๐Ÿ’ฐ 36 ClimateTech Growth Funds to Know

Meet the Capital Allocators writing checks for Climate scaleups

Thereโ€™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. 

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

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท 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

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Alex Brown, Partner at KeyFrame

  • Investments Made: 29

  • Headquartered: New York (USA)

  • Notable Investments: Sealed, Element Energy, TeraWatt Infrastructure

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Alex Weiss, Managing Partner at ClearSky

  • Funds Raised: $851M across 3 funds

  • Headquartered: Florida (USA)

  • Notable Investments: RenewWest, ClearTrace, OhmConnect

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Alois Flatz and Christopher Hoffmann, Partners at Flatz Hoffmann

  • Headquartered: Munich, (Germany)

  • Notable Investments: Zeelo, Hololight

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Ashwin Shashindranath, Partner at Energy Impact Partners

  • Fund Size:  $3.6B across 10 funds

  • Headquartered: New York (USA)

  • Notable Investments: Terragia Biofuel, AtmosZero, Greenly

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Beatriz Gonzalez, Founder and Managing Partner at Seaya 

  • Fund Size: โ‚ฌ623.7M across 4 funds

  • Headquartered: Madrid (Spain)

  • Notable Investments: Mast Reforestation, BlocPower, Twelve

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Beverley Gower-Jones, Managing Partner at Clean Growth Fund

  • Funds Raised: ยฃ101M in a single venture fund

  • Headquartered: London (UK)

  • Notable Investments: Piclo, Tepeo, Holiferm

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 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

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Chris Sacca, Founder and Chairman at Lowercarbon Capital

  • Funds Raised: $2 billion

  • Headquartered: Wyoming (USA)

  • Notable Investments: Pachama, Thea Energy, Antora Energy

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Daria Saharova, Founding Partner at World Fund

  • Funds Raised: โ‚ฌ300M

  • Headquartered: Berlin (Germany)

  • Notable Investments: Enough, ecoworks, Mission Zero

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ David Blyghton, Partner at Highland Europe

  • Fund Size: โ‚ฌ2.7B across 6 funds

  • Headquartered: Geneva (Switzerland)

  • Notable Investments: Wolt, Oritain

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Henning Topp, Associate Investments at Energy Infrastructure Partners

  • Fund Size: โ‚ฌ1B

  • Headquartered: Zurich (Switzerland)

  • Notable Investments: Electra, Repsol Renovables, Arkona

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 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

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Elisabeth Schrey, Managing Director at DeepTech & Climate Fonds 

  • Fund Size: โ‚ฌ1B

  • Headquartered: Bonn (Germany)

  • Notable Investments: Proxima Fusion, Fernride, Xolo

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Eric Kosmowski, Managing Partner at Princeville Capital

  • Fund Size: 2

  • Headquartered: San Francisco (USA)

  • Notable Investments: NotCo, EcoVadis, Enpal

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Howard Morgan, Chair and General Partner at B Capital

  • Funds Raised: $5.3B across 8 funds

  • Headquartered: California (USA)

  • Notable Investments: Patch, overstory, accacia

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Inรชs 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

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Isabelle Canu and Martin Krรถner, Partners at Green European Tech Fund

  • Funds Raised: โ‚ฌ250M

  • Headquartered: Berlin / Munich (Germany)

  • Notable Investments: Electrochaea, Sonnen, Lofelt

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Katrina Price, Managing Director at Wellington Management

  • Fund Size: $3.6B across 4 funds

  • Headquartered: Boston (USA)

  • Notable Investments: Orennia, Span

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Kevin Kimsa, Managing Partner at Climate Innovation Capital

  • Headquartered: Toronto (Canada)

  • Notable Investments: Groundwork BioAg, Kuva, LineVision

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Kieran Mahanty , Director at Teachers' Venture Growth

  • Net Assets: $247.5B 

  • Headquartered: Toronto (Canada)

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

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Jacob Bro, Partner and Co-Founder at 2150

  • Fund Size: โ‚ฌ268M in a single venture fund

  • Headquartered: Copenhagen (Denmark)

  • Notable Investments: 1Komma5, Mission Zero, Vammo

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Martin Forstmeyer, Investment Manager at Inven Capital

  • Fund Size: โ‚ฌ50M in a single venture fund

  • Headquartered: Prague (Czech Republic)

  • Notable Investments: Ember, Woltair, Hydrogrid

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 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

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Mira Inbar, Partner at ArcTern Ventures

  • Fund Size: $485.4M across 2 funds

  • Headquartered: Toronto (Canada)

  • Notable Investments: Ev.energy, Winnow, Soly

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Nick de la Forge and Lena Thiede Founder / General Partners at Planet A Ventures

  • Funds Raised: โ‚ฌ160 million

  • Headquartered: Berlin (Germany)

  • Notable Investments: INERATEC, Sunhero, Paleo

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Richard Grabbe, Growth Investor at Lightrock

  • Fund Size: $2B across 3 funds

  • Headquartered: London (UK)

  • Notable Investments: Sunfire, Velocys, Combio Energia

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sandra Malmberg, Partner at EQT

  • Fund Size: $137.9B across 29 funds

  • Headquartered: Stockholm (Sweden)

  • Notable Investments: InstaVolt, IntegrityNext, Tion Renewables

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Seth Bannon, Founder at Fifty Years

  • Fund Size: $140M over 3 Funds

  • Headquartered: San Francisco (USA)

  • Notable Investments: Noya, Aaola Atomics, Tangible

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Simone Riedel Riley, Partner at Emerald Technology Ventures

  • Fund Size: $340.7M across 5 funds

  • Headquartered: Zurich (Switzerland)

  • Notable Investments: INERATEC, Colibri Energy, NanoGraph 

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Tenzin Seldon, Founder and Managing Director at Pulse Fund 

  • Headquartered: California (USA)

  • Notable Investments: Mast Reforestation, BlocPower, Twelve

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Thomas Beaugendre, VC Investment Manager at Demeter

  • Fund Size: โ‚ฌ45M in a single venture fund

  • Headquartered: Paris (France)

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

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Toba Spiegel, Investment Manager at Trill Impact

  • Headquartered: Stockholm (Sweden)

  • Notable Investments: Open Cosmos, Tado

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง 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

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Tyler Christie, Managing Director at Decarbonization Partners

  • Fund Size: $1bn

  • Headquartered: New York (USA)

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

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Yair Reem, Partner at Extantia Capital 

  • Fund Size: โ‚ฌ10M in funding over 1 round

  • Headquartered: Berlin (Germany)

  • Notable Investments: INERATEC, Modern Hydrogen, RepAir

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Yaniv Tepper, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Angeleno Group

  • Funds Raised: 2 

  • Headquartered: New York (USA)

  • Notable Investments: Anza Renewables, Edeniq, Span