🦄 25 Climate Soonicorns Tipped by VCs

Are you an (aspiring) Unicorn builder, hunter or Soonicorn supporter?

There are less than 100 climate unicorns, AKA billion-dollar companies designing solutions to combat climate change around the world (get a run down here).

But finding and building the next is no easy task. Brilliance needs more than capital. It takes conviction, curiosity, and a sharp eye for the next big shift.

And behind every breakout lies a mix of timing, tech, and belief - including from those writing the checks.

That’s why this week, we asked 15 Climate VCs which startups they think have the potential to break out as unicorns, and why.

Which 25 Scaleups came out on top? Head this way to find out.

P.S. Looking for your next investment or investor? 850 Founders, Funders and Operators are heading to the HackSummit for this exact reason. Come and join us.

In this Edition:

• 25 Climate Soonicorns, say 15 VCs

• 10 Founders joining us on Stage

• 10 HackSummit Side Events

🚀 25 Climate Soonicorns

With tariffs, trade wars and unpredictability on the rise, perhaps the next best thing we have to a ClimateTech crystal ball is taking a cue from leading investors.

From biodegradable materials to food from fermentation and fungi as well as home decarbonisation, ev charging and digitalisation of the energy grid, 15 VCs tell us which Scaleups could be next to break out.

Predictions from: Atlantic Labs, Nucleus Capital, Extantia Capital, Spin Ventures, PT1, White Star Capital, AFI Ventures, Serena, Vireo Ventures, Exa, Silence VC, PeakBridge, Grey Silo Ventures and DeepTech & Climate Fonds

🚀 10 HackSummit Headline Founders

The HackSummit is fast becoming the must-attend Meet this May.

Already in the room and joining us on stage, includes Founders behind novel Climate Deep Tech startups, including:

• Aerones ($52.5M raised) - Robotic wind turbine maintenance and inspection technology worldwide

• Again ($43M Series A) - Turning CO₂ into carbon negative chemicals

• Renaissance Fusion ($33M Series A) - Stellarator nuclear fusion start-up making fusion electricity cheap

• Mission Zero Technologies (£21.8M Series A) - Low-cost direct air capture that’s affordable at any scale

Plus we’ll be joined by several hundred more innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, banks, policy makers and scientists across Climate Deep Tech.

If you, like us, think that there’s no better time or place to be investing in Climate, then come and join us in Lausanne, May 15-16th.

🎉 Side Event Action

Come for the Summit, stay for the Side Events. Side Events are what make the HackSummit a special experience. And true to form, throughout the HackSummit week there’s a whole host of public and secret Side Events taking place around the city.

The first 10 side events are open for sign ups, with more being added in the weeks ahead. Get your HackSummit pass today and then fill your trip with Side Events.

Highlights include: A light hike, investor breakfast, FoodTech World Cup Final, Happy Hour networking, space agency get together, ‘speed dating’ with Swiss Ecosystem Players, Cacao ceremony, HackSummit After Party.

Whether you’re a bold startup looking for new investors to join your next round, or an active investor ready to find and fund your next portfolio company to fund, you’ll find a whole host of opportunities and talents in Lausanne for the next edition of the HackSummit.

Ready to join us? We can’t wait to see you there.

Laura at Hack

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