Industrial Decarbonization grants — page 6
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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 Übermorgen Ventures, New System Ventures, European Climate Foundation (ECF), 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. 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 Climate-Focused Evergreen Venture Fund
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Evergreen climate-focused VC fund investing permanent capital in early-stage startups disrupting decarbonization, carbon removal, and climate adaptation across energy, transportation, industry, built environment, food & agriculture, and carbon markets. Targets pre-seed and seed stage companies with climate and sustainability solutions.
Core Fund for Deep-Tech Innovation
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The funder Core Fund invests in hardware and software innovations across energy, mobility, and industrial sectors to advance energy security, reindustrialization, and energy transition. The fund backs companies from inception through Series B and selectively co-creates new ventures with exceptional founders.
Europe's Industrial Transformation
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This grant funds organisations working to decarbonise European industry and transition to clean production methods. It targets industrial actors, technology providers, and supporting organisations across the EU seeking to reduce emissions and accelerate clean manufacturing.
European Climate-Focused Early Stage Venture Fund
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Pale Blue VC invests in pre-seed and seed stage software and hardware companies developing climate solutions across decarbonisation, climate resilience, and breakthrough sustainable innovations. The fund targets early-stage founders in Europe and the US with up to $2.2M in capital.
Major EU Low-Carbon Technology Funding Programme – Calls for Proposals
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The funder is one of the world's largest funding programmes for demonstrating innovative low-carbon technologies and processes, financed by EU Emissions Trading System revenues. It is open to projects across all EU Member States that advance low-carbon innovation in energy, industry, and related sectors.
A European Climate Tech Venture Fund
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The funder invests equity capital in hard tech companies developing breakthrough materials science, chemistry, and biology solutions for clean energy, biotech, and global challenges. The fund targets venture-stage companies with global reach and a 25+ year track record of backing 40+ portfolio companies.
A UK Automotive-Backed Venture Fund
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The funder Fund provides early-stage equity investment across Climate, Industrial, and Enterprise software verticals, with unique access to Jaguar Land Rover's automotive ecosystem for portfolio co-creation. The fund targets startups and early-stage companies in these three sectors seeking growth capital and strategic automotive partnerships.
a US venture capital fund
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The funder Main Fund invests in early-to-growth stage deep science and technology companies developing breakthrough innovations in biotech, synthetic biology, materials, and frontier sectors. The fund targets companies with transformative potential to solve humanity's greatest challenges across climate, health, and materials science.
Just Transition Fund (JTF)
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The Just Transition Fund supports regions and workers most affected by the shift to a climate-neutral economy, funding adaptation and structural change in energy-intensive industries. It targets communities, workers, and organizations helping territories manage the economic and social impacts of decarbonization.
Innovation Fund
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This is a callable funding opportunity from the European Commission's CINEA agency that finances innovative low-carbon technologies including renewable energy, energy-intensive industrial decarbonization, and carbon capture and storage to advance EU climate targets. It is open to organizations developing or deploying these technologies across the EU.
Sustainability Expertise
••••• Foundation
This grant supports Lundin Group partner companies in developing and implementing proactive sustainability strategies and operational practices that create local economic opportunities and community benefits. It is designed for companies within the Lundin Group ecosystem seeking to advance sustainability integration across their operations.
Climate Tech Family Office Investment Platform
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The funder is a climate-tech focused family office investing in early-stage companies working on climate restoration, resource scarcity, and sustainability innovations including decarbonization and carbon removal. The fund prioritizes strong teams and novel business models, with a preference for unique ('n of 1') companies at seed and early growth stages.
An Early-Stage Deep-Tech Fund
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The funder invests equity capital at pre-seed and seed stages in early-stage startups developing breakthrough technologies in energy independence, industrial resilience, and frontier industries. The fund targets founders across the US and Europe building solutions in deep-tech sectors with potential for systemic impact.
a Venture Capital Fund
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The funder Fund is a venture capital investor backing talented entrepreneurs developing disruptive technologies across robotics, agri-tech, energy, climate, enterprise software, and logistics. The fund makes equity investments at Seed, Series A, and Series B stages with a focus on long-term partnerships and global impact.
Steel and Construction Decarbonisation Accelerator Program
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An accelerator programme supporting early-stage companies developing innovations in steel, construction, and related decarbonisation technologies. The programme targets startups working on built-environment and construction-tech solutions, though specific funding amounts, cohort structure, and application deadlines are not publicly disclosed.
