Carbon Capture grants — page 2
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Capturing CO₂ at scale is one of the most capital-intensive sustainability sectors, and the funding mix reflects that, sovereign-backed first-of-a-kind deployment grants, multilateral debt for industrial retrofits, and corporate offtake commitments for engineered removals. Listed below are the open carbon capture grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Carbon funding is unusually concentrated in sovereign and philanthropic money, because most of the sector has no natural commercial buyer yet. The large recurring programmes are the US Department of Energy, the EU Innovation Fund and its Carbon Removal Certification work, UK DESNZ, and foundations including the Bezos Earth Fund. Advance purchase commitments from Frontier and Microsoft behave like grants for early deployment, and are worth tracking alongside the calls proper.
This page lists open carbon capture grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 74 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is carbon capture work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing carbon capture grants here include Decarbonization Partners, Third Derivative, Clean Energy Ventures, among 2 others. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls.
Geographic coverage on this page spans GLOBAL, LATAM. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
A US investment fund's growth equity strategy
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Growth equity investment vehicle targeting proven, scaling-stage technology companies in energy transition, carbon management, and advanced materials. Focuses on late-stage venture and growth equity rounds for companies demonstrating commercial traction across decarbonization sectors.
First Gigaton Captured
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This initiative provides funding to carbon capture startups working toward the milestone of removing the first gigaton of CO2 from the atmosphere. It targets early-stage and growth-stage companies developing direct air capture, point-source capture, and related carbon removal technologies.
Early-Stage Climate Tech Venture Fund
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The funder Fund invests in hard-technology climate solutions with defensible science and commercial viability, targeting breakthrough innovations with gigaton-scale decarbonization impact across multiple industries. The fund backs founders developing technologies at the intersection of climate necessity and market fundamentals.
Carbon Quest 2.0
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A climate innovation funding programme from Tencent SSV providing up to RMB 200 million to support global climate innovation teams focused on carbon reduction, offering funding, technical resources, and expert guidance. The 2026 cohort targets 16 teams working on climate solutions across sectors.
Climate Transformation Fund
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The Climate Transformation Fund, backed by the funder's internal carbon fee, supports climate projects with a focus on carbon removal and mitigation initiatives designed to maximize impact per dollar by 2030. The fund is open to a range of climate-focused projects and organizations working on emissions reduction and atmospheric CO2 removal.
Venture Capital
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The funder provides equity investments in deep-technology and impact-driven companies at the intersection of breakthrough science and commercial viability, across sectors including energy storage, spacetech, carbon capture, and sustainable foods. The fund targets founders building disruptive, scalable businesses primarily in India.
End-to-end Decarbonisation of the Ironmaking Process
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The funder invests in early-stage companies developing breakthrough technologies to decarbonize iron and steelmaking, including green hydrogen, carbon capture, energy storage, and novel processes. The fund targets seed-stage startups with capacity for follow-on investment in later rounds.
A Latin American Early-Stage Climate Fund
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The funder invests equity capital in early-stage climate technology companies pursuing decarbonization across multiple sectors including energy, built environment, agriculture, and mobility, with a geographic focus on Latin American markets. The fund targets companies at the seed and Series A stages working on solutions in carbon capture, climate software, renewable energy, and sustainable food systems.
A Venture Capital Energy Transition Fund
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The funder Fund invests in early to growth-stage technology companies advancing energy transition across mobility, power, manufacturing, and construction sectors. Focus areas include EV infrastructure, carbon capture, carsharing, demand response, and biofuels.
A US Energy Company's Corporate Venture Capital Fund
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The funder's corporate venture capital fund makes early-stage equity investments in innovative energy technologies that integrate large-scale infrastructure with emerging solutions across digital innovation, methane mitigation, energy storage, carbon capture, renewables, and power. The fund targets startups and growth-stage companies developing technologies to decarbonize and modernize energy systems.
Structured Private Debt for Energy Transition
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Generate Credit provides structured private credit financing for sustainable infrastructure projects including renewable energy (solar, hydro, biomass), carbon capture, and data centers. The fund targets developers and operators of clean energy assets seeking debt or credit solutions alongside equity.
Direct Investments
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The funderø offers direct equity investments in early-stage companies developing technologies and solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, balancing financial return with measurable climate impact. The fund targets startups and early-stage ventures across the cleantech and climate-tech sectors.
