Weekly briefings
Curated weekly briefings on sustainability funding signals, what changed across foundations, DFIs, corporates, and government procurement, and what to watch in the next 1-6 months. RSS · JSON
New funds & vehicles4
- New fund / vehicleFoundationGood · 72/100
A US climate-philanthropy programme names 2025 cohort, backing 7 teams with multimillion grants
The award's latest cohort concentrates unrestricted capital on Amazon protection, grid redesign, carbon accounting and fungi policy, signalling where large philanthropic bets are landing.
- New fund / vehicleFoundationWatch · 66/100
A Poland-based growth investor opens €4–15M evergreen tickets to CEE climate scale-ups
A Polish growth investor with no fund clock is writing minority checks into sustainable energy and low-carbon materials across Central and Eastern Europe.
- New fund / vehicleFoundationWatch · 65/100
A US asset manager and a gender-equity fund ETF routes $100M to climate and rights work
A publicly traded vehicle blending investment, philanthropy and policy has already reached 1,800 organisations in 100 countries, signalling new retail-scale capital for climate-and-gender work.
- New fund / vehicleFoundationWatch · 67/100
A US family office opens growth capital tap for climate scale-ups
A NYC family office is deploying patient growth equity across food, water, circular economy, and grid, signalling continued private appetite for climate scale-ups.
Coalitions & partnerships1
Commitments to watch1
Budgets & infrastructure1
Procurement to note5
- Procurement / RFPFoundationStrong · 78/100
A Swiss corporate foundation opens a 2027 innovation call for APAC climate innovators
A mid-September deadline gives Asia-Pacific climate ventures a narrow window into a corporate foundation pipeline that has historically fed follow-on capital.
- Procurement / RFPFoundationGood · 71/100
A US tech-company foundation opens rolling climate grant pipeline with 3-week turnaround
An always-on Discovery Form and fast triage give early-stage climate innovators a low-friction entry to a US tech-company foundation's grantmaking.
- Procurement / RFPFoundationGood · 73/100
A Western Indian Ocean marine science body opens an ocean alkalinity enhancement research call
A regional research call brings ocean alkalinity enhancement funding to the Western Indian Ocean, signalling geographic broadening of marine CDR capital.
- Procurement / RFPFoundationStrong · 76/100
Serbia's €11.7M AI-industry call draws 214 bids, signals applied climate R&D pipeline
A Serbian national science-funding body's oversubscribed Science for Industry call points to a maturing route for AI-enabled sustainability R&D in the Western Balkans.
- Procurement / RFPFoundationWeak · 58/100
A US conservation society reopens grants across ocean, biodiversity, climate adaptation
The society's rolling call spans six focus areas and is open to individuals as well as teams, keeping a rare early-stage grant route live for conservation-linked ventures.
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