Top 50 Impact Startup Investors in United States in January 2025
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Impact startups based in United states. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Impact companies from United states. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Impact Startup Investors in United States in January 2025
Focused on developing and deploying the critical climate solutions our world needs to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Fervo Energy — Fervo Energy delivers 24/7 carbon-free energy through development of next-generation geothermal projects.
- Deep Sky — Deep Sky is building infrastructure to scale CO2 removal. Deep Sky will remove millions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere and permanently store it underground, back where it belongs. A new benchmark for Scope 3 Emissions: durable, scalable, and inherently measurable and verifiable.
- Heirloom — Heirloom is restoring balance to our atmosphere by removing 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide by 2035. We use natural processes to engineer the world's most cost-effective Direct Air Capture solution.
SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates.
HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
- unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
- Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
Early-stage fund focused on rapid, scalable climate action and targeting outsized impact and outsized returns.
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Investment focus
- Software, Real Estate, Transportation
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- United States, Israel, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Nevoya — Nevoya's focus on zero-emission freight transport is a significant step toward sustainability in the logistics industry. Nevoya is an electric truckload carriers can help reduce the carbon footprint of shipping while also potentially lowering operational costs in the long run.
- Plentify — Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems.
- FireDome — FireDome's innovative wildfire defense system utilizes a two-tiered approach. First, a mechanical launcher rapidly deploys a protective barrier to block the direct path of encroaching wildfires. Second, the system actively and swiftly detects and extinguishes spot fires caused by airborne embers tha
CEVG is an angel investor collective that invest in and mentors early-stage cleantech and climatetech startups across North America.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- PeakSyncer — PeakSyncer, a product of Zhong Xi Group, LLC, is an AI-powered cloud platform that offers a comprehensive solution for utilities aiming to optimize their energy management systems through advanced technology. The platform focuses on demand response programs, utilizing artificial intelligence to automate and streamline the management of peak energyloads. PeakSyncer has focused on creating cutting-edge solutions in cloud computing and AI integration. The company positions itself as a leader in the energy management sector, working on delivering reliable, user-friendly solutions that adapt to the evolving needs of energy grids. With dedicated support and 24/7 monitoring, PeakSyncer aims to empower utilities to modernize their operations and optimize resource usage effectively.With PeakSyncer, the company addresses a critical business need for seamless data synchronization across platforms such as ERP, CRM, and other essential business software. The platform’s key advantage is its ability to adapt to dynamic data patterns, learning from past syncs to continuously improve syncing accuracy and efficiency.PeakSyncer is designed to be scalable and easily integrates with existing utility infrastructure, ensuring a smooth implementation process. The platform not only helps utilities meet regulatory requirements but also supports them in creating a sustainable energy ecosystem by engaging customers in demand response initiatives, made possible by AI algorithms that analyze and anticipate potential data issues before they disrupt business processes.
- Cala Systems — Discover Cala, the innovative heat pump water heater that customizes heating to your lifestyle. Save money, reduce your carbon footprint, and enjoy easy installation with Cala. Reserve yours today and experience efficient, eco-friendly hot water tailored to your needs.
- Electrified Thermal Solutions — Electrified Thermal Solutions, Inc. is developing the Joule Hive: a new energy storage technology that converts surplus zero-carbon electricity into heat.
Congruent Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in Mobility and Urbanization, Energy Transition, Food and Agriculture, and Sustainable Production & Consumption sectors. We look for technology companies that will positively impact our energy and resource consumption. If we see an opportunity to partner with a like-minded teamfocused on scale across hardware, software, or services, we’re interested.
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Investment focus
- Software, Energy, Renewable Energy
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- AMP — AMP Robotics creates a scalable robotic system that reduces the cost of recycling and enables smart recycling facilities. AMP Robotics' solution is a combination of computer vision and machine learning with robots that can identify and rapidly pick recyclable materials off a conveyor belt for market and recovery.AMP Robotics automates theidentification, sorting, and processing of material streams to extract value for material recovery facilities (MRFs) that process municipal solid waste, construction and demolition, e-waste, and auto-shredding. The company's engineering design reduces the cost of capital investment with modular implementation easily dropping into existing facility infrastructure without costly retrofits or interruption to operations.AMP Robotics was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado.
- Fervo Energy — Fervo Energy delivers 24/7 carbon-free energy through development of next-generation geothermal projects.
