In collaboration with Climate Capital
Embark on a transformative journey in climate tech investing
Become a leader in the climate tech revolution with our comprehensive 6-week program designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to excel in climate angel investing.
Harness your capital for good and drive impactful change in the fight against climate change.
Application
Apply to secure one of the limited spots in the second cohort of Climate Angels. We’re looking for founders, executives, and others who are early in their climate tech angel investing career and who could not only most benefit from our program, but also contribute to the Climate Angels community by collaborating with other cohort members and bringing a “positive sum” attitude to the program.
We are accepting applications on a rolling basis for our next cohort. The last day to apply is March 13, 2025.
Program Details
Dates:
March 20 - April 24, 2025
Timing:
90-minute sessions Thursdays, 9:30 AM PT
(Contact us if you are interested
but the time doesn’t work.)
Membership Fee:
$3,000
Format
Each week we’ll have a 90-minute session comprising of:
Educational Segment
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​Teaching Session: Delve into the week’s topic with insight, case studies, and practical advice.
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Open Forum: Q&A, encouraging real-time interaction and discussion following the teaching segment.
Guest Insight
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Expert Talks: We are inviting specialists to share their expertise and unique experiences in the realm of climate investing.
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Interactive Q&A: A space for participants to probe deeper into the guest’s insights, fostering a comprehensive understanding of practical scenarios in climate investing.
In addition, you’ll be invited into the private Climate Angels Slack channel where you’ll be able to ask the Climate Capital team questions as well as network with other program participants.
Instructors
Led by successful angel investors, exited founders, and senior members of the Climate Angels team who bring a rich tapestry of experience, success stories, and dedicated climate-focused investment knowledge to your journey.
Angel investor, limited partner in emerging
fund managers, and has led portfolio support at 500 Global
General Manager,
Climate Angels
"Climate tech investments have the potential to deliver outsized returns while making a lasting impact on our environment."
– Sundeep Ahuja, GP of Climate Capital
Curriculum
Unlock your potential as a climate tech investor. Our six-week program delivers actionable insights backed by real-world case studies, guest speakers, and hands-on exercises. Throughout the program, you will diligence a live deal or co-work on an active investment thesis with a Climate Capital Partner to gain hands-on experience.
Thesis: Crafting Your Investment
Strategy for a Sustainable Future
In the first week, we dive deep into developing a robust climate investment thesis in today’s market. You will gain an understanding of the evolving landscape of climate tech and current market/policy trends, identify emerging focus areas, and define your unique investment focus.
Learn to align your investment goals with the pressing needs of the planet and establish a
strong foundation for successful investing.
Climate Investing in 2025: Sector Deep Dive Part One
We will cover the first of a two-part deep dive into current climate sector trends, challenges, and opportunities. Learn what investors are exploring today, especially in context of the current market and policy environment, and gain a comprehensive understanding of key climate sector strategies with a focus on future trends that are shaping the industry. The guest speakers will be long-established investors with deep expertise in these sectors.
Learn how to identify promising sectors with scalable solutions to tackle the climate crisis.
Climate Investing in 2025: Sector Deep Dive Part Two
In part two of the climate sector deep dive, we will further explore advanced strategies and emerging trends. Dive deeper into actionable solutions, examining real-world case studies and forecasting the next wave of developments driving change in the climate sector.
Understand a comprehensive view of the sector and unlock the future of climate innovation with advanced investment strategies and insights driving lasting change.
Sourcing and Diligence: Identify, Evaluate, and Select Promising Climate Tech Startups
Learn how to spot the next big players in climate tech by using concrete sourcing and selection strategies. Dive into sourcing methods like tracking preceding rounds on climate databases, scanning quality accelerators, monitoring government and other grants, and more. Build your network through partnerships with R&D hubs or university spinouts. Leverage market research by analyzing policy tailwinds or headwinds to predict where capital and innovation are flowing. Build a due diligence toolkit that considers carbon emissions, capital intensity, techno-economic analysis, and more.
Develop an eye for identifying startups poised for growth and significant positive environmental impact.
Investing and Support: Execute Successful Deals and Nurture Your Portfolio
We guide you through the intricacies of deal execution, term sheets, valuation, and negotiations with entrepreneurs to ensure the terms align with your investment goals and risk tolerance. Once your investments are made, it's time to actively support and nurture the growth of your portfolio companies through strategic coaching, connecting them with industry experts, and facilitating introductions to your network of fellow investors and a broad range of funding sources.
Gain the confidence and skills needed to structure investment deals and provide value beyond capital,
making a tangible difference in shaping their trajectory toward success.
Bring It All Together: Reflect, Share, and Take Action
In the final session, we will reflect on key learnings, share insights from performing diligence on live deals, and discuss challenges. This collaborative session will foster growth, inspire new perspectives, and pave the way to leading your own deals in climate tech startups upon graduation.
