Industrial Decarbonization grants — page 3
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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 Contrarian Ventures, Emerald Technology Ventures, The Engine, 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, SOUTH-ASIA, EAST-AFRICA, CARIBBEAN. 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.
European Climate Tech Seed Fund
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The funder Climate Tech Fund invests EUR 1–4m in pre-seed and seed-stage climate technology founders across Europe and Israel, focusing on green energy, transportation, built environment, industry, and carbon solutions. The fund excludes food and agriculture but targets founders building scalable climate tech across five core sectors.
A growth-stage venture fund in sustainable industrial packaging
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ESPIF is a growth-stage venture fund focused on sustainable industrial packaging and related technologies, backed by the funder with SFDR sustainability disclosure. It targets companies innovating in industrial materials and processes with environmental benefits.
Builder Platform from a US federal research agency
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NSF-backed platform supporting 9 Regional Innovation the funders and 130+ ecosystem partners to commercialize research breakthroughs into Tough Tech ventures across deep-tech, climate, biotech, and advanced-materials sectors. Eligible ventures can access funding, mentorship, and ecosystem support to scale from research to market.
A European venture capital fund – Pre-Seed & Seed Investment Programme
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The funder invests EUR 1-5M initial tickets in European deep tech founders at pre-seed and seed stages across three focus areas: Resilience in Energy & Resources, Future of Computing, and Frontiers in Health & Bio. This is an equity investment programme targeting early-stage deep tech startups in Europe.
CCS Reverse Auction
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A reverse auction mechanism administered by the funder to fund carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) projects in Sweden. Eligible projects compete for funding based on cost-effectiveness in deploying CCS/CCU technologies.
Strategic Innovation Programme
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The funder's strategic innovation programmes fund R&D and deployment projects across batteries, bioenergy, industrial processes, transport, and heating/cooling technologies to accelerate Sweden's energy transition. Eligible applicants include companies, research institutions, and consortia working on innovation in these priority sectors.
DEI+ (Demonstratie Energie- en Klimaatinnovatie)
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DEI+ is a Dutch government subsidy programme supporting demonstration projects that reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions through innovations in energy efficiency and climate technology. It targets companies and organisations implementing proven technologies at scale to accelerate the energy transition.
M-ERA.NET 2026/27
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M-ERA.NET 2026/27 is a European transnational research call funding collaborative projects in materials science and engineering that drive innovation across Europe. It targets research institutions and consortia developing advanced materials and engineering solutions with commercial or societal impact potential.
Other Market Offerings
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The funder's targeted support programme funds businesses pursuing energy and climate transition initiatives in Norway. The grant supports a range of energy and climate-related projects, though specific sector focus and eligibility criteria are not fully detailed in the available description.
Industri: Support programme for industrial businesses seeking to transition toward a low-emission society
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The funder's Industri programme provides financial support to industrial businesses transitioning toward low-emission operations and processes. The grant targets established industrial companies seeking to decarbonize their operations through technology adoption, process improvements, and emissions reduction initiatives.
European Climate and DeepTech Growth Fund
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Growth-stage equity fund investing €5–50M per company in DeepTech and ClimateTech firms across Industry, Computing, Climate, and Life Science sectors, backed by Germany's public development funds. Targets Series A and beyond companies with long development cycles and high capital intensity.
Real Estate, Venture Capital & Infrastructure – Emerging Markets
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Family office investment fund targeting real estate, technology, and infrastructure projects across emerging markets (India, Caribbean, East Africa) with a focus on clean economy businesses that reduce carbon emissions. Invests in entrepreneurs at all growth stages seeking risk-adjusted returns.
Climate-Focused Early-Stage Investment Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage companies developing technologies and solutions to reduce CO2 emissions, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and intervene in climate change across energy, transportation, industrial materials, agriculture, and carbon capture sectors. The fund backs companies from seed through growth stages.
Indirect Costs Support Measure under EU ETS – 2026
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This grant provides financial aid to cover indirect costs incurred by eligible industrial operators in Portugal under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) in 2026. It targets industrial facilities facing carbon pricing compliance costs and aims to support their transition within the EU's climate policy framework.
A European Early-Stage Climate-Tech Fund
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The funder is a European climate-tech and deep-tech VC fund backing early-stage founders solving systemic sustainability and climate challenges, with initial cheques of €500k–€4m across pre-seed to Series A stages. The fund targets pan-European companies from London to Zurich and beyond.
Growth Investment
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High Tech Gruenderfonds offers follow-on growth capital of up to €30 million per company to support scaling of existing portfolio companies through exit or IPO. The fund targets deep-tech, climate-tech, industrial-tech, life-sciences, and digital-tech ventures.
