Industrial Decarbonization grants — page 11
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Industrial decarbonization is where the largest single climate cheques get written. The EU Innovation Fund (€40bn+ through 2030), US DOE Industrial Demonstrations Program ($6.3bn IIJA-funded), UK Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF), and the EU Just Transition Fund all target heavy industry, primarily steel, cement, chemicals, refining, and glass. Cheques are large (€20M–€500M typical for a Innovation Fund award) and competitive. Listed below are the open industrial decarbonization grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Industrial grants are capital-heavy and correspondingly slow. The recurring large pots are the EU Innovation Fund, the US Industrial Demonstrations Program, and the UK Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, all of which expect a named site, a credible counterfactual for emissions saved, and matched investment already committed. Smaller circular-economy and waste calls come through EU LIFE, national environment agencies and local authorities, where the eligibility is broader and the cheques are far smaller.
This page lists open industrial decarbonization grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 538 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 industrial decarbonization work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing industrial decarbonization grants here include Founders Factory, Deutsche Invest capital Partners, Petri Bio, 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, EUROPE, GLOBAL-SOUTH, SE-ASIA, AFRICA. 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.
Major Mining Company & Accelerator Partnership Mining Tech Investment Program
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A four-month cohort-based accelerator program for deep tech and mining technology startups, co-run by Rio Tinto and the funder, based in Perth with remote participation options. The program supports early-stage companies developing innovative mining technologies and solutions.
Capmont Private Equity
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The funder provides private equity investment to entrepreneurs and management teams building market-leading mid-market businesses in Europe through buyouts, carve-outs, and special situations. The fund focuses on operational value creation and buy-and-build strategies in industrials, manufacturing, energy, construction, and specialty chemicals.
Early-Stage Biotech Pre-Seed Programme
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A co-founding and pre-seed investment programme for early-stage biotech founders developing solutions at the frontier of biology and engineering. Provides capital, mentorship, community, talent access, and business development support to tackle large problems in biotech, synthetic biology, and bioengineering.
A Deep Tech Venture Fund
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the fundernology Fund III invests in early-stage, IP-driven deep tech startups developing enabling technologies across photonics, advanced materials, nanotechnology, sensors, and related fields. The fund targets companies in the Southwest USA and Northern Europe with potential applications in health sciences, climate tech, advanced manufacturing, and robotics.
Debt & Equity Raising
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The funder structures and sources capital (private equity, family office, institutional financing) for revenue-generating European companies in Series B or later stages, with typical deal sizes €10–100m across industrials, technology, real estate, and renewable energy. This is a capital-raising facilitation service for growth-stage companies, not a grant programme.
M&A Advisory: Sell-side and buy-side support for strategic exits, acquisitions, and partial divestments for European companies
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M&A advisory services for European mid-market companies (€10–100m deal size) seeking strategic exits, acquisitions, or partial divestments, with integrated sustainability analysis embedded in deal evaluation. This is a financial advisory service, not direct project funding, targeting companies in industrials, media, technology, real estate, and renewable energy sectors.
Early-Stage Climate Tech Fund
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The funder Fund I is a $25M debut venture fund making first-check investments in early-stage startups applying data and AI to transform healthcare and industrial sectors. The fund targets pre-seed and seed-stage interdisciplinary teams building solutions that leverage emerging technologies to modernize legacy industries.
Transformative Ventures Fund
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Revolution Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital fund backing entrepreneurs building transformative technology companies across climate, enterprise software, and consumer sectors. The fund supports startups from seed through growth stages with capital and mentorship to scale game-changing businesses.
Emerging-Geography Seed Fund
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Rise of the Rest Seed Fund invests up to $500,000 in early-stage startups located outside traditional tech hubs across the US, focusing on pre-seed and seed stage companies. The fund backs entrepreneurs in overlooked cities and regions across multiple sectors including climate, logistics, healthcare, and enterprise software.
Annual diversified fund of 20-30 high-quality startup investments deployed over ~12-18 months, with ~20% reserved for follow-on funding
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The funder deploys 20-30 high-quality startup investments annually across diversified sectors, stages, and geographies, with 20% reserved for follow-on funding in top performers. This is a venture capital fund open to early-stage startups across technology, AI, biotech, fintech, and climate sectors.
Cohort-Based Early-Stage Accelerator Programme
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Cohort-based accelerator programme for very early-stage Indian startups, providing mentorship, network access, and seed capital across multiple sectors. Selects 10-15 startups per periodic batch with focus on enterprise-SaaS, supply-chain, healthcare, and agriculture verticals.
Sustainable Manufacturing Accelerator
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An accelerator cohort providing up to $200,000 in funding for early-stage startups developing breakthrough solutions in IoT, predictive maintenance, edge computing, robotics, automation, and quality control for manufacturing. The program targets diverse founders with innovative technologies that improve manufacturing efficiency and connectivity.
