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Which CVC Investors are writing the checks across Carbon, Energy, Mobility, Food, Water, Manufacturing and Materials
Corporate venture capital has become a critical driver of climate innovation in the US.
While traditional VCs often grab the spotlight, the strategic arms of Fortune 500 companies are moving billions into clean energy, carbon tech, mobility, food systems, and beyond.
Their advantage lies in more than capital: they bring market access, infrastructure, and scale, often providing startups with a faster route to commercialization.
In the US, a growing network of corporate investors is placing bets on the technologies that could define the next industrial era.
Below, weâve compiled 56 CVCs that every founder, funder, and climate operator should know.
Join the Climate Deep Tech Community of VCs, CVCs and Founders at the HackSummit on December 10-11th at Newlab in Brooklyn, New York to explore Abundance in energy, supply chains, climate adaptation, and defense.
But first, letâs hear from 6 investors:

âCVCs and startup partnerships are essential for speeding up climate tech deployment. Beyond capital, CVCs bring infrastructure and access to industry experts who can share on-the-ground insight into the challenges corporations are actively trying to solve. The value is in striking the balance â investing in technologies with the potential to shape the industryâs future, while also learning from startups to gain new perspective,â says Alexandra Iljadica, Investor at BHP Ventures

"Climate Tech needs patient capital. Regardless of market cycles, itâs important to be structured for the long term to provide the stability to grow critical technologies from lab scale to planetary scale. This philosophy allows Toyota Ventures to keep our heads when others are losing theirs and, to follow Warren Buffettâs advice, be greedy when others are fearful,â adds Jim Adler, Founder & General Partner at Toyota Ventures

âCVCs have an unparalleled ability to open doors. Unlike traditional VCs, weâre embedded within industries that ClimateTech startups seek to transform. We can provide access to customers, supply chains, infrastructure, and technical validation that could otherwise take years to secure. Even the âsmall stuffâ â like a procurement referral or a workaround for an out-of-stock component â can make a big difference in startup success,â notes Ginger Rothrock, Senior Director at HG Ventures

âStartups bring an immense amount of passion and energy towards their innovative, world-changing ideas but can sometimes find themselves challenged to find the right product-market fit. One of the major benefits a CVC can provide is to connect startups with internal expertise within their corporation to help provide meaningful feedback to the startup based on decades of technology, market, and/or customer experience in a relevant industry.
While every CVC-startup interaction will not result in a production contract, the feedback and guidance provided via a CVC can help a startup to refine their approach and result in these innovative solutions getting to market sooner and starting to make a positive impact on the world,â explains Jordan Turk, Technology Director at Allison Ventures

âCVCs bring not just capital - they bring resources, reach, and knowledge to help early-stage companies scale their technologies and deliver real-world impact. The true mission of CVCs is to help startups overcome the âvalley of deathâ between piloting and large-scale commercialization. Itâs not easy - bringing together small and large companies is complex and not for the faint of heart. But when it works, it drives innovation and helps build a sustainable future. Thatâs where the magic happens,â adds Sivan Zamir, Vice President, Innovation and Ventures at Xylem

âCVCs play a pivotal role in the creation of food and climate-related innovation. They do this by providing not just funding, but also access to industry expertise, markets, infrastructure, regulatory support, and support to mitigate risk. CVCs can help early-stage companies accelerate from breakthrough ideas to creating global impact. The CVCs bring to the relationship a focus on corporate strategy and the ability to commercialise. The early-stage companies bring innovation and an entrepreneurial mind-set to the corporate world, paving the way for symbiotic partnerships.
Nourish Ventures takes this approach with the partners in its portfolio. This can help them create scalable, commercially-viable innovation in a way that has a positive impact on both peopleâs lives and the planet,â concludes Simon Burton, Managing Director at Nourish Ventures
Discover all 56 CVCs investing in ClimateTech

Nigel Carr, Director at Acario
About: The Silicon Valley-based CVC and open innovation arm of Tokyo Gas. Acario is focused on funding market leading companies in the new energy economy and sustainability sectors
Verticals: Mobility, energy
Daniel Griffis, Senior Director, Investments at ADM Ventures
About: ADM Ventures invests in startups with proprietary technologies that demonstrate feasibility and scalability. Investable companies are typically Series A stage and beyond, with a proof-of-concept or evidence of early market traction established.
Verticals: Food, agriculture
Greg Fleming, Investment Director at Air Liquide Venture Capital
About: Creating mutually beneficial partnerships between innovative startups and Air Liquide, providing financial, technological and commercial support to help startups grow and reach their full potential.
Verticals: Energy transition, healthcare, industrials
Maximilian Von Poelnitz, Managing Director at Ajinomoto Corporate Venture Capital
About: Investing in transformative companies that advance new ways to extend health span, develop new approaches that change the ways information is processed, and answer complex challenges in sustainability.
Verticals: Energy, biotech
Jordan Turk, Technology Director at Allison Ventures
About: As Allison Transmissionâs CVC arm, Allison Ventures strategically invests in and partners with start-up and growth-stage companies to drive advancements in commercial-duty mobility and work solutions.
Verticals: Commercial vehicles, mobility, manufacturing, defense, agriculture, mining, construction

