ArcTern Ventures is a venture capital firm obsessed with helping solve the climate crisis and rethinking sustainability. We invest globally in breakthrough technology startups that can significantly reduce GHG emissions and environmental impact. We were founded on the premise that accelerating the transition to a carbon-neutral economy will disrupt all industries and present an unprecedented opportunity for outsized financial returns. Solving our planet’s biggest problems will lead to big rewards—for companies, their investors, and of course, Mother Earth.
Wherever you operate, if your startup solves a carbon problem or a sustainability issue, we want to hear about it.
We work hands-on with founders, lending them our expertise—and our global network—to help accelerate their success.
In our previous lives, each of our partners founded and led the growth of many successful startups from idea to exit.
Sustainability is embedded in every investment decision we make. We partner with bold founders to help them scale breakthrough solutions that will accelerate our response to climate change. We believe outsized financial returns will come as a result of making significant impacts.
Key sectors of interest:
- Clean Energy: Greening the supply side of energy, including a wide range of renewables and storage.
- Energy Efficiency and Storage: Technology that reduces energy demand across all sectors, consumer to heavy industrial.
- Circular Economy: Sustainable solutions that will help us accelerate the shift to a fully circular economy.
- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials: New technologies that produce goods using much less energy and fewer resources.
- Mobility: Efficient movement of people and things, one of the fastest-changing sectors of today.
- Food Systems: Innovations that help us feed the planet while reducing GHGs and ecological impact.