NOW Venture Studio

NOW focuses exclusively on building category leaders in Sustainability and ClimateTech by leveraging deep tech and deep science innovations across pre-vetted climate opportunity spaces. They invest in ventures that harness technology to create sustainable, large-scale, impactful climate action.

Check Size

$250K - $750K

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A

Focus Areas

Climate Cleantech, Ai Ml, Hardware

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Investment Thesis

NOW Venture Studio operates as a Sustainability Action Venture Studio (SAVES) with a conviction that “Sustainability and Climate presents the greatest opportunity of our lifetime” and “The next thousand unicorns will emerge in this space.” Their philosophy centers on co-building deep tech sustainability and climate ventures by acting as institutional co-founders, de-risking the venture building process from day zero (idea stage) through commercialization. They believe in solving hard climate problems through deep tech and deep science-led innovations to make a step change to the health of the planet.

What Sets Them Apart

Only deeptech venture studio in India focused exclusively on sustainability and climate
Unique de-risking methodology through institutional co-founder model starting from idea stage (day 0)
Milestone-based funding strategy enabling seamless access to Pre-seed & Seed stage capital ($250k-$750k)
Three distinct engagement tracks: NOW Innovate (idea to prototype), NOW Accelerate (prototype to PMF), NOW Invest (seed to growth)
Legacy advantage backed by RGA Infra (commercial real estate leader), providing sandbox for POCs/Pilots/Scale
Comprehensive shared services including Product & GTM, Design, Legal & IP, HR & Talent, Finance, Labs access, and Branding & Marketing
Curated ecosystem network spanning corporates, climate experts, investors, academia, and research institutes
15-18 month structured program with phased approach: Ideation (4 weeks), Validation (8 weeks), Build (36 weeks), GTM & Fund raise (12 weeks)