Climate Ventures Fund
Climate Ventures Fund is a Seed venture capital firm based in Boston, MA investing in Climate / Energy, Other, Food / AgTech. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 12 portfolio companies in our records.
Seed
$500K – $2.0M
12+ companies
10 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused exclusively on financing seed-stage startups that advance carbon reduction technologies.
How Climate Ventures Fund invests
Climate Ventures Fund is a vc firm based in Boston, MA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Climate / Energy, Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer.
Climate Ventures Fund typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.
Climate Ventures Fund has backed 12 companies in our records, including CarbonLink, GreenGrid, Liquium.
Meet the Team
Sarah Green
Founding Partner
Dr Jez Weston
Co-Founder + Partner
Co-Founder + Partner at Climate Fund and listed as a member of the Climate Impact Committee, which uses IRIS+ to measure proposed investments and can veto deployments of capital.
Lucie Greenwood
Associate
Jodi York
Chief Impact Officer
Shaun Hendy
General Partner
Audrey Jean-Baptiste
Head of Commercial Programs
Emily Mabin Sutton
General Partner
Paul Winton
General Partner
Rohan MacMahon
Blog Author
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (12)
Other
CarbonLink
GreenGrid
Liquium
Catalysts that transform Haber-Bosch ammonia synthesis. Wellington. Dramatically increasing catalyst productivity vs commercial incumbents.
MGA Thermal
Patented miscibility-gap-alloy thermal storage, making 24/7 renewables a reality. Series A complete; demonstration plant operational.
NovoLabs
World-first Supercritical UV Disinfection System, treating wastewater with UVT below 1%. NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2024, Most Awarded Hi-Tech Company.
Cleanery
Patented household and personal care products in powdered form. Sold in supermarkets across Australasia and the USA.
Zethos
Decarbonising precious metal recycling, addressing $10B in waste-zinc dust globally each year. Series A complete; demonstration plant in Christchurch.
Aplenty
Green CO₂ for greenhouse horticulture, replacing fossil-fuel-derived industrial CO₂. Piloting with leading NZ growers; further capital raise underway.
Mara Bio
Proprietary fermentation platform turning food-industry by-products into functional proteins. $1M seed round 2025, with K1W1 alongside CVCF.
Teiny
Oat milk powder. The nutrition of dairy with the sustainability of plant-based. Potential to slash emissions by up to 95% vs liquid alternatives.
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Climate / Energy, Other, Food / AgTech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jez Weston, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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