Phoebe Wang, Investment Partner at Amazon Climate Pledge Fund
About: A $2bn fund that invests in companies accelerating Amazonâs path to meeting its goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Verticals: Mobility, manufacturing and materials, circular economy, buildings, food and agriculture, carbon removal
Tibor Toth, Senior Investment Director at Aramco Ventures
What: A $1.5bn Sustainability Fund for the strategic technology venturing program of Saudi Aramco, a world leading integrated energy and chemicals company. Investments typically range from $1-$50 million.
Verticals: Carbon, energy, mobility, sustainable fuels, water
Lemuel Lim, Venture Manager at Avery Dennison
About: Investment team managing Avery Dennison's corporate venture capital program and supporting innovation and strategy functions across the enterprise.
Verticals: Manufacturing, materials
Joshua Speros, Investment Manager at BASF Venture Capital
About: Investing worldwide in young, fast-growing companies and funds related to current and future businesses of BASF.
Verticals: Decarbonization, circular economy, materials, digitization
Alexandra Iljadica, Investor at BHP Ventures
About: Investing in game-changing companies and technologies to help drive more sustainable growth within BHP today and for the decades ahead.
Verticals: Energy, decarbonisation
About: Deploying capital globally, supporting early and growth-stage startups, backed by OCP, steward of the worldâs largest reserves of phosphate, and UM6P, a cutting-edge African applied research university ecosystem.
Verticals: Agriculture, industrials, mining
Timo Kilp, Head of Borusan Ventures
About: The CVC arm of Borusan Group, a prominent industrial group active in the U.S, Europe and CIS region generating more than $6.5 billion consolidated revenues.
Verticals: Mobility, supply chain, logistics, energy, industrials
Thomas Molleker, Senior Associate at BMWi Ventures
About: Investing in purpose-driven entrepreneurs building high-performance companies.
Verticals: Manufacturing, mobility
Chad Bown, Managing Director at BP Ventures
About: Backing innovative technologies and visionary founders which could help revolutionise the energy sector.
Verticals: Energy

Erin VanLanduit, Head of Corporate Ventures at Cargill
About: As strategic investors, focus is on investment in areas that align with Cargill's long-term growth objectives and have support from the organisation's enterprises or functions to ultimately deliver strategic value.
Vertical: Food
Kemal Anbarci, Vice President & Managing Executive at Chevron Technology Ventures
About: Identifying and integrating externally developed technologies and new business solutions with the potential to enhance the way Chevron produces and delivers affordable, reliable, and ever-cleaner energy now and into the future.
Vertical: Energy
Ryan Jones, Climate Investments at Cisco Investments
About: Committed to helping create a more diverse, global technology community, and are focused on accelerating innovation to the market.
Verticals: Emerging technologies and incubation
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 theyâre working on include:
Ending water security with cloud seeding - Rainmaker
Transforming heavy industry, starting with cement - Brimstone
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
Get your pass today and join them in New York, this December 10-11th.
Chris Fortunato, Vice President at CRH Ventures
About: CRH Ventures is the strategic investment unit within CRH, the global leader in building materials solutions by shaping the future of the built-world and driving Industry 4.0 - revolutionizing the way companies manufacture, advance and distribute their products.
Verticals: Manufacturing, materials
Sunidh Jani, Director, Business Development and Venture Investments at Eaton
About: An intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere.
Vertical: Energy
Clara Andreoletti, President and CEO at Eni Next
About: Investing in high-growth startps to boost the energy transition to a zero-carbon future.
Vertical: Energy
Rael McNally, Managing Director at Fortescue Capital
About: The technology, energy and metals group accelerating the commercial decarbonisation of industry, rapidly, profitably and globally.
Vertical: Materials, manufacturing

