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.
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.
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.
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 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.
National Grid Partners (NGP) is the investment arm of National Grid, focusing on investing in and developing innovative technologies and business models in the energy sector. With a mission to drive the future of energy, NGP seeks out opportunities to collaborate with startups and entrepreneurs to transform the industry and create sustainable solutions for a cleaner, more efficient energy system. By leveraging their expertise and resources, NGP aims to support and accelerate the growth of innovative companies that are shaping the future of energy.
Founded in Singapore in 2017, Antler is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests globally. It focuses on backing exceptional founders from day one, offering a global community network of co-founders, talent, advisors, expansion support, and capital across various sectors such as technology, healthcare, finance, consumer goods, and more.
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.
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.
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.
Convective Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2022 and based in San Francisco, California, that invests in technology companies focused on preventing and mitigating wildfire-related impacts.
Founded in 2020, Future Energy Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Essen, Germany. It invests globally in early-stage startups focusing on digital and digitally enabled technologies within the energy sector.
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.
Energy Innovation Capital is a venture capital firm based in Orinda, California. It provides early and growth-stage funding to entrepreneurs innovating in the energy sector and related digital technology, supporting companies with market-leading solutions to global energy challenges. The firm leverages its industry expertise and networks to help portfolio companies grow and scale. It operates as a registered investment adviser, reflecting its fiduciary responsibilities and disciplined approach to investment. Energy Innovation Capital focuses on building companies at the intersection of energy and digital technologies, guiding them from early development through expansion.
Founded in 2018, Climate Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco. It invests in companies that directly or indirectly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions across sectors such as energy, transportation, and agriculture.
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.
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.
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.
Virescent Ventures is a Melbourne-based venture capital investment firm established in 2022, specializing in cleantech innovation. The firm focuses on investing across a range of stages, from pre-seed to late-stage growth capital, and emphasizes deep tech, business model innovations, as well as software and hardware solutions. Through its investments, Virescent Ventures aims to support the development of sustainable technologies and promote advancements in the cleantech sector.
Founded in 2019, MCJ is a venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company focuses on investing in technology startups that drive industrial transformation and infrastructure resilience, aiming to make industries cleaner, more profitable, and more resilient.
Established in 2015, Vestel Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Vestel Group. Based in Istanbul, Turkey, it invests in early-stage companies operating across various sectors including healthcare, AI, retail, cybersecurity, smart city solutions, biotech, IoT, consumer electronics, and energy.
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 2011, DCVC is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm invests in early-stage companies utilizing deep tech to solve complex problems across sectors such as artificial intelligence, exascale computing, climate, engineering, materials science, robotics, space, water, biology, defense, and security.
Founded in 2014, Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate dedicated to supporting the LGBT+ community. It invests globally in companies led by LGBT+ founders or C-suite executives at all stages of growth, focusing on inclusivity and positive social change.
Munich Re Ventures is the venture capital arm of Munich Re Group, a global leader in reinsurance and insurance-related risk solutions. It invests in innovative startups transforming the future of risk and risk transfer, with a focus on strategic interests of Munich Re and the broader insurance industry.
Blink Charging specializes in providing electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, offering residential and commercial EV chargers along with networked services. As of late 2019, it operated approximately 14,800 charging stations across various locations nationwide.
Blume Ventures is a Mumbai-based venture capital firm that invests in seed- and early-stage technology ventures in India. It acts as an initial institutional investor in its portfolio and typically supports companies through follow-on rounds over the long term. The firm emphasizes a collaborative approach, co-investing with angels and seed funds, and often provides capital to help companies scale from seed to pre-Series A. Its focus spans software, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, business software, and consumer internet, with a preference for minority stakes and relatively small seed investments. Blume backs portfolio companies across India, aiming to help them grow in their early stages and expand regionally or nationally.
GE Equity invests globally across various sectors, focusing on established companies with high growth potential. It takes minority ownership positions and offers growth capital, buy-out co-investments, secondary direct purchases, recapitalizations, and LP investments.
Enerdigm Ventures, LLC is a venture capital firm established in 2007 and based in Palo Alto, California. The firm specializes in late seed and early stage investments, primarily focusing on technology sectors such as energy technologies, infrastructure software, cloud data, and the Internet of Things. Enerdigm typically invests between $0.5 million and $1 million, with a preference for companies that have a market value exceeding $50 million at the time of investment. The firm engages in project finance, providing debt and equity financing for infrastructure projects across the United States, including energy conservation measures and clean energy initiatives. Enerdigm aims to partner with national and regional Energy Services Companies and technology manufacturers, often acting as a lead investor while collaborating with other investors. The firm seeks to invest in projects sized between $1 million and $10 million and values community benefit aspects in its investments. Enerdigm generally exits its investments within five years.
EDP Ventures is the corporate venture arm of EDP Energias de Portugal. It targets seed, series A and early-stage startups operating in energy-related sectors, including energy efficiency, energy storage, smart grids, electric mobility, and information technology. The firm invests across regions, typically providing €0.5 million to €5 million in early-stage rounds. Based in Lisbon, Portugal, EDP Ventures maintains an additional office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. By backing high-potential startups, it seeks to accelerate innovation and adoption of clean energy and digital technologies within the broader energy ecosystem.
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.
Established in 2023, 2C Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tallinn, Estonia. It focuses on investing in early-stage clean technology companies primarily in the Nordics and Baltics, supporting visionary entrepreneurs driving innovation towards a sustainable future.
Founded in 2015, Superhero Capital is a venture capital firm based in Helsinki, Finland. It specializes in seed-stage investments, focusing on B2B software and services across various sectors including health tech, fintech, IoT, SaaS, and others. The firm primarily invests in startups from Finland and the Baltics, with typical investment sizes ranging between €100K to €500K.