Reflect on your journey and invest in companies driving lasting progress.
Harness your passion for climate change solutions and become an influential climate tech angel investor with Climate Capital's training program. Our investing partners will impart invaluable knowledge, insider tips, and real-world deals to elevate your investing prowess.
What You'll Get
Learning:
Access Climate Angels’ strategies and learnings. We share the approaches we've learned and resources we've developed from investing in hundreds of climate
tech startups and experiencing exits
Community:
Engage for a year with our vibrant Slack community and our exclusive Climate Capital email network which is received by 100+ climate investors
Access:
Get unique access to opportunities that the Climate Capital team & our network, as well as your fellow cohort members, are seeing.
Swag:
Climate Angels Swag 🙂
Speakers
We are excited to have experts in the climate tech investing field join us as guest speakers for the Climate Angels program. More to be announced soon.
Climate Capital
Partners
Select speakers from previous cohorts:
Managing Partner,
Planeteer Capital/
Co-Founder, CTVC
Sophie Purdom invests in and supports early-stage climate tech founders and their companies with Planeteer Capital. Planeteer leads investments at the Pre-Seed and Seed stage into hardware-enabled software for climate. Sophie has backed breakout companies like Remora, WeaveGrid, Amogy and Patch - often as the earliest, climate-first investor. Planeteer is anchored by an Ivy League endowment and Meta's former CTO. Sophie also writes CTVC, a newsletter & strategic data platform with 60,000+ subscribers featured in Financial Times, NY Times, Bloomberg and other major outlets as climate tech's source of record. Prior, Sophie launched an ESG fund at a major endowment, published a book on sustainable investing, worked at Bain & Co., and helped found and raise $65m at Kula Bio to develop carbon-negative fertilizer. Sophie lives in New York, where she and her partner host dinner parties, play NYC handball, and foster many happy pups.
Managing Director,
Prelude Ventures
In 2006, Matt left his job in biotech because he believed that climate change and environmental degradation were the most important problems in the world. Matt spent the next 15 years as an executive at climatetech companies like Sunrun, Bloom Energy, and Tesla, holding leadership roles in operations, sales, product, finance, and marketing. He transitioned to investing in early stage climatetech at Breakthrough Energy Ventures where he led investments in grid, aerospace, buildings, and SaaS software companies, and was thrilled to join Prelude in 2023. He loves working with founders to help them build companies that will drive massive improvement in human civilization and for all life on Earth. Matt has a B.S. in molecular biology from Duke University, and an MBA from Stanford. He is currently on the board of Luxwall and has previously served on the boards of the Duke University Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment, The Institute for Market Transformation, and Ecology Project International.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner,
Clean Energy Ventures
An engineer by training, and currently a sought-after investor and advisor for companies at the intersection of technology and climate impact, David Miller brings over twenty-five years of technology startup management experience and over twenty years of early stage investing experience to Clean Energy Ventures as a founding partner. Previously, David was the founder and Executive Managing Director of the Clean Energy Venture Group. Prior to that, he was a Director in the New Ventures Group at Lucent Technologies, and founder and CEO of Quantum Telecom Solutions. David has been on the board of directors of several clean energy companies, including CEV portfolio companies Boston Materials, Pearl Certification, Volexion, Noon Energy, prior portfolio companies Pika Energy, and MyEnergy, and has advised and mentored many others. He is an Advisory Board Member of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, where he also has an appointment as Research Affiliate, and previously taught electrical engineering at Rutgers University. He completed his doctorate at MIT where he developed the CleanStart clean energy startup simulator,and runs workshops utilizing CleanStart as well as the En-ROADS climate change solutions simulator. He developed the methodology behind CEV’s Simple Emissions Reduction Calculator (SERC) in order to most quickly and effectively screen which startup companies have the most potential to reduce GHG emissions at scale and supports industry efforts to standardize emission reduction assessments.
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Founding Partner,
Planet Positive /
Co-Founder, ANGELS.vc
As a mission-driven angel investor, Kirsti directs her focus towards supporting technology companies that have a positive impact on climate and the environment. She holds a strong belief in equity and values products and services created by a diverse range of founders and teams. She is convinced that these inclusive approaches will yield not only higher returns, but also contribute to creating a better world. Â She has worked in supply chain management at Nokia, and led sales teams (first in Europe and then in the Americas) at Vungle (joined early, co-acquired by Blackstone in 2019).
