58 VC firms investing in climate & clean energy and manufacturing & industrial at the Series A stage.
F4 Fund tracks 58 VC firms that actively invest in climate & clean energy + manufacturing & industrial at the Series A stage, with check sizes ranging from $25K – $500M (median: $2.8M – $2.8M). As of June 2026, and 88% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,358+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ Baruch Future Ventures (BFV) Climate restoration through identification and scaling of 'n of 1' technology opportunities combining innovative tech, viable business models, and visionary leadership. Focus on achieving $1B+ valuations in <10 years with 'scale and speed' mentality. Menlo Park | $250K – $10M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 2 | ▶ Voyager The world is transitioning from finite fuels and brittle processes to one powered by efficiency, automation, and machine intelligence. We invest in frontier technologies that are cheaper and higher-performing than fossil alternatives, building the foundational infrastructure for durable economic growth and abundance at global scale. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 14 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 3 | ▶ Initialized Capital Passion and vision matter more than pedigree. We seek founders with grit, audacity, and a spark of rebellion—regardless of background. We invest early, before success is inevitable, and support founders from 0-to-1 through Series A. San Francisco | $250K – $2M | 185 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 4 | ▶ Alpaca VC We invest in technology companies that reshape foundational industries – real estate, commerce, manufacturing, energy, logistics, and agriculture. Founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, we bring operational guidance, strategic insights from proprietary Field Studies research, and downstream capital access. We believe the startup journey is better together, providing hands-on support to exceptional founders building enduring companies. New York | $500K – $5M | 72 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 5 | ▶ Gigascale Capital Deep tech for climate impact — backing breakthrough science and engineering where the physical economy must be reinvented. Targets companies with products that are better, faster, and cheaper than incumbents, not just marginally greener. Palo Alto | $500K – $5M | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 6 | ▶ Breakthrough Energy Ventures Innovation is essential to solving climate change while maintaining prosperity. Superior performance and affordability are prerequisites for global scale. We provide patient capital and technical expertise to help breakthrough climate technologies achieve commercial viability. United States | $500K – $50M | 43 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 7 | ▶ Closed Loop Partners The circular economy—where products are designed, manufactured, sold, refurbished, and recycled in closed loops—represents the future of sustainable economic value creation. We invest across R&D to commercial scale in foundational materials industries, providing not just capital but integrated support through our innovation center research and operating group execution. New York | $1M – $20M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 8 | ▶ Active Impact Investments Exceptional founders can build profitable businesses while solving urgent environmental challenges. We provide capital plus deep operational expertise in sales, talent, and fundraising. Focus on transition from finite to infinite sources of energy, food, water, and products. Vancouver | $250K – $3M | 37 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 9 | ▶ Suffolk Technologies The $12 trillion built environment sector is ripe for digital transformation. Suffolk Technologies deploys capital, resources, and networks to help founders scale technologies in construction, architecture, engineering, real estate, and infrastructure. Uniquely positioned as the venture arm of Suffolk Construction, they provide operational test beds, jobsite access, and deep domain expertise that pure financial investors cannot. Boston | $150K – $10M | 55 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 10 | ▶ Nomadic Venture Partners Specialized climate tech VC focused on decarbonizing heavy incumbent industries (mining, manufacturing, heavy transport). Invests in digital and light hardware solutions that help extract minerals faster, cheaper, and more sustainably. Co-founders bring deep mining operational expertise from Newmont and AngloGold Ashanti. Denver | $250K – $3M | 8 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 11 | ▶ AgFunder Progress in food, agriculture, and human health lags other sectors due to structural constraints. We invest in deep technologies that remove these bottlenecks at scale—whether AI, biology, robotics, or materials science. We're not intimidated by threats to the status quo. Silicon Valley | $500K – $5M | 34 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 12 | ▶ Material Impact Fund Material science and deep tech innovations drive outsized returns while solving urgent human problems. We back inception-stage