57 Seed Climate Tech Investors — 50 Currently Deploying

HAX backs pre-seed startups solving hard industrial-scale challenges using innovative hard tech (plasma, physical AI, advanced chemistry) in energy, compute, transportation, health…

Early-stage venture capital firm investing in visionary founders building disruptive software businesses, offering full-stack partnership with operational support to help scale eff…

Partnering with early-stage companies developing cutting-edge frontier technologies to address the world's most pressing problems, with focus on energy transition, decarbonization,…

Back European founders with strong qualities (not CV/pedigree) building businesses for a better human future, assessed on characteristics like productivity, grit, and commercial ac…

Carbon Removal Partners invests in early-stage companies developing technologies to reverse climate change through carbon removal at industrial scale, guided by scientific rigor an…

Bold, early, impactful ventures with brutal honesty. Believe in world-class teams making contrarian bets on impossibly big ideas, from AI to cleantech to deep tech.

VoLo Earth provides first-in funding and hands-on leadership to companies unlocking economic-led transformation of the global energy economy across interconnected sectors (energy, …

Earthshot Ventures backs technologies defining the next industrial era by focusing on energy, AI, and critical minerals—markets where new inventions unlock outsized returns and pos…

Atomic functions as a co-founder replacement, providing serial entrepreneurs, specialist teams, and resources to de-risk company building and accelerate time to market while founde…

First investor in superb teams disrupting the energy business by enabling transition into sustainable energy systems through financing, industry expertise, and access to utility pi…

Backing breakout researchers and entrepreneurs emerging from the world's leading research labs and innovation ecosystems, solving the toughest problems across technology and life s…

We invest in early stage companies building future-shaping businesses, specifically software and hardware working within climate across three pillars: Optimise (decarbonise existin…

Invest in early stage technology founders building solutions for a better tomorrow. Help founders build great companies.

Early-stage VC investing in disruptive AI and Blockchain startups outside Silicon Valley, anchored in Texas and Central U.S., leading Seed and Series A rounds in capital-efficient …

Technology will transform all sectors of the world, with the biggest transformations yet to come. Atomico partners with gamechanging entrepreneurs across thematic frontiers includi…

Back visionary and relentless founders building the future using technology and science. Belief in AGI for good, decentralized systems, personalized well-being, quiet electric tran…

The Engine is a nonprofit incubator and accelerator dedicated to providing early-stage Tough Tech companies with critical infrastructure, programs, and ecosystem support to help th…

Seed and early-stage venture capital firm investing in digital solutions that transform essential, broad-impact industries like healthcare and energy by bringing emerging technolog…

Invest in AI-first and frontier-technology companies building scalable solutions across data, infrastructure, productivity, health, energy, and industry, positioned as the foundati…

We back companies of tomorrow before it's obvious by committing to hard-working founding teams with early vision and global ambition, prioritizing magical product experience and st…

MaRS helps innovators build a better world by providing startups and scale-ups with commercialization support, connections to capital, customers and talent, and access to an expans…

Back pioneers building technology at the edge of the impossible—ideas that aren't normal but will become inevitable. Support founders in motion and builders chasing new frontiers f…

Back bold, mission-driven founders building generational technology companies and defining new markets at the earliest stages, often before solutions are obvious or categories are …

Deep tech venture capital backing brilliant entrepreneurs addressing the hardest, highest-stakes problems in the world, using AI to unlock potential across sectors.

Invest in early stage startups that close gaps of access for all, prioritizing a more fair, just, and equitable society for low income communities and underrepresented communities …

The Helm invests in game-changing companies founded by women, operating as an early-stage venture firm with offices in NYC and London.

We believe that entrepreneurship can unlock human potential and make the world a better place. We look for big problems in the world that have technology solutions and test many id…

Portfolia builds venture funds designed by and for women, open to all to back the companies shaping the future we want to see. Focus on high-growth sectors like women's health, gre…

Blackhorn backs digital pioneers leveraging data, AI and robotics in physical infrastructure industries (building, powering, moving) to reimagine how we build, power, and move our …

Back companies that make real money slashing CO2 emissions and removing carbon from the atmosphere, combining hard science with ambitious technology to reduce emissions, remove leg…

Early-stage venture firm investing in technical founders solving hard engineering and science problems through the 'Super Evolution' — a non-linear approach to innovation enabled b…

We help founders build a healthier & more sustainable future by investing capital, time & belief to accelerate success. We invest in driven founders building pioneering companies t…

We invest in founders creating positive system change, focusing on three consumer-led mega trends: Life (access and affordability in essential products/services), Health (preventat…

Back exceptional founders building a better future by investing early with outlier founders with potential to build something meaningful and enduring. The fund looks for the weird,…

Building the future powered by science - partnering with exceptional founders scaling scientific innovation to build breakthrough companies

BlueYard invests in technologies that move toward utopia or hold the line against oblivion—applied computation fueling breakthroughs enabling a safe, stable, and prosperous world.

