Climate Impact - Business & Environment

Alumni Founders: How is Your Company Accelerating Climate Solutions?

“At Tortuga AgTech, we’re building AI-driven robotics to enable farms to be more sustainable, profitable, and resilient. In the face of changing climate, increasing regulation, labor pressures, and customer demands, farms are under existential threat. Robots have the power to completely transform the farm's "Operating System" from human-driven to AI-and-robot driven.”

“Piva Capital is an early-stage Venture Capital firm focused on investing in hard-to-decarbonize sectors. We are backing entrepreneurs focused on the future of work, resource efficiency, circular economy, food and alternate proteins, energy transition and decarbonization, and mobility.”

“Mati uses enhanced weathering in agricultural fields for doing scalable, permanent carbon removals, with co-benefits to marginal farmers. Leveraging our proprietary technology, we are expanding in the Global South, targeting 100 million tons of carbon removal by 2040 and improving food and economic security for >200,000+ smallholder farmers.”

“OCOchem has developed the world’s largest CO2 electrolyzer which converts CO2, water and electricity into a platform molecule, formic acid. By using CO2 and water, rather than fossil fuels, as feedstocks we can use clean electricity to produce all the organic compounds we need.”

“FarmTogether is addressing the climate problem by investing in sustainable farmland. We see our land’s ability to serve as a sink for anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions as a key element of the climate solution. As a farmland asset manager, we can direct restorative and regenerative soil and water management practices that aid in this important natural process.”

“Metafin is India’s first vertically integrated clean energy lender enabling access to energy and financial inclusion in rural India. With over 600 solar projects enabled, Metafin’s customized financial products are helping accelerate diesel replacement in rural India.”

“Mantel is developing the first liquid phase materials that capture CO2 at high temperatures. Our molten borate technology enables new process designs that reduce costs by more than 50%. We are building a platform of carbon capture solutions with an initial focus on industrial heat for hard-to-abate sectors.”

“Walden Mutual is an online bank that is helping to build a more vibrant and sustainable local food ecosystem. The largest four banks in the US are the single largest investors in fossil fuel development around the world. In contrast, Walden Mutual supports lending to our region's most sustainable farm, food, and natural resource businesses.”

“Intention is democratizing climate impact investment. We provide individual investors with access to a series of professionally managed private investment funds focused on climate solutions. We are empowering our customers to participate in the acceleration of climate solutions through increasing accessibility to investment opportunities.”

“Julius is solving the talent needs of the climate transition by providing inclusive, data-led solutions to start and grow green careers. Our platform demystifies relevant jobs and career pathways, provides industry-aligned skills training, and places job seekers into roles. ”

“Fleetzero builds and operates a fleet of batteryelectric cargo ships to affordably decarbonize ocean freight. Our zero-emission and hybrid vessels deliver long-distance ocean freight for our customers at or below the cost of fossil-fuel vessels.”

“The world needs $3T+ more per year in sustainable infrastructure investments to meet climate goals, yet banks and funds are bottlenecked from manual overhead. Banyan Infrastructure removes these bottlenecks by giving financers the software tools they need to simplify, accelerate, and optimize the financing of critical climate assets.”

“Meat production and the agriculture industry behind it are the second biggest contributors of greenhouse gasses. Every day, 3 times a day, we each make choices about what to eat. Clover Food Lab was founded to convince meat-lovers that vegetables aren't just delicious but have the power to save the planet.”

“Metric is a digital ESG reporting platform for startups and venture capital firms. The ESG dataset enables high growth companies to align corporate sustainability, social equity, and financial profitability. Stakeholders are demanding more of the private sector, and Metric uses the ESG dataset to build a business case for corporate action on climate.”

“Buying and wearing secondhand clothing instead of new reduces carbon emissions by an average of 25%, making resale a powerful solution to the fashion industry’s wastefulness. As one of the largest online resale platforms, thredUP is changing the way consumers shop and ushering in a sustainable future for fashion.”

“CarbonBuilt is on a mission to help decarbonize the built environment through the production of ultralow-carbon concrete. We use waste materials to create a low-carbon cement replacement which chemically reacts with captured atmospheric carbon during manufacturing, to produce concrete products with 70-100+% less embodied carbon.”

“UpSmith is on a mission to combat skilled worker shortages. We develop technology to expand the talent pool for employers, readying workforce to power the energy transition with a new generation of HVAC technicians, electricians, low voltage technicians, and other builders for the future.”

“C16 Biosciences is decarbonizing consumer products supply chains through the production of next-generation ingredients. We leverage biotechnology as a scalable, sustainable alternative to industrial agriculture and recently launched Palmless™, the platform for sustainable palm oil alternatives.”

“Hull Street Energy is a private equity firm focused on deploying capital into the North American energy transition. Our current focus is on decarbonization of the power grid, with an eye on the eventual electrification of sectors that have historically been fossil fuel driven.”

“Liatris aims to deliver the cleanest and fastest energy savings by mass-producing insulation that is easy to install, economical, efficient, and environmentally friendly. Our first product is a fully non-combustible insulation board for mid-rise and high-rise commercial and multi-family buildings.”

Alumni Climate Impact

Alumni Climate Impact

Alumni Founders: How is Your Company Accelerating Climate Solutions?

Eric Adamson

Adzmel Adznan

Shantanu Agarwal

Todd Brix

David Chan

Sandeep Chopra

Danielle Colson

Charley Cummings

Nisha Desai

Matt Evans

Steven Henderson

Amanda Li

Ayr Muir

Megan Murday

James Reinhart

Rahul Shendure

Wyatt Smith

Shara Ticku

Sarah Wright

Frank Yang