Lisa Dufresne, Corporate Venture Capital at GC Ventures
About: Actively scouting for new technology and identifying new investment opportunities for GC, and investing through GCâs CVC arms: GC Ventures and GC Ventures America.
Verticals: Advanced materials, life sciences (synbio, fermentation), clean technology, and sustainability/circularity technologies.
Kurt Baumgarten, Partner at GM Ventures
About: The venture capital arm of General Motors. Co-founder of Applied Licensing, an angel investment firm specializing in intellectual property development and monetization.
Verticals: Mobility
Raymond Zheng, Sr Managing Director at Honda Xcelerator Ventures
About: Honda Xcelerator Ventures is the global Honda program for open innovation and corporate venturing, across North America, Europe, Israel, Japan and Southeast Asia. It is designed for innovators across all stages seeking to transform technology and business.
Verticals: Mobility, energy
Ginger Rothrock, Senior Director at HG Ventures
About: Investing in seed to growth stage companies developing new technologies and approaches in both our core and adjacent markets.
Verticals: Resilient physical infrastructure, circular supply chains, and digital industrial systems
Matt Morris, Associate at Hitachi Ventures
About: With a total of USD 1 billion AUM, they invest in early stage rounds in globally leading startups.
Verticals: Environment, decarbonisation and circular economy solutions.
Siyuan Dai, Open Innovation at Hyundai Cradle
About: ZER01NE is Hyundai Motor Group's strategic investment arm and open innovation platform, acting as an investor for startups in areas like AI, robotics, and future energy, and fostering collaboration between these startups and the Group's affiliates.
Verticals: AI, robotics, cybersecurity, hydrogen, energy
Shiva Chandra, Senior Associate at Kyocera Venture Fund
About: The early-stage venture capital arm of Kyocera Corporation, investing in amazing technology startups that have the potential to reshape the key markets that Kyocera Corporation focuses on.
Verticals: Manufacturing, energy
Kevin Chen, Managing Director at Lam Research Capital
About: Investing in innovative companies that are addressing some of today's most challenging, high-impact problems. From semiconductor subsystems to AI chips and Industry 4.0 technologies, they invest in and partner with startups that are disrupting their respective industries.
Verticals: Semiconductor industry

Michael Stewart, Managing Partner at M12
About: Microsoftâs venture fund is a $1B Climate Innovation Fund program, focused on scaling climate innovation and accelerating adoption of emerging sustainability solutions.
Verticals: Energy, green infrastructure
Halsey Cook Jr, President and CEO at Milliken & Company
About: A global manufacturing leader whose focus on materials science delivers tomorrowâs breakthroughs today.
Vertical: Materials
Jennifer Sanduski, Investor at MunichRE Ventures
About: Their ClimateTech and Transportation investment sectors has a new $500M fund, supporting visionary founders in their mission to accelerate innovation, tackle new risks, and address some of the biggest challenges facing humanity.
Verticals: Climate risk and resiliency, climate sustainability, energy transition, transportation in marine, mobility, aviation and space
Kristian Bodek, Director, Investments at National Grid Partners
About: Invest for strategic and financial impact and lead company-wide innovation efforts, the team focuses on corporate venture capital, business development, new business creation and alliances, providing a multi-functional approach to change the utility industry.
Vertical: Energy
Simon Burton, Managing Director at Nourish Ventures
About: On a mission to partner with, nourish, and scale new ventures focused on creating the food system of the future: delicious, nutritious and sustainable.
Vertical: Food
Meet the Climate Deep Tech Community IRL

Tickets to the upcoming HackSummit in New York (10-11th December) are selling fast.
500 industry mavericks and disruptors behind novel climate tech solutions are heading to New York at the end of 2025 for two days of networking and deal making across all things climate deep tech.
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Karl Boone, President at Nova Ventures, LLC from Saint-Gobain
About: A global leader in light construction, construction chemicals, and design. Established in 2006, NOVA aims to drive innovation by forming long-term partnerships with startups to develop new ideas, business models, and technologies for Saint-Gobain's core markets.
Verticals: Construction, chemicals, manufacturing
Christopher Hermanowicz, Managing Director at NTT
About: The Venture Capital arm of NTT Docomo & NTT Group; investing in outstanding companies which can strategically benefit from collaboration with Japan's leading telecommunications & information technology and services conglomerate.
Vertical: Infrastructure
John Wesley, Investment Director at NVentures
About: Investing in âtechnology visionaries solving complex problems to reshape our world. Through a unique mix of expertise and resources, they build long-term partnerships with bold teams to accelerate their journeys.
Vertical: Agriculture, AI, robotics
Eitan Dekel, Managing Director at Orbia Ventures
About: Operating in the Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura) sectors, with a collective focus on solving three global challenges:
Verticals: Water, food security, decarbonization, the energy transition
Rae Oakley, Investor at Prologis Ventures
About: Driving the investment strategy to reduce the carbon footprint of Prologis' portfolio in alignment with the company's net zero 2040 goals.
Brian Bernstein, Venture Capital Investor at Rich Products Ventures
About: Making minority equity investments in companies that will shape the future of food through technology and innovation.
Vertical: Food

