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Evergreen Climate Innovations' 501vc® Investment Fund invests $200k - $300k in early-stage climate tech startups in the Greater Midwest region of the United States.

Evergreen looks for early-stage, climate tech companies that fit the following criteria:

  • Developing innovations to solve environmental challenges
  • Pre-Seed and Seed
  • Based in the Greater Midwest region of the United States (IA, IL, IN, WI, MI, MN, KS, MO, OH, TN, KY, ND, SD, CO, NE, and western PA)

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Applications are considered on a rolling basis. Once you submit the investment application form, we will reach out during our application review period. The fall and spring application deadlines mark the beginning of our approximately five-month-long investment cycle.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Senior Program Manager Dylan O’Reilly (dylan@evergreeninno.org) or learn more about 501vc® Investment Fund here.

Portfolio Company Testimonial from 75F

Evergreen ran our venture capital funding process. They recommended 75F to our lead investor and served as my sounding board and personal guide through the investment process. No investment bank could come close to the dedication and support that we received from Evergreen. 75F would not have closed the round with the marquee investors that we secured without Evergreen.

Innovation

75F offers a vertically-integrated suite of wireless sensors, equipment controllers and cloud-based software delivering predictive, proactive building automation

Climate Impact

75F reduces commercial HVAC energy usage and improves business processes, simplifying resource management, and bolstering tenant health and wellness

Portfolio Company Testimonial from MITO Material Solutions

Evergreen’s model of investing in early climate tech solutions bridges a paralyzing capital gap. They’re allowing people like me to take an idea and grow it to positively disrupt an industry.

Innovation

MITO produces a hybrid substance that can boost the performance of fiber reinforced composites by as much as 135%

Climate Impact

A tiny amount of MITO’s breakthrough innovation significantly improves material durability while dramatically reducing weight

Portfolio Company Testimonial from NuMat Technologies

Evergreen was the first money into NuMat as we were spinning out of Northwestern University in 2012. We’ve since gone on to raise both Series A and B funding rounds yet Evergreen remains a key strategic partner and resource to us as we grow and scale the company. They were willing to be there day one, but they were also willing to be there almost a decade later, and that’s incredibly important.

Innovation

Through the use of software and data engineering, NuMat designs materials that can efficiently produce, separate, and deliver molecules

Climate Impact

NuMat has developed a method for storing gases that is more efficient, safer, and less energy intensive than traditional compression

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