Low-Carbon Materials grants — page 3
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Funding for low-carbon cement, steel, chemicals and novel building materials. The large pots are the EU Innovation Fund, the US DOE Industrial Demonstrations Program and UK IETF, plus corporate offtake from construction and manufacturing buyers. Listed below are the open low-carbon materials 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 low-carbon materials grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 209 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 low-carbon materials work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing low-carbon materials grants here include Emerald Ventures, CPT Capital, Zeon 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, NORTH-AMERICA, 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 sustainable packaging and materials investment fund
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ESPIF is an investment fund targeting sustainable packaging and industrial innovation, with SFDR sustainability disclosures. It funds companies and projects advancing circular economy and low-carbon materials in the packaging and industrial sectors.
Alternative Protein Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage companies developing alternative proteins and biomaterials to replace animals in food and material supply chains, including plant-based proteins, fermentation, recombinant proteins, cultivated meat, and enabling technologies. The fund targets visionary founders building the future of food through capital and strategic support.
A Venture Fund – Sustainable Planet
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The funder invests in early-stage companies developing clean energy, sustainable materials, and decarbonization technologies. The fund prioritizes startups that can collaborate with parent company Zeon Corporation.
A European Aerospace Corporate Venture Fund
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The funder invests in innovative startups with disruptive technology applicable to aviation, space, and defense sectors, with explicit focus on decarbonization, advanced materials, and Industry 4.0. The fund backs companies from prototyping through commercial scale across multiple strategic focus areas including sustainable aviation and new business models.
CoLab Tech: Programme focused on emerging technologies in sustainability, ingredients, packaging, and processing
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CoLab Tech funds emerging technology innovations in sustainability, ingredients, packaging, and processing for the snacking industry. The programme targets startups, SMEs, and research institutions developing solutions that advance circular economy and food-systems sustainability within Mondelez's value chain.
Emerging Tech Businesses
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Mondelēz invests in emerging technology companies developing sustainable food ingredients, packaging, consumer experiences, and supply chain innovations. The fund targets tech startups and scale-ups that can strengthen Mondelēz's innovation pipeline in food sustainability.
A Climate-Tech Early-Stage Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage climate tech companies across North America, from formation through Series A, focusing on hardware/materials, software/data, and business model innovations that reduce resource consumption. The fund targets startups developing climate solutions in atoms, bits, and business models.
Corporate Environmental Venture Capital Fund
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Patagonia's corporate venture capital fund invests profits into early-stage startups developing scalable solutions for environmental crises, with focus on regenerative agriculture, circular materials, and clean chemistry. Eligible companies must address systemic challenges in land, water, air, and biodiversity, with strategic relevance to apparel and food sector decarbonization.
Pre-Seed Climate Technology Fund
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The funder Climate Ventures provides pre-seed and seed-stage equity investments in early-stage climate technology companies focused on industrial decarbonization across sustainable materials, food & agriculture, heating & cooling, GHG removal, and built environment sectors. The fund targets North American-based teams building transformative technologies to address climate change.
SNØCAP Fellowship Program
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University-affiliated fellowship program supporting early-stage researchers and entrepreneurs in deeptech and climate tech with ecosystem access, lab trials, and grant funding. Targets founders from five leading US universities (Yale, Stanford, Skidmore, University of Michigan, University of Washington).
Deeptech Venture Fund
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SNØCAP is an institutional venture fund investing in early-stage deeptech companies developing advanced materials, molecules, and manufacturing solutions that reduce industrial costs and environmental pollution. The fund targets IP-rich startups with academic or self-funded R&D origins at pre-seed to seed stage seeking their first institutional capital.
A Climate-Focused Early-Stage Venture Fund
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The funder invests equity capital in early-stage consumer-facing climate technology companies developing circular and regenerative solutions across sustainable materials, AI-powered resource recovery, and regenerative brands. The fund targets startups transforming consumer industry value chains to operate within planetary boundaries.
