# Echoing Green

> Echoing Green is a VC fund in New York backing Renewable Energy and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/echoing-green
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/echoinggreen
- Website: http://www.echoinggreen.org
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/echoinggreen

Echoing Green is a VC fund in New York focused on Renewable Energy and SaaS. For nearly 30 years, Echoing Green has supported next- generation talent in solving the world’s biggest problems. We have disbursed over $37 million in seed funding to nearly 700 entrepreneurs. Echoing Green has established a global community of emerging leaders—almost 700 and growing—who have launched Teach For America, City Year, One AcreFund, SKS Microfinance, and more. Through our Fellowships and other innovative leadership initiatives, we unleash unexpected potential by tracking down the best and the brightest leaders, bringing them together, and launching them on their path to success.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Echoing Green. Shizune tracks 7 team members at Echoing Green. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/echoing-green?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Solar | 1 | 20% |
| EdTech | 1 | 20% |
| Energy | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| India | 1 | 20% |
| Colombia | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cheryl Dorsey | President | 0 | — |
| Erica Lock | Director, Fellowship Programs | 0 | — |
| Ian Monroe | Climate Fellow | 0 | — |
| Kristen Moree | Evaluator | 0 | — |
| Min Pease | Director, Impact Investing | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oorja Development Solutions | Oorja Development Solutions aims to provide clean energy access to 450 million un/underelectrified people in rural Indian communities. It deploy smart micro-grids powered by biomass gasification and solar PV systems to generate, store and transmit reliable and affordable electricity to SMEs as anchor load and low-income households. It uses ascalable community-owned business model to leverage energy provision as a catalyst for socio-economic development to alleviate poverty, empower women and tackle climate change. | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| Reportwell | Reportwell streamlines key compliance tasks and reporting requirements for authorizers, school districts, and government agencies that want stronger reporting, easier accountability, and simpler compliance for the schools or companies under their regulatory umbrella. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Novoloop | Novoloop is an upcycling company that provides a proprietary lifecycling platform to create chemicals and materials from plastic waste. Its Accelerated Thermal Oxidative Decomposition (ATOD) process chemically breaks down plastic films and packaging into monomers, which are then reassembled into virgin-quality TPU and recycled+ formulations. Thecompany operates a demonstration pilot plant in India in partnership with Aether Industries, producing up to 70 metric tons of TPU annually from mixed plastic waste. | $190K | Debt Financing | Feb 01, 2019 |  |
| Suyo | Suyo helps families secure their property rights by offering the most affordable and reliable property formalization services in Latin America.Combining modern technology with its expert team of lawyers, architects and other property professionals, Suyo can solve all of your property formalization needs in a simple process for approximately halfthe price of other providers. Its services include land titling, building registration, successions, property purchase studies, among many others. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2017 |  |
| Qorax Energy | To find out more about the distribution companies Qorax incubated, please visit: Altech - https://www.altech-rdc.com (DRC), HelloSolar - https://www.hellosolarint.com (Ethiopia), Enersom - https://www.enersom.us (Somalia), | $250K | Seed | Sep 01, 2014 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [1to4 Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1to4-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acumen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Agora Partnerships — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Charter School Growth Fund — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Detroit Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/detroit-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Echoing Green invest in?

Echoing Green invests primarily in Renewable Energy, SaaS and Solar startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Echoing Green?

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### Who are the partners at Echoing Green?

The team at Echoing Green includes Cheryl Dorsey (President), Erica Lock (Director, Fellowship Programs) and Ian Monroe (Climate Fellow), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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