Running List of Climate VCs

Definitions

• Climate-first: climate general thesis across 6 climate sectors (e.g. energy, mobility, food & ag, industrials, climate, carbon)
• Climate-sector specific: single sector focus within climate (e.g. just energy, just mobility)
• Impact: sustainability-focused double bottom line
• Deeptech: frontier, hard science technologies to address climate
• Generalist: predominantly enterprise/ consumer software, with opportunistic climate investments

Methodology

Must have participated in >1 climate deal within past 6 months

Meet minimum threshold of climate companies as a % of overall portfolio, approximate by fund category:

• Climate-first: 75%
• Climate-vertical specific: 75%
• Impact: 25%
• Deeptech: 25%
• Generalist: 10%

Included only institutional venture capital structures (e.g. excluded Private Equity, Family Offices, Foundations, Venture Debt, Project Finance, etc.)

Excluded microfunds with AUM <$5m

Excluded corporate VCs (latest CVC update here)