# Lowercarbon Capital

> Lowercarbon Capital is a VC fund backing Renewable Energy and Energy. See 225 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 225
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Fund size: $350M
- Last fund: Apr 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lowercarbon-capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lowercarbon
- Website: https://lowercarboncapital.com/

Lowercarbon Capital is a VC fund in New York focused on Renewable Energy and Energy. Lowercarbon Capital funds research and invests in technologies to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. The world has ignored the scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs who are pursuing solutions to lower emissions, remove carbon, actively cool the planet, and save human, animal, and plant life.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.8M–$12M |
| Series A | $11M–$50M |
| Series B | $21M–$150M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Renewable Energy | 19 | 8% |
| Energy | 16 | 7% |
| Biotechnology | 15 | 7% |
| Manufacturing | 11 | 5% |
| Food and Beverage | 11 | 5% |

97 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 56 | 25% |
| Series A | 54 | 24% |
| Series B | 24 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 16 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 67 | 30% |
| United Kingdom | 13 | 6% |
| France | 5 | 2% |
| Sweden | 3 | 1% |
| India | 2 | 1% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ryan Orbuch | Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-orbuch |
| Shawn Xu | Chief of Staff | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawn-xu-2 |
| Alex Laplaza | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-laplaza-d08b |
| Kristin Ellis | Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristin-ellis-c93f |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| River | 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 06, 2026 |  |
| Antora Energy | 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 | 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 | 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 | Isometric is a carbon removal registry and science platform. | $40M | Series A | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| SolarSquare Energy | 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 |  |
| SolarSquare Energy | 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 |  |
| Fuse Energy | Fuse is an energy supplier that offers the UK's cheapest electricity tarif. Also active in the US. | $30M | Series B | Jun 04, 2026 |  |
| Atana Elements | Atana is a data-driven resource company that accelerates the exploration and development of flowing critical minerals. | $27.5M | Seed | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| Thea Energy | Thea Energy is taking a faster approach to commercialize fusion energy. The company’s fusion systems will create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future.Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering developed at Princeton University and elsewhere. The company was founded in 2022with the objective of building modular, utility-scale fusion power. | $100M | Series B | May 27, 2026 |  |

10 of 225 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 32 deals together
- [MCJ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mcj) — VC Fund, 29 deals together
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- [Collaborative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaborative-fund) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Lowercarbon Capital invest in?

Lowercarbon Capital invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Energy and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 225 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 Lowercarbon Capital's check size?

Lowercarbon Capital typically joins rounds of $3.8M–$12M at Seed, $11M–$50M at Series A and $21M–$150M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lowercarbon Capital participates 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?

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