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Carbon Drawdown Initiative — Seed VC Firm

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Carbon Drawdown Initiative is a Seed venture capital firm investing in Developer Tools, Climate / Energy. The firm has 20 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
20 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Developer Tools, Climate / Energy
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Portfolio

20+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investment Thesis

Carbon Drawdown Initiative backs carbon removal ventures and appears as a participant in early biochar financings. The organization supports solutions intended to scale durable drawdown.

How Carbon Drawdown Initiative invests

Carbon Drawdown Initiative is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Developer Tools, Climate / Energy.

Carbon Drawdown Initiative has backed 20 companies in our records, including 4401, Aeroc, Altitude Carbon.

Partners & Team

JH

Jens Hammes

Director of Science

DP

Dirk Päßler

CEO

U

Unknown

GP

Carbon drawdown
Biochar

Industry Focus

Invests In

Developer Tools
Climate / Energy

Portfolio Companies (20)

Other

44

4401

Carbon removal / storage·Not specified

Underground carbon storage

AE

Aeroc

Carbon removal / MRV·Not specified

MRV infrastructure for enhanced weathering

AL

Altitude Carbon

Carbon removal / fuels·Not specified

Carbon-negative aviation fuel

BL

Bloomineral

Carbon removal / mineralization·Not specified

Mineralization

CA

Carbonfuture

Carbon removal / software infrastructure·Not specified

Digital MRV and marketplace infrastructure

CA

Carbonsate

Carbon removal / biomass storage·Not specified

Biomass burial

CE

Cella Mineral Storage

Carbon removal / storage·Not specified

Underground carbon storage

CL

Climeworks

Carbon removal / DAC·Not specified

Direct air capture

CO

Co-reactive

Carbon removal / enhanced weathering·Not specified

Enhanced weathering

CO

Cotierra

Climate tech / biochar·Not specified

Decentralized biochar systems for regenerative agriculture

How to pitch Carbon Drawdown Initiative
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jens Hammes, Director of Science.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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