founders turning lab breakthroughs into commercial products that make the world cleaner, more productive, and healthier. Boston | $100K – $10M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 13 | ▶ Volo Earth Ventures Accelerate the global energy transition by investing in companies that unlock economic-led transformation of the energy economy. Focus on solutions winning on unsubsidized economics with proven technology and strong teams. Colorado | $500K – $5M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 14 | ▶ Lorimer Ventures Builders first. We back experienced operators who understand business fundamentals and the pain points of scaling software companies. We invest at inception stage with 100+ operator LPs providing talent, customers, and capital beyond the check. Brooklyn | $50K – $300K | 59 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 15 | ▶ Building Ventures The physical world is programmable hardware. We invest in entrepreneurs transforming the built environment across design, build, operate, and experience. Deep AEC domain expertise combined with technical innovation creates structural value. We partner with visionary founders using our network of 100+ AEC executives for pilots, feedback, and distribution. Boston | $100K – $10M | 42 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Req'd |
| 16 | ▶ At One Ventures Invest in early-stage companies using disruptive deep tech to upend unit economics of established industries while delivering climate-positive outcomes. Focus on undercapitalized climate verticals (water, agriculture, robotics, materials, energy) where deep tech can achieve 2.5-3x unit economics improvement paired with environmental benefits. Menlo Park | $500K – $5M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 17 | ▶ Energy Foundry Earth Foundry backs founders transforming critical industries, including energy, mobility, waste, water, agriculture, and infrastructure, using hardware, software, services, and material science innovations. Chicago | $1M – $5M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 18 | ▶ Forward Deployed VC Backs mission-critical technology companies in Defense, Energy, Industrials, and AI — specifically applied AI solving tangible physical problems. Invests from a network of 150+ operators from Palantir, Anduril, and SpaceX. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 23 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 19 | ▶ R7 Partners Intelligence is coming into the physical world through AI and robotics applied to atoms rather than bits. We back capex-heavy, long-horizon bets in hard-to-abate decarbonization sectors and hardware-heavy industrial systems that many traditional early-stage funds avoid. Chicago | $100K – $5M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 20 | ▶ KdT Ventures We believe the greatest advancements of our lifetime will be the result of reprogramming chemistry and biology using creative technology platforms. We invest at the frontier of science, supporting founders re-architecting the world at a molecular level. Austin | $500K – $5M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 21 | ▶ Intel Capital Scalable, defensible innovation at the intersection of software, hardware, and intelligence. Champion founders driving the next wave of technological innovation across Cloud, Devices, Frontier, and Silicon domains. Breakthrough technologies emerge from convergence of multiple domains. Santa Clara, California | $1M – $50M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 22 | ▶ Anthropocene Ventures Invest in pre-seed and seed stage climate tech companies leveraging hard science and novel engineering to create a global economy more closely aligned with the earth's ecology. Focus on undercapitalized climate verticals (water, built environment, alternative materials) that will become major focus areas for larger institutions 2-4 years from now. Support technical founders transitioning from research to commercialization with business scaling expertise. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 10 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 23 | ▶ Prelude Ventures Climate is the biggest challenge of our lifetime and the greatest business opportunity of the coming decades. We back visionaries accelerating climate innovation that will reshape our global economy for the betterment of people and planet. The most successful companies are born from a vision for a better future and the ability of that vision to create large, lasting positive impact. We invest in frontier technologies addressing climate across seven sectors: Built Environment, Carbon Management, Compute, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Manufacturing & Industrials, and Mobility. The best ideas come from everywhere—we operate where many venture firms can't or won't. