Low-Carbon Materials grants — page 4
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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 RA Capital Management, Starlight Ventures, Earthshot 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, LATAM, ASIA. 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 US venture-capital planetary health fund
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RA Capital Planetary Health Fund provides early-stage equity investments in private companies across critical minerals, manufacturing, recycling, energy, and agriculture with clear commercialization paths within 2–5 years. The fund prioritizes capital efficiency and near-term revenue with a profit-first orientation, not impact-only focus.
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.
A Global Climate Tech Investment Fund
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The funder invests in Pre-Seed to Series B companies building foundational infrastructure for energy efficiency, AI-driven systems, and critical mineral supply chains. The fund targets category-defining teams with fast paths to commercialization and revenue in the next industrial era.
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.
A Sustainability Growth Equity Fund
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The funder invests $5–15M in established, high-growth sustainability companies across energy, water, materials, and food & agriculture with $5M+ revenue and a clear path to positive EBITDA. The fund leads, co-invests, or invests solo from Series A through majority stakes.
Early-Stage Climate Tech Venture Fund
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing in climate tech, deep tech, and AI solutions for fashion, home, and outdoor consumer industries, with a focus on reducing carbon emissions and enabling circular design practices. Targets startups and early-stage companies building transformative impact alongside financial returns.
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.
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.
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.
Critical Minerals Science Grants
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This grant funds breakthrough science research aimed at reducing dependence on critical minerals required for the green energy transition. It targets researchers and institutions developing materials science and alternative technologies to enable decarbonization without supply-chain bottlenecks.
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.
NC–I: First-check pre-seed fund investing in technical teams at the earliest stage across Programmable Biology, Food…
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The funder's pre-seed fund invests up to €1M in technical teams at the earliest stage across Programmable Biology, Food Technology, and Neo Industrials. The fund targets founders and early-stage companies in Europe and the US with cheques as lead or co-lead investors.
a Nordic Climate Tech Investment Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage Nordic climate tech companies developing advanced materials and energy solutions for the built environment, targeting hard-to-abate sectors. Typical ticket size is SEK 5–20 million (USD 450k–1.8m) at Seed to Series A stage with 10–20% ownership.
US Climate Tech Venture SPV Program
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The funder invests up to $1M in early-stage deep tech startups focused on climate and sustainability breakthroughs in areas like electrochemistry, synthetic biology, robotics, ML, and materials science. The fund targets scientific founders at Seed or Series A stage, primarily from the greater Boston ecosystem.
A Deep-Tech Materials Venture Fund
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The funder Fund III is a first-money-in venture capital fund investing up to $352M in pre-seed and seed stage deep tech companies developing material science innovations in clean tech, advanced materials, and health. The fund targets companies at the intersection of digital and physical innovation solving sustainability and health challenges.
Next Technologies
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The funder invests in breakthrough technologies that address climate and environmental challenges, including next-generation sustainable materials and wildfire detection/prevention systems. Eligible applicants can seek funding for innovative technology development in these priority areas.
Decarbonizing Energy & Industry
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This grant funds the establishment of green industrial hubs and accelerates net-zero transformation of carbon-intensive industries like cement and steel through partnerships with organizations such as Mission Possible Partnership. It targets organizations working on industrial decarbonization and low-carbon materials production at scale.
Climate Technology Venture Fund
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The funder Venture Capital Fund invests in early-to-growth stage founders building transformational technologies in energy, industry, materials, and built environment sectors with measurable decarbonisation outcomes. The fund targets companies that deliver both strong financial returns and real-world climate impact.
A European sustainable packaging venture capital fund
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ESPIF is a venture capital fund investing in sustainable packaging and materials innovations, targeting companies developing low-carbon and circular-economy solutions in the packaging sector. The fund is subject to SFDR disclosure requirements, indicating institutional-grade sustainability governance.
Data Center Innovation Initiative (DCII)
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This grant funds technology startups developing next-generation energy, materials, and cooling innovations to make data center infrastructure more sustainable, with investments of $500K–$5M per project tested in real-world environments. Backed by Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, it targets early-stage companies building solutions in energy efficiency, advanced cooling, low-carbon materials, and related data-center technologies.