Venture Investment in Decarbonisation Technologies
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BlueScope X provides early-stage equity investment in decarbonisation technologies for iron and steelmaking (green hydrogen, carbon capture, new processes) and built-environment efficiency solutions (design, prefabrication, robotics, software). The fund invests at seed stage and follows on in later rounds, targeting startups and deep-tech companies in these two focus areas.
Venture Clienting
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The funder engages early-stage startups as pilot clients to test and integrate innovative solutions into Holcim's construction and building-materials operations, rather than taking equity stakes. This is a venture clienting model where startups gain revenue, validation, and scale through real-world deployment.
Sustainability-focused investment and capital solutions
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The funder offers sustainability-focused investment and capital solutions to help organisations achieve sustainable performance at scale. The fund targets sustainability-driven businesses across nature, net zero, and decarbonisation sectors.
Special Investment Funds
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Bespoke investment vehicles from the funder targeting specific clean energy and sustainability outcomes across natural capital, industrial decarbonisation, and alternative fuels. Eligible for companies and projects advancing these priority areas through structured investment rather than traditional grants.
Growth Capital for Australia's Net Zero Transition
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Growth capital fund for businesses scaling Australia's net zero transition, with sector expertise and know-how backing. Targets companies advancing clean energy and decarbonization across industrial and energy sectors.
Advancing Hydrogen
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This is an investment programme from the funder focused on hydrogen production, storage, and deployment to decarbonise hard-to-abate industrial sectors. It targets organisations developing hydrogen technologies and infrastructure across the value chain.
A major clean-energy venture fund
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The funder Ventures invests in early-stage companies developing breakthrough technologies across electricity, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and buildings that can reduce at least 500 million tons of CO2 annually. The fund supports companies from discovery through commercialization across the five major global emissions sectors.
Energy Technology Accelerator Challenge
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A 16-week accelerator programme enabling energy utilities to run paid technology demonstrations with early-stage startups developing grid, AI, robotics, and decarbonization solutions. Participants gain access to utility partners, EPRI expertise, and a Demo Day to validate technology feasibility.
A Climate-Focused Growth Equity and Infrastructure Fund
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A mission-driven growth equity and project finance fund targeting climate solutions in hard-to-abate sectors including energy, industry, circular economy, food systems, and nature. Eligible for companies and projects with proven business models seeking growth capital or project financing to scale emissions-reduction technologies.
Carbon Innovation Fund
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The Carbon Innovation Fund supports innovative approaches to carbon reduction and climate action across multiple intervention areas. It is open to organizations developing novel solutions to decarbonization and climate mitigation.
A European Private Equity Foundation Fund (Startups)
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The funder Fund makes catalytic impact-driven investments in deep-tech startups from lab stage through first commercial demonstration, using flexible structures including bridge rounds. The fund targets entrepreneurs building solutions with long-term sustainability and climate impact potential.
A European Climate-Focused Mid-Cap Fund
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Vidia Climate Fund I is a mid-cap private equity fund investing in profitable, growing businesses that deliver built-in CO2 reduction across high-emitting sectors globally. It targets companies with sales up to €500M primarily in DACH, Italy, and the Nordics, using an operations-first approach to drive decarbonization.
a US venture fund
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The funder Fund invests in commercialization-stage technology companies improving resource efficiency across digital transformation, energy, power, supply chain, and logistics. The fund targets proven technologies with strong unit economics and defensible assets, leading or co-leading financings and taking active board seats.
Industrial Innovation Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage companies developing high-value innovations that improve efficiency, differentiation, and sustainability in resource-intensive industries like energy and industrials. The fund targets solutions with proven market fit and leverages 20+ years of sector expertise.
Bridge to Success – BRIdge Alfa
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Co-financed EU grant supporting Polish R&D projects at pre-seed and seed phase through proof-of-concept funding, with up to $7.5M available. Targets innovative deep-tech, cleantech, energy, and industrial-manufacturing research with a Polish-element requirement.
Ekspanderende (Expansion Stage)
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The funder's Ekspanderende programme provides financing for Danish growth-stage companies with validated business models seeking to scale production, expand teams, or achieve international market entry. The fund targets expansion-stage ventures across deep-tech, green-transition, and general sectors.
a climate-focused venture fund closing round two
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The funder Earth Fund II is a deep tech climate venture fund investing in breakthrough decarbonisation technologies across industrial sectors globally, from Pre-Seed to Series B stage. It targets companies with dominant unit economics in cost of ownership that drive measurable emissions reductions.