- Energetic Capital — Let us cover the payment default risk on your next Solar Project. Energetic Insurance makes efficient financing possible for financiers, investors and energy service providers with the EneRate Credit Cover solar insurance policy.
Clean Energy Ventures invests in scalable early-stage climate tech startups and clean energy technologies addressing global climate change.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Transaera — Transaera is developing a new class of affordable, energy-efficient, sustainable cooling systems and residential air conditioners.
- ConnectDER — ConnectDER adapters let anyone connect solar panels or EV chargers to their home at a fraction of the typical time and cost....
- Electrified Thermal Solutions — Electrified Thermal Solutions, Inc. is developing the Joule Hive: a new energy storage technology that converts surplus zero-carbon electricity into heat.
Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Spintly — Integrate the Spintly Smart Access control system with your apps and software, without having to toggle between multiple devices & software.
- Torch Dental — Torch Dental develops an all-in-one technology designed to meet dental practices' supply ordering and inventory management needs. Torch Dental simplifies and streamlines the ordering process, allowing dentists to focus on their patients.
- Mojave Energy Systems — Mojave the latest in HVAC innovation. Help the Climate. Reduce Energy Use. Improve Indoor Comfort. Perform Reliably. Lower Costs.
Collaborative Fund is a leading source of capital for entrepreneurs pushing the world forward.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- WeaveGrid — WeaveGrid operates with utilities and owners of electric vehicles (EV) to allow and speed up transportation electrification. Using machine learning, optimization, and predictive analytics, the company's software solution solves several EV-grid integration challenges for utilities in a systems-oriented manner; helps integrate renewable energyresources on the grid; and saves utility customers' money on their bills.
- one.bio — BCD Bioscience is an emerging biotechnology spinout from UC Davis that creates ingredients for food and biopharmaceutical applications. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Davis, California, United States.
- Brightly Ventures — High-integrity carbon credits that fund food recovery in your community.
Khosla Ventures invests in companies that are bold, early, and impactful. The firm was started in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, to provide venture assistance to entrepreneurs.Khosla Ventures invests in a range of areas including AI, climate, sustainability, enterprise, consumer, fintech, digital health, medtech anddiagnostics, therapeutics, and frontier technology.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Zetwerk — Zetwerk offers high-quality production, globally competitive costs, and unparalleled lead times in every area of manufacturing.
- Jones — Jones is a software company that rebuilt liability management for real estate companies who want do less and get more – much more. We are solving one of the most archaic and outdated processes in commercial real estate - insurance certificates. For owners, managers and developers who need to solve insurance compliance for everyone in the valuechain, Jones is the simplest solution ever made.
- Basis — Basis operates as an AI platform built specifically for accounting firms.
Lowercarbon Capital backs kickass companies slashing CO2 emissions, sucking carbon out of the sky, and buying us time to unf**k the planet.
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Investment focus
- Renewable Energy, Energy, Biotechnology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Flair — Smart climate control in every room. Wireless smart thermostats and Smart Vents for Central Heating & AC, Mini Splits, Window ACs, Nest, Ecobee, and more
- Stand — Stand simulates real-world risk using physics and AI.
- SolarSquare Energy — Visit Solarsquare, India's only UL-certified solar installation company for hassle-free commercial & residential solar panel installation at 0 cost EMI & PPA options.
MCJ Collective reaches a broad community of people united by the common desire to step up and do something about the climate crisis.
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Investment focus
- Renewable Energy, Energy, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Mantel — Mantel is developing the material solution to carbon capture
- Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
- Heirloom — Heirloom is restoring balance to our atmosphere by removing 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide by 2035. We use natural processes to engineer the world's most cost-effective Direct Air Capture solution.
Prelude Ventures invests in and supports early-stage startups with the greatest potential to mitigate climate change. For us, climate is everything.
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- Software, Energy, Manufacturing
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- LuxWall — LuxWall is accelerating the global transition to net zero by upgrading windows and glass into transparent insulation for buildings.
- RedoxBlox — RedoxBlox offers thermochemical energy storage technology for natural gas power plant operators. It helps power plant operators drastically reduce carbon and nitrogen oxides emissions, its solution integrates with the existing natural gas power plant infrastructure, minimizes impact on plant total capital costs, increases grid resiliency andsafety, and is recyclable, non-toxic, and non-combustible, enabling industries with renewables grid through the deployment of large-scale long-duration energy storage.The company was founded in 2020 and is based in East Lansing, Michigan.
- Form Energy — Form Energy is developing, manufacturing, and commercializing a new class of cost-effective, multi-day energy storage systems.