Misura Imprese Impatto – Bando 4.0 (Private Sector Impact Facility)
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This call invites private sector enterprises to fund development cooperation initiatives that deliver social and economic impact in partner countries, aligned with the SDGs. It targets businesses seeking to integrate sustainability and development outcomes into their operations or supply chains.
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.
Strategic Portfolio
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PIF's Strategic Portfolio invests in strategic sectors including industrials, technology, energy, and financial services to diversify Saudi Arabia's economy and grow non-oil GDP. The fund targets companies and projects that advance economic diversification while potentially supporting energy transition and industrial modernization.
A Deep-Tech Infrastructure Venture Fund
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The funder invests in early-to-growth stage companies applying AI and intelligent systems to transform hard infrastructure in aerospace, robotics, energy, mobility, and defense. The fund targets visionary founders solving physical-world problems in these sectors.
A Swiss Industrial Automation Investor
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The funder invests in early-stage startups developing robotics, autonomous mobile robots, and machine automation technologies that enable flexible, efficient, and connected manufacturing. The fund targets founders building industrial automation solutions for smart factories globally.
Venture Studio: A venture studio programme from a climate investment fund
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The funder operates a venture studio programme alongside its main investment fund, targeting early-stage companies in climate, industrial, and enterprise software sectors. The programme provides hands-on support and capital to portfolio companies, though specific terms and eligibility criteria are not fully disclosed.
A US Venture Capital Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage startups using data, AI, and robotics to digitally transform large industrial sectors like construction, energy, and transportation. The fund targets companies addressing physical infrastructure challenges with relevance to national security and economic stability.
Climate Transition and Inclusive Growth
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The funder's investment initiative targeting climate transition and inclusive growth across public and private markets. The fund invests in companies and projects advancing decarbonization and sustainable economic development, though specific eligibility criteria and investment stages are not detailed.
Co-Investment SPVs for Deep-Tech Growth
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The funder offers co-investment capital through special purpose vehicles (SPVs) alongside its main evergreen fund to deploy additional capital into portfolio companies at key growth milestones. This is a follow-on investment mechanism for companies already in the Starlight portfolio across energy, space, quantum computing, advanced materials, industrial decarbonization, and life sciences.
Promotion of Investments in Combined Transport (CT) Transhipment Facilities
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This German federal grant promotes investment in combined transport (CT) transshipment facilities, which enable efficient modal shifts between road and rail/water transport to reduce logistics emissions. Eligible applicants likely include transport operators, logistics companies, and infrastructure developers seeking to build or upgrade intermodal transfer hubs.
Funding under the Investment Act for Coal Regions (RL InvKG)
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This is a German state-level investment promotion programme supporting economic development and business expansion in coal-transition regions. It provides funding to help companies and projects establish or grow operations in designated coal-affected areas undergoing structural change.
European cleantech venture fund closes fourth edition
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eCAPITAL IV is a venture capital fund investing in early to growth-stage technology companies developing solutions in software, IT, cybersecurity, industry 4.0, new materials, and cleantech. The fund targets entrepreneurs building scalable tech-enabled businesses across these sectors.
MADE: Programme supporting young entrepreneurs to push forward manufacturing in Egypt
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MADE is a programme by the funder supporting young entrepreneurs to advance manufacturing sectors in Egypt. The grant targets early-stage founders and SMEs working in manufacturing with potential for economic and industrial impact.
Priority 1: A more competitive and smarter regional macro-region
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This grant supports transnational cooperation projects that drive innovation and competitiveness across the Danube Region, co-funded by the EU under the Interreg Danube Programme 2021-2027. It targets organizations collaborating on smart economy and innovation initiatives with a regional development focus.
Pre-Seed Venture Fund for Deep Tech
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Pre-seed venture fund backing technical founders building transformative companies in computing, robotics, genomics, AI, and energy sectors. Supports research-driven engineers and scientists from inception through Series A and beyond.
a Southeast Asian venture fund
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The funder is an early-stage venture fund investing in startups across Enterprise, Deep Tech, and Sustainability sectors in Southeast Asia, from seed through Series A. The fund backs technology-driven solutions in these three focus areas.
Infrastructure & Critical Minerals
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The funder invests in foundational infrastructure systems and critical minerals supply chains that support economic operation and national self-sufficiency. The fund targets companies and projects developing essential infrastructure and securing critical mineral resources.
Sustainable Manufacturing
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The funder invests in manufacturing and industrial assets to expand the UAE's industrial base and strengthen domestic manufacturing capabilities. The fund targets sustainable economic development through industrial expansion, with a focus on building domestic manufacturing competitiveness.
Major Technology Accelerator Program
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The funder invests in early-stage startups across all sectors (including climate tech, SaaS, fintech, biotech, hardware, AI) in exchange for equity, providing 3-month intensive mentorship, weekly partner meetings, and demo day access. The program is open to founders building companies at pre-seed and seed stages globally.