Early Stage Venture Fund for Critical Minerals Technology
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing in technology innovations across the critical mineral value chain, including responsible development, operational excellence, and recycled materials. Targets pre-seed, seed, and Series A companies in the US and Canada.
Early-Stage Climate Technology Fund
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Early-stage equity investment fund backing pre-seed and seed-stage startups commercializing scientific breakthroughs in energy, materials, manufacturing, and agriculture with climate and sustainability impact. Targets hard tech and deep tech companies addressing trillion-dollar industrial markets.
a US sustainable-industry venture fund
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The funder invests in Seed to Series B stage companies developing technologies to decarbonize industrial processes and enable sustainable supply of critical minerals, materials, and clean energy. The fund targets demonstrable results across upstream minerals, sustainable energy inputs, materials decarbonization, and CO2 capture with 3-10% ownership per holding.
A Deep-Tech Venture Fund
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The funder Core Fund invests in early-stage to pre-IPO companies commercializing scientific and technological breakthroughs, with a focus on deep-tech, life sciences, climate tech, and advanced materials. The fund backs world-class teams globally and typically takes board representation, making it suitable for founders with disruptive innovations ready to scale.
Activate Fellowship Programme
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A two-year fellowship for hard-tech innovators commercializing hardware-based technology innovations across energy, materials, computing, and other deep-tech sectors. Fellows receive support to advance their projects from prototype/early commercialization stage, with a $2M prior funding cap.
a climate venture fund
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ICOS IV is a growth-stage venture capital fund targeting breakthrough climate technologies capable of delivering 1 GT CO2e reduction or avoidance by 2050, using a Collaborative Venturing Platform model that pairs innovators with sector-leading corporations for financing, engineering, infrastructure, and market access.
New Climate Technology in Building and Construction Sectors
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The funder's programme funds demonstration projects deploying new climate and energy technologies in building and construction sectors, including emission-free construction sites, material reuse at scale, and low-carbon building material recycling. Eligible applicants can receive support for piloting or investment in new technologies, with pre-project development support available in some cases.
an early-stage technology venture fund
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The funder Technology Venture Fund provides early-stage equity investment in technology startups across cleantech, advanced materials, AI/robotics, and life sciences, targeting ventures sourced from MIT, Harvard, and University of Rochester. The fund seeks companies with potential for >4x return multiples and >20% net IRR.
Regeneration: Producing responsibly sourced minerals while transforming abandoned mines into ecological assets
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This grant funds projects that responsibly source minerals while simultaneously restoring ecological value at abandoned mine sites. It targets organizations working at the intersection of sustainable mining, land restoration, and biodiversity conservation.
A Permanent Capital Vehicle for Breakthrough Science and Technology
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The funder operates a permanent capital vehicle investing in breakthrough science and technology companies across fusion energy, space infrastructure, quantum computing, critical materials, industrial decarbonization, and life sciences. The fund invests from earliest institutional rounds through growth stage, with capital horizons matched to long development timelines.
A Built Environment Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage startups developing technologies and solutions that transform the built environment, including construction tech, proptech, robotics, advanced materials, and climate-focused retrofitting. The fund supports companies from ideation through global scale across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
Plasma Forge (Princeton, NJ)
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HAX Plasma Forge is a specialized accelerator program for early-stage startups developing advanced manufacturing and plasma/materials technologies. The program provides support, mentorship, and resources to hard-tech founders working on next-generation materials and manufacturing processes.
Process Systems, Reaction Engineering, and Molecular Thermodynamics
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NSF grant supporting fundamental engineering research on chemical reaction engineering, process systems optimization, and molecular thermodynamics to advance sustainable chemical manufacturing and product design. Eligible researchers can pursue work on novel reactor designs, process intensification, carbon capture/conversion, nanoparticle synthesis, biomass conversion, and electrification of chemical processes.
