# Climate Venture Capital Fund

> Climate Venture Capital Fund is a VC fund in Auckland backing Manufacturing and Sustainability. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, New Zealand
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://climatevcfund.com/

Climate Venture Capital Fund is a group of investors, scientists, business people, and experts in change.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $968k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 56% |
| Sustainability | 3 | 33% |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 33% |
| Chemical | 2 | 22% |
| Environmental Engineering | 2 | 22% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New Zealand | 8 | 89% |
| Australia | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mara Bio | Mara Bio is a biotechnology company that provides fermentation-derived nutrient-rich food ingredients from industry by-products. | $1M | Seed | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| Dot Ingredients | Dot Ingredients operates a surfactant company designed to offer commercially viable particle surfactants. It produces cellulose from wood pulp, makes sustainable emulsifiers from renewable cellulose, and is able to not only cleanse hands, clothes, surfaces, and cars, but also protect crops, enhance food, color textiles, and flow into the oceans andsoil. |  | Pre-Seed | May 15, 2025 |  |
| Teiny | Teiny produces oat milk powder. Using oat milk powder, the company aims to address environmental concerns, nutritional deficiencies, and packaging waste, as well as provide taste and texture experiences. Choosing a milk alternative means choosing a sustainable future for the planet and for people health. |  | Seed | Sep 02, 2024 |  |
| NovoLabs | NovoLabs manufactures ultraviolet treatment systems for disinfecting water and process liquids with low clarity. As a result of the company's product, businesses can reduce treatment costs and meet flow requirements by disrupting bacteria, viruses, and protozoa RNA and DNA structure with specialized lamps emitting an ultraviolet light range. |  | Series A | Feb 07, 2024 |  |
| Zincovery | Zincovery is a decarbonizing zinc recycling plant. | $3M | Seed | Oct 24, 2022 |  |
| Cleanery | Cleanery is a developer of cleaning and personal care products aimed at reducing waste and reducing environmental impact. Cleaning products, personal care products, and reusable bottles are delivered as powders that dissolve in water at home, eliminating single-use bottles and reducing emissions globally. | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 09, 2022 |  |
| Liquium | Liquium develops technologies that helps in green ammonia production and reducing carbon emissions at low temperature. | $968.2K | Seed | May 01, 2022 |  |
| MGA Thermal | MGA Thermal they are developing novel materials, designing innovative technologies, and delivering thermal energy storage solutions. They are improving the electrical grid’s stability, residential and commercial space heating, industrial process and waste heat, and even electric vehicles. Their focus, is enabling intermittent renewable energysources such as the sun and wind, to provide base load electricity to the grid. | $5.9M | Series A | Aug 03, 2021 |  |
| Hot Lime Labs | Hot Lime Labs is developing CO2 capture technology for the commercial greenhouses. |  |  |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AngelHQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelhq) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cp-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alberts Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alberts-impact-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AUT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aut-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Climate Venture Capital Fund invest in?

Climate Venture Capital Fund invests primarily in Manufacturing, Sustainability and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Climate Venture Capital Fund's check size?

Climate Venture Capital Fund typically joins rounds of $968k–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Climate Venture Capital Fund participates in.

### When did Climate Venture Capital Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Climate Venture Capital Fund closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 9 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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