Business Fellowship
A full-time paid fellowship for experienced climate-business professionals to help early-stage climate-technology teams reach market, with an industry-competitive living stipend.
Funding for climate startups and growing companies
Investment and project grants for companies developing climate solutions. A project grant supports specific work, such as developing an innovative environmental solution. An investor puts money into the company and becomes a part-owner.
Funding opportunities (8)
Grants and tax incentives
Investment in the company
Investment in industrial climate technology
Investment of €1–5 million for European companies bringing physical, science-based climate technology from early commercialisation towards industrial scale.
Investment in energy, industry and health technology
Equity investment for early-stage and growth companies using technology to tackle climate-relevant energy or industry problems; Norrsken VC also invests in healthcare.
Investment in digital energy technology
SET usually invests €2–5 million initially in European digital-energy companies and receives an ownership stake rather than repayment of a loan.
Investment in green technology
An initial €500,000–€4 million investment for mainly European green-technology startups raising an early venture round, formally from pre-seed through Series A.
Investment in climate technology
Venture-capital investment of typically €1–15 million for climate-tech companies raising seed, Series A or Series B funding, with Europe as the main target market.
Cleantech Co-Investment Facility
Equity or equity-like co-investment for EIF-backed fund managers proposing funding rounds for growing cleantech companies in the EU or EFTA.
Investment for early-stage climate technology
Equity investment for founders at the earliest stages developing commercially driven technology to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, remove atmospheric carbon or buy time by cooling the planet.