and has offices in the following locations: St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Austin, TX; Hanover, NH; Washington, D.C.; Napa, CA; Nevada.

## Shell Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 16
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Software

Shell Ventures invests in companies to speed up development and deployment of new technologies which complement our business.

## Social Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 16
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS

At Social Capital, we make big bets on transformational ideas, technology, and people.

## City Light Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 16
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Wellness

City Light is a venture capital firm that invest in impactful companies in the areas of education, safety and care, and the environment.

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