Energy Impact Partners (EIP) is a collaborative strategic investment firm that invests in companies optimizing energy consumption and improving sustainable energy generation. Through close collaboration with its strategic investor base, EIP seeks to bring the best companies, buying power and vision in the industry to bear on the emerging energy landscape.
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- Software, Energy, Renewable Energy
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, Canada, Germany
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- Zitara — Zitara builds software that empowers companies to deeply understand their batteries, both in design and deployment. We support the renewable energy revolution, powered by safer batteries, at a lower cost, with less waste.
- Transaera — Transaera is developing a new class of affordable, energy-efficient, sustainable cooling systems and residential air conditioners.
- Oxford Flow — Oxford Flow combines the finest minds from academia with global expertise from industry to deliver practical solutions that enable their customers to make their operations quicker and slicker while reducing environmental impact. Oxford Flow is able to save you money without sacrificing performance. Every device is the result of intensive testingand customer feedback. Their solutions aren’t just theoretical - they are proven in the harshest of conditions to work time after time.
Climate Capital is an investment firm that supports companies that directly or indirectly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Germany, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Circe — Circe grows their food through fermentation. Using the right fats they make food people want to eat and use CO2 as a feedstock to scale production in an economically viable and climate-friendly way.
- Zitara — Zitara builds software that empowers companies to deeply understand their batteries, both in design and deployment. We support the renewable energy revolution, powered by safer batteries, at a lower cost, with less waste.
- Rosy Soil — Crafted for the specific needs of indoor plants, this blend contains all-natural, renewable ingredients that optimize drainage, deliver plant-boosting nutrients, and support a diverse community of beneficial fungi and microbes.
We are deep tech venture capital.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Radiant — Clean. Portable. Safe. Energy
- Fervo Energy — Fervo Energy delivers 24/7 carbon-free energy through development of next-generation geothermal projects.
- Slip Robotics — Auto-load and auto-unload any truck in 5 minutes with SlipBots to drive 10X speed, safety, and savings across the supply chain. With Slip, truckers don't wait and forklift drivers don't risk it.
MCJ Collective drives collective creativity for climate solutions by breaking down silos and unlocking problem-solving potential.
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Investment focus
- Renewable Energy, Energy, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Arch — Arch is a vertical SaaS company that leverages AI to optimize and finance sustainable HVAC systems.
- Verse — Define & achieve your financial and emissions reduction goals with Aria, a software platform that helps companies buy and manage clean power.
- Quilt — Quilt is the best home climate system available. Our electric, energy efficient heat pump uses smart technology to save homeowners money and cut emissions.
Powerhouse Ventures
backs entrepreneurs building the digital infrastructure for rapid decarbonization.
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Investment focus
- Software, Energy, Solar
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- AmpUp — Commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging network solutions made simple for everyone. Easily manage and analyze EV charging data from a single dashboard.
- Sybill AI — Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Video Calls
- Sesame Sustainability — Sesame Sustainability is a SAAS company that offers industrial decarbonization platform for modeling, optimization, and analysis.
A home for Tough Tech founders.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Osmoses — Osmoses is a cleantech company that is transforming chemical separations. Its mission is to eliminate energy waste with efficient membrane technology, reducing production costs for customers and CO2 emissions for the environment. Hydrogen, carbon capture, and renewable natural gas are some of the in
- Amide Technologies — Amide synthesizes peptides that are difficult to obtain through existing means, bridging the gap between traditional solid phase peptide synthesis and biological expression. By using unnatural amino acids and artificial protein backbones, our team is expanding what is biologically possible. Amide’s Automated Fast Flow Peptide Synthesizer (AFPS)leverages flow to dramatically improve solid phase peptide synthesis. Using the power of flow, we can generate highly reactive intermediates in situ, maintain excellent heat and mass transfer, and achieve much better synthetic outcomes than alternative SPPS methods. With all these advantages, AFPS allows biopharma pioneers to dramatically re-think what’s possible. Let Amide broaden your horizons with better, faster synthesis.
- Vaxess Technologies — Vaxess engineers novel technologies that uniquely engage the human immune system, enabling improved efficacy and simplified access for vaccines and therapeutics.