Private Equity: Invests in technologies displacing polluting industrial processes and businesses providing…
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The funder invests in mid-market buyouts and growth-stage companies developing technologies that displace polluting industrial processes or support decarbonization platforms. The fund targets industrial manufacturing, chemicals, materials, food/agriculture, energy efficiency, and green fuels sectors.
Corporate Venture Capital Fund
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The funder Core Fund is a corporate venture capital programme investing in early to growth-stage companies developing materials, infrastructure, environmental solutions, and industrial systems. The fund leverages Heritage Group's operational expertise and networks to support portfolio companies as lead or follow investor.
SBI US Gateway Fund
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A $40M venture fund co-launched by the funder and SBI Holdings that invests in early-stage innovators across AI, climate tech, advanced manufacturing, and biotech. The fund leverages Plug and Play's global startup network and corporate partnerships to scale breakthrough technologies.
A Mexican Building Materials Company's Corporate Venture Capital Arm
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The funder invests corporate venture capital in early-stage and growth-stage construction technology startups developing sustainable, efficient, and innovative solutions across green construction, productivity, supply chain, and future-of-construction. The fund targets contech companies building technologies that advance sustainability and operational efficiency in the construction ecosystem.
An Israeli Cleantech Innovation Lab Track
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This is an accelerator and equity investment programme for early-stage Israeli cleantech startups focused on clean energy, materials, pollution reduction, and environmentally friendly products. Startups receive initial investment of ~$275k with potential follow-on funding up to ~$550k, targeting proof-of-concept stage companies with up to 1-year work plans.
Advanced Energy Accelerator Cohort 5 (2026)
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A 12-week accelerator program providing $15,000 stipends, prototyping support, mentoring, and investor access to early-stage startups building advanced energy technologies. Participants graduate with a business plan, MVP or roadmap, financial strategy, and investor-ready pitch.
a US private equity climate fund
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The funder deploys private equity capital into innovative climate solutions companies across clean energy, clean molecules, materials, and carbon removal sectors. The fund makes majority control investments, carve-outs, and growth equity bets in companies advancing climate technology.
Minerals for Transition
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This grant funds projects developing responsible sourcing practices and supply chain solutions for minerals essential to clean energy technologies (lithium, cobalt, nickel, rare earths, etc.). Eligible applicants include nonprofits, social enterprises, research institutions, and companies working to improve environmental and social standards in mineral extraction and processing.
Protecting Our Planet
••••• Foundation
This grant funds innovative projects that advance sustainability in the apparel industry and outdoor recreation economy, with emphasis on global environmental stewardship. It targets organizations working on climate mitigation and sustainable business practices across these sectors.
A UK Early-Stage Climate Tech Fund (SEIS/EIS)
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Early-stage climate tech fund providing equity investment, mentorship, and strategic support to UK-based startups qualifying for SEIS/EIS tax relief through an intensive 12-month acceleration programme. Targets venture-scale climate technology companies across clean energy, sustainable materials, construction, cold-chain, and energy efficiency.
Global Industrial Energy Transition Venture Fund
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The funder Fund is an early-stage venture capital fund investing globally in technically differentiated solutions for industrial energy transition across chemicals, steel, aviation, heavy mobility, and construction. The fund targets lower-carbon systems, operational performance improvements, supply chain resilience, and distributed infrastructure.
a US venture capital firm
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The funder is a frontier venture capital firm investing in early-stage deep tech companies across climate, biology, robotics, energy, and materials sectors. The fund targets companies building solutions from atomic to cosmic scale to create future abundance.
A Sustainable Luxury Collections Initiative
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ViaTalenta Collections funds a luxury product line that integrates sustainable supply chains, circular-economy principles, and talent development with traceable, zero-waste manufacturing. The grant supports organizations building responsible, economically viable sustainable products.
Green'er – Circular Alternative to the Silo Tire
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This grant funds the development of a circular product to replace silo tires using recycled tire materials, advancing circular economy and waste reduction. It is open to organizations capable of executing a product development trajectory in this space.
