Carbon Removal grants — page 4
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Carbon removal sits next to carbon capture but funds a distinct set of technologies, direct air capture (DAC), enhanced weathering, biochar, bio-oil sequestration, mineralisation, ocean alkalinity enhancement, and biomass carbon removal & storage (BECCS). Public-money pots (DOE Carbon Negative Shot, EU Innovation Fund, UK Track-2) overlap with carbon capture programmes but the offtake-purchase side is where carbon removal lives uniquely. Listed below are the open carbon removal 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 removal grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 192 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 removal work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing carbon removal grants here include Hollyhock Foundation, IIMA Ventures, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 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, NORTH-AMERICA, China. 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.
Environment Grants
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The funder funds cost-effective solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions at scale and speed. This grant supports organizations and projects working on climate mitigation across multiple sectors and intervention types.
Powerstart: India's first climate accelerator focused on enabling entrepreneurs tackling climate challenges
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Powerstart is India's first climate accelerator providing support to entrepreneurs developing disruptive climate change solutions across energy and related sectors. The programme is designed to enable early-stage climate tech startups to scale their innovations.
Environment: Programme focused on environmental protection and climate-related work
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The funder funds programmes focused on environmental protection and climate-related work across multiple intervention areas. Eligible applicants should align with the foundation's environmental and climate priorities, though specific sectoral focus and eligibility criteria are not detailed in this listing.
People of Tomorrow – Fossil Fuel Elimination
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The Ray & Tye Noorda Foundation awards grants to organizations and projects that eliminate unsustainable fossil fuel use and advance clean energy solutions. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, social enterprises, research institutions, and companies working on fossil fuel phase-out and energy transition.
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.
A Climate Tech Venture Fund
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The funder invests in climate tech companies across decarbonization, adaptation, and climate fintech sectors, seeking to align incentives between climate solutions, customers, and global capital markets. The fund targets innovative companies at various stages that demonstrate commercial viability and climate impact.
Global Cleantech Capital Growth Fund
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Late-stage venture and early growth equity fund investing in high-growth companies scaling clean energy, decarbonization, mobility, and fintech solutions. Targets teams with the potential to become market leaders in high-emitting sectors.
501vc® Investment Fund from a US climate venture investor
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Early-stage climate tech investment fund providing equity capital to Pre-Seed and Seed stage startups in the Greater Midwest US, across mitigation, adaptation, and environmental solutions. Rolling applications with fall and spring investment cycles.
Environment Fund: Backs pioneers at the intersection of science and sustainability, driving decarbonization, circular…
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The funder backs early-stage companies at the intersection of science and sustainability, focusing on decarbonization, circular economy, and emerging planetary solutions. The fund targets technology pioneers developing solutions across climate mitigation and environmental innovation.
a climate venture fund
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ICOS IV is a growth-stage venture capital fund targeting breakthrough climate technologies capable of delivering 1 GT CO2e reduction or avoidance by 2050, using a Collaborative Venturing Platform model that pairs innovators with sector-leading corporations for financing, engineering, infrastructure, and market access.
Sector-Focused Climate Tech Investment Fund
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A sector-focused venture fund investing in climate technology companies from Pre-Seed through Series A and beyond, backing founders building solutions across the cleantech and climate tech landscape. The fund targets early-stage climate tech startups with capital and growth support.
Climate Solutions Growth Equity Strategy
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Growth equity investments in climate solutions targeting radical emissions reduction or removal in hard-to-abate sectors including energy, industry, food systems, and nature-based solutions. Targets transformational climate technology and business model companies rather than incremental improvements.
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.
A Purpose-Led Climate and Cleantech Venture Fund
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The funder Core Fund is a boutique venture capital fund investing in early-stage, purpose-led companies addressing meaningful challenges in renewable energy, healthcare, climate/cleantech, and consumer wellness. The fund partners with mission-driven founders to scale solutions across these sectors.
a US sustainable-investments fund
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SSI provides patient capital (equity investment) to early-stage companies developing innovative climate solutions across mitigation, adaptation, and removal technologies. The fund targets technology and innovation-driven startups with positive environmental impact across sectors including carbon removal, energy, transportation, water, and circular economy.
