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20 overlooked Climate technologies, according to VCs
The climate conversation often feels like déjà vu.
Solar, wind, EVs, carbon removal… the headlines repeat while other game-changing ideas barely get airtime.
Yet history shows that breakthroughs often emerge from unexpected corners, from technologies dismissed as too niche, too risky, or too early.
In a time where speed matters as much as scale, overlooking these areas could mean we are missing the tools we need most.
This week, we’ve called on active investors to pinpoint 20 high-impact but underfunded climate technologies that could reshape the path to net zero, if given 10X more funding.
P.S. If you are looking to find and fund the next big breakthroughs, join us in New York on December 10-11 at the HackSummit, where 150+ Founders behind stealth to Series B scale ups will be in the room. But hurry, super early bird rate ends next week.
In this week’s edition:
🔮 20 Overlooked ClimateTechs
Which technologies have high impact potential and yet are flying under the investment radar? And are you working on the solution tipped by VCs?
From grid cybersecurity and cooling breakthroughs to photonic chips, demethenization tech and ocean alkalinity enhancement, let’s dive into the innovations that could radically cut emissions, boost resilience and reshape industries.
If we are serious about accelerating decarbonization, these 20 underfunded frontiers deserve far more capital and attention, say investors at: ArcTern Ventures, Audacy Ventures, Betterway, Climate First, Counteract, Desai Ventures, Earth Venture Capital, eCapital, Inclimo Climate Tech Fund, FP Capital, Kost Capital, Rubio Impact Ventures, Satgana, Silence VC, Synthesis Capital, The Yield Lab, Übermorgen Ventures, UVC Partners and Zero Carbon Capital
🎤 Backing Bold Builders
The HackSummit lineup is growing fast and this week we’re introducing 2 Fireside Chats you won’t want to miss:
Cody Finke, Co-Founder and CEO of Brimstone sits down with Rachel Slaybaugh, Partner at DCVC
Cody will share Brimstone’s journey to tackle one of the world’s hardest-to-abate industries, by pioneering carbon-negative cement. Just last week, Brimstone announced that despite the US Department of Energy withdrawing a $189 million grant for their first commercial-scale plant, they are pushing ahead regardless.
Alfred Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO of Crux joins Marc Andrusko, Investment Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Alfred will reveal how Crux is changing the way clean energy and manufacturing projects are financed in the US. Recently the scaleup announced $50 million funding to build its capital market platform for clean energy developers.
Reserve your place today to hear from with these investors and founders (and many more) driving change, and leave with actionable ideas to scale faster.
🔦 HackSummit Highlights
This next edition of the HackSummit will be centred around the theme of Abundance.
Resilient supply chains, automation-driven sustainability and scaled clean energy, the most promising technologies are building new systems designed to produce more efficiently, regenerate faster, and unlock access at scale.
At the HackSummit, we’ll explore how abundance is redefining the future of climate and industry, not by cutting back but through smarter systems, resilient infrastructure, and scaled innovation.
We look forward to welcoming you in New York.
Laura at Hack
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