About: Bridging the gap between emerging and developed markets in energy and climate transition. Addressing the challenges of the next two decades by developing a sizeable renewable portfolio under Sabancı Renewables and future energy challenges via investing in disruptive technologies under Climate Ventures.
Vertical: Energy
John Kwon, Venture Investor at Samsung Ventures
About: Backing emerging technology startup founders, whom they believe will pioneer and shape the future, with $200M deployed annually.
Vertical: Energy
Blair Tritt, Vice President Corporate Ventures at Schreiber Foods
About: Ventures utilises three models in the early stage ecosystem to advance corporate initiatives and strategies: Clienting, Partnerships, Investments.
Verticals: Food, supply chain
Julien Cristiani, General Partner at SE Ventures
About: A $1B+ venture capital firm and a team of specialist investors and operators who back bold entrepreneurs in Industrial & Climate Tech and drive commercial acceleration for portfolio startups by tapping into the deep domain expertise and global customer base of their LP, Schneider Electric.
Verticals: ClimateTech, sustainability, energy management, industrials
Queenie Co, Managing Partner at Shell Ventures
About: Shell Ventures works with startups and companies from their early stages to their scale and growth phases.
Vertical: Energy
Anthony Clark VC Investment Lead at Siemens
About: Founded in 2020, our focus is on investing, building and piloting ventures that will transform energy systems and will help fight climate change.
Verticals: Carbon, energy
Ludovic Copéré, Senior Investment Director at Sony Innovation Fund
About: Dedicated to investing in and engaging with promising early-stage & growth-stage companies.
Verticals: Mobility, FinTech, PropTech, Drones, FoodTech, AgTech, Environment

Coppelia Marincovic, Partner at Syensqo Ventures
About: Operating since 2005, Syensqo Ventures manages a $100m global evergreen fund. Syensqo Ventures leverages Syensqo's capabilities and network to generate business synergies and partnerships between start-ups and Syensqo's BUs and Innovation Platforms.
Verticals: Sustainable resources, energy, health and well-being, industry
Nicolas Sauvage, President at TDK Ventures
About: Investing globally in early-stage tech startups â Impact Scaling entrepreneurs who are creating a new era of sustainability and social value.
Verticals: Materials, energy, cleantech, industry, mobility, healthtech
Ka-Hay Law, Partner at TELUS Global Ventures
About: The strategic venture arm of TELUS, a global technology company headquartered in Canada. TGV has a global investment mandate, manages ~$1B AUM and invests in early growth (Series A/B +) across multiple industries.
Verticals: Agriculture, food, AI, energy, carbon, resilience
Jim Adler, Founder & General Partner at Toyota Ventures
About: As Toyotaâs early stage investment firm, Toyota Venturesâ mission is to discover whatâs next by helping early-stage startups bring disruptive technologies and business models to market quickly. With over $800M under management and 95+ investments to date, the firm is committed to finding and funding the best entrepreneurs from around the world.
Verticals: The Frontier Fund, led by partner David Sokolic, invests in deep tech companies in areas like artificial intelligence, autonomy, mobility, robotics, and advanced materials. The Climate Fund, led by partner Lisa Coca, invests in climate technologies, including renewable energy, hydrogen, sustainability, and carbon solutions.
Ross Bosn, Managing Director at UFP Ventures
About: UFP Ventures partners with entrepreneurs to enable the innovation that will shape the futures of construction, packaging, and retail building products industries.
Verticals: Construction, packaging, retail building products industries
Joe Darcy, Investment Director at Volvo Group Venture Capital
About: As an integral part of the Volvo Group, we have 25 years of experience in doing strategic investments and creating value for both our startups, for Volvo Group, and for the transportation sector.
Verticals: Mobility
David Klein, Head at WEX Venture Capital
About: The $100M venture capital arm of WEX, a global commerce platform that simplifies the business of running a business.
Verticals: Energy transition in mobility
Sivan Zamir, Vice President, Innovation and Ventures at Xylem
About: Leading Xylem Innovation Labs, driving early-stage innovation, partnerships, and ventures activity at Xylem, a Fortune 500 global water solutions company that empowers customers and communities to build a more water-secure world.
Vertical: Water
Kei Onishi, CEO and Managing Director at Yamaha Motor Ventures
About: Investing in early-stage companies with $300M AUM to catalyze innovation by supporting entrepreneurs with Yamaha Motorâs unique capabilities to transform how we live.
Verticals: Mobility, robotics, industry, advanced manufacturing/engineering, FinTech/InsureTech, energy transition, sustainable material, carbon management
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