Lowercarbon Capital

The firm backs companies tackling three core challenges: slashing new CO2 emissions across energy, transportation, industrial materials and agriculture; removing legacy carbon from the atmosphere (targeting removal of at least a trillion tons by 2100); and developing climate adaptation technologies to buy time while breakthroughs materialize.

Check Size

Not specified

Stages

Seed, Series A, Growth

Focus Areas

Climate Cleantech, Energy, Manufacturing

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Investment Thesis

Lowercarbon Capital believes that fixing the planet is fundamentally good business, rejecting shame and guilt as motivators in favor of market-driven solutions. They fund ‘kickass companies that make real money slashing CO2 emissions, sucking carbon out of the sky, and buying us time to unf**k the planet,’ combining hard science with ambitious entrepreneurship to address climate change at scale.

What Sets Them Apart

Hands-on support from inception through national product launch, as evidenced by founder testimonials
Deep expertise as climate investors combined with operational hustling ability
Active ecosystem-building connecting founders with industry experts and complementary resources
Understanding of venture scale required for climate solutions (as noted by Crux CEO regarding their grasp of vision scale)
Track record supporting founders from seed through exit
Willingness to help iterate on founder thesis and facilitate key connections before term sheets