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Climate Ventures Fund

VC
Boston, MAWebsite

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.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

12+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

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

JW

Jez Weston

Partner

SG

Sarah Green

Founding Partner

Carbon Reduction
DJ

Dr Jez Weston

Co-Founder + Partner

climate impact
climate venture capital
decarbonisation

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.

LG

Lucie Greenwood

Associate

The Connective
JY

Jodi York

Chief Impact Officer

Kilara Capital
SH

Shaun Hendy

General Partner

Toha NZ
AJ

Audrey Jean-Baptiste

Head of Commercial Programs

Swinburne
EM

Emily Mabin Sutton

General Partner

Climate Club NZ
PW

Paul Winton

General Partner

Temple
RM

Rohan MacMahon

Blog Author

Climate investment

Industry Focus

Invests In

Climate / Energy
Other
Food / AgTech
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (12)

Other

CA

CarbonLink

Carbon Reduction
GR

GreenGrid

Energy Efficiency
LI

Liquium

Industrial·CVCF 1 + 2

Catalysts that transform Haber-Bosch ammonia synthesis. Wellington. Dramatically increasing catalyst productivity vs commercial incumbents.

MG

MGA Thermal

Energy storage·CVCF 1

Patented miscibility-gap-alloy thermal storage, making 24/7 renewables a reality. Series A complete; demonstration plant operational.

NO

NovoLabs

Water·CVCF 1 + 2

World-first Supercritical UV Disinfection System, treating wastewater with UVT below 1%. NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2024, Most Awarded Hi-Tech Company.

CL

Cleanery

Waste & circular·CVCF 1

Patented household and personal care products in powdered form. Sold in supermarkets across Australasia and the USA.

ZE

Zethos

Industrial·CVCF 1

Decarbonising precious metal recycling, addressing $10B in waste-zinc dust globally each year. Series A complete; demonstration plant in Christchurch.

AP

Aplenty

Agri-food·CVCF 1

Green CO₂ for greenhouse horticulture, replacing fossil-fuel-derived industrial CO₂. Piloting with leading NZ growers; further capital raise underway.

MA

Mara Bio

Agri-food·CVCF 1

Proprietary fermentation platform turning food-industry by-products into functional proteins. $1M seed round 2025, with K1W1 alongside CVCF.

TE

Teiny

Agri-food·CVCF 1

Oat milk powder. The nutrition of dairy with the sustainability of plant-based. Potential to slash emissions by up to 95% vs liquid alternatives.

How to pitch Climate Ventures Fund
  • 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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