🗝️ 56 CVC Investors Mapped

PLUS: Toyota Ventures, BHP Ventures, Allison Ventures, HG Ventures, Xylem and Nourish Ventures break down their strategic support to accelerate Climate Tech commercialization

October 01, 2025

Capital alone won’t get Climate Deep Tech out of the lab and into the real world.

Breakthroughs in carbon capture, renewable energy, or advanced materials often stall in the valley of death, where pilots struggle to become products and ideas fail to reach real customers.

That’s where corporate venture capital (CVC) has a role to play.

CVCs bring far more than a check. Connecting startups with industry expertise, R&D facilities, and supply chains that have taken decades to build.

They open doors to global markets, shorten sales cycles through early customer adoption, and add instant credibility by putting a corporate brand behind an emerging technology.

CVCs have featured in recent Series A+ rounds, including:

  • BP Ventures co-led SnoFox’s $30 million Series A

  • Hyundai Motor Group joined Genomine’s $45 million Series A

  • Munich Re Ventures led Fourth Power’s $20 million Series A Plus

  • Eni Next, Aramco Ventures invested in OXCCU £20 million Series B

  • NVentures, Samsung Ventures took part in CuspAI’s €85 million Series A

To understand who they are and where they are investing, we mapped 56 US-based CVC investors to know. Could they hold the key to your growth?

In this week’s edition:

🇺🇸 56 US CVCs to Know

Discover the 56 CVC investors that are providing not just capital but also strategic support to accelerate the commercialization of decarbonization technologies.

These investments are helping startups turn bold ideas into real-world impact, bringing breakthrough technologies from the lab to the market with industry expertise, global networks, R&D support, and direct market access.

And they’re investing across the full spectrum of Climate Tech: agri-food, carbon, circular economy, energy, manufacturing, mobility, robotics and water. We’ve tracked it all here, in our go-to cheatsheet.

💸 The Inside Track on CVC Investing

From connecting startups to supply chains, customers, and industry expertise, to helping them navigate procurement hurdles or regulatory roadblocks, CVCs provide the tools to scale innovation from lab to market. But how exactly do they do this?

We caught up with 6 leading US CVC investors to get their take, with:

✨ 12 Founders on the HackSummit Stage

The HackSummit stage will host some of the brightest Founders in Climate Deep Tech who will join investors and industry partners to share their scale up journey.

Hear from (and meet with) the Founders of Brimstone, Crux, Durin, Earth AI, Endolith, Framework, Hertha Metals, Meala, Navier, Radical AI, Rainmaker and Ulysses.

A snapshot of the solutions they’re working on include:

  • Ending water security with cloud seeding - Rainmaker

  • Transforming heavy industry, starting with cement - Brimstone

  • Converting low-grade iron ore into molten steel - Hertha Metals

  • Building the most compelling zero-emission marine vessels - Navier

  • Leveraging microbes to transform how copper is extracted - Endolith

  • Restoring ocean health with robotics across surface and subsea - Ulysses

  • Changing how clean energy and manufacturing projects are financed - Crux

💚 Make a World of Difference

This isn’t just volunteering, it’s the chance to be a part of a team building the future.

As a HackSummit volunteer, you’ll gain first-hand experience on what it takes to deliver a leading conference and make a whole host of valuable contacts in Climate DeepTech, while having plenty of fun along the way.

Come and get hands-on experience in event curation and delivery and expand your network and learning. Past volunteers have gone on to land new jobs and advance their careers in Climate.

Ready to jump in and join us? Or know someone who is?

Whether you’re just back and feeling inspired from New York Climate Week or felt the FOMO and looking to your next chance to get together, mark your calendar for December 10-11th.

Come and join 500 Founders, Investors and Operators at the HackSummit, where we’ll explore Abundance in energy, supply chains and climate adaptation.

Until then,

Laura at Hack

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