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The Climate Pledge Fund is a corporate venture program that invests in companies accelerating Amazon’s path to meeting the commitments of The Climate Pledge. Our mission Support innovative climate technology companies with the most potential to help Amazon and others reach net‑zero carbon emissions by 2040. This dedicated program - with an initial $2 billion in funding - invests in visionary companies with a potential for long-term impact. We fund companies across multiple industry sectors that impact climate change. We’re looking for companies of various sizes, from startups to well-established enterprises, developing solutions that will help Amazon and others decrease the overall cost of decarbonization. Transportation and logistics: For 45% of countries transport is the largest source of energy related emissions. For the rest of the countries, it is the second largest source. (Source: un.org) Energy generation, storage, and utilization: Electric power generates the second largest share of greenhouse gas emissions. Approximately 60% of our electricity comes from burning fossil fuels, mostly coal and natural gas. (Source: un.org) Buildings: The operations of buildings account for 30% of global final energy consumption and 26% of global energy-related emissions. (Source: IEA – International Energy Agency ) Manufacturing and materials: One-fifth of the world’s carbon emissions comes from the manufacturing and production sectors consuming 54% of the world’s energy sources. (Source: The World Economic Forum ) Circular economy: The way we live now is using 60% more resources than the Earth can provide and creating too much waste. In a circular economy, things are made and consumed in a way that minimizes our use of the world’s resources, cuts waste, and reduces carbon emissions. (Source: weforum.org) Food and agriculture: Without intervention, food system emissions will likely increase by up to 40% by 2050. (Source: un.org) Carbon removal: The world needs to remove roughly 1 trillion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over the course of this century to keep global warming below the 1.5° Celsius limit set by the Paris Agreement. (Source: IPCC.com) Water: Only 0.5% of water on Earth is useable and available freshwater – and climate change is dangerously affecting that supply. Over the past 20 years, terrestrial water storage – including soil moisture, snow and ice – has dropped at a rate of 1 cm per year, with major ramifications for water security. (Source: unwater.org) We’re searching for mission-driven and forward-thinking climate technology entrepreneurs to help us reach net-zero.

Singapore-headquartered global investor. We are a venture capital firm focused on decarbonization investments. Decarbonization is the name of the game. We maximize efforts on 5 decarbonization verticals namely Food and Agriculture, Mobility, Buildings, Industries and Energy. We look at decarbonization technologies, focusing on the reduction, prevention or sequestration of greenhouse gas emissions. We believe in the future. Forward-thinking, we invest into exceptional founders and companies through proprietary networks. Entrepreneurs ourselves, we understand the challenges of innovation and power of diverse perspectives. The world is our oyster. We invest globally, unincumbered by borders or limits, capitalizing on our deep and wide roots in the ecosystem. Our eyes and ears are based in Singapore, making us a natural bridge between the East and West. Creating history. We boast 20 exciting portfolio companies across two pools of capital and have celebrated 3 of ours becoming unicorns. Our success is our own inspiration, we are resolute and will do even better.

At Sustainable Ventures we believe in the power of commercial innovation to address the twin challenges of climate change and resource scarcity. We are on a mission to develop 1000 sustainable start-ups by 2025. Since 2011, we have founded 10 companies, invested in 30 and supported the development of over 250 more. Our team includes some of the country’s most talented sector specialist venture development and investment professionals, all dedicated to creating value for our community whilst making the world a better place. Through Sustainable Workspaces, we create inspiring and collaborative hubs to support sustainable businesses. We are currently located in County Hall, the first phase of our flagship HQ. The Sustainable Accelerator invests in and provides targeted support to the best early stage ventures ready for rapid growth – our focus verticals are Food & Agritech, Building Technology, Mobility, Future Energy and the Circular Economy. Our Venture Services and Programmes teams provide start-ups in this sector with the tools they need to succeed. From finance to design, project management to business development – we’re on hand to support climate tech entrepreneurs when they need it most. At heart though we remain entrepreneurs ourselves, and continue to take our own ideas from concept to exit through our Venture Development function. Here to support your growth - from beer mat to exitInvestment: Our accelerator is designed to empower you through investment and hands-on support. Workspaces: Unique, collaborative coworking spaces, curated exclusively for climate tech businesses. Business support: Delivering advice, expertise and direct grant support to climate tech startups and entrepreneurs. Grant Writing: Helping you secure much-needed non-dilutive funding to accelerate venture development. Design: Take your innovation from idea to market with impact-led product, brand and experience design. R&D Tax Credits: Claim back your R&D costs so that you can continue to develop and grow your business. Our values are what we live and breathe, and reflect our entrepreneurial spiritSustainable: Everything we do has an enduring and positive impact on society, our economy and the environment. Commercial: Every solution, product or technology we develop needs to be on a path to becoming financially sustainable. Creative: We are passionate about our work and finding new ways to overcome the challenges of developing and growing new businesses. Pragmatic: We measure our impact on what is actually done - so our solutions and advice need to be deliverable using the available resources. Supportive: We understand delivering growth companies is hard; we empathise with entrepreneurs, investors and team members and help them achieve their goals. Collaborative: We recognise that we deliver greater value to our clients and stakeholders by working together.