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 51 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 24 | ▶ Launch NY Upstate New York can be the region for high-growth startup success. We provide mentorship, capital, and connections to fuel innovation, job creation, and regional economic growth. Founders aligned with community impact, job creation, and solving regional challenges are ideal. Buffalo, New York | $200K – $1M | 28 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 25 | ▶ Ravelin Investing in founders building critical software that addresses the decay of Western infrastructure, institutions, and industrial base. Ravelin backs software-defined transformation of aerospace, defense, manufacturing, energy, and industrial sectors. San Francisco | $100K – $500K | 18 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 26 | ▶ VSC Ventures VSC Ventures backs founders using AI to fix data, labor, and safety challenges in Dirty, Dusty, Dangerous industries. They combine capital with integrated PR/media infrastructure to help portfolio companies build narrative and distribution as a competitive moat. San Francisco | $250K – $750K | 17 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 27 | ▶ Contrary Identify and invest in the world's top talent before they start a company. Build lifelong relationships through a proprietary university scout network at Stanford, MIT, Harvard, and other elite universities. Back exceptional founders within 1-3 years of graduation before they are widely recognized. San Francisco | $100K – $15M | 55 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 28 | ▶ Eclipse Ventures Digital transformation is everywhere except where it matters. The world's essential physical industries—manufacturing, supply chain, transportation, healthcare infrastructure, and energy—have failed to keep pace with technological innovation. These industries are ripe for transformation through digitization, automation, and physical AI. We partner with experienced operators and technical founders to rebuild critical infrastructure. Palo Alto | $250K – $25M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 29 | ▶ Ironspring Ventures Digital transformation is essential for legacy industrial sectors to solve critical challenges: labor shortages, material inflation, supply chain fragility, and infrastructure modernization. We partner with world-class founders building innovative solutions across manufacturing, construction, transport/logistics, and alternative energy. Austin | $1M – $5M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 30 | ▶ Myriad Venture Partners Back exceptional founders building transformational B2B companies in AI, enterprise software, cybersecurity, and clean technology. The Myriad Model combines capital with a curated ecosystem of 30+ Fortune 500 executives who accelerate commercial traction through introductions, POCs, and commercial contracts. Boston | $250K – $3M | 23 | Leads | Active | — | — |
| 31 | ▶ Footprint Coalition Global environmental challenges cannot be solved by established mega-corporations alone, but rather require breakthrough innovation from a diverse set of new companies. We combine venture capital with integrated storytelling and media to create culture-defining content around climate solutions and sustainable technology adoption. Los Angeles | $250K – $15M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 32 | ▶ Mercury Fund Mercury backs disruptive AI and Blockchain-enabled startups outside Silicon Valley, with a focus on capital-efficient founders in the Central US reimagining core industries including fintech, enterprise software, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and logistics through their five investment themes: Work, Build, Journeys, Data, and Power. Houston | $100K – $5M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 33 | ▶ Cybernetix Ventures Robotics represents a distinct, nuanced asset class requiring specialized operational insight. Physical AI breakthroughs are making once-theoretical use cases commercially viable. Investors need deep sector expertise to manage associated risks and unlock real value. Robotics is fundamentally different from software venture investing. Boston | $500K – $18M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 34 | ▶ Creative Ventures Humanizing deep tech by bringing advanced breakthrough technologies to where the people are and maximizing the value they generate for solving humanity's most critical crises. We invest in companies addressing climate, manufacturing labor shortages, healthcare costs, sustainable food production, and computing infrastructure. Oakland | $1M – $3M | 28 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 35 | ▶ Prime Movers Lab Prime Movers Lab partners with serial entrepreneurs building breakthrough scientific companies that tackle the world's biggest problems. We believe the best venture partners provide operational excellence, technical expertise, and hands-on support—not just capital. We invest in companies reinventing energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, human augmentation, and agriculture. Jackson, Wyoming | $2M – $30M | 18 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 36 | ▶ Impact America Fund Tech-enabled businesses built for and by people in marginalized communities create new frameworks of ownership and opportunity. Traditional VCs miss billion-dollar markets in overlooked communities. Oakland | $250K – $3M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 37 | ▶ Construct Capital Foundational industries (manufacturing, logistics, defense, energy) have been