Evergreen Climate Innovations
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
Evergreen Climate Innovations is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Energy and Manufacturing. Evergreen Climate Innovations, formerly Clean Energy Trust, provides catalytic capital and support to entrepreneurs and startups that bring impactful climate technologies to market. The nonprofit pioneered its 501vc® Investment Fund to align philanthropic and corporate contributions to deliver environmental, economic, and social impact. Evergreenadvances and expands access to innovation across the Greater Midwest and cultivates an ecosystem of investors, donors, and collaborators. For over a decade, Evergreen Climate Innovations has invested in startups that have raised $41 for every $1 invested. Learn more at evergreeninno.org
- Total investments:
- 52
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Evergreen Climate Innovations invests in
Stages Evergreen Climate Innovations invests in
Countries Evergreen Climate Innovations invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $100k–$9M
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$2.5M
- Convertible Note
- $40k–$310k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 12 (23%)
- Manufacturing 12 (23%)
- Electronics 8 (15%)
- Software 7 (13%)
- Renewable Energy 7 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 15 (29%)
- Convertible Note 14 (27%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (12%)
- Grant 4 (8%)
- Series A 4 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrification of transportation, greater energy efficiency and grid modernization require advances in power electronics and power conversion systems. Magnetics have presented a critical limitation in advancing these technologies. With the ability to custom engineer the features of magnetic cores, CorePower Magnetics’ components represent a stepchange in efficiency and power density. CorePower Magnetics’ patented combination of advanced manufacturing processes and novel materials results in up to 10x reductions in weight, 5x reductions in volume, and 50% reductions in losses with no rare earth metals required. Combined with our lower operating temperatures, these benefits lead to higher current capabilities, increased electric vehicle ranges, and longer component lifetimes. | $10.6M / Seed / Sep 08, 2026 | ||
| New Iridium helps to decarbonize the chemical industry by utilizing CO2 to create value-added products and reducing carbon emissions through highly efficient chemical manufacturing. They efficiently upcycles CO2 to produce green and lower-cost products. By consuming more CO2 than emitted by the process and combining CO2 with lower-cost alternativefeedstocks, our technology creates carbon-negative and lower-cost versions of existing commodity chemicals. | $2.7M / Seed / Jun 11, 2025 | ||
| C-Motive Technologies focuses on reinventing the electric motor. Its motors run on the principle of electrostatic forces, also known as "static cling," and stands to change the machines that shape and run people's lives. Founded by Dan Ludois and Justin Reed in 2012, C-Motive Technologies is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. | $13.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 04, 2025 | ||
| Living Ink Technologies produces carbon negative materials by transforming waste-biomass into pigments for the ink, apparel, footwear, packaging, foams and adhesives industries. | $4.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 04, 2025 | ||
| 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. | $8M / Seed / Aug 21, 2024 | ||
| Bedrock Materials pioneers affordable sodium-ion batteries with revolutionary materials and production techniques, changing energy storage for a more sustainable future. | $9M / Seed / May 16, 2024 | ||
| Renewance is an electronic company that provides software solutions, consultancy, and project management services to manage the battery end of life liabilities. It offers an online platform that connects clients with defect or end-of-life industrial batteries with logistics providers and battery recyclers.The company was founded in 2016 andheadquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Series A / Apr 10, 2024 | ||
| Earnest Agriculture is a developer of probiotics that increase crop yields for farmers. The company's probiotics protect against disease, insects, and weeds and promote nutrients, soil health, and drought tolerance. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2024 | ||
| 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. | $65M / Series B / Feb 14, 2023 | ||
| Kadeya is a closed-loop water vending business that utilizes digitally connected reusable water bottles and tiny bottling equipment. Kadeya was founded by Manuela Zoninsein. | Pre-Seed / Oct 25, 2022 | ||
| See all 52 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Evergreen Climate Innovations invest in?
Evergreen Climate Innovations invests primarily in Energy, Manufacturing and Electronics startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 52 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Evergreen Climate Innovations's check size?
Evergreen Climate Innovations typically joins rounds of $100k–$9M at Seed, $100k–$2.5M at Pre-Seed and $40k–$310k at Convertible Note. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Evergreen Climate Innovations participates in.
When did Evergreen Climate Innovations last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Evergreen Climate Innovations closed in Sep 2026. Shizune tracks 52 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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