Promotion Programmes
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DEG offers tailored promotion programmes for companies expanding or restructuring with development impact focus, covering ESG management, growth-phase financing, and co-financing of development-oriented measures. Eligible for private-sector firms seeking to scale while generating measurable development outcomes in emerging markets.
India Innovation Growth Program
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The funder' India Innovation Growth Program supports high-growth innovative startups across deeptech, digitalization, and climate technology sectors in India. The program provides funding and support to early-stage and growth-stage ventures developing transformative technologies.
a US venture capital fund
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The funder is a venture capital fund investing across early to growth-stage technology companies in AI, health, climate, and related sectors. The fund targets startups and scale-ups building solutions in these domains, though specific application mechanics and ticket sizes are not detailed in this listing.
HV Industrial: Invests in Industry 4.0 innovators focused on sustainable productivity, efficiency, and flexibility
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The funder invests in Industry 4.0 innovators developing smart manufacturing and enterprise solutions that improve productivity, efficiency, and flexibility while advancing sustainability. The fund targets early-to-growth stage companies building digital, IoT, and automation technologies for the future of work.
Digitization: Investing in data-centric technologies to reduce friction, optimize planning, and enhance decision-making
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The funder is investing in data-centric technologies that improve decision-making and operational efficiency in industrial and energy sectors. The fund targets startups and companies building software, analytics, and digital tools to reduce friction and optimize planning in energy and heavy industry.
Seed Fund for Hard-Tech Startups
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The funder's seed fund invests $1–2M checks in early-stage hard tech startups across aerospace, AI infrastructure, applied biology, critical materials, earth systems, energy, fertility, and health. The fund targets founders building transformative technologies in these focus areas as a first institutional investor.
Seed Investment Programme
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Seed-stage equity investment programme from the funder targeting hard-science and deep-tech startups solving industrial problems in physics, chemistry, and applied sciences. Typical first cheque of $500K–$2MM with follow-on syndicate participation for ventures in agriculture, manufacturing, electronics, materials, and related sectors.
A Venture Fund for Hard-Tech Infrastructure
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The funder Venture Fund invests in early-to-growth stage companies building hard-tech and deep-tech solutions at the intersection of intelligence and physical infrastructure, including aerospace, robotics, energy, mobility, defense, and manufacturing. The fund backs visionary founders transforming the physical world through advanced technologies.
Strengthening CO2 supply chain resilience: call for evidence
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This is a call for evidence seeking data and views to inform UK government policy on strengthening the resilience and sustainability of food and medical grade CO2 supply chains. Organizations and stakeholders can submit evidence to shape future regulatory and infrastructure measures.
Mechanical Industries Accelerator
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An 18-month accelerator programme for SME leaders in mechanical industries seeking to structurally develop their enterprises through strategic consulting, diagnosis, and roadmap implementation. The programme addresses industrial transformation, talent retention, supply chain management, and decarbonization with peer learning and ecosystem access.
UIMM Loan
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The UIMM Loan is a co-financed debt product from the funder supporting industrial investment in France, including machinery, IT, intangible assets, and working capital to increase capacity, launch new products, or deploy Industry 4.0 technologies. It targets metalworking and manufacturing SMEs and mid-caps seeking to modernize operations and innovate.
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.
A French regional innovation financing programme
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FRG Hauts-de-France is a regional guarantee fund that finances material and immaterial investment programmes for SMEs through bank loans with government-backed guarantees, covering business creation, transmission, development, and innovation. It reduces lender risk and enables access to financing for eligible companies in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
New Industry Loan
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This is a French government-backed loan programme for SMEs and intermediate-sized enterprises scaling innovative industrial technologies to production, funding capital expenditure, intangible assets, and working capital for demonstrator, pilot, or new production facilities. The loan is unsecured, ranges from €3–15M, and targets projects with significant technological or industrial risk.
New Industry Loan
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This is a collateral-free loan from the funder designed to finance industrial demonstrator projects, pilot factories, and new production facilities involving significant technological or industrial risk in France. It targets innovative SMEs and mid-sized enterprises seeking to industrialize new technologies, with flexible repayment terms including up to three years of capital deferral.
Nouvelle Industrie Subsidized R&D Loan
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PI R&D Bonifié Nouvelle Industrie is a subsidized loan programme from the funder that finances research and development activities for industrial innovation projects, including technological, process, and organizational innovations before commercial launch. It targets companies with significant industrial potential undertaking R&D to develop new or improved products, processes, or services.
Strategic Consulting Mission for Future Industry
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The funder offers a consulting mission to help SMEs implement their first strategic transformation toward Industry 4.0, including validation and deployment of technologies like robotization, collaborative robots, augmented reality, and data analysis. The programme provides 13 person-days of expert consulting over 6-8 weeks to validate technology choices, calculate ROI, and formalize functional requirements.