Specialized Funds – Wood3
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The funder's Fonds Bois & Eco-Matériaux is a €75M specialized investment fund providing equity and quasi-equity financing to SMEs and mid-sized enterprises in the French wood and bio-sourced materials sector. The fund supports productive investments, market recapture, and international expansion across eight sub-sectors including wood transformation, construction, furniture, and bio-sourced innovation.
Diag Ecoconception
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Diag Ecoconception is a diagnostic support programme that helps SMEs improve environmental performance of products, services, and processes through ecodesign and life cycle analysis. The programme provides 18 days of expert consultant support over 10 months, with 60-70% co-financing from ADEME based on company size.
Green Chemistry Initiative
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This grant funds research, education, and industry adoption of safer, more sustainable chemicals and chemical processes aligned with green chemistry principles. It targets researchers, educators, and companies seeking to advance sustainable chemical innovation and practice.
Sustainable Coating Technologies
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This grant funds research and innovation to develop more efficient and sustainable coating technologies, creating a world-class research environment. It targets researchers and institutions working on clean-tech solutions in the coatings sector.
Green Steel Innovation Challenge
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This challenge sources innovations and proofs-of-concept for green steel and industrial decarbonization that can be piloted in live industrial settings, aligned with India's climate goals. It targets entrepreneurs, innovators, and organizations developing scalable decarbonization solutions for the steel sector.
Decarbonization Support for Heavy Industry: Steel, Cement, and Chemicals
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This grant supports decarbonization initiatives in heavy industrial sectors including steel, cement, and chemicals through funding from the funder. It targets organizations working to reduce emissions and transition these carbon-intensive industries to low-carbon processes and materials.
A Chemical Company's Corporate Venture Fund
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The funder's €250M evergreen fund invests in early-stage startups (seed to Series B) developing technologies aligned with BASF's strategic priorities: CO2 reduction, circular economy, new materials, biotechnology, AI, and software. The fund targets companies with proven technology and market traction globally.
Green Chemistry Initiative
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This grant funds research, education, and industry engagement to advance the development and adoption of safer, more sustainable chemistry practices. It targets researchers, educators, and industry partners working to replace hazardous chemicals with greener alternatives across sectors.
Energy, Climate, and Materials
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The funder funds work on clean energy, climate solutions, and sustainable materials in the Pacific Northwest. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, social enterprises, and research institutions working on renewable energy, energy efficiency, low-carbon materials, and climate mitigation in the region.
Accelerator Program
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A 6-month acceleration program that provides technical expertise, market knowledge, and mentorship from Holcim and corporate partners to construction-tech innovators. The program is free to join with no equity dilution, targeting early-stage companies building solutions for the built environment.
Venture Clienting
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The funder offers structured pilot projects that connect early-stage startups with the Holcim Group to develop solutions addressing business challenges in construction, built environment, and climate tech. Startups gain a paying client relationship and market validation without surrendering equity.
Venture Capital for Built Environment Innovation
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The funder provides early-stage equity investments in startups innovating in the built environment, particularly in cement decarbonization and construction technology. Successful applicants receive not only capital but also market access, technical expertise, and strategic network support aligned with Holcim's sustainability priorities.
Leaplab Program
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The funder' Leaplab is an acceleration programme providing mentorship, resources, and corporate network access to construction technology startups. The programme supports early-stage companies building solutions for the construction sector, with a sustainability focus.
Venture Capital Programme from a Chemical Materials Company
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Dow's strategic venture capital programme invests in early-stage and growth-stage start-ups globally that develop enabling technologies in specialty chemicals, advanced materials, plastics, catalysis, and polymer science to accelerate Dow's business growth. The programme targets companies whose innovations can be integrated across Dow's multiple business segments and markets.
Corporate-Startup Sprints
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Emerald Sprints is an accelerator-style programme supporting entrepreneurs developing sustainable industrial innovation solutions across energy, materials, water, automation, and food-and-agriculture sectors. The programme is designed for early-stage companies seeking to scale technologies and business models in clean industrial transition.