Investors map · Worldwide
Who invests in carbon removal
31 investors have backed two or more of the 104 carbon removal startups worldwide on our map, in rounds we track. Grouped by kind, each ranked by how many of these companies it has backed; the most active has backed 8.
31investors on the map
3kinds of investor
Lowercarbon Capitalbacked the most (8)
VC firmsmost common kind
VC firms
23
Lowercarbon Capital
Alumni Ventures
Elemental Impact
Collaborative Fund
ARCH Venture Partners
Builders VC
Union Square Ventures
Liquid 2 Ventures
LocalGlobe
XAnge
DNX Ventures
AP Ventures
Lifeline Ventures
Climate Capital
Carbon Removal Partners- SSting
Techstars
N1
IQ Capital
BDC Capital
Katapult
Innovate UK
Breakthrough Energy
Segment by segment
VC firms
23 investors
- Lowercarbon CapitalVC firmUnited States8 backed
- Alumni VenturesVC firmUnited States5 backed
- Elemental ImpactVC firmUnited States3 backed
- Collaborative FundVC firmUnited States3 backed
- ARCH Venture PartnersVC firmUnited States2 backed
- Builders VCVC firmUnited States2 backed
- Union Square VenturesVC firmUnited States2 backed
- Liquid 2 VenturesVC firmUnited States2 backed
United StatesGovernment funds
5 investors
US Department of EnergyGovernment fundUnited States7 backed
EIC AcceleratorGovernment fundEuropean Union4 backed
Natural Resources CanadaGovernment fundCanada4 backed
National Science FoundationGovernment fundUnited States2 backed
Korea Tech Incubator Program For StartupGovernment fundSouth Korea2 backed
European Union
Canada
South KoreaAccelerators
3 investors
Y CombinatorAcceleratorUnited States6 backed
Plug and PlayAcceleratorUnited States5 backed
Carbon13AcceleratorUnited Kingdom2 backed
United KingdomHow this map is made. Every investor here has backed two or more startups on our carbon removal map, in rounds we track. Grouped by the kind of investor, each ranked by how many of these companies it has backed. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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