Industrial Decarbonization grants — page 7
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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 Starlight Ventures, Third Derivative, Zacua 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, ASIA, MENA, NORTH-AMERICA, 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 Major Venture Fund for Deep-Tech Innovation
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The funder Evergreen Vehicle is a permanent capital fund investing in breakthrough science and technology across fusion energy, space infrastructure, quantum computing, critical materials, industrial decarbonization, and life sciences. The fund supports companies from earliest institutional rounds through growth stage with multi-decade investment horizons unconstrained by conventional fund cycles.
Industrial Innovation Cohorts
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A cohort-based programme connecting early-stage startups with corporate partners and investors to develop decarbonization solutions for hard-to-abate industrial sectors. Participants gain ecosystem access, mentorship, and investment connections through the funder's network.
Innovation Cohorts
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An accelerator programme for climate tech startups across all emissions sectors, providing mentorship, investor connections, and corporate partnerships to accelerate commercialisation and access to financing. Eligible for early-stage climate tech companies seeking growth capital and market validation.
Future Industries Partnership
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This is a support and scaling programme for climate technology startups operating in industrial and built environment decarbonization, with geographic focus on Asia and Middle East markets. Participants receive tailored mentorship, strategic connections, and resources to scale their solutions.
A Venture Fund for Built-Environment Innovation
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Early-stage venture fund investing in construction technology, proptech, and built-environment startups from inception through global scale, with emphasis on digitization, robotics, sustainability, and prefabrication. Targets entrepreneurs building the next generation of sustainable built-world solutions.
A Deep Tech Venture Fund
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The funder Venture Fund provides pre-seed and early-stage equity investments in deep tech companies developing transformative technologies across energy, water, food, health, critical infrastructure, and defense sectors. The fund targets exceptional founders building solutions in industrial, biotech, robotics, and advanced manufacturing with focus on abundance, resilience, and strategic advantage.
Growth Fund for Planetary Technologies
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The funder Growth Fund provides growth-stage equity investments in technologies addressing planetary challenges across energy, industrial resilience, quantum computing, and health tech. The fund targets companies at the intersection of environmental necessity and commercial viability, primarily in Europe and North America.
Global Innovation Fund for Core Industries
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The funder invests in early and growth-stage founders building innovative solutions in agriculture, industrials, and mining sectors. The fund deploys capital globally and is backed by OCP Group and UM6P, targeting founders who are reinventing these core industries.
Promotion of Projects for Optimizing Operational Resource Efficiency and Advancing Circular Economy (Guidelines "Operational Resource Efficiency")
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This grant supports SMEs and research institutions in Lower Saxony pursuing operational resource efficiency and circular economy projects, including machinery investments, product redesign, and feasibility studies. Funding is provided through EU regional development funds and state co-financing to reduce waste, improve material recycling, and advance circular production processes.
Promotion of Research, Innovation and Technologies (ProFIT Brandenburg)
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ProFIT Brandenburg funds research, innovation, and technology projects across industrial research, experimental development, and market introduction phases in Brandenburg, Germany. It supports individual companies and research-industry consortia with grants and subsidised loans, prioritising SMEs and sustainable/climate-focused innovations.
Promotion of Resource Conservation and Efficiency Measures in Enterprises – GreenInvest Ress
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GreenInvest Ress funds German enterprises (particularly in Thuringia) to improve resource conservation, efficiency, and waste reduction through consulting services, investment projects, and demonstration initiatives. The programme supports circular economy transitions, sustainable material substitution, and emissions reduction across production processes.
Economical and Rational Energy Use and Conversion in Industry and Trade (REN Directive)
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This German state funding programme supports economical and rational energy use and conversion in industry and trade sectors, promoting energy efficiency and rational energy management. Eligible applicants include industrial enterprises and trade businesses seeking to reduce energy consumption and improve energy conversion processes.
Clean Hydrogen Partnership
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The Clean Hydrogen Partnership funds research, development, and deployment of clean hydrogen technologies and infrastructure in Germany and the EU. It supports organizations across the hydrogen value chain, from production and storage to end-use applications in industry, mobility, and power generation.
Circular Bioeconomy Europe Joint Undertaking
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The Circular Bioeconomy in Europe (CBE JU) is a joint undertaking funding research, innovation, and deployment projects that advance circular bioeconomy solutions across Europe. It supports organizations developing sustainable bio-based products, processes, and value chains that reduce waste and environmental impact.
