Lowercarbon Capital
VC Fund
New York, United States
Lowercarbon Capital is a VC fund in New York focused on Renewable Energy and Energy. Lowercarbon backs companies from the earliest stages to scale real-world solutions across energy, manufacturing, and climate resilience.
- Total investments:
- 229
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 39%
- Fund size:
- $11M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Lowercarbon Capital invests in
Stages Lowercarbon Capital invests in
Countries Lowercarbon Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $3M–$12M
- Series A
- $11M–$50M
- Series B
- $21M–$150M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Renewable Energy 26 (11%)
- Energy 24 (10%)
- Manufacturing 18 (8%)
- Biotechnology 17 (7%)
- CleanTech 13 (6%)
Stage
- Series A 68 (30%)
- Seed 65 (28%)
- Series B 31 (14%)
- Funding Round 11 (5%)
- Series C 9 (4%)
Country
- United States 84 (37%)
- United Kingdom 14 (6%)
- France 5 (2%)
- Sweden 3 (1%)
- India 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan Orbuch
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Shawn Xu
Chief of Staff
|
Chief of Staff | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
Alex Laplaza
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kristin Ellis
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stand simulates real-world risk using physics and AI. | $70M / Series C / Oct 15, 2026 | ||
| Type One Energy is a fusion power system developer whose goal is to provide clean fusion power to cities. Through innovations in high-temp superconducting magnets and additive manufacturing, the company's system connects the compact, cost-effective stellarator fusion power plant to the grid, allowing people to access power when it is needed. | $200M / Series B / Oct 06, 2026 | ||
| Rainmaker employs cutting-edge technology to generate rain, replenish water sources, and address drought challenges in a sustainable and effective manner. | $100M / Series B / Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| Rune Energy is a developer of a computation technology intended to monetize underutilized and surplus clean power. | $40M / Series A / Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| River is an electric vehicle manufacturer whose goal is to generate and improve livelihoods. The company specializes in the manufacture of high-quality mobility motor vehicles in the form of utility electric mopeds, allowing clients to purchase economical vehicles that can be used for work, recreation, and any other duty in between. | $120M / Series C / Aug 05, 2026 | ||
| Antora Energy delivers zero-carbon industrial heat and power to heavy industries that are more reliable than fossil fuels. Antora’s thermal energy storage soaks up excess solar and wind electricity and uses it to heat blocks of carbon so they glow like inside a toaster. | $550M / Series C / Jul 30, 2026 | ||
| Senra Systems operates in the manufacturing industry, focusing on software configuration to improve manufacturing processes. The company works to transform skilled assembly tasks into production lines, enhancing production efficiency. It also has involvement in the Aerospace and Defense industry. It collects anonymous data through Google Analyticsto analyze user behavior and use the insights to improve its services. | $65M / Series B / Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| Oratomic develops neutral-atom quantum hardware and architectures for fault-tolerant quantum computing. The company focuses on utility-scale quantum computers that use light and atoms to implement ultra-efficient quantum error correction. Its work targets applications ranging from scientific discovery to new approaches in artificial intelligenceand complex simulation. Oratomic combines expertise in quantum error correction, neutral-atom platforms, optical engineering, and machine learning. The organization aims to make fully fault-tolerant quantum computing practical for real-world use cases. | $300M / Series A / Jul 07, 2026 | ||
| Isometric is a carbon removal registry and science platform. | $40M / Series A / Jun 22, 2026 | ||
| SolarSquare provides rooftop solar solutions for residential homes, housing societies, and commercial establishments, offering services that include system design, installation, maintenance, and financing support. The company manages the solar adoption process from site assessment and customized system design to installation, subsidy assistance,and ongoing system monitoring. It also offers a mobile application that allows customers to track electricity generation and system performance in real time. SolarSquare focuses on improving access to solar energy through standardized processes, engineering support, and maintenance services aimed at ensuring long-term system operation. The company serves customers across multiple cities in India and works to support the adoption of distributed solar power through rooftop installations. | $53M / Series C / Jun 12, 2026 | ||
| See all 229 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Lowercarbon Capital invest in?
Lowercarbon Capital invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Energy and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 229 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Lowercarbon Capital invest in?
Lowercarbon Capital typically joins rounds of $3M–$12M at Seed, $11M–$50M at Series A and $21M–$150M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Lowercarbon Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Lowercarbon Capital took part in.
How do I contact Lowercarbon Capital?
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Who are the partners at Lowercarbon Capital?
The team at Lowercarbon Capital includes Ryan Orbuch (Partner), Shawn Xu (Chief of Staff) and Alex Laplaza (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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