Simultaneously, VCs regularly turn away strong teams with high potential because of thesis fit or the opportunity is just a little too early or too risky at that time. First money in VCs, angel investors, and philanthropies have the risk appetite to support promising, early-stage companies but smaller staffs and fewer resources to do the due diligence and keep up with all the new regulation and climate market changes. Investment in climate ventures increased 40x in the last 6 years. If you were one of these startups and you’d like to be on the list after all, contact us at open in Airtable We’ll do better next year-if you want to help in this respect, contact us at excluded startups that were nominated but did not expressly consent to appear on the list by replying to our survey. While we did our best for an international reach, our network is strongest within the US, and the nominations reflect that. We accepted nominations from VCs, angels, accelerators, and family offices that have made at least two climate investments - and often over fifteen.ĭespite receiving nominations, Frost Methane was excluded from the list as Olya is a co-founder of both the Diamond List and Frost Methane, and she would like to avoid conflict of interest.
The climate investment community has spoken! Meet their top picks for 2021-early-stage climate companies ripe for investment and poised for impact.