💰 36 ClimateTech Growth Funds to Know

There’s a staggering $217B in total private climate assets under management (AUM), comprising 207 new VCs, Corporate VCs, Growth, Infrastructure, and Private Equity funds since January 2021.

While the landscape for climate finance is evolving rapidly, a notable funding gap stands out for growth (Series B+) startups seeking to scale their solutions. 

To help founders navigate the scale up capital stage, we highlight the 36 funds, representing well over $50B in AUM, who are actively writing checks to help later-stage Climate startups to survive and thrive. 

Meet 36 funds bridging the climate finance gap for later stage startups

🇫🇷 Ann Mettler, Vice President, Europe at Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe

• Fund Size: $2.2B across 4 funds

• Headquartered: Paris (France)

• Notable Investments: Mission Zero, Heart Aerospace, Malta

🇺🇸 Alex Brown, Partner at KeyFrame

• Investments Made: 29

• Headquartered: New York (USA)

• Notable Investments: Sealed, Element Energy, TeraWatt Infrastructure

🇺🇸 Alex Weiss, Managing Partner at ClearSky

• Funds Raised: $851M across 3 funds

• Headquartered: Florida (USA)

• Notable Investments: RenewWest, ClearTrace, OhmConnect

🇩🇪 Alois Flatz and Christopher Hoffmann, Partners at Flatz Hoffmann

• Headquartered: Munich, (Germany)

• Notable Investments: Zeelo, Hololight

🇺🇸 Ashwin Shashindranath, Partner at Energy Impact Partners

• Fund Size:  $3.6B across 10 funds

• Headquartered: New York (USA)

• Notable Investments: Terragia Biofuel, AtmosZero, Greenly

🇪🇸 Beatriz Gonzalez, Founder and Managing Partner at Seaya 

• Fund Size: €623.7M across 4 funds

• Headquartered: Madrid (Spain)

• Notable Investments: Mast Reforestation, BlocPower, Twelve

🇬🇧 Beverley Gower-Jones, Managing Partner at Clean Growth Fund

• Funds Raised: £101M in a single venture fund

• Headquartered: London (UK)

• Notable Investments: Piclo, Tepeo, Holiferm

🇺🇸 Brendan Wallace, CEO and CIO at Fifth Wall

• Funds Raised: $2.7B across 17 funds

• Headquartered: California (USA)

• Notable Investments: Sealed, Electric Hydrogen, Terabase Energy

🇺🇸 Chris Sacca, Founder and Chairman at Lowercarbon Capital

• Funds Raised: $2 billion

• Headquartered: Wyoming (USA)

• Notable Investments: Pachama, Thea Energy, Antora Energy

🇩🇪 Daria Saharova, Founding Partner at World Fund

• Funds Raised: €300M

• Headquartered: Berlin (Germany)

• Notable Investments: Enough, ecoworks, Mission Zero

🇨🇭 David Blyghton, Partner at Highland Europe

• Fund Size: €2.7B across 6 funds

• Headquartered: Geneva (Switzerland)

• Notable Investments: Wolt, Oritain

🇨🇭 Henning Topp, Associate Investments at Energy Infrastructure Partners

• Fund Size: €1B

• Headquartered: Zurich (Switzerland)

• Notable Investments: Electra, Repsol Renovables, Arkona

🇺🇸 Eli Aheto, Investment Partner at General Atlantic

• Fund Size: $11.1B across 2 funds

• Headquartered: New York (USA)

• Notable Investments: 80 Acre Farms, Venterra, ecovadis

🇩🇪 Elisabeth Schrey, Managing Director at DeepTech & Climate Fonds 

• Fund Size: €1B

• Headquartered: Bonn (Germany)

• Notable Investments: Proxima Fusion, Fernride, Xolo

🇺🇸 Eric Kosmowski, Managing Partner at Princeville Capital

• Fund Size: 2

• Headquartered: San Francisco (USA)

• Notable Investments: NotCo, EcoVadis, Enpal

🇺🇸 Howard Morgan, Chair and General Partner at B Capital

• Funds Raised: $5.3B across 8 funds

• Headquartered: California (USA)

• Notable Investments: Patch, overstory, accacia

🇨🇭 Inês Amorim Rocha, and Kayode Akinola VP and Head of, Private Equity at Blue Earth Capital 

• Fund Size: $378M across 2 funds

• Headquartered: Zug (Switzerland)

• Notable Investments: Sunfire, CarboCure Technologies, Koolboks, CarbonCure Technologies