neglected for decades. Tech founders can unlock trillions in value by applying software, AI, automation, and cloud infrastructure to transform these sectors. This is the largest venture opportunity: tripling the Industrials market cap from $3.7T to $55T by 2050. Washington | $2M – $6M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 38 | ▶ Crosscut Ventures Partner with visionary founders building category-defining frontier technologies that address humanity's most pressing problems. We invest in deep tech, hardware, and climate solutions emerging from technical communities like SpaceX, focusing on founders with big ambitions, not incremental ideas. Los Angeles | $500K – $10M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 39 | ▶ Blackhorn Ventures Industry 4.0 thesis: transformation and decarbonization of industrial economy requires unprecedented digital infrastructure. Convergence of AI and industrial policy creates opportunity to digitize/decarbonize physical asset base while improving resource efficiency and national security. Boulder, Colorado | $500K – $15M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 40 | ▶ Khosla Ventures Technology-based economic disruption of large markets through black swan investments. We seek founders with domain expertise and unreasonable conviction to build billion-dollar companies solving the world's largest problems. Menlo Park | $500K – $50M | 38 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 41 | ▶ Snatched Ventures Backs DeepTech startups at the intersection of AI/ML, materials science, advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, optics, electronics, robotics, and blockchain — driving sustainable operational transformation across six thematics: transportation & logistics, energy & water, food & agriculture, fashion & beauty, precision medicine & aging, and retail & e-commerce. Requires commercial traction (min $1M revenue, 50%+ gross margins) and a minimum 10% ownership stake. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 25 | Leads | Active | — | — |
| 42 | ▶ ff Venture Capital ffVC invests in driven problem-solvers building high-potential companies in emerging industries: AI, Manufacturing, Energy, Robotics, and Security. We provide capital alongside deep operational expertise, board participation, and access to a 35,000+ founder and investor ecosystem. We bet on founders with industry expertise, clear paths to $100M+ revenue, and defensible competitive advantages. New York | $300K – $700K | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 43 | ▶ Day One Ventures We help mission-driven pioneers win by harnessing the power of storytelling, art and culture. We back early-stage companies with customer obsession in their DNA and accelerate the mass adoption of technologies they create. Founders need more than capital—they need strategic support in building their narrative and leveraging media to accelerate adoption. San Francisco | $300K – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 44 | ▶ Decisive Point Amplify founder impact through capital paired with deep expertise in government market access, federal R&D funding capture, and government contracting strategy. Focus on dual-use technologies addressing national security, defense, energy, and infrastructure challenges. Beacon, NY | $500K – $10M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 45 | ▶ Transpose Platform First-check investors to exceptional founders building category-defining companies and to emerging venture funds reshaping the industry. Formation-stage specialists operating as partners from inception, not simply deploying capital. Houston | $500K – $15M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 46 | ▶ Fika Ventures Investing in subject matter experts shaping the future of their industries. We lead with our values and build trust through action. We believe the best founders have deep industry expertise and need tireless operational support, not just capital. We partner with founders for the long term, staying engaged 24/7. Los Angeles | $1M – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 47 | ▶ Pillar VC We invest in technical breakthroughs that overcome the world's greatest challenges. We partner at inception with technically brilliant dreamers who see past impossible to inevitable. We evaluate scientific opportunities through both commercial potential and human impact lenses. Boston | $100K – $10M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 48 | ▶ Commonweal Ventures Entrepreneurs who work constructively with government to harness its unique strengths—scale, credibility, regulatory power, data, and funding—enjoy asymmetric advantages. 24% of venture-backed unicorns used government support. We partner with founders to unlock government as a growth lever. New York | $500K – $2M | 26 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 49 | ▶ Unless Unless catalyzes the New Industrial Revolution by backing visionary companies transforming industrial systems across supply chains, manufacturing, energy, and transportation. The firm uses a perpetual capital structure to support long-duration industrial transformation through equity, debt, and buyouts. Boulder, CO | $5M – $25M | 12 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 50 | ▶ Noon Ventures We invest in proven, transformative technologies that have the potential to be industry-defining while driving meaningful impact on the climate and environment. We partner with founders as active co-developers, not passive investors. Copenhagen | $500K – $10M | 5 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 51 | ▶ Creative Destruction Lab The primary constraint for seed-stage, science-based entrepreneurs is access to experienced business judgment. CDL provides objective-based mentoring from accomplished entrepreneurs, angels, and scientists to help founders prioritize tasks and de-risk their businesses. Toronto | $50K – $250K | 20 | — | 1mo | ~2 wks | Open |