Grantham Foundation seeks to protect and improve the health of global environmental issues and supports individuals and organizations. It also supports communication and collaboration in environmental protection, with an emphasis on climate change.The foundation focuses on communications to enable the general public to understand that climatechange represents the world’s primary environmental threat today and that mitigating and adapting to a changing climate will lead to a more sustainable and prosperous future.Grantham Foundation was founded in 1997 by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Biotechnology, Energy, Environmental Consulting
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Paebbl — Captured carbon re-stored into raw materials. We put CO2 to good, permanent use in carbon-negative minerals through the process of CO2 mineralisation.
- Carbon Ridge — Modular onboard carbon capture for maritime shipping.
- Hephae Energy Technology — Hephae Energy Technology is an energy company that offers integrated drilling system to enable the generation of geothermal energy.
Shell Ventures invests in companies to speed up development and deployment of new technologies which complement our business.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Renewable Energy, Software
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, India
Portfolio highlights
- EarthOptics — EarthOptics is building the cloud-based machine learning platform for soil and ground management.
- Alt Mobility — ALT Mobility is a full-stack EV leasing platform offering mobility as a service (MaaS) for commercial vehicle users.
- Hydrogen Mem-Tech — Hydrogen Mem-Tech aim is to make the green shift happen through our state-of-the-art hydrogen separation technology with carbon capture.
Grantham Foundation seeks to protect and improve the health of global environmental issues and supports individuals and organizations. It also supports communication and collaboration in environmental protection, with an emphasis on climate change.The foundation focuses on communications to enable the general public to understand that climatechange represents the world’s primary environmental threat today and that mitigating and adapting to a changing climate will lead to a more sustainable and prosperous future.Grantham Foundation was founded in 1997 by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Environmental Consulting, Agriculture
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Paebbl — Captured carbon re-stored into raw materials. We put CO2 to good, permanent use in carbon-negative minerals through the process of CO2 mineralisation.
- Carbon Ridge — Modular onboard carbon capture for maritime shipping.
- Hephae Energy Technology — Hephae Energy Technology is an energy company that offers integrated drilling system to enable the generation of geothermal energy.
A home for Tough Tech founders.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Osmoses — Osmoses is a cleantech company that is transforming chemical separations. Its mission is to eliminate energy waste with efficient membrane technology, reducing production costs for customers and CO2 emissions for the environment. Hydrogen, carbon capture, and renewable natural gas are some of the in
- Amide Technologies — Amide synthesizes peptides that are difficult to obtain through existing means, bridging the gap between traditional solid phase peptide synthesis and biological expression. By using unnatural amino acids and artificial protein backbones, our team is expanding what is biologically possible. Amide’s Automated Fast Flow Peptide Synthesizer (AFPS)leverages flow to dramatically improve solid phase peptide synthesis. Using the power of flow, we can generate highly reactive intermediates in situ, maintain excellent heat and mass transfer, and achieve much better synthetic outcomes than alternative SPPS methods. With all these advantages, AFPS allows biopharma pioneers to dramatically re-think what’s possible. Let Amide broaden your horizons with better, faster synthesis.
- Vaxess Technologies — Vaxess engineers novel technologies that uniquely engage the human immune system, enabling improved efficacy and simplified access for vaccines and therapeutics.
Evergreen Climate Innovations supports entrepreneurs and startups that are bringing impactful climate technologies to market.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Manufacturing, Electronics
- Convertible Note, Seed, Grant
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Renewance — Renewance, a leading industrial battery management company, helps you manage key battery energy storage asset activities throughout the full battery life cycle.
- Grid Status — Grid Status offers an open platform for understanding what is happening on the electrical grid. Grid Status provides organized and dependable data, allowing the next generation of energy innovators to focus on developing innovative solutions rather than maintaining their own complex data pipelines.
- NanoGraf Corporation — SiNode Systems is a materials venture based out of Northwestern University that is commercializing a novel silicon based anode technology developed by research team led by Professor Harold Kung. SiNode aims to change the status quo of the industry by developing high performance anodes for Li-ion batteries.
Growth Capital for the Clean Economy
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Investment focus
- Energy, Software, Manufacturing
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
- United States, Canada, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Weatherflow — Welcome to Tempest by WeatherFlow! Our mission is to help mitigate and control the cost of weather on business and daily life.
- Stafl Systems — Stafl Systems provides battery management systems and telematics solutions for electric and hybrid electric vehicles.
- Brightly Ventures — High-integrity carbon credits that fund food recovery in your community.
First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a vibrant community of technology entrepreneurs and companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, India
Portfolio highlights
- Reducto — Reducto is an API that provides high quality data ingestion for large language models (LLMs). It works with any vector database or embedding system. It can parse PDFs, Excel, PowerPoint, and more.