🇩🇪 Isabelle Canu and Martin Kröner, Partners at Green European Tech Fund

• Funds Raised: €250M

• Headquartered: Berlin / Munich (Germany)

• Notable Investments: Electrochaea, Sonnen, Lofelt

🇺🇸 Katrina Price, Managing Director at Wellington Management

• Fund Size: $3.6B across 4 funds

• Headquartered: Boston (USA)

• Notable Investments: Orennia, Span

🇨🇦 Kevin Kimsa, Managing Partner at Climate Innovation Capital

• Headquartered: Toronto (Canada)

• Notable Investments: Groundwork BioAg, Kuva, LineVision

🇨🇦 Kieran Mahanty , Director at Teachers' Venture Growth

• Net Assets: $247.5B 

• Headquartered: Toronto (Canada)

• Notable Investments: Instagrid, Motif FoodWorks, Evolved by Nature

🇩🇰 Jacob Bro, Partner and Co-Founder at 2150

• Fund Size: €268M in a single venture fund

• Headquartered: Copenhagen (Denmark)

• Notable Investments: 1Komma5, Mission Zero, Vammo

🇨🇿 Martin Forstmeyer, Investment Manager at Inven Capital

• Fund Size: €50M in a single venture fund

• Headquartered: Prague (Czech Republic)

• Notable Investments: Ember, Woltair, Hydrogrid

🇺🇸 Michaela Edwards, Partner at Capricorn Investment Group

• Funds Raised: $88M in a single venture fund

• Headquartered: California (USA)

• Notable Investments: Fervo Energy, Redwood Materials, Magrathea

🇨🇦 Mira Inbar, Partner at ArcTern Ventures

• Fund Size: $485.4M across 2 funds

• Headquartered: Toronto (Canada)

• Notable Investments: Ev.energy, Winnow, Soly

🇩🇪 Nick de la Forge and Lena Thiede Founder / General Partners at Planet A Ventures

• Funds Raised: €160 million

• Headquartered: Berlin (Germany)

• Notable Investments: INERATEC, Sunhero, Paleo

🇬🇧 Richard Grabbe, Growth Investor at Lightrock

• Fund Size: $2B across 3 funds

• Headquartered: London (UK)

• Notable Investments: Sunfire, Velocys, Combio Energia

🇸🇪 Sandra Malmberg, Partner at EQT

• Fund Size: $137.9B across 29 funds

• Headquartered: Stockholm (Sweden)

• Notable Investments: InstaVolt, IntegrityNext, Tion Renewables

🇺🇸 Seth Bannon, Founder at Fifty Years

• Fund Size: $140M over 3 Funds

• Headquartered: San Francisco (USA)

• Notable Investments: Noya, Aaola Atomics, Tangible

🇨🇭 Simone Riedel Riley, Partner at Emerald Technology Ventures

• Fund Size: $340.7M across 5 funds

• Headquartered: Zurich (Switzerland)

• Notable Investments: INERATEC, Colibri Energy, NanoGraph 

🇺🇸 Tenzin Seldon, Founder and Managing Director at Pulse Fund 

• Headquartered: California (USA)

• Notable Investments: Mast Reforestation, BlocPower, Twelve

🇫🇷 Thomas Beaugendre, VC Investment Manager at Demeter

• Fund Size: €45M in a single venture fund

• Headquartered: Paris (France)

• Notable Investments: E-Recycle, Plan A, Sweetch Energy

🇸🇪 Toba Spiegel, Investment Manager at Trill Impact

• Headquartered: Stockholm (Sweden)

• Notable Investments: Open Cosmos, Tado

🇬🇧 Tommy Stadlen and Cameron McLain, Co-Founders at Giant Ventures

• Fund Size: $250M across 2 funds

• Headquartered: London (UK)

• Notable Investments: Haven Energy, Waterplan, Agreena

🇺🇸 Tyler Christie, Managing Director at Decarbonization Partners

• Fund Size: $1bn

• Headquartered: New York (USA)

• Notable Investments: Carbon Direct, Antora Energy, Ascend Elements

🇩🇪 Yair Reem, Partner at Extantia Capital 

• Fund Size: €10M in funding over 1 round

• Headquartered: Berlin (Germany)

• Notable Investments: INERATEC, Modern Hydrogen, RepAir

🇺🇸 Yaniv Tepper, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Angeleno Group

• Funds Raised: 2 

• Headquartered: New York (USA)

• Notable Investments: Anza Renewables, Edeniq, Span