Pre-Seed & Seed Investment
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High Tech Gruenderfonds provides initial investment cheques of €800,000+ into early-stage tech companies (under 3 years old) based in Germany, across Deep Tech, Industrial & Climate Tech, Life Sciences, Chemistry, and Digital Tech sectors. This is a pre-seed and seed-stage equity investment programme for technology startups with German operations.
A European venture capital fund's early-stage and growth-stage investment programme
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The funder invests €1M–€10M in early-stage and growth-stage tech companies solving critical problems in energy, industry, and healthcare. The fund targets European and international founders building climate and sustainability solutions.
Industrials & Materials
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QIA offers equity investments in industrials and materials companies globally, with a sustainability focus. This is a portfolio-level investment programme targeting companies in the industrial and materials sectors that align with sustainability objectives.
Core Fund: Early-stage climate tech investments from formation capital through Series A, backing North America-based founders
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Early-stage climate tech investment fund backing North America-based founders developing innovative climate solutions across hardware, software, and business models, from formation through Series A. Focus on companies that deliver transformative climate impact through efficiency and scalability.
Invent: Innovation programme focused on developing and scaling new technologies and business models for mining and resources operations
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BHP Invent is an innovation programme that funds development and scaling of new technologies and business models for mining and resources operations, with focus on automation, sustainability, and operational efficiency. It targets entrepreneurs, startups, and technology developers who can solve challenges across BHP's mining value chain.
Corporate venture capital fund investing in early-stage and growth companies developing mining and resources technologies
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BHP Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund investing in early-stage and growth companies developing technologies for mining and resources operations, with focus on decarbonisation, productivity, and sustainability innovation. The fund targets entrepreneurs and companies building solutions relevant to BHP's operational challenges and climate/sustainability goals.
A Japanese Technology Company's Innovation Fund
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Ricoh's corporate strategic investment fund targets growth-stage companies developing sustainability and carbon management solutions aligned with decarbonization and ESG goals. The fund invests in companies enabling climate and environmental outcomes across multiple sectors.
a German automotive manufacturer's startup accelerator
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The funder's venture client unit invests in early-stage startups developing technologies for future mobility, manufacturing, and sustainability. The programme pilots and validates innovations for potential integration into the funder's business operations.
Industry Decarbonization
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This grant provides concessional finance to support decarbonization of hard-to-abate industrial sectors (such as steel, cement, chemicals) in emerging markets, catalyzing private investment in clean industrial technology. It targets companies and projects in developing economies seeking to reduce industrial emissions through technology deployment and process transformation.
Climate Plan
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Le Plan Climat is a French government-backed financing and advisory programme supporting businesses of all sizes in their transition to low-carbon operations. It provides grants, loans, and expert guidance to accelerate climate action and green business models.
A Logistics Real-Estate Investor's Venture Fund
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The funder Ventures invests in early-to-growth stage startups developing technology solutions that modernize logistics and supply chains, including warehouse automation, fleet electrification, AI/data platforms, and last-mile delivery. The fund targets companies solving structural pain points for logistics operators across e-commerce, automation, robotics, and supply chain visibility.
Hybrid Fund-of-Funds + Direct Investment Programme
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A hybrid investment programme combining fund-of-funds and direct early-stage startup investments across climate tech, deep tech, AI, biotech, space tech, and fintech sectors globally. The programme targets emerging fund managers and pre-revenue startups to capture alpha while mitigating early-stage risk through hyper-diversification across the U.S., Latin America, and beyond.
Grant programme for energy efficiency improvements in SMEs and large industrial companies (2026)
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This grant programme funds energy efficiency improvement projects for SMEs and large industrial companies in Spain. Eligible applicants can receive financial support to implement energy-saving measures and operational efficiency upgrades in their facilities.
Climate-Focused Venture Fund
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The funder Venture Fund backs founders building transformational deep-tech solutions across energy, industry, materials, and built environment with measurable climate outcomes and strong financial returns. The fund targets early to growth-stage companies developing technologies that drive decarbonization and climate impact.
South Climate Loan (PACA Regional Recovery Loan)
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A participatory loan programme from the funder supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in the PACA region to finance ecological and energy transition investments. The loan covers working capital and intangible investments related to environmental sustainability, energy efficiency, and climate-related improvements at preferential fixed rates with minimal collateral requirements.
Future of Cities & Construction
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This grant supports projects that improve city sustainability, resilience, and livability while reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the construction and built-environment sectors. It targets organizations working on decarbonization, climate adaptation, and circular-economy solutions in urban development and construction.