- Omnea — The all-in-one procurement platform. Request purchases, automate approvals, and streamline your procurement process in one centralised solution.
- Prepared — We are harnessing the power of everyday technology to enhance the way that people communicate during emergencies.
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) is dedicated to accelerating the success of clean energy development and implementation—while creating high-quality jobs and long-term economic growth in Massachusetts. MassCEC is the first state agency in the nation dedicated solely to facilitating the development of the clean energy industry. We areled by people who bring knowledge, experience and an entrepreneurial attitude to help clean energy companies take full advantage of all the state’s unique assets, to help accelerate the development of renewable energy generation projects, and to help develop a workforce that is ready to roll up its sleeves to ensure Massachusetts’ place as a national and global clean energy hub.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
- Grant, Seed, Series A
- United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Lithios — Lithios is developing systems based on breakthroughs in electrochemistry to selectively capture and release lithium from complex mixtures.
- Project Green Schools — Green Schools is entirely dedicated to promoting environmental literacy and stewardship in children in grades 2-12.
- Triton Anchor — Triton Anchor is a low cost, silent, efficient, flexible anchoring system for small- and large-scale offshore wind farms. Our anchor system is ideal for use as an offshore wind anchor, deep water anchor, as a buoy anchor, aquaculture anchor.
At Connecticut Innovations, we see venture capital the way you see your business. Like no one else. We invest in innovative biotech, IT, and other industries.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- CREW Carbon — CREW Carbon is on a mission to remove CO2 across Earth's water cycle by first leveraging wastewater systems as a scalable, deployable solution today. We empower the global wastewater sector to lead the fight against climate change.
- VeraDermics — VeraDermics Inc. is a dermatology pharmaceutical start-up, makers of WartPatch
- Nimbus Power Systems — Nimbus builds a cleaner world through design and integration of zero-emission fuel cell systems for heavy-duty markets.
New York Ventures is dedicated to encouraging innovation and fueling economic growth in communities across the State. This venture capital investment arm of Empire State Development is one of New York State's business resources and innovation investments, including the Governor's START-UP NY program, Innovation Hot Spots, the RegionalEconomic Development Councils, the Centers of Advanced Technology and Centers of Excellence networks, and the SUNY 2020 Initiative.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Israel
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- ZeroMark — ZeroMark is a defense product company building technology to ensure safety and precision when using kinetic and non lethal weapons.
- Cell BioEngines — Cell BioEngines, Inc., is a clinical-stage biotech company focused on curing cancer by developing ”off-the-shelf” allogenic cell therapies. The company leverages its proprietary Stem-SPACE platform technology to produce clinical grade cells at scale.
- Dimensional Energy — We transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel.
Good Growth Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm known for its expertise in finding, assessing and cultivating complex science and technology.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, Biotechnology
- Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- United States, France, Israel
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- Liminal — Advanced battery inspection and metrology with ultrasound and machine learning
- Aralez Bio — Aromatic noncanonical amino acids that are made using biocatalysis. Single step, enzyme synthesis makes hundreds of tryptophan and other amino acid analogs!
- AdipoPharma — By harnessing the power of the Adipocyte AdipoPharma is committed to developing innovative treatment for type 2 diabetes
Systematic Pre-Seed Startup Capital
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Averi — Averi is an AI-powered marketing management platform that combines proprietary AI models for marketing strategy and content creation.Design modern strategy, analyze massive amounts of data, create endless content from ads and social posts to blogs and whitepapers, build perfect-fit teams of marketing experts, and manage your entire growthoperation in one seamless experience.
- UBILD — A.I powered construction workforce and vendor procurement platform
- Hutsy — Hutsy helps you budget, spend less and offers a concierge service to handle tasks like negotiating bills, canceling subscriptions, saving you time and money.
Blue Bear Capital is a venture capital investor supporting companies that apply AI and data-driven technologies to energy infrastructures.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, The Netherlands, Canada
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- Delos Insurance — An insurance company which uses advanced technology and artificial intelligence to protect California homeowners from wildfires.
- First Resonance — First Resonance presents ION Factory OS, factory operating system -transforming how companies gain productivity, efficiency, and scalability through digitized workflows that change the speed and quality of manufacturing.
- Urbint — Urbint uses artificial intelligence to predict threats to workers and critical infrastructure and stop incidents before they happen.
