# Climeworks funding: rounds and investors

> Climeworks has raised $34M across 2 rounds since 2014. Investors include ZKB Start-up Finance and Zurich Cantonal Bank. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/climeworks (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Switzerland · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Climeworks*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Cleantech

Valuation: $1.0B, Oct 2024

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$34M** raised across 2 rounds since 2014, from 2 sources

**$3.4M** Series B **$31M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $31M Aug 2018
- **Step-up i:** 8.9×
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2015 2016 2017 2018

**$3.4M** Series B

**$31M** Round

- **First round:** Series B, $3.4M
- **Biggest round:** $31M
- **Between rounds:** 4.3 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2018** Round **$31M** *1 new* [Zurich Cantonal Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zurich-cantonal-bank) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Apr 2014** Series B **$3.4M** *1 new* [ZKB Start-up Finance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zkb-start-up-finance) From a historical funding record

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series B** 2014 **Round** 2018 [ZKB Start-up Finance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zkb-start-up-finance) [Zurich Cantonal Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zurich-cantonal-bank)

## Everyone who backed them

[ZKB Start-up Finance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zkb-start-up-finance) VC firm **1** round

[Zurich Cantonal Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zurich-cantonal-bank) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Climeworks as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Carbon Removal Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carbon-removal-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Climeworks

### Who invested in Climeworks?

Climeworks's investors include ZKB Start-up Finance and Zurich Cantonal Bank.

### How much has Climeworks raised?

Climeworks has raised $34M across 2 rounds since 2014.

### When did Climeworks last raise?

Climeworks's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $31M in Aug 2018.

### What was Climeworks's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $31M in Aug 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Climeworks first?

Climeworks's first round on record, in Apr 2014, was backed by ZKB Start-up Finance.

### What stage is Climeworks at?

Climeworks's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Aug 2018.

### Where is Climeworks based?

Climeworks is based in Switzerland.

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