| 52 | ▶ Deep33 Backs frontier deep tech companies solving physical infrastructure bottlenecks of the AI supercycle, especially compute, energy, quantum, AI infrastructure, robotics, and autonomous manufacturing across the U.S.-Israel corridor. New York | $5M – $15M | 9 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 53 | ▶ Cathay Innovation Startups positioned as transformation partners with Fortune 500 corporates create the most impactful solutions. We believe the next generation of market leaders will emerge through collaborative innovation between startups and incumbent enterprises, supported by global expertise and capital. Paris | $5M – $100M | 16 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 54 | ▶ Gigafund Back the world's most ambitious and transformative entrepreneurs capable of building world-defining companies over 20+ years. Invest in founders with independent thought and first-principles vision to solve humanity's biggest problems across all sectors and geographies. Austin | $1M – $500M | 18 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 55 | ▶ Noa We invest in pioneering founders and breakthrough technologies that decarbonise the built world. Our mission is to galvanise the built world to adopt transformative technologies that solve mission critical problems to pave a better way for future generations. London | $250K – $5M | 1 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 56 | ▶ Levante Capital Invest in the most promising Southern European (primarily Italian) deep-technology companies across Advanced Manufacturing, Life Science, and Energy & Environment, and actively support their expansion into Asian markets (China, South Korea, Japan, South-East Asia). The fund uses a proprietary evaluation framework and a 'pull model' — companies must demonstrate genuine Asian market interest before investment. Milan, Italy | $500K – $3M | 8 | — | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 57 | ▶ Sher Ventures Exceptional founders applying unique talents and backgrounds to produce disruptive and differentiated products and services. Minimum $500K ARR at entry. Generalist across AI, B2B SaaS, logistics, healthcare, and advanced manufacturing. Sugar Land, TX | $25K – $100K | 4 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 58 | ▶ IGC - Innovative Growth Capital IGC pioneered the Reverse VC™ model — starting with corporate demand rather than capital deployment. Their ReverseVision platform identifies what Global 5000 companies want to buy, then matches emerging tech founders to those demand signals. Investment flow: Demand → Commercialization → Valuation → Capital → Exit. This approach claims higher success rates, better deal terms, and reduced downside risk by replacing intuition with engineered outcomes. San Francisco | $25K – $500K | 1 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 58 VC firms that actively invest in climate & clean energy + manufacturing & industrial at the Series A stage. These firms are ranked using a composite score that weighs data completeness (30%), portfolio depth (30%), investment recency (25%), and stage alignment (15%).
Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for series a climate & clean energy + manufacturing & industrial investors is $2.8M – $2.8M, with a full range from $25K – $500M. The distribution breaks down as: 5 firms in the <$500K range, 3 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 7 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 20 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 13 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 10 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 58 firms tracked, 88% lead or co-lead rounds, and 9% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.
The best series a climate & clean energy + manufacturing & industrial investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 43% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 29 portfolio companies. Look for firms whose check size matches your raise, whose stage preference aligns with yours, and who have a track record of supporting companies in your sector through multiple growth phases.
Firm profiles are continuously updated through F4's research pipeline, which combines LLM-powered web research, portfolio analysis, and transcript extraction. The ranking data refreshes every 12 hours. Editorial analysis is reviewed weekly. Individual firm profiles are re-researched on a 30-day cycle or when new information surfaces.