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🎯 75 Top-Tier North American Startups
According to Lowercarbon Capital, DCVC, SOSV, Collab Fund, LDV Capital, New System Ventures, Streetlife Ventures + 18 more VCs
The next generation of North American Climate startups are rebuilding the world’s physical foundations.
From reimagining cement and battery storage to reinventing water filtration and industrial AI, Founders are tackling the hardest problems in energy, manufacturing and infrastructure.
To better understand who are likely to be the frontrunners and why they could be tomorrow’s winners, we caught up with 25 VCs to shortlist 75 Top North American Startups to Watch, who are leading this Deep Tech renaissance.
Startups are moving from labs to pilot plants, and from pilot plants to full-scale deployment. Their common thread: scalable, real-world solutions that blend hardware innovation with digital intelligence and cutting-edge physical tech.
What emerges is a powerful snapshot of the continent’s shifting innovation landscape:
Hard-tech is hot again from metals to magnetics and manufacturing
AI meets atoms as data platforms power industrial transformation
Mission-driven tech moves markets and upends industries
North America’s ecosystem is a launchpad for impact
As we head towards the HackSummit in New York this December, it is clear the future of tech is being built today, and the innovators leading the charge are reshaping industries, tackling climate challenges and turning bold ideas into real-world impact.
In this week’s edition:
🔝 Revealed: The Ones to Watch
A new generation of builders are rewriting the industrial playbook. As they transform manufacturing, energy, food and materials industries at a speed rarely seen outside the digital world.
We asked 25 investors to highlight the companies they believe hold the most promise.
From unlocking geothermal heating and cooling to rebuilding North America’s rare-earth supply chain and scaling battery-electric railcars to advancing the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel, these 75 teams are their ‘ones to watch’.
💸 What 25 Climate VCs Say
It’s a rare opportunity to be able to tap into the mind of an investor, but we’ve cracked the code 25x over to hear which startups and scaleups are their frontrunners across North America.
Now’s your chance to get the inside track on what’s next straight from those writing the cheques in Climate DeepTech.
Have they spotted tomorrow’s winners? Hear who they nominated, and why with:
Adapt [us] Capital, Alumni Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures, Collaborative Fund, COunteract, DCVC, Evergreen Climate Innovations, Frankenbuild Ventures, Future Energy Ventures, Gigascale Capital, Helios Climate Ventures, InnoEnergy, LDV Capital, Lever VC, Lowercarbon Capital, New System Ventures, Nomadic Venture Partners, Pachama Ventures, Pangaea Ventures, ProChain Ventures, Remarkable Ventures, SOSV, Streetlife Ventures, Visionaries Tomorrow and WIND Ventures.
👀 New to the Lineup
The HackSummit speaker line-up features some of the sharpest minds in Climate Deep Tech to accelerate abundance and investment into impact at Newlab, Brooklyn this December 10-11th.
As the program continues to evolve, Ahmed Shubber, Founder and CEO of Lumina, is next to join us on stage to share his vision to create the Tesla of bulldozers.
Lumina was founded to build innovative construction and mining solutions that provide essential infrastructure across schools, roads and homes, to underserved communities.
In May, the startup unveiled a prototype called Moonlander, a 32-ton, all-electric bulldozer, and is now looking to raise $20 million to $40 million for its Series A round.
Next up: Ahmed and Nick Durham of Shadow Ventures join us on stage at the HackSummit for a fireside chat on rewiring heavy construction. Together they’ll unpack how Lumina’s electrified, vertically integrated model is redefining the economics and innovation playbook for the built world. Before they do, discover the 5 reasons why Shadow Ventures invested in Lumina.
👋 Join the Climate Community IRL
Many of the investors and startups featured as ones to watch will also join us on stage, in the startup fair and in the audience of the HackSummit.
Want to be in the room? It’s time to book your place to join them and surround yourself with the change makers and decision makers of Climate Deep Tech at Newlab, December 10-11th.
Got questions or want to get more involved? Book a call with us today.
Laura at Hack
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