Colorado Impact Fund

Energy Impact Partners (EIP) is a global investment platform leading the transition to a sustainable energy future. EIP brings together entrepreneurs and the world's most forward-looking utilities and operating companies to advance innovation. With over $1.5 billion in assets under management, EIP invests globally across venture, growth, credit and infrastructure – and has a team of more than 50 professionals based in its offices in New York, San Francisco, Palm Beach, London, Cologne and Oslo.

We're Rubio, a leading impact venture fund. We partner with founders building companies that matter, the kind where profit and purpose combine for maximum impact. Why? The future's most valuable businesses will be tackling humanity's biggest headaches. Solid Growth: A short-term perspective isn’t our style. We prefer to play (and win) the long game, helping you build your business sustainably. Strong Impact: We live to change the system. We’re excited by impact ambitions too big to ignore and too important to fail. Genuine Partners: We go fast alone, but further together. You’ll have our experience on call 24/7, but you’re always behind the wheel. Growth capital to turn impact vision into velocity Early stage growth capital for founders reshaping industries with heart, vision, and intelligence (human and artificial alike!). We’re guided by our thematic areas: People Power: Strengthening social cohesion through wellbeing, education, and inclusion Planet Paradise: Driving net zero transitions in energy, industry, and agrifood We’ll partner with you to nail the fundamentals that unlock your audacious impact vision. Check out our investment criteria and get in touch if you think we’d be a good match. At Rubio, we do VC differently We believe the success of an impact VC is driven by equally ambitious impact and financial goals. That’s why we’re one of the only funds in the world where 100% of our performance fees are directly linked to (externally validated) quantifiable impact targets.

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

Green Spark Ventures is a single-family office that has been making impact investments for the past eight years. The mission of Green Spark Ventures is to address the climate crisis by investing across the capital spectrum in innovative companies, technologies and nature-based strategies. To date we have focused on investments in clean energy, conservation and healthy food systems. Green Spark Ventures is affiliated with MidFirst Bank and headquartered in Oklahoma City with a presence in Denver.

We are experienced venture capital investors who have been at the forefront of impact investing since 1999. We are passionate about generating extraordinary results, creating positive changes, and partnering with visionaries who combine these two. Our team has invested in over 70 ventures, bringing time-tested perspective and expertise to partnerships with entrepreneurs. We are ready and eager to build something special together.

Over a decade supporting climate innovation Evergreen Climate Innovations, formerly Clean Energy Trust, supports entrepreneurs and startups that are bringing impactful climate technologies to market. Structured as a nonprofit, we pioneered our 501vc® Investment Fund to align philanthropic and corporate contributions to deliver environmental, economic, and social impact. Upon investing, we work actively with our portfolio companies to provide strategic guidance, mentorship, and help in achieving critical milestones and connections to funding, demonstration opportunities, and customers. Evergreen is committed to advancing climate innovation and expanding access to such innovation across the Greater Midwest. Critical early-stage climate solutions are underfunded Climate change is humanity’s greatest challenge but represents a small fraction of total venture investment and philanthropic support. Evergreen Climate Innovations addresses the capital gap that exists for early-stage climate tech companies. The Midwest is particularly underserved with only 3% of early-stage climate tech investment going to the Midwest. Our Impact Thesis We invest in startups developing innovative solutions with the potential to make outsized impacts on the climate emergency and related environmental and sustainability challenges. Moreover, these companies create jobs and drive economic development. Our 501vc® Investment Fund: a unique approach Evergreen’s 501vc® model is a seed stage investment fund capitalized with philanthropic dollars. Our fund’s revolving evergreen structure enables us to recycle our investment returns to generate compounding impact. Bringing Climate Technologies to Market Our unique model allows us to be more patient and absorb more risk than a traditional investor, helping to bridge the early-stage commercialization gap. We are hands-on investors. We work closely with our portfolio companies to identify and execute a clear, well-funded path to market. Beyond the money we invest, we provide invaluable resources and opportunities that arise from our extensive network throughout the climate tech innovation ecosystem that we have spent over a decade cultivating.