Pre-seed Climate Tech Investors in the US
We've mapped 20 of the most active pre-seed Climate Tech investors funding founders in the US, with cheques $25K–$100M.
- Pre-seed20
- Seed20
- Series A16
- Series B11
- Series C+9
We've mapped 20 of the most active pre-seed Climate Tech investors funding founders in the US — 20 VCs. Cheque sizes across this segment run $25K–$100M.
When raising pre-seed for a Climate Tech company in the US, founders should lead with the investors whose stage and cheque size actually match the round — not just the best-known names. 20 of these profiles have been verified in the last review pass. Sign in to see each investor's full thesis, cheque range, and how closely they fit your specific company.
Propeller
Climate-tech VC (founded 2022 by HubSpot's Brian Halligan) investing $500K-$2M in ocean-climate startups including shipping, offshore wind, wave energy, desa… Sign in to see full profile →
Red Cedar Ventures
Venture subsidiary of the MSU Research Foundation supporting early-stage high-tech startups emerging from Michigan State University. Sign in to see full profile →
Grantham Foundation
Foundation working on climate change and chemical toxicity that acts as a catalytic funder of new ideas, making grants and investments across clean firm ener… Sign in to see full profile →
Applied Ventures
Applied Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), founded 2006 and based in Santa Clara, CA. Sign in to see full profile →
Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures is a Menlo Park, California venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. Sign in to see full profile →
First Round Capital
First Round Capital is a US seed-stage venture firm founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman and Howard Morgan, with offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York and Phil… Sign in to see full profile →
Eclipse
Palo Alto VC with $2B+ AUM investing in physical-economy startups: manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, energy, defense, robotics. Sign in to see full profile →
8VC
8VC is an Austin, Texas technology investment firm founded in 2015 by Joe Lonsdale after the wind-down of Formation 8. Sign in to see full profile →
Alumni Ventures
Alumni Ventures is a Manchester, New Hampshire venture capital firm that gives individual accredited investors access to venture and late-stage private inves… Sign in to see full profile →
Lux Capital
Lux Capital is a New York-based science and tech VC (founded 2000 by Peter Hebert, Robert Paull, and Josh Wolfe) with $7B+ AUM. Sign in to see full profile →
SOSV
SOSV is a multi-stage venture capital firm investing in deep tech for human and planetary health, from physical AI and hard tech to therapeutics, energy and … Sign in to see full profile →
Spark Capital
Invests in: Europe, Israel, USA, Canada, Asia, Worldwide VC firm investing and partnering with world-changing in companies. Sign in to see full profile →
Kindred Ventures
Kindred Ventures is a San Francisco venture capital firm that invests at the earliest stages in founders building with technology and science, across AI, cry… Sign in to see full profile →
BoxGroup
Investor built in NYC and SF backing founders at the earliest stage, from pre-seed to as late as Series A, with cheques of up to $1M and companies funded any… Sign in to see full profile →
DCVC
DCVC (Data Collective) is a deep-tech venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Matt Ocko and Zachary Bogue, with offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco. Sign in to see full profile →
South Park Commons
San Francisco-based community for founders and technologists exploring what to build, with spaces in San Francisco, New York and Bengaluru. Sign in to see full profile →
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Venture investor of Breakthrough Energy, a global platform to accelerate clean energy innovation, backing companies that cut emissions across manufacturing, … Sign in to see full profile →
AlleyCorp
Looking at companies from the idea stage to 50K+ in MRR We are tech pioneers, investors, and entrepreneurs. We build and invest in transformative companies Sign in to see full profile →
Anthemis
Anthemis is an early-stage venture capital firm, led by founders Amy Nauiokas and Sean Park, that invests in companies reshaping the financial economy, inclu… Sign in to see full profile →
Pear VC
Pre-seed and seed VC in Palo Alto backing founders from idea to early traction across consumer, SaaS, enterprise, healthcare, fintech, AI and deep tech. Sign in to see full profile →
Directory last updated: November 2026.
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