The Massachusetts Green Energy Fund is a private venture capital fund that focuses on investing in renewable and green energy companies based in Massachusetts. It targets a diverse array of emerging power generation technologies, such as photovoltaics, fuel cells, hydrogen storage and generation, wind, wave, tidal, biomass, biodiesel, and various energy management and storage solutions. The Fund operates in response to a growing demand for clean energy technologies driven by the need for stable domestic energy resources and concerns about the effects of fossil fuels on public health and climate change. By leveraging its extensive experience in the renewable energy sector and maintaining strong connections within the region's high technology and academic communities, the Fund aims to achieve competitive investment returns while supporting sustainable energy advancements.
ClearSky is a Florida-based venture capital firm that provides growth capital and growth equity to innovative technology companies. Founded in 2012, it focuses on early-stage and later-stage investments across the United States, with a portfolio spanning clean tech, energy, business services, digital transformation for enterprise customers, and cybersecurity, industrial security, and critical infrastructure security. The firm emphasizes technologies driving energy transition and climate-related solutions, as well as sustainability and disruptive security technologies. ClearSky operates from its base in Palm Beach, Florida, with offices in New York, Boston, and San Francisco.
LS Power is a developer, owner, operator, and investor in power generation and electric transmission infrastructure across the United States. They focus on distributed energy resources and energy efficiency.
Virginia Venture Partners is a corporate venture capital firm based in Richmond, Virginia, established in 2005 as a part of the Virginia Innovation Partnership. The firm focuses on seed-stage investments in technology, life sciences, cleantech, and energy startups located in Virginia. By providing near-equity and equity investments, Virginia Venture Partners aims to foster rapid growth in its portfolio companies while generating significant economic returns for entrepreneurs and co-investors. The firm's investment strategy includes dedicated funds such as the GAP BioLife Fund, which targets life science companies, and the GAP Tech Fund, focusing on IT and technology firms. Through these investments, Virginia Venture Partners seeks to contribute to the economic development of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Founded in 2015, Unicorn India Ventures is an Indian venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology businesses. It invests in seed and early stages of tech-focused ventures across various sectors, providing initial and follow-on investments ranging from INR 50 lacs to INR 10 crores. The firm supports portfolio companies with operational expertise and strategic guidance alongside capital investment.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It invests in seed, early, and growth-stage companies across technology, energy, financial services, healthcare, internet, mobile, outsourcing, manufacturing, media, and retail sectors. The firm seeks ambitious founders and aims to help them build long-lasting, scalable businesses, often taking the lead or significant co-investor roles and providing strategic guidance, networks, and resources. It maintains an international footprint, including investments in India and other regions, reflecting a global approach to partnering with fast-growing companies. Sequoia emphasizes strong teams, innovative products or services, and the potential for rapid growth, positioning itself as a long-term partner for companies that redefine their markets.
Founded in 2016, 3one4 Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Bangalore, India. It focuses on select market categories and intersections, investing primarily in SaaS, Enterprise & SMB Automation, Fintech, Consumer Internet, and Digital Health sectors. The firm employs a deep involvement strategy to work with founding teams for product-market fit optimization.
Founded in 2018, Active Impact Investments is a Vancouver-based venture capital firm dedicated to supporting environmental sustainability through profitable investment. It manages three funds with over $140M in assets, focusing on early-stage climate tech companies with significant growth potential and revenues between $200K to $3M.
Founded in Sydney in 2018, Skip Capital is a venture capital firm focused on investing in technology-enabled businesses. They back founders and teams with deep experience who are solving global problems across sectors such as AI, SaaS, health tech, IoT, energy, food, education, wellness, genomics, robotics, and infrastructure.
Square Peg Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in Sydney, Australia, with additional offices in Singapore, Melbourne and Tel Aviv. It focuses on early to growth-stage technology investments, backing online and technology companies across the internet economy. The firm targets opportunities in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and Israel, and typically invests tens of millions of Australian dollars to support startups solving meaningful problems in sectors such as artificial intelligence, fintech, software-as-a-service, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, health, marketplaces and retail. Its approach combines deep sector experience with hands-on support to help entrepreneurs scale from inception to multinational enterprises.
High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH is a venture capital firm based in Bonn, Germany, specializing in early-stage investments in high-tech startups. Established in 2005, the firm focuses on technology-driven companies across various sectors, including information and communication technology, life sciences, healthcare, automation, and cleantech. HTGF typically invests in companies that have been operational for no more than one year, aiming to contribute up to €0.6 million in initial funding and up to €3 million in follow-on financing. The firm seeks a minority stake, generally around 15%, and provides a subordinated loan convertible into equity, with deferred interest for up to four years to support liquidity. With a total investment volume of approximately €895.5 million across three funds, HTGF has successfully supported over 500 startups and attracted more than €2 billion in follow-on investments from external sources. The firm's investors include notable public and private entities, underscoring its role as a key player in fostering innovation and growth within the German startup ecosystem.
Founded in 2022, Verbund X Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm based in Vienna, Austria. It focuses on investing in early-stage companies operating within the renewable energy sector across Europe.
Piva is a venture capital firm investing in visionary entrepreneurs and emerging technology companies that bring new software and hardware solutions to the world’s industrial and energy markets. It focuses on disruptive energy and industrial companies across North America and Europe.
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.
Founded in 2000, General Catalyst is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage and growth equity investments. It focuses on accelerating ideas, careers, and companies towards success by providing ongoing momentum and mentorship based on deep experience.
Founded in 2015, AdvantEdge Founders is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Noida, India. It focuses on investing in technology-led businesses within the mobility sector, including vehicles, digital auto, electric mobility, and logistics.