ONE WORLD provides training & investment capital to social impact enterprises. The mission of ONE WORLD is to scale social impact and improve the lives of individuals globally. In January 2017, ONE WORLD launched its impact seed fund focused on early-stage for-profit companies that are addressing social or environmental challenges. As ofJanuary 2022, the portfolio has 25 active investments, has participated in 15 follow-on rounds of financing, and has had 2 exits.
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Investment focus
- Education, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States
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- Ethic — Ethic is working towards a future where all investing is sustainable investing. We empower wealth advisors and investors to create portfolios that seek to align personal values with financial goals.
- Sylvatex Inc — Energy solutions that meet the needs of both people and the planet.
- Elemeno Health — Elemeno Health is an intuitive, cloud-based app, customized to specific needs of your hospital or unit. Streamline training and communication, drive best practices, and empower your staff with just-in-time access to critical information.
In June 2020, Amazon announced The Climate Pledge Fund to support the development of sustainable and decarbonizing technologies and services that will enable Amazon and other companies to meet the goals set by The Climate Pledge. This dedicated investment program—with an initial $2 billion in funding—will invest in visionary companies whoseproducts and solutions will facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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Investment focus
- Energy, CleanTech, Manufacturing
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, India, Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Paebbl — Captured carbon re-stored into raw materials. We put CO2 to good, permanent use in carbon-negative minerals through the process of CO2 mineralisation.
- 14Trees — They speak about us
- X-energy — X-energy is an advanced nuclear reactor & fuel company. We develop Generation IV high-temperature gas cooled nuclear reactors (SMR) & TRISO fuel to power them.
BoxGroup is an early stage investment fund focused on technology companies. Contact Us: hello@boxgroup.com
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Gigs — Gigs is building Stripe for SIM cards. Providing platforms custom phone & data plans through an easy to use API in 180+ countries.
- Prima — Reliable manufacturing & supply chain partner for custom parts, metal fabrication & efficient sourcing from Mexico. Manage design, production & delivery
- Tempest — Tempest is a ready-to-use self-serve platform that enables developers to automate app development, deployment, and management while ensuring security and compliance.
Foundational partners to ambitious founders at every stage of company-building.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, India, China
Portfolio highlights
- FIRE1 — FIRE1 and is based in Dublin, Ireland, will focus on developing novel therapeutic devices.
- Ouro Medicines — Ouroboros Medicines is a biotechnology company that specializes in immunology and focuses on treating long-term immune-mediated illnesses. The company addresses chronic immune-mediated conditions directly by integrating scientific knowledge, a proven history of progressing cell-depleting treatments through clinical trials, and a strong pipeline.
- Orbis Medicines — Orbis Medicines is a novel macrocyclic chemistry and computational platform for high-throughput drug discovery.
The Ecosystem Integrity Fund (“EIF”) is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies contributing to environmental sustainability. It seeks to demonstrate that there is no trade-off between having a positive impact and achieving outstanding financial returns. The movement toward environmental sustainability is making incrementalimprovements to the largest industries in the world. Over the next several decades, the economy will be transformed by this movement.Sustainability is fundamentally about making things better: more efficient, more functional, less toxic, less costly. This is the next phase of the Industrial Revolution.
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Investment focus
- Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, India, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Liminal — Advanced battery inspection and metrology with ultrasound and machine learning
- ZeroAvia — ZeroAvia is producing the world's first practical zero emission aviation powertrain, initially targeting 20-seat airplanes to start replacing dirty jet fuel in regional transport
- Vecmocon Technologies — Core technologies for electric mobility
Liquid2 Ventures provides technology startups with seed-stage investments and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Mexico, Canada
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- FINNY — Double down on your niche. Cut out the noise. Grow organically, effortlessly
- Twenty — Experience the forefront of open-source CRM. Packed with advanced features, customizable workflows, and community support. Transform customer relationship management seamlessly and efficiently.
- Pixeltable — Open Source Python framework that enables AI Engineers to focus on modeling and experimentation.
Threshold is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on a high-conviction investment strategy. The firm partners with entrepreneurs to build innovative consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology companies.
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- Software, Internet, Mobile
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, India, Canada
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- Mendaera — Mendaera enables all healthcare providers to perform precise and consistent point-of-care interventions. Their platform combines real-time imaging, robotics, and artificial intelligence to aid physicians in image acquisition and interpretation.
- Numa — Turns BDCs and Advisors into world-class communicators, using visibility + accountability + a healthy dose of AI superpowers
- Numa — Leverage modern Generative-AI to autonomously capture every RO, schedule service appointments, and deliver service updates in real time.