Steel Decarbonization Innovation Fund
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The XCarb Innovation Fund invests up to $100M in emerging companies developing commercially scalable technologies to decarbonize steelmaking and achieve net-zero carbon steel production. It targets early-stage innovators with transformative decarbonization solutions applicable to industrial steel manufacturing.
A European Climate Foundation's Core Investment Programme
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The funder invests €500k–€5M in early-stage deep-tech climate innovations across energy, materials, and industrial sectors with potential to significantly reduce global CO₂ emissions. The programme detects, de-risks, and deploys up to 100 radical solutions capable of major climate impact.
Early-stage corporate venture capital fund investing globally in tech startups focused on sustainability
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The funder is a corporate venture capital fund investing up to $5M globally in early-stage tech startups developing sustainability and social-value solutions across computing, energy, mobility, and materials. The fund targets founders building technologies that advance decarbonization, clean energy, sustainable transport, and circular-economy outcomes.
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.
Battery Booster Facility
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This grant funds European battery cell producers scaling innovative manufacturing technologies for energy storage. It targets companies advancing battery production capacity and innovation in the low-carbon technology space.
Project Development Assistance (PDA)
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Project Development Assistance provides non-dilutive support to applicants who were unsuccessful in a previous the funder round, helping them refine and strengthen their projects for resubmission. The programme targets climate mitigation and low-carbon technology projects across any stage of development.
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.
C40 Reinventing Cities Partnership
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This grant funds low-carbon, resilient urban development projects through a partnership between the funder and C40 Cities, engaging city governments, private sector, and emerging leaders. It supports strategic initiatives that bridge climate mitigation and adaptation in urban contexts globally.
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.
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.
Co-investments: Direct co-investment opportunities alongside Fund I and Fund II for aligned strategic partners…
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The funder is offering direct co-investment opportunities alongside its Fund I and Fund II for strategic partners investing in biosolutions and transition-economy companies. This is a capital deployment vehicle for aligned investors seeking to participate in early-stage life sciences, alternative proteins, biomaterials, and related sustainability sectors.
Fund II: Continuation vehicle investing in superior, scalable, and sustainable biosolutions across advanced nutrition, functional ingredients, life sciences, and next-gen materials
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A continuation venture fund investing in biosolutions companies across advanced nutrition, functional ingredients, life sciences, and next-gen materials with sustainability and scalability focus. Targets startups and growth-stage companies in Europe and developed global markets that meet Article 9 SFDR sustainability standards.
Fund I: Early-stage venture capital investing in biosolutions across alternative protein, ingredients, life sciences, and biomaterials
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing in biosolutions companies across alternative protein, ingredients, life sciences, and biomaterials sectors, targeting the transition economy in developed markets globally. Fund is structured as an Article 9 SFDR impact vehicle with explicit sustainability objectives.
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 Capital
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Equity investment programme from the funder targeting early-stage startups developing innovative solutions in building materials and construction. Focuses on companies aligned with Holcim's core business that are reinventing sustainable construction practices.
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.
Accelerator Program
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A structured accelerator program for early-stage startups in building materials and construction, offering cohort-based mentorship, access to Holcim's global network, and resources to scale climate-tech and sustainable construction solutions. Designed for startups developing innovations in low-carbon materials, circular economy, and sustainable building practices.
Growth equity fund investing in European companies with revenues above €1m that address environmental or social challenges
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Growth equity fund investing minority or majority stakes in European companies with €1m+ revenue that address environmental or social challenges, targeting profitable growth. Eligible sectors include energy efficiency, circular economy, recycling, green chemistry, education, health, and social services.
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.
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.
A Sustainability-Focused Growth Equity Fund
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The funder Growth Equity Fund invests $5–15M in high-growth, capital-efficient companies at Series A and beyond in energy, water, materials, and food & agriculture sectors with a sustainability focus. Eligible companies must have $5M+ revenue and a clear path to positive EBITDA.
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.