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Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund - Apply for Growth Capital

Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund (philanthropy arm)

Summary

Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund is actively seeking climate technology companies for equity investment and project financing across direct carbon removal, advanced energy, industrial materials, circular economy, water, and nature-based solutions. Emerging companies with early commercial traction can apply for scaling capital.

Score breakdown

Commercial72/100
Climate72/100
Hidden72/100
Urgency72/100
Maturity72/100

Composite (shown above as the score chip) = max(commercial, climate) × 0.35 + hidden × 0.25 + urgency × 0.20 + maturity × 0.20

Evidence

Invest in emerging climate technology solutions that have early commercial traction and need capital to scale in the market. Provide project financing to bring existing climate solutions to scale.

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Climate equity
Investing in climate innovation
Aclima
AMP Robotics
Applied Carbon
AutoGrid
BlocPower
Boston Metal
CarbonCure
Climeworks
Cyclic Materials
Dimensional Energy
Eavor
Electric Hydrogen
FlexiDAO
Group14
Heirloom
KOKO
Konexa
LanzaJet
LineVision
Mitiga Solutions
NCX
New Sun Road
Novata
Omnidian
Pantheon Regeneration
Perennial
Prometheus Materials
Raptor Maps
Redwood Materials
Rheaply
Rondo
SolarCycle
Solstice
SOURCE Global
Stegra
SustainCERT
Terradot
Twelve
Utilidata
Vibrant Planet
Yard Stick PBC
Buoyant Ventures
Carbon Direct
Closed Loop Partners
Congruent Ventures
CrossBoundary Energy Access
Earthshot Ventures
EFM
Emerald Technology Ventures
Energy Impact Partners
EverSource Capital
Farmland LP
Just Climate
Powerhouse Ventures
SEACEF
WaterEquity
Who should apply for the Climate Innovation Fund?
We’ll focus on areas such as direct carbon removal, digital optimization, advanced energy systems, industrial materials, circular economy, water technologies, sustainable agriculture, and business strategies for nature-based markets.
The primary focus of the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund is to:
Invest in emerging climate technology solutions that have early commercial traction and need capital to scale in the market
Provide project financing to bring existing climate solutions to scale
Invest directly in companies, with opportunities to:Scale new innovative solutions in the marketDemonstrate the viability of new technologiesPartner with other investors to meet the world’s climate objectives
Scale new innovative solutions in the market
Demonstrate the viability of new technologies
Partner with other investors to meet the world’s climate objectives
The Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund does not have a mandate to:
Provide grants or donations
Lead an investment round
Take a majority ownership stake in a fund or company
Fund publicly traded companies
Apply for funding

Lines added since the previous fetch. Comparison is line-level; no removed-text shown in v1.

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