RockPort Capital is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in the areas of alternative and traditional energy, mobility, and sustainability. For more than a decade RockPort has partnered with entrepreneurs to foster growth and create value in a broad range of industrial and consumer facing companies whose technologies and products provideinnovative solutions to significant worldwide markets. RockPort has a collaborative approach to investing, deep domain expertise, and insights into all aspects of energy and cleantech. With offices in Boston and Menlo Park, RockPort is globally recognized as being among the largest and most established energy-focused venture capital firms.
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- Energy, Manufacturing, Software
- Series C, Series B, Series A
- United States, Canada, Norway
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- Qnovo — Trusted worldwide to power the products that power your life.
- NeoPhotonics — NeoPhotonics design and manufacture advanced hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic devices for ultra-fast communications networks, including optical components
- NewLeaf Symbiotics — NewLeaf Symbiotics is a bioagriculture company dedicated to sustainable agriculture, innovative research and product development.
City Light is a venture capital firm that invest in impactful companies in the areas of education, safety and care, and the environment.
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- Health Care, Software, Wellness
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States
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- Jimini Health — Jimini’s mission is to radically improve the efficacy of mental health care across the world. Jimini has developed a novel care model that combines teletherapy sessions with personalized AI support. With Jimini, your therapy care team includes your licensed clinician and Sage, your always-available AI therapy assistant, who work together to helpyou achieve your goals.Founded in 2023 by a team of seasoned AI and biotech entrepreneurs, health tech veterans, and psychology researchers, Jimini puts science and tech first, using safe, purpose-built patient-facing technology that works exclusively under clinical oversight and high safety standards.World leaders in psychology designed Jimini’s care model to ensure that every part of the patient's journey is clinically beneficial. Jimini does not believe that LLMs should replace clinicians; rather, AI will help therapists deliver higher-quality care and focus on the most complex parts of their job. Jimini’s care model is first and foremost led by excellent clinicians.Jimini is committed to improving mental health quality and creating radically better, more modern, and clinically efficacious mental health experiences for patients.
- Overstory Health — Overstory Health is a company that offers healthcare services.
- World Class Health — Access top 1% global healthcare with World Class Health. Superior patient experience & reduced employer spend. Explore our Global Benefits today.
Element 8 is an investment company that provides capital, guidance, and networking opportunities to early stage cleantech companies.
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- Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States
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- INOVUES — INOVUES transforms existing building facades and windows into high-performing systems that incorporate the latest energy-saving and smart glass innovations without removal or replacement. Through its patented insulating glass retrofit technology, INOVUES offers building owners a high-ROI, non-disruptive solution to save up to 40% on energy consumption, improve occupant thermal and acoustic comfort, and increase the value and sustainability of the building.
- Beta Hatch — Beta Hatch Insect Entrepreneurs
- LevelTen Energy — LevelTen Energy provides transaction infrastructure for buyers, sellers, advisors, and financiers in the renewable energy economy.
The Houston Angel Network (HAN) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing the innovation ecosystem in Houston, Texas by supporting founders and startups with financial resources and mentorship.
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- Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Prana Thoracic — A minimally invasive, lung-sparing device that will provide physicians and patients with the certainty they need to move forward with treatment.
- Materna Medical — Materna Medical empowers women to protect and restore their pelvic health.
- Amplified Sciences — Providing innovative diagnostic tests that enable earlier detection, risk stratification and monitoring of challenging diseases.
Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm specializing in investing in early-stage, growth, and incubation companies. The firm continues that legacy, investing in founders with bold ideas that span industries and continents, partnering with them from inception to IPO and beyond to maximize the potential of their ideas. They also focus on earlycomputer firms using their devices and programming and service companies. It also invests in the digital, life sciences, and healthcare industries.
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- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, China, United Kingdom
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- Terradot — The Earth Regeneration Company
- Enterpret — All customer feedback categorized automatically, combined with advanced analytics capabilities that ensure no customer pain goes unnoticed.
- Hippocratic AI — The First Safety Focused LLM for Healthcare
For over two decades, Sand Hill Angels has worked openly and collaboratively with venture capital funds, other angel organizations, and the Bay Area ecosystem that fosters the growth of technology startups.
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- Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States, Canada, Japan
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- Pulzaid — Platform for hybrid specialty care
- GaeaStar — The zero waste clay cup. GaeaStar is an engineering company developing sustainable multiple use products and technology.