Cleantech Ventures Fund I
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A $55 million venture capital fund investing in early-stage clean-technology companies focused on reducing emissions intensity of natural gas through energy efficiency, carbon capture, hydrogen, renewable natural gas, and methane mitigation. The fund targets startups and early-stage companies developing technologies that lower the carbon footprint of natural gas infrastructure and operations.
a US sustainable-industry venture fund
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The funder invests in Seed to Series B stage companies developing technologies to decarbonize industrial processes and enable sustainable supply of critical minerals, materials, and clean energy. The fund targets demonstrable results across upstream minerals, sustainable energy inputs, materials decarbonization, and CO2 capture with 3-10% ownership per holding.
Hard Tech Entrepreneurial Fellowship in Singapore
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A fellowship programme for hard-tech innovators based in Singapore, modelled on the US Activate Fellowship and covering sectors including energy, carbon-capture, advanced manufacturing, computing, agriculture, biotech, aerospace, transportation, water, and materials. The programme supports early-stage founders and teams developing deep-tech solutions.
Activate Fellowship Programme
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A two-year fellowship for hard-tech innovators commercializing hardware-based technology innovations across energy, materials, computing, and other deep-tech sectors. Fellows receive support to advance their projects from prototype/early commercialization stage, with a $2M prior funding cap.
Breakthrough Maritime Technology
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Banebrytende Maritim Teknologi supports businesses testing or implementing breakthrough maritime technologies to enable zero-emission shipping, including solutions for zero-emission energy carriers, carbon capture on ships, and energy efficiency measures. The programme targets innovative commercial-scale projects that are too new and risky for private investment alone, providing funding to accelerate the transition to emission-free maritime transport.
Forstudie Karbonfangst 2030
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The funder is funding feasibility studies (forstudie) for carbon capture technologies and solutions targeting 2030 deployment in Norway. The grant supports research, planning, and pre-commercial development of carbon capture systems by energy companies, technology developers, and research institutions.
Industri 2050
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Industri 2050 is a Norwegian support programme funding industrial innovation projects that develop or implement technology to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes and waste incineration. The programme targets technologies including fossil fuel phase-out, carbon capture, biogenic reduction agents, and emission-free industrial core processes, aiming to accelerate market adoption of low-emission industrial solutions.
CO₂ Reception Terminals
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The funder funds investments in public CO₂ reception terminals that aggregate and prepare captured carbon for transport to permanent storage. The program targets terminal operators and infrastructure developers seeking to build critical logistics nodes for carbon management value chains.
Combustion and Fire Systems (CFS)
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NSF's Combustion and Fire Systems program funds fundamental and applied research in combustion science, clean energy, and fire safety to advance clean power generation, emissions reduction, and public safety. The program supports experimental, theoretical, and computational research across academia and research institutions.
Research: CCUS Innovation 2.0 competition: UK BECCS-MCFC - Next generation CCUS technology for net zero 2050
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This is a competitive innovation grant from the UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero funding next-generation carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology, specifically focusing on BECCS-MCFC (bioenergy with carbon capture and molten carbonate fuel cells) to support the UK's net-zero 2050 target. The grant supports research institutions and consortia developing advanced CCUS solutions.
Process Systems, Reaction Engineering, and Molecular Thermodynamics
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NSF grant supporting fundamental engineering research on chemical reaction engineering, process systems optimization, and molecular thermodynamics to advance sustainable chemical manufacturing and product design. Eligible researchers can pursue work on novel reactor designs, process intensification, carbon capture/conversion, nanoparticle synthesis, biomass conversion, and electrification of chemical processes.
Decarbonization Support for Heavy Industry: Steel, Cement, and Chemicals
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This grant supports decarbonization initiatives in heavy industrial sectors including steel, cement, and chemicals through funding from the funder. It targets organizations working to reduce emissions and transition these carbon-intensive industries to low-carbon processes and materials.
a US energy company's corporate venture capital program
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The funder's corporate venture capital fund invests $100M+ in early-stage innovative technologies advancing the energy transition, including digital innovation, methane mitigation, energy storage, carbon capture, and renewables. The fund targets startups and emerging companies developing solutions that integrate large-scale energy infrastructure with next-generation technologies.
Catalysis
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NSF Catalysis grant funds fundamental research in chemical catalysis and related processes to advance sustainable industrial and energy applications. Eligible researchers at US institutions can apply for support of catalytic science that underpins carbon reduction and chemical innovation.