The Compliance Infrastructure Gold Rush 🔎 Climate capital has spent a decade chasing narratives. We’ve seen billions flow into voluntary credits, marketplaces, and "green" hardware. But the wind is shifting. The next era of climate allocation isn't about voluntary sentiment. It’s about Regulatory Inevitability. When environmental compliance becomes a legal mandate (think EU Digital Product Passports or EPR frameworks), verification moves from an "optional SaaS product" to Required Infrastructure. Here is why this is a venture-scale opportunity: 1. Infrastructure Economics > Discretionary SaaS Unlike voluntary climate solutions that fluctuate with corporate PR budgets, compliance infrastructure creates: Recurring Demand: Non-negotiable utility. Embedded Budget Lines: Part of the cost of doing business. High Switching Costs: Deep integration into ERP and supply chains. Governance-based Moats: Regulatory barriers to entry. 2. The Verification Backbone The real opportunity isn't issuing more credits. It’s becoming the backbone that regulators and enterprises trust. When recovery certificates are anchored immutably on a ledger (like the @Cardano_CF), they stop being "sustainability artifacts" and become compliance instruments. 3. Predictable Growth Voluntary markets expand with sentiment. Compliance markets expand with enforcement. And global regulation is only moving in one direction: Strictness. The Bottom Line for VCs: Stop asking: "How big is the narrative?" Start asking: "How embedded is the obligation?" Compliance-driven verification sits at the intersection of Regulation, Finance, and Digital Infrastructure. That is where the compounding returns are hidden. #ClimateVC #RWA #ClimateFinance #Cardano #EPR #VentureCapital #Infrastructure

Explore 267 Climate VC Firms. Investment Stage, Portfolio, Markets. docs.google.com/spreadsheets… #climatevc #venturecapital #sustainabilityinvestors #cleantechvc

This is an older article, but it covers the current & increasing investor sentiment. I expect the interest and capital deployed in adaptation and resilience (A&R) to continue rising - as the gap and, therefore, opportunity widens. #ClimateTech #ClimateVC heatmap.news/technology/disa…

Houston Energy & Climate Week Day 1: Networking breakfast and Opening Ceremony was a rousing success! I already made new, amazing friends and met 2 cool companies building in geothermal & CCUS. The Houston community is showing up! 🤠💚⛰️ #climatetech #climateVC #LatinaVC

News via ESG News: Bill Gates’ Climate VC Breakthrough Energy Raises $839M, 2024’s Largest in the Sector: bit.ly/3M11Ga6 @gatesfoundation #ESG #decarbonization #SocialImpact #EnvironmentalImpact #ClimateFund #VentureCapital #ClimateVC

Manufacturers are working on improving heat pumps' efficiency, cutting costs, making them easier to install in people’s homes, enabling water to be heated to higher temperatures & using more environmentally friendly refrigerants. #climatetech #climateVC tinyurl.com/ptvmv4az

Great piece by Shely Aronov! I would just add that savvy climate tech VCs are definitely investing in startups that make wide commercial adoption & customer obsession key tenets while building their companies. #climatetech #climateVC #startups tinyurl.com/7xn6kyd5

Thanks to everyone who showed up to our 1st Pachamama Ventures event in Seattle - a HH for climate tech investors (and their friends)! We had a full table of 15 people sharing a bit of their work in climate. It was tons of fun! ⛰️👩🏽‍🎤🍾 #BBGGreenFestival #PNWClimateWeek #climateVC

📢 1 WEEK AWAY & SOLD OUT! Our flagship event Pachamama Ventures Q2 Founders & Investors Meeting is almost here. Thank you to our sponsor @jpmorgan Startup Banking & our host 9zero (@MatthewJoehnk)! Register to join us virtually: lnkd.in/grdvi3tZ #climatetech #climateVC

Massachusetts in 2024 is home to the most climate tech startups per capita in the country. They thrive at institutions like MIT and Greentown Labs, turning big ideas into tangible solutions. #climatetech #climateVC #venturecapital tinyurl.com/3rxpt8ms

Partnering w/ startups can help companies to "solve a product problem, create a new avenue for revenue, accelerate R&D or accelerate time to market for a specific product," according to Otilia Barbuta, principal at HP Tech Ventures. #climatetech #climateVC tinyurl.com/mwt269nr

Industrial revolution scale transformations don’t just happen. They need ambitious heroes to write the story with imagination, courage, and skill. Thank you to our fearless supporters at @Overture_VC, @ENERGY, @NSF, and more for believing in the future unconstrained. #ClimateVC

🌏 “The climate transition is the biggest risk and opportunity facing the global capital markets in our generation.” Unwritten helps investors quantify the impact of climate events to their portfolio. Built by ex-Palantir data scientists Amos Wittenberg and Phillip Marks in our Aviva Venture Studio, Unwritten uses data analytics to model complex interactions between regions, sectors, policies, and technologies, and translate these into financial data. Unwritten has just raised a $3.5M seed round led by @Connect_V, with investment from Planet A Ventures, Sand River, and @Adapt_Nation. Read all about their raise in @Tech_EU (via Lucy Adams): tech.eu/2024/04/15/unwritten… #fintech #climatetech #climatefinance #fundraising #venturecapital #climateVC