Green Hydrogen Private Equity Fund
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Private equity investment fund targeting profitable, scalable hydrogen production, supply chain, and end-use technology companies across power generation, industrial heat, and water desalination. Seeks mature or growth-stage businesses with proven business models in the hydrogen economy.
Early-Stage Climate-Tech Equity Fund
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Early-stage equity investment fund backing companies commercializing scientific breakthroughs in energy, materials, manufacturing, and agriculture with focus on cost-efficient production and industrial decarbonization. Targets multi-disciplinary teams addressing trillion-dollar global markets in climate-tech and deep-tech.
a European sustainable-growth EIS fund
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A named EIS (Enterprise Investment Scheme) investment sleeve within the funder's fund family targeting growth-stage sustainable businesses, with explicit focus on energy transition and climate risk sectors. Eligible for UK tax-advantaged equity investment in companies advancing renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate solutions.
Deep Tech Early-Stage Fund
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Deep Tech Early-Stage Fund invests in early-stage companies developing deep technology solutions to critical global challenges in climate, health, industry, and computing. The fund prioritizes Real-World AI applications (robotics, automation, semiconductors, power management) and Biodata (biological data and LLMs for life sciences).
Early-Stage Mining Investment Programme – Projects Track
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The funder selectively invests up to $55M into early-stage exploration and development projects in base metals and critical commodities essential to the energy transition, taking a proactive operational role as first professional capital. The fund targets companies advancing minerals critical to decarbonization and clean energy infrastructure.
Early-Stage Equity Fund – Technology Track
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The funder provides early-stage equity investments up to $55M into technology companies advancing efficiency and decarbonisation across mining and energy transition value chains, including automation, electrification, and supply chain transparency. The fund targets seed-stage and later companies developing mining technology, critical minerals solutions, and energy transition tools.
Early-Stage Climate Tech Investment Program
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The funder invests in software-first, asset-light technology companies solving critical infrastructure bottlenecks in energy, computing, and industrial sectors. The fund targets post-MVP companies with early paying customers raising $2M–$5M, with a focus on AI infrastructure, energy systems, and industrial/physical AI applications.
Fund I: Backs early-stage founders rebuilding the physical economy for climate impact across energy, factories, supply…
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The funder backs early-stage founders building physical-economy technologies for climate impact across energy, manufacturing, supply chains, and infrastructure. The fund targets companies where technical and operational excellence can scale cleaner, cheaper, faster technologies into infrastructure.
Virtual & In-Person Workshops
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This grant funds virtual and in-person workshops that provide specialized technical training to build workforce capacity in greenhouse gas emissions management and reduction. It targets organizations and individuals seeking to develop skills in GHG measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) and emissions reduction strategies.
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.
Deep-Tech Venture Capital Fund
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The funder is a deep tech venture capital fund investing in early-stage through growth companies using AI and advanced technology to solve high-impact problems in energy, climate, biology, cybersecurity, manufacturing, agriculture, and space. The fund backs entrepreneurs building transformative solutions across multiple hard-tech sectors.
A US venture fund (across four funds)
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The funder invests $500k–$1M in pre-seed and seed-stage B2B companies using AI/ML and deep tech to advance sustainable industry, human health, and workforce/education. The fund leads and co-leads rounds across four vehicles with $108M AUM.
A major mining company's in-house venture capital arm investing in breakthrough technologies for the global…
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The funder is a corporate venture capital fund investing in breakthrough technologies that make mining safer, more productive, and sustainable. It targets emerging technology companies across resource discovery, mineral extraction, decarbonisation, and automation/AI.
Climate-Focused Growth Investment Fund
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The funder invests in mid-stage, commercially proven climate technology companies across six key sectors (buildings, industrials, energy, agriculture, transportation, waste). The fund targets Series B and growth-stage companies with scalable solutions that directly reduce carbon emissions.
Swedish Regional Growth Equity Fund
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The funder provides equity investment (typically minority stakes with board representation) to Swedish innovative startups and growth companies in Tech, Life Science, Deep Tech, Industry, and Sustainability sectors at pre-seed through early growth stages. The fund targets companies developing solutions across technology, life sciences, deep tech, industrial, and sustainability domains.
Industrial Decarbonization Strategy
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This grant backs early-stage companies developing breakthrough zero-carbon technologies across nuclear, hydrogen, sustainable fuels, electrofuels, and textile recycling. It targets startups with strong economic viability alongside significant decarbonization impact.