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Climate Impact Fund I

VertueLab

Foundation Grants for Startups Environmental Grants

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Overview

VertueLab's Climate Impact Fund invests in companies that have the potential to reduce emissions, capture carbon, or convert carbon into useful products. These investments come at a critical times for startups, helping them survive the valley of death where traditional investing fails.

Geographic Scope: Pacific Northwest (focus on Oregon and Washington)

Focus Areas:

Emissions reduction technologies
Carbon capture innovations
Carbon conversion into useful products

What the Fund Does:

Provides catalytic capital to early-stage climate tech startups
Empowers companies to prove out their technology
Helps companies complete demonstration projects
Creates leverage for other funding opportunities

Portfolio Performance:

14 companies invested
$23.4M in follow-on funding secured by portfolio companies
6.4 gigatons emission reduction potential

Funders: Grantham Foundation, Roundhouse Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Lemelson Foundation, and numerous other organizations and individuals