Daphni backs visionary entrepreneurs with deep conviction, supporting startups where vision meets conviction across diverse sectors.

Deep Science Ventures combines available scientific knowledge with founder-type scientists to create high-impact ventures across agriculture, computation, climate, pharma, and educ…

Back engineers and researchers surfing new computing waves (robotics, genomics/CRISPR, GenAI) as they transform massive industries. Computing keeps eating more of the world.

Invest financial and social capital into exceptional ventures led by visionary, values-aligned teams that create a virtuous cycle of wealth and opportunity.

Bridge groundbreaking climate technologies with urgently needed markets to accelerate innovation impact on economies, communities, and the environment.

Fund breakthrough scientific startups with physics-based inventions and deep tech that revolutionize critical industries through hard science and engineering.

Designer Fund invests in early stage tech companies that use design to improve health, sustainability, or prosperity for all people.

Back founders on a mission to industrialize scientific and technological progress.

Investing in founders tackling complex business problems in ways once considered too hard to scale. Backing great founders building category-defining technology companies at the ea…

Back seed-stage founding teams scaling technologies in established energy, infrastructure, and AI markets to accelerate energy abundance and build high-growth businesses.

We back founders rewriting industries for the future.

A talent and research-driven investment firm that identifies and invests in a small number of entrepreneurs and companies they build, from seed to scale.

We back the rare humans with the grit to solve the toughest challenges. Accelerating solutions in Healthcare & Life Sciences, Security & Resiliency, Sustainable Food Systems, Clima…

Biotechnology acceleration and early-stage investing in synthetic biology, life sciences, and food/agriculture innovation

Build the capability and confidence of Victorians to create, scale and invest in technology-driven startups

Invest in technology that reshapes the real world by backing startups at the intersection of physical and digital, particularly in real estate, commerce, manufacturing, energy, log…

We build and back ventures capable of mitigating at least 10M tonnes of CO2e per annum once at scale, selecting entrepreneurs to build climate-tech ventures addressing Earth's crit…

Investing in the modern economy through AI-driven business solutions, software-driven hardware, sustainable agriculture, and supply chain. Focus on entrepreneurs early in a company…

Our mission is to identify and support companies that live at the intersection of for-profit & for-good

Blue Ivy Ventures provides Yale alumni accredited investors access to diversified venture capital investments co-invested alongside leading VC firms, combining a curated annual fun…

How many seed climate tech investors are actively deploying right now?

DryPowder tracks 57 seed climate tech funds. Of these, 50 are currently deploying capital based on recent fund closes, portfolio activity, and partner signals. Use DryPowder's fund matching to see which ones fit your specific startup.

What check size do seed climate tech VCs write?

Among 57 seed climate tech funds on DryPowder, check sizes run from $25K–$100M. Ranges vary by fund size, vintage, and whether the fund leads rounds. Each fund profile shows check size detail and lead preference.

How do I get a meeting with a seed climate tech VC?

A warm intro is still the fastest path. Most seed climate tech VCs on DryPowder do accept cold outreach or direct applications, but response rates vary widely by fund. Before reaching out, use DryPowder's AI matching to get a fit score and specific talking points. Founders who lead with thesis-aligned framing get significantly better response rates than those sending the same deck to every fund on a list.

How long does a seed round typically take to close?

Seed rounds typically take 3-6 months from first meeting to close. Most of that time is spent on qualification: investors want to see early traction, run multiple meetings, and often complete reference checks. With a committed lead who sets terms, the rest of the round usually fills within 2-4 weeks. Without a lead, the process drags. DryPowder's deployment signals help identify which seed funds are actively writing checks right now versus sitting between vehicles.

How many seed climate tech investors should I be talking to at once?

Most fundraisers recommend a parallel process: identify 20-40 target investors but approach your highest-fit funds first. Of the 50 seed climate tech funds currently deploying, not all will match your specific stage and sector. Use fund matching to find your top 10-15, approach those first, collect feedback, then go wider. Going to every fund simultaneously without qualifying first burns bridges and dilutes the urgency that helps close a round.

How is DryPowder different from building a VC list on LinkedIn or Crunchbase?

The fund list you build on LinkedIn or Crunchbase is roughly the same list every other founder is building. DryPowder adds three things a manual search cannot: deployment signals (which funds have recently closed new vehicles and are actively writing checks), AI thesis matching (which of the 57 seed climate tech funds actually fits your specific startup, ranked by fit), and verified partner contact details. The goal is 15 targeted, thesis-aligned pitches instead of 150 generic ones.