Early-Stage Climate Technology Fund
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The funder Climate Fund provides early-stage equity investments in pre-seed and seed-stage climate tech companies developing solutions across energy, agriculture, materials, and emissions reduction. The fund targets entrepreneurs building scalable climate solutions in multiple sectors.
Early-stage venture fund: $20.6M across 73 investments in frontier tech, climate, crypto, and biotech
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The funder's early-stage venture fund deploys capital across frontier technology, climate, crypto, and biotech sectors, backing founders pursuing contrarian or pre-commercial ideas. The fund is actively seeking investment opportunities in these high-risk, high-impact domains.
Early-Stage Climate Tech Fund
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing in European climate tech startups across energy, mobility, nature, and carbon sectors, with particular focus on the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Kopa Ventures provides equity investment at Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A stages.
Early-Stage Climate & Nature Fund
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The funder provides early-stage equity investment in companies developing climate and nature solutions across sustainability and environmental sectors. The fund targets impact entrepreneurs seeking capital to scale their businesses faster.
Early-Stage Climate Technology Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage, high-risk climate-technology companies with potential for gigaton-scale climate impact, drawing on catalytic capital from visionary families, foundations, and corporations. The fund targets transformative ventures across clean energy and low-carbon sectors with a long-term investment horizon.
First application window for simpler, fairer and more accessible SFI opens
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The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is a government payment scheme for farmers in England to adopt sustainable and regenerative agricultural practices. Small farms and those without existing Environmental Land Management (ELM) agreements can now apply in the first application window.
Environmental Sustainability
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NSF Environmental Sustainability program funds engineering research advancing sustainable systems across five areas: circular bioeconomy, industrial ecology, green engineering, ecological engineering, and earth systems engineering. Eligible applicants are universities and research institutions with graduate and undergraduate student involvement.
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.
Advance Market Commitment for Carbon Removal
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Frontier is an advance market commitment that purchases permanent carbon removal technology at scale, offering offtake agreements and prepurchases to early-stage and mature suppliers. It funds companies developing durable, scalable carbon removal solutions with a clear pathway to under $100/ton.
Climate Innovation R&D Grants
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The funder's Innovation Track provides $250K–$750K in R&D grants to support climate technology development and commercialization. The fund targets early-stage to growth-stage innovators working on climate solutions globally.
A US carbon-removal coalition's innovation track — R&D grants and prepurchases
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Frontier offers R&D grants and prepurchase agreements to accelerate development of permanent carbon removal technologies that can operate at scale and low cost. Early-stage and scaling companies building durable, high-volume carbon removal solutions are eligible to apply through regular RFP processes.
Blue Carbon Plus Grant Finance
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BC+ provides up to $200K grants over one year to scalable, community-centred businesses operating in blue carbon ecosystems (mangroves, seagrass, tidal marsh, macroalgae) that address systemic barriers to scaling. The grant targets climate-focused, ecosystem-positive business models with community livelihood co-benefits.
Technical Assistance for Climate Investment Proposals
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A $28M grant-funded facility providing technical assistance and grant funding to help stakeholders develop and strengthen climate investment proposals aligned with NDC commitments and nature-based solutions. It supports both proposal development and implementation across sustainable energy, waste, agriculture, and conservation sectors.
BN6: Hedgerow coppicing
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This grant funds hedgerow coppicing activities, a woodland management and habitat conservation practice that enhances biodiversity and carbon sequestration. It is available to eligible landowners and land managers in England through the funder's environmental stewardship scheme.
Marine Conservation, Climate Change, and Wildlife Trade
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The funder funds conservation and climate work across marine ecosystems (industrial and small-scale fishing, plastics), greenhouse gas emissions reduction in North America, Europe, and select emerging economies, and illegal wildlife trade prevention targeting African elephants and rhinos. This is a thematic overview of the Foundation's grant-making priorities rather than a specific callable opportunity.
Grants by a major philanthropic foundation
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The funder Foundation provides 501(c)(3) grants and recoverable grants globally to organizations working on climate change mitigation and energy access, with flexible funding structures including general operating support and emerging multi-year grant capacity. The funder is open to organizations across all climate strategies and primarily offers single-year grants.
