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 / vehicleWatch · 62/100
A specialist climate-and-gender fund signals fresh capital for impact ventures
A specialist fund's raise and deployment record points to real LP appetite at the intersection of climate impact and gender equity.
- New fund / vehicleVC / private capitalWatch · 68/100
A European climate angel syndicate opens €10K tickets for EU climate pre-seed
A syndicate curating the top 1% of 500+ annual applicants lowers the entry point for angel capital into European climate tech.
- New fund / vehicleDFI / MDB / SovereignWatch · 63/100
A multilateral development lender extends $160M to a Trinidad and Tobago commercial bank for Caribbean green finance
A senior unsecured facility to a Trinidad and Tobago bank signals DFI appetite for on-lending sustainability capital through Caribbean commercial intermediaries.
- New fund / vehicleDFI / MDB / SovereignWatch · 66/100
A UK development finance institution's 2026-31 strategy puts climate at the core of its capital
The UK's development finance institution is signalling a five-year runway of climate and clean energy deployment across Africa and Asia.
Coalitions & partnerships1
Commitments to watch1
Budgets & infrastructure3
- Budget / infraFoundationWeak · 50/100
A European digital-rights fund's €500k round opens a legal front on data centre expansion
Two of sixteen new grants from a European digital-rights litigation fund target hyperscale data centres in Spain and the Netherlands, a first for climate-adjacent litigation funding.
- Budget / infraFoundationWatch · 65/100
A conservation finance vehicle targets 30+ protected areas by 2030
A conservation finance vehicle scales its portfolio, opening a longer runway for protected-area operators and service providers.
- Budget / infraFoundationWatch · 61/100
A US water foundation maps $59.8M in water grants, signalling steady 2026 pipeline
A five-year grantmaking breakdown gives water-sector nonprofits a rare, concrete map of where philanthropic capital is landing and who to approach next.
Procurement to note3
- 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 / RFPFoundationWatch · 69/100
A US consumer goods company opens $50K Creators Fund to early-stage nonprofits
A consumer brand's community grant program is a modest but usable capital route for grassroots climate and community NGOs before September 13.
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