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Carbon Direct Capital Management

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Carbon Direct Capital Management is a Seed, Growth venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Climate / Energy, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$10.0M checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, Growth

Check Size

$500K – $10.0M

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2023Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Carbon Direct backs companies enabling decarbonization through technologies and credits, particularly in voluntary carbon markets and industrial methane reduction.

How Carbon Direct Capital Management invests

Carbon Direct Capital Management is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Seed, Growth stages, with a focus on Other, Climate / Energy, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer.

Carbon Direct Capital Management typically writes checks of $500K–$10.0M per investment.

Investing since at least 2022, Carbon Direct Capital Management has backed 3 companies in our records, including Running Tide, Heirloom Carbon Technologies, Charm Industrial. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2023.

Meet the Team

JD

Joshua Dienstag

Chief Investment Officer

growth equity
technology
high growth companies
NG

Nili Gilbert

Vice Chairwoman

theme-based climate investing
international climate finance
nature-based carbon removal
MK

Mayank Kapoor

Principal

technology investing
software & enterprise technology
AF

Amy Francetic

Managing Partner

climate tech
decarbonization solutions
SB

Shahaab Bhanji

Principal

growth equity
technology sector
DE

David Elenowitz

Managing Partner

growth equity
carbon management investments
SN

Stephanie Nitopi, PhD

Principal

catalytic conversion of CO₂
fuels & chemicals
engineered carbon utilization
JG

Jonathan Goldberg

CEO

Carbon credits
Methane mitigation
PD

Paul D’Souza

Managing Partner

investment leadership
portfolio scaling

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Climate / Energy
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (3)

2023

RU

Running Tide

Ocean-Based Carbon Removal·Seed

2022

HE

Heirloom Carbon Technologies

Carbon Capture·Series A

Other

CH

Charm Industrial

Carbon removal
How to pitch Carbon Direct Capital Management
  • Raising at Seed, Growth? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Climate / Energy, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $10.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Joshua Dienstag, Chief Investment Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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