20 VC firms investing in climate & clean energy and manufacturing & industrial at the Series B stage.
F4 Fund tracks 20 VC firms that actively invest in climate & clean energy + manufacturing & industrial at the Series B stage, with check sizes ranging from $100K – $500M (median: $7.6M – $7.6M). As of June 2026, and 100% 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 | ▶ 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 |
| 3 | ▶ 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 |
| 4 | ▶ 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 |
| 5 | ▶ 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 |
| 6 | ▶ 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 |
| 7 | ▶ 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 |
| 8 | ▶ 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 |
| 9 | ▶ 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 |
| 10 | ▶ 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 |
| 11 | ▶ 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 |
| 12 | ▶ 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 |
| 13 | ▶ SpeedInvest Backs globally ambitious technology companies from pre-seed and seed through selected growth rounds using specialist EMEA sector teams and a platform model for capital, customers, talent, follow-on investors, and operational support. Vienna | $250K – $30M | 49 | Leads | Active | — | Open |
| 14 | ▶ 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 |
| 15 | ▶ 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 | — | — |
| 16 | ▶ 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 |
| 17 | ▶ 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 |
| 18 | ▶ 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 |
| 19 | ▶ 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 |
| 20 | ▶ 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 |
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F4 Fund tracks 20 VC firms that actively invest in climate & clean energy + manufacturing & industrial at the Series B 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 b climate & clean energy + manufacturing & industrial investors is $7.6M – $7.6M, with a full range from $100K – $500M. The distribution breaks down as: 2 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 5 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 4 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 9 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 20 firms tracked, 100% lead or co-lead rounds. 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 b climate & clean energy + manufacturing & industrial investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 21% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 40 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.