There is an imbalance between where $$ is being invested and the solutions that will do the work. @GlobalEcoGuy on the climatetech360 pod for a breakdown of which climate solutions are promising and which... bit.ly/48DIHeh #climatetech #climateVC #impactinvesting

🌎 As overall VC funding has dropped, climate VC remains on an upward trajectory—in the UK, it’s risen by 25% in a year. At Founders Factory, we’ve accelerated our commitment to founders finding innovative new solutions to the planet’s greatest problems. Here’s some highlights from our FF Climate in 2023 👇 🌊 We started the year announcing Blue Action Accelerator, a dedicated programme to back founders in the ocean and coastal space. We’ve made our first five investments already, including @ACUAOcean (hydrogen-powered data collection vessels) and Jeevan (a new direct air capture technology). 🚀 This isn’t our only new funding in the sector. @UseGForce announced their Fund II, a $20m pre/seed climate fund. They’ve made their first two investments already—Powerex and Ki Hydrogen. 🪐 We also hosted our first Planet Positive Lab, a 10-week bootcamp supporting Oxford University based entrepreneurs to help them commercialise science-backed climate tech IP Our existing portfolio has had strong fundraising success, including: ✈️ @dronamics raising a $40m pre-Series A 🫧 Matter raising a $10m Series A 🧬 @MaterialsNexus raising a £2m seed round 🧴 @CollectiveBower crowdfunding £900k on @Crowdcube We’ve seen the first cohort of businesses around home decarbonisation spinning out of our @nesta_uk Mission Studio. These are: 🏡 @furbnow—marketplace for home decarbonisation 🏠 @econestuk—sustainability-led property developer & landlord ⚡️ Carno—end-to-end solution for renewables installers 🛠️ Renbee—productivity & lead gen tool for renewables installers @FASTWEB, one of our first partners in FF Italy, have also shown interest to build and invest around climate and sustainability. These include: ☀️ Gridshare—fractional renewable energy ownership 🔋 @CtrlEnergy—modular, recyclable battery solutions 💸 We’ve seen a growing intersection of climate and fintech, as startups exploring ways to fund, accelerate, and manage the transition towards net zero. These include Dovetail (helping investors manage transition risk), We2Sure (insurance for carbon credits), and Radiant AI (streamlining & tracking for green financing) If you’re interested in learning more about our approach to climate tech and how we’re supporting founders, read our Thesis on Climate: foundersfactory.com/articles… #climatetech #climateVC #climateportfolio #startups —

🔬 Metalchemy is championing nanotechnology for a greener future Founders Federico Trotta & George Wang are looking to bring patented lab-developed nanotechnology to a number of climate related changes. Their first product, Fresh4Longer, is looking to solve the food waste crisis through innovative food packaging that prolongs the shelf life of food. They’ve already been backed by an @innovateuk smart grant, leading climate investor Katapult, as well as our @UseGForce pre-seed climate fund. And now they’re opening up the opportunity to participate in their seed round via @Crowdcube. ➡️ You can find out more & pre-register here: crowdcube.com/early-access/m… (Note: Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong.) #crowdfunding #seedround #climatetech #climatevc #nanotechnology

We go all-in to give firepower to founders in Europe and Africa. 🚀 If you're an early-stage Climate Tech startup looking for support...apply here 👉 buff.ly/3XhxYRG #climatetech #founders #entrepreneurship #sustainability #climatevc #venturecapital

How do good listeners transform the business landscape? 👂 Lior Susan, founder of Eclipse Ventures, believes in the unique combination of strong opinions and a willingness to listen and adapt. 🤝 Tune in to CLIMB 049 for insights that will reshape your perception of visionary entrepreneurs. 🤯 📺youtu.be/zjqFis1ru8k @EclipseVentures, @jaykapoornyc, @vijaychattha #climate #climatetech #climatechange #sustainability #innovation #vc #climatevc #podcast #venturecapital #investor #tech #innovation #cleantech #ai #hardware #raas #robotics #entrepreneur #founder #founders #technology

📢 BREAKING NEWS 📢 🤝 The investment round was led by @TRICAPITALSynd , with support from @sisventures_org, @scotent, #Beeches Group, #ClimateVC, and existing shareholders. @innovateuk also joined the round 🙌 betabugs.uk/beta-bugs-secure… #FundingNews #TechNews

Robotics as a Service (RaaS): More than just hype? 🔊 Lior Susan, the founder of Eclipse Ventures, had doubts about RaaS until he met Simbe Robotics. 🤖 Tune in to CLIMB 049 to discover how innovators are unlocking the practicality and potential of RaaS!🛠️🚀 Full episode: youtu.be/zjqFis1ru8k @EclipseVentures, @simberobotics, @jaykapoornyc, @vijaychattha #cilmate #climatetech #climatechange #sustainability #innovation #vc #climatevc #podcast #venturecapital #investor #tech #innovation #cleantech #ai #hardware #raas #robotics