An early-stage cleantech and software venture fund
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eCAPITAL V is a Vintage 2022 venture fund investing in early to growth-stage technology companies focused on cleantech, cybersecurity, software/IT, and Industry 4.0, with particular emphasis on green energy transition for German industry. The fund targets companies at various development stages from early-stage through growth.
Early-Stage Venture Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage companies applying AI, deep learning, IoT, and robotics to solve industrial challenges across climate tech, agtech, foodtech, healthtech, fintech, and logistics. The fund targets founders with unique expertise addressing pressing global industry problems, combining seed-stage capital with later-stage venture support.
a European climate-tech venture fund
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The funder Capital is a venture fund backing climate-tech startups pioneering industrial decarbonization across energy, materials, biodesign, and manufacturing. It targets founders re-engineering industries for faster, cheaper, and more sustainable solutions in the clean industrial revolution.
Climate Action: Leverages the tools of invention and innovation to address climate change, working globally
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This grant funds invention and innovation projects that address climate change through solutions like methane emissions monitoring, industrial decarbonization, and clean energy deployment. It targets innovators and organizations working globally to scale climate solutions.
Transition Cross-Atlantic Fund
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The funder invests $1–8m in pre-seed, seed, and Series A founders building AI-enabled solutions at the intersection of climate, deep tech, energy, and industrial robotics. The fund backs European, UK, and US-based teams solving physical-world problems in energy transition, advanced computing, and climate-adjacent sectors.
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.
A Venture Fund for Deep Tech and Near-Frontier Innovation
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The funder Deep Tech / Near Frontier Fund invests from pre-seed and seed stage in founders building transformative technology in critical industries including energy, defense, biotech, advanced manufacturing, space, and climate. The fund targets 'near frontier' deep tech companies solving physical-world problems in these sectors.
European Climate-Focused Venture Fund
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Article 9 climate fund investing €1–5M in early-stage B2B hard tech companies decarbonizing Europe's highest-emitting industrial sectors. Target companies at Seed/Series A stage in the Nordics and DACH region with 10% ownership stake and follow-on reserve.
Energy Investments
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The funder invests flexible capital across multiple stages in clean energy technology and industrial innovation companies driving the energy transition. The fund targets entrepreneurs and companies developing solutions that advance decarbonization and renewable energy deployment.
A Venture Capital Fund Focused on Climate and Energy Technology
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The funder invests venture capital and early-growth equity in AI-powered digital technology companies solving energy, infrastructure, and climate challenges. The fund targets startups addressing sustainable energy, grid modernization, transportation, manufacturing decarbonization, climate adaptation, and environmental management.
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.
Mobility Fund I
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Seed-stage investment fund from the funder backing early-stage mobility technology companies across connectivity, cybersecurity, autonomy, AI, and decarbonization. Targets exceptional founders building transportation and mobility solutions with up to $500,000 in funding.
Joule for Entrepreneurship Award
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This is a prize/award programme from Eni promoting innovative and sustainable entrepreneurship focused on decarbonization, circular economy, and climate change mitigation to support Italy's economic development. It targets entrepreneurs and startups with solutions in these three core areas.
US Tech Company Climate Innovation Fund
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A $1 billion investment fund from Microsoft that provides equity and debt capital to early-commercial and scaling climate technology companies across carbon removal, energy, water, agriculture, materials, and circular economy sectors. Eligible applicants are companies with early traction needing growth capital or project financing for deployment.
HTGF Pre-Seed & Seed Programme
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HTGF is a lead investor providing pre-seed and seed funding starting at €800,000+ to early-stage tech startups (≤3 years old) based in Germany, with follow-on growth rounds up to €30 million. The fund focuses on Industrial, Climate & Deep Tech, Life Sciences & Chemistry, and Digital Tech sectors.
Hybrid Model – Direct Startups
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The funder makes direct early-stage equity investments in visionary founders building deep-tech and climate solutions across multiple sectors including Space Tech, Bio Tech, AI, Climate Tech, and Fintech. The fund targets U.S. and Latin American startups at the seed and early growth stages.
an Indian deep science & tech venture fund
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The funder's Deep Science & Tech Fund invests in early-stage Indian startups commercializing scientific and technological breakthroughs in life sciences, clean energy, advanced materials, AI/semiconductors, and food & agriculture. The fund targets deep science and deep tech founders with operational support and conviction-stage capital.