- PrivacyHawk — PrivacyHawk is a Personal Data Protection service that makes opting out, unsubscribing, and deleting your data from thousands of companies easy.
The Yield Lab invests in AgriFood Tech companies with technologies focused on crops, animal health, digital agriculture, logistics, and food ingredients. Initial investments range from $100,000 – $1.5M.
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- Agriculture, Biotechnology, AgTech
- Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- United States, Argentina, Brazil
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- Spotta — Spotta's smart pest systems help pest control monitor and identify pests. Solutions for hospitality, care homes, agriculture, farming and forestry.
- Sundew — Targeting water-borne pests and diseases
- Kaffe Bueno — Kaffe Bueno upcycles coffee waste into active and functional ingredients for cosmetics, nutraceuticals and functional foods.
Halogen Ventures is a Los Angeles, California-based Venture Capital fund focused on investing in early-stage consumer technology startups with a female on the founding team. Halogen Ventures invests in pre-seed, seed, and series A companies creating groundbreaking technologies and products in the consumer space. It is hands-on and supports foundersthrough their full lifecycle. The firm helps them build their networks, get brand exposure, hire great talent, raise follow-on rounds and find their path to acquisition or IPO.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion
- Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
- United States
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- Vivoo — At home testing made simple! Get personalized insights and expert advice tailored just for you. Begin your journey to wellness now!
- itselectric — Itselectric partners with city property owners to unlock access to untapped electricity supply while they earn passive income.
- HopSkipDrive — Arranging safe, dependable transportation or children ages 6+ with qualified caregivers
Austin Ventures is a venture capital and private equity company that specializes in partnering with talented executives and entrepreneurs to build companies.
It was founded in 1984 and headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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- Software, Enterprise Software, Internet
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, China, Japan
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- Tasktop — Tasktop offers a software platform that allows companies to better manage the process of building their software. Tasktop plugs into existing tools and overlays the end-to-end value stream to provide the abstractions, automation, visualizations, and forensics needed to practice value stream management on a daily basis.
- Ambiq Micro — Ambiq has developed breakthrough technology innovating battery-powered endpoint devices by reducing the total power consumed. Learn more.
- Veros Systems — Veros Systems enables industrial customers to maximize production by providing actionable intelligence on their electrically-driven machines.Their web-based Predictive Intelligence Platform uses completely nonintrusive monitors that can be installed in hours. PIP offers real-time predictive reliability and energy efficiency intelligence onelectromechanical systems, and seamlessly integrates with leading Enterprise Asset Management applications. At last, engineers, managers, and executives have a means to see the future: to plan better, reduce costs, and improve a facility’s overall availability.
Starlight is a venture capital firm for founders addressing the world’s most pressing challenges & opportunities. We partner early with unstoppable entrepreneurs leveraging breakthrough science and technology to pursue progress at scale in four main areas: the energy transition, industrializing synthetic biology, space technology, and novelcomputing & communications platforms.Starlight was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
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- Biotechnology, Energy, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Finland, Italy
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- Ephos — Designing and manufacturing glass-based integrated photonic circuits that power the most advanced classical and quantum devices
- Blue Energy — Blue Energy is a nuclear power plant company that provides reliable, clean, and abundant electricity.
- Electrified Thermal Solutions — Electrified Thermal Solutions, Inc. is developing the Joule Hive: a new energy storage technology that converts surplus zero-carbon electricity into heat.
Fifth Wall Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology solutions for the Built World.
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- Real Estate, Software, SaaS
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, Brazil, Spain
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- Woltair — Digitisation of the heating installation process - from lead generation, through sales and installation, to after-sales support.
- Fractional — Social platform for fractional ownership of real estate
- Mojave Energy Systems — Mojave the latest in HVAC innovation. Help the Climate. Reduce Energy Use. Improve Indoor Comfort. Perform Reliably. Lower Costs.
Foothill Ventures is a technology-focused venture fund that invests in seed-to-A-round startups in the United States. It is a successor fund to the TEEC Angel Fund.
Foothill Ventures was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Altos, California.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, China, Canada
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- AmpUp — Commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging network solutions made simple for everyone. Easily manage and analyze EV charging data from a single dashboard.
- Supio — Supio is a dependable and precise AI that assists attorneys in obtaining the vital information they require to secure greater settlements for their customers.An engaging AI chatbot to help clients receive the care they require by identifying undiagnosed or untreated symptoms.
- Jacobi Robotics — Jacobi Robotics is a software building block for robot arms.
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