A European Deep-Tech Climate Accelerator
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An intensive accelerator programme supporting deep-tech startups developing innovative technological solutions to climate challenges, with a focus on commercially viable climate tech. Eligible for early-stage deep-tech climate entrepreneurs seeking mentorship, funding, and market acceleration.
Forests & Land Use
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The funder funds projects that protect and restore forests and promote sustainable land use practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon. The grant targets organizations working on forest conservation, reforestation, and land-use change mitigation globally.
Carbon Dioxide Removal
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This grant supports the development and deployment of carbon dioxide removal technologies and strategies that operate at scale to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations. It is open to organizations working on CDR solutions including direct air capture, biochar, BECCS, and other removal pathways.
Impact Investing
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The 11th Hour Project invests in companies and social enterprises developing solutions to urgent social and environmental challenges. This is a broad impact-investing vehicle open to early-stage and growth-stage ventures across multiple sustainability sectors.
Global Climate Initiatives
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The funder's Global Climate Initiatives grant supports organizations working on climate change mitigation through policy, advocacy, and systemic solutions at a global scale. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, research institutions, and advocacy organizations advancing climate policy and large-scale decarbonization efforts.
Fondo Inclimo ClimateTech
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A climate-focused venture fund investing in ClimateTech companies that drive decarbonisation and systemic change through technology, evaluated using ESG factors. The fund targets startups and growth-stage companies contributing to climate impact and profitability.
National Portfolio
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The funder invests in early-stage to growth-stage UK companies developing deep tech and clean energy solutions to global challenges. The fund provides pathfinder investments from pre-seed through Series C for high-growth ventures.
Venture & Growth
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The funder provides venture and growth-stage equity investments in energy innovation and climate technology companies. This is a callable investment programme for startups and scale-ups developing climate and clean energy solutions.
Main Fund: Core venture fund investing across stages in high-impact technology companies including AI, climate tech
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The funder' core venture fund invests across all stages in high-impact technology companies focused on AI, climate tech, health, and enterprise software. The fund targets startups and scale-ups building transformative solutions in deep tech, cleantech, and related sectors.
Earthshot Ventures
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Earthshot Ventures is a venture fund investing in climate-tech companies with the dual mandate of achieving market-leading financial returns and significant positive climate impact. The fund targets startups and growth-stage companies across the climate technology sector.
Private Equity Fund: Invests in mature, sustainable private companies that are sufficiently established to be publicly listed
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The funder invests equity capital in mature, late-stage private companies with strong sustainability credentials that are ready for public listing but seek long-term aligned private ownership. This is a private equity fund targeting sustainable businesses at scale.
Climate Change Mitigation
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This grant funds community-level projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support low-carbon livelihoods, with a focus on local climate action benefiting vulnerable populations. It is administered by the funder and targets grassroots climate mitigation initiatives.
Commodities and Global Markets
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The funder provides capital, financing, and risk management solutions to clients operating in commodities, energy, and climate solutions sectors across the full capital structure. This appears to be a commercial financing/investment programme rather than a traditional grant, targeting established players in energy and climate markets.
Major Foundation Fellowship Programme
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The MacArthur Fellows Program awards unrestricted fellowships to individuals demonstrating extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative work, with a focus on climate solutions. Fellows receive flexible funding to pursue innovative projects that advance climate action and sustainability.
An accelerator programme supporting climate and decarbonization-focused startups through a sustainability-platform operator
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Accelerate7 is an accelerator or investment programme under the funder platform focused on climate and decarbonization, though specific funding details, eligibility criteria, and application requirements are not fully disclosed on the available page. The programme appears to support early-stage ventures in the climate/decarbonization space, but limited transparency makes full assessment difficult.
Grants from a China-focused energy foundation
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The funder provides grants to advance clean energy and climate solutions in China and the broader Asia-Pacific region. The funder supports organizations working on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and related sustainability sectors, though specific call details are unavailable.
£55 billion R&D funding boost to unlock UK breakthroughs from health to clean energy
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UKRI announces a £55 billion R&D funding commitment to support science and technology breakthroughs across health, clean energy, and economic growth sectors. The grant is a broad government investment programme rather than a specific callable opportunity with defined application criteria.