Industrial Transformation Ventures Fund
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The funder Fund backs early-stage startups using data, AI, and robotics to digitally transform large industrial sectors like construction, energy, and transportation. The fund targets companies at the intersection of physical infrastructure and digital innovation that contribute to national security and economic stability.
Accelerator Program
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An accelerator programme supporting early-stage companies in steel, construction, and related industries to develop and scale breakthrough innovations, leveraging BlueScope's industry expertise and global networks. Eligible for startups and SMEs with ideas or prototypes in steel decarbonization, construction-tech, and cleantech.
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.
Sustainable Apparel Debt Investment Programme
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This is a debt investment programme providing USD 1–2.5 million loans to textile and apparel manufacturers in India and Bangladesh to deploy sustainable production technologies targeting at least 50% reduction in materials, energy, or water use. Investees receive technical and environmental & social expertise alongside financing.
Brazilian Solutions
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Initiative funding Brazilian solutions to climate and sustainability challenges, positioning Brazil as a global reference for low-carbon development. Supports innovation and projects advancing climate mitigation and sustainability across sectors.
European Climate Venture Fund
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing from pre-seed to Series A in founders building climate and sustainability solutions across food tech, agriculture, energy, deep tech, AI, and consumer marketplaces. Provides up to $2.75M in equity funding with hands-on entrepreneurial support.
Industrial Decarbonization
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The funder is funding projects that decarbonize heavy-polluting and hard-to-abate industrial sectors globally. The grant targets companies, consortia, and innovators working on emissions reduction in energy-intensive industries like steel, cement, chemicals, and manufacturing.
DeepTech & Climate Fund
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A €5–50M per-company investment fund targeting early-growth and Series A+ stage DeepTech and ClimateTech companies with long development cycles across Industry, Computing, Climate, and Life Science sectors. Backed by the German Future Fund with €1B total AUM, it funds capital-intensive deep technology ventures in climate and industrial innovation.
Growth-Stage Investment Fund
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Wavemaker Growth is a growth-stage venture fund investing in maturing companies across Enterprise, Deep Tech, and Sustainability sectors in Southeast Asia. The fund targets companies beyond early-stage that are capitalizing on established market opportunities.
Impact-Focused Venture Builder
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A venture-build fund that partners with proven entrepreneurs to co-create and launch climate technology companies targeting a 10% reduction in global carbon emissions. Focuses on deep-tech and sustainability solutions in Southeast Asia at the inception and early venture stages.
Energy, Industrial and Transport Transition
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This grant supports inclusive, low-carbon development by funding decarbonization of energy systems, renewable energy expansion, and sustainable industrial chains that build climate resilience. It targets organizations working on energy transition, clean energy deployment, and industrial sustainability in emerging markets.
A US Industrial Equipment Manufacturer's Strategic Venture Investment Programme
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The funder provides early-stage equity investments of $2M–$10M USD in startups developing autonomy, robotics, AI, energy solutions, sustainability, and advanced manufacturing technologies. The programme targets founders building solutions for construction, mining, and industrial decarbonization.
Fund I: Pre-seed venture capital fund backing founders globally applying AI to drive systemic change in under-digitized sectors
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Pre-seed venture capital fund backing AI-driven founders globally who are solving systemic problems in under-digitized physical sectors like manufacturing, supply chains, energy, food systems, and maritime. Invests in open-source, SaaS, and AI/ML companies driving change across pharma, grid, and food systems.
Clean Growth Fund
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Early-stage climate tech investment fund providing first-cheque funding of £500k–£5m to UK-based low-carbon companies across power, transport, industry, buildings, agrifood, and circular economy sectors. Targets startups and early-stage ventures developing decarbonisation solutions.
a climate-focused venture-to-growth equity fund
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This is a venture-to-growth equity investment fund that deploys capital into innovative climate-focused companies targeting decarbonization across energy, industry, built environment, and transportation sectors. The fund targets early-to-growth stage companies and combines capital with industry partnerships to accelerate commercial deployment.
Energy, Industrial and Transport Transition
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This grant funds inclusive, low-carbon development projects focused on clean energy expansion, renewable energy deployment, and industrial decarbonization. It targets organizations working on energy transition, sustainable industrial chains, and climate-resilient infrastructure in developing regions.
An Early-Stage Climate-Tech Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage startups developing software and hardware solutions to make real-world systems more intelligent, adaptable, and cleaner across energy transition, industrial reinvention, and climate adaptation. The fund targets founders building technologies that decarbonize energy, manufacturing, and infrastructure while improving resilience to climate impacts.