Climate Justice & Corporate Accountability
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This grant funds climate solutions that hold corporations accountable for reducing emissions and environmental harms, with a focus on remedying impacts to affected communities and the environment. It targets organizations working at the intersection of climate mitigation, corporate accountability, and environmental justice.
Zero Emissions Award
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The Zero Emissions Award from the funder) supports research projects oriented toward achieving zero emissions and advancing climate-related goals. It is open to researchers and research institutions conducting climate and energy transition work.
Research & Innovation
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This grant funds research and innovation projects addressing global water challenges and supporting circular economy transitions in industrial production, with a primary geographic focus on Denmark. Eligible applicants include research institutions, companies, and organizations working on water sustainability and circular industrial systems.
Maritime & Logistics Accelerator Partnership
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A four-month cohort-based accelerator programme run by the funder in partnership with Zebox, focused on climate and logistics innovation in the maritime and shipping sectors. The programme supports early-stage companies developing solutions to decarbonise and improve efficiency in global maritime and logistics operations.
Residency at a US hard-tech accelerator
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The funder provides early-stage hard-tech companies with access to 220,000+ sq ft of wet lab, the funderering, and office space plus 1,880+ pieces of specialized equipment and expert staff support. This is a residency program designed to accelerate development of tough-tech ventures in climate, biotech, advanced manufacturing, energy, and materials sectors.
A Pre-Company Founder Programme for Tough Tech
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Whiteboard is a pre-company programme for first-time and aspiring founders in deep tech, climate, biotech, and advanced materials, providing education, resources, and mentorship to move ideas toward venture creation. The programme targets founders with no prior founding experience and helps them develop business fundamentals before formal company launch.
Blueprint Accelerator Programme
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Blueprint is an accelerator programme for early-stage deep tech companies commercializing transformational science and the funderering in climate, biotech, advanced materials, and hardware. It provides capital, mentorship, and network access to help founders scale breakthrough technologies from lab to market.
A Deep Tech Pre-Seed and Seed-Stage Fund
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The funder Deep Tech Fund provides pre-seed and seed-stage equity investments up to $1M in deep technology startups across energy, climate, biotech, space, AI, and advanced manufacturing. The fund targets early-stage founders building transformative solutions in planetary health, human longevity, space technology, AI-led software, and advanced manufacturing.
A Canadian Venture Perpetual Holding Company
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The funder is a perpetual holding company deploying over $700 million in long-term equity investments in innovative technologies and businesses advancing clean energy, water, waste, and advanced sustainable chemicals. The fund targets early-to-growth stage companies solving core industrial decarbonization and circular economy challenges.
a US deep-tech venture fund
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The funder Core Fund is a thesis-driven venture fund investing in pre-seed and seed-stage companies bridging scientific discovery and commercial viability across energy, infrastructure, biology, food, and AI sectors. The fund targets operator-led teams solving translational gaps in deep tech with real-world impact potential.
Venture Building / Technology Sourcing
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The funder funds the creation of new ventures that identify and address market gaps in carbon markets and decarbonization technology across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. The programme is designed for teams or partners with deep expertise in carbon solutions to build scalable businesses in these regions.
Decarbonization Innovation Challenge Series
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An innovation challenge that sources and matches scalable decarbonization technologies to specific business and government decarbonization goals. Open to technology innovators and entrepreneurs whose solutions address real-world corporate and public-sector decarbonization briefs.
Advisory (Fundraising)
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The funder provides advisory services and investor introductions to help select companies raise capital, connecting them with a qualified investor community beyond the fund's own mandate. The programme targets cleantech, decarbonization, and climate-tech companies seeking growth-stage funding.
Technology Investment Funds
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This is an investment fund managed by domain expert asset managers that deploys capital into early-stage technology companies positioned to win the low-carbon economic transition, with a focus on Asia-Pacific markets. Eligible applicants are early-stage tech startups and companies developing cleantech and decarbonization solutions.
Deeptech Seed Fund
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The funder's Deeptech Seed Fund invests $500K–$2M initial checks into pre-seed and seed-stage hardware startups across robotics, semiconductors, energy, medtech, climate, materials, transportation, manufacturing, biotech, space, and agriculture. The fund targets deep-technology founders building physical products with follow-on capacity up to $15M for top performers.
Ventures: Early-stage venture capital investing in existing early-stage companies focused on digitalizing and…
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing in existing companies digitalizing and decarbonizing nature-based supply chains across agriculture, food, and natural resources. Supports founders from idea through scale with hands-on platform services.