Climate VC is a UK-based EIS fund that will invest in over 100 climate tech companies within the next 3 years, across pre-seed and seed. Our ticket sizes will vary on a deal by deal basis, usually £25k - £350k. We need to look at how to decarbonise every aspect of our day-to-day life and the economy. That means changing the way we; grow food and what we eat, move around, generate electricity & make things. The solutions, some established, some crazy, are being dreamt up by bold founders. We want to help ignite that early spark.

Climate Investment is an independent organization founded by members of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative. OGCI members have invested in our funds, and have deployed many of our portfolio company innovations, supporting their early commercial development. We invest in innovations that deliver capital-efficient decarbonization solutions and drive their market adoption through our partner networks to accelerate scaled impact. Our team looks for opportunities that can deliver strong, quantified GHG-impact and an attractive risk-adjusted return. Operational since 2017, we have focused our efforts on attracting a team of specialists who are leaders in their disciplines, developing robust impact quantification, building a portfolio of outstanding innovations and cultivating our partner networks. We believe that engaged, cross-sector collaboration is necessary to driver accelerated, capital-efficient decarbonization. Quantifying impact Our primary goal is to drive the market adoption of our portfolio companies’ solutions to maximize their impact. Increasing the allocation of capital into climate innovations requires robust and objective metrics for evaluating the potential carbon reduction impact of different investment opportunities. We have developed and operationalized a GHG impact measurement methodology for our firm and funds and have used the methodology to set targets and measure impact delivery. We share our methodology with our portfolio companies and help them operationalize their impact reporting. Planned (future) emissions reduction is key to directing our investment. We co-founded a collaborative initiative, Project Frame, a platform seeking to introduce a common framework for assessing the future GHG impact of investments. Project Frame1 works with approximately 753 participating community members, of which some 257 are investors with over $8.47 trillion in AUM, or $444 billion in venture capital/private equity AUM. The methodology quantifies past (“realized”) and future (“planned”) impact of our investments on GHG emissions, measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. Driving innovation & market adoption We invest in three core themes: venture capital and growth equity companies that can demonstrate significant reduction in methane or carbon dioxide emissions (CO₂), carbon capture, recycling and/or storage. Every investment is scrutinized for its ability to generate impact at scale. Climate Investment provides early-stage to growth capital to companies with solutions for energy systems, buildings, transport and industry, including cement, steel, chemicals, power and agriculture. We invest in early to growth-stage opportunities, focusing on accelerating market adoption through deployment to demonstrate and prove our portfolio companies’ innovations, enabling those deployments to develop into commercial contracts. We also provide growth capital to companies at a later stage of development where we can support them through pivotal stages to scale market adoption and impact.

Profit and purpose can be a virtuous cycle. Solving humanity's biggest problems can provide superior financial returns. Tech-enabled companies can have significant impact at scale BUT Tech companies and impact investors largely live in different worlds. Avesta can bridge these worlds to harness the tech world toward positive impact. Areas of Focus We invest in tech-enabled companies whose positive impact is aligned with their business. We prioritize (but are not limited to) diverse entrepreneurs. Stage: pre-seed or seed; Typically raising $750K to $4M in the round. ClimateSustainable Agriculture Energy Efficiency Clean Energy Carbon Sinks Clean Manufacturing Circular Economy Green Buildings OpportunityEducation Financial Inclusion Future of Work Health Access & Affordability Housing Entrepreneurship Development What we offerTypical investments of $150K to $500K per company Best-practice based coaching to help founding teams optimize their impact, and align it with their business Unique mix of experiences that help companies bridge both the VC and impact worlds Connections to our broad network of investors and partners interested in impact-oriented tech startups