Managing Partner,
MCJ
Cody Simms resides in Los Angeles and is a Partner with MCJ Collective and co-host of the My Climate Journey podcast. MCJ Collective's venture funds have invested in 80+ startups that are redefining our decarbonized global economy. Cody is also co-founder of Climate Changemakers, climate-focused political action non-profit; co-founder of Climate Draft, a platform to help professionals transition into climate-oriented work; and co-author of the Amazon-bestselling book Levers: The Framework for Building Repeatability into Your Business (leversbook.com). Cody previously served as Senior Vice President of Climate & Sustainability at Techstars and as well as an investing Partner in Techstars' institutional venture funds. Cody joined Techstars in 2013 as the first Techstars Managing Director in Los Angeles while establishing the Disney Accelerator powered by Techstars and co-investing with Disney in 20 startups from 2014-15. Earlier in his career, Cody held roles including Chief Product Officer at StumbleUpon, Vice President of Product Management at Yahoo, and Product Manager at The New York Times, Sprint, and NBC Internet / Snap.com. He got into tech in 1999 via pre-IPO Snap.com after he moved to SF to try to get a job using his Chinese language skills and instead accidentally fell into the dotcom boom. Cody holds an M.A. in Transnational Communication and Global Media from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and a B.A. in History and East Asian Languages and Cultures from the University of Kansas.
Partner,
Lowercarbon Capital
He aims to be the first believer in audacious founders who are building bold solutions to the climate crisis. ​Shawn has built an accomplished track record as an investor at the early stage. Immediately prior to Lowercarbon, Shawn was a Partner at On Deck’s venture fund and accelerator, where he backed companies in 20+ countries and earned a founder NPS of 100. Before this, he was on the investing teams at Floodgate and First Round Capital’s Dorm Room Fund, and was ranked in the Forbes 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital. Shawn has personally partnered with ~50 companies to date and brings with him a wealth of knowledge on helping founders go zero to one, from ideation to product-market fit. Before he was an investor, Shawn was a startup executive who led international expansion for companies such as Square. Shawn is also involved in political activism, and previously served as a tech policy advisor to California Governor Gavin Newsom. Shawn holds an MBA/MA in International Affairs from Wharton and the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, and completed his undergraduate studies at UC San Diego. Shawn is a Silicon Valley native and is based in San Francisco (although his colleagues would argue he’s more often based out of a plane). When he’s not hustling on behalf of the entrepreneurs we’ve partnered with, you can find him lost on travel adventures (ask him about his North Korea story), organizing happy hours and dinner parties, or nerding out about comic books.
Why Choose Climate Angels?
Climate Angels is presented in collaboration with Climate Capital, which backs exceptional founders addressing emissions reduction and climate adaptation. Climate Capital invests in early-stage companies and is one of the most active funders of climate tech in the world.
Experience
Pioneering climate-focused investments since 2015, with a robust portfolio of companies driving large-scale climate impact. We are partnered with Climate Capital, one of the original climate-focused funds.
Successful Track Record
Celebrating several successful exits, including Amply & Blueprint Power.
A solid history of investing in climate breakouts like Mosaic, Remora, and Span, showcasing our ability to spot and nurture high-potential startups.
Trusted
Co-Investors
Trusted co-investors with prominent climate investors like LowerCarbon Capital, YCombinator, and Khosla.
Community
Vibrant Community
and Team
Enriching connections within a 2K+ community of founders, operators, and enthusiasts, backed by a team boasting both industry expertise and academic excellence.
Strategic Partnerships
Affiliations with renowned climate organizations like Climate Capital, TerraDo and OnDeck Climate, extending our reach and collaborative potential.
Extensive Network
Regular interactions with leading Series Seed & A climate-impact firms, angel investors, and scouts, as well as influential individuals from pivotal climate & tech startups.
Empowering Founders
An intimate community of 300+ founders benefiting from peer support and a host of services including expert networks and content platforms.
Join us to accelerate your climate investing trajectory and drive impactful change.
Note: if after 1 week the program doesn’t feel like a fit, we’re happy to refund your program fee and allow you to exit the program.
Partnerships: Building a Future Together
Are you part of a climate fund, educational institute, government entity, or another organization passionate about driving
impact in the climate tech sphere?
Climate Angels invites you to reach out to explore partnership opportunities with us!
By joining forces, we can collectively amplify our impact, fostering the development and scaling of pioneering climate technologies and investments.
If our mission resonates with you and you
envision a collaboration that can accelerate our shared journey toward a sustainable future,
we’d love to connect!
Reach Out to Explore Partnership Opportunities!
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About Us
Climate Capital has been a global leader in climate tech investing since 2015. It is known for backing intrepid founders who are ardently addressing the vital issues of emissions reduction and climate adaptation through innovative technological solutions. With a track record of investing in startups like Mosaic, Remora, and Span, and exits including Amply & Blueprint Power, Climate Capital is not only one of the most active funders in the climate tech world but also a robust community where founders, investors, and climate tech enthusiasts converge to create an unparalleled ecosystem, enabling, enhancing, and accelerating the global climate tech revolution.
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