# New Climate Ventures

> New Climate Ventures is a VC fund in Houston backing Manufacturing and Renewable Energy. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 12%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-climate-ventures/
- Website: https://www.newclimateventures.com/

New Climate Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in innovative carbon reduction and avoidance technology companies. We take an active and diversified investment approach that leverages our energy, food/ag tech, climate tech, traditional tech, finance, regulatory, market analysis, and investing experience. At New ClimateVentures, we partner with entrepreneurs to navigate the early stages of company development and growth by applying our operational, investment, team-building, and mentoring experience and providing access to our global network of investors, startups, and corporations to help founders achieve success.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$15M |
| Pre-Seed | $2M–$5.6M |
| Series A | $3.9M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 18% |
| Renewable Energy | 4 | 12% |
| Chemical | 3 | 9% |
| Software | 3 | 9% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 9% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 41% |
| Series A | 7 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 15% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 6% |
| Angel | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 41% |
| China | 2 | 6% |
| Canada | 2 | 6% |
| Israel | 2 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FAST Metals | FAST Metals is focused on developing innovative methods for the recovery and production of a range of valuable metals, including iron, aluminum, scandium, titanium, and rare earth elements. | $4.3M | Pre-Seed | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| NxLite | 3E Nano has developed and is commercializing a low cost, thermally and optically smart, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating. This nano thin film applied to glass and other transparent media is targeted toward windows, windshields, greenhouses, and solar module manufacturers. | $3.9M | Series A | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Piq Energy | Piq Energy provides a grid planning software platform designed to manage and accelerate the grid interconnection process for power projects. The company's platform integrates standard engineering tools, network models, and queue data into a unified workflow for energy developers, utilities, and grid operators. This software automatesengineering studies and evaluates transmission technologies to identify viable sites and unlock grid capacity. The central value proposition focuses on reducing the time required to connect energy generators and large loads to the electrical grid. | $5M | Seed | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Coral | Coral is a B2B software platform that helps heat pump installers win more customers. | $8M | Seed | Mar 09, 2026 |  |
| Lucend | Coolgradient is a roof-to-room AI optimization solution for data centers. | $3.3M | Seed | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| Transition Metal Solutions | Transition Biomining is a metal ore mining technology company that offers data driven solutions for copper extraction and mining. | $6M | Seed | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| NxLite | 3E Nano has developed and is commercializing a low cost, thermally and optically smart, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating. This nano thin film applied to glass and other transparent media is targeted toward windows, windshields, greenhouses, and solar module manufacturers. | $9.5M | Series A | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| Solidec | Solidec is the pathway to emission-free compounds, beginning with hydrogen peroxide. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| Ecolectro | Ecolectro is bringing scalable, low-cost, clean green hydrogen energy to the very near future. Our electrolyzers integrate patented polymers into durable, high performance stacks. Our scientists and engineers design and build units with our exceptional membranes and electrodes, delivering high production rates and efficiency of pure hydrogenwithout the need for platinum, iridium and titanium. We continue to push the limits of electrolysis technology with an emphasis on research and willingness to challenge assumptions. | $10.5M | Series A | Nov 14, 2024 |  |
| Copernic Catalysts | Copernic Catalysts develops sustainable chemical catalysts and processes. | $8M | Seed | Nov 12, 2024 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does New Climate Ventures invest in?

New Climate Ventures invests primarily in Manufacturing, Renewable Energy and Chemical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 34 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 New Climate Ventures's check size?

New Climate Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$15M at Seed, $2M–$5.6M at Pre-Seed and $3.9M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds New Climate Ventures participates in.

### When did New Climate Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for New Climate Ventures closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 34 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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