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
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- New fund / vehicleVC / private capitalWatch · 66/100
A European energy-tech fund opens €1–2m pre-seed cheques for European energy tech founders
A decade-old European energy specialist is actively writing early tickets across green molecules, grid AI, and retrofit.
- Procurement / RFPWatch · 68/100
A UK advanced-research agency opens three climate programmes covering tipping points, adaptation and cooling
A UK advanced-research agency is telegraphing a new wave of high-risk climate research funding, including the politically sensitive area of climate cooling.
- Procurement / RFPWatch · 60/100
US Army opens microgrid and storage procurement door for clean energy vendors
A new US federal defence-department initiative signals meaningful early-stage demand for solar, storage and microgrid suppliers.
- Procurement / RFPCorporateWatch · 68/100
A Colombia state oil company opens COP 3.32B Econova La Guajira challenges for energy transition
A Colombian state oil company is putting roughly USD 830k behind five named energy transition and grid reliability problems in La Guajira.
- Procurement / RFPGovernment / public programmeGood · 73/100
A UK innovation agency opens £23M for farm robotics and long-duration storage
Two parallel calls closing 30 September 2026 signal where UK grant capital is flowing across food systems and grid flexibility.
- Procurement / RFPDFI / MDB / SovereignGood · 72/100
A US humanitarian organisation opens climate resilience tenders across five regions
A wave of live RFQs signals near-term supplier demand for adaptation hardware from Syria to Colombia.
- Procurement / RFPFoundationWatch · 67/100
A European entrepreneurship nonprofit opens AgriTech incubation and acceleration calls in Algeria
A new North Africa agritech pipeline signals rising donor and private appetite for climate-resilient food systems on the continent's southern Mediterranean.
- Procurement / RFPFoundationWatch · 64/100
A US coffee-sector foundation opens 2025-26 micro-grants for coffee-region women
Small but targeted grants in Colombia and Peru signal continued donor appetite for gender-focused resilience work in climate-exposed coffee supply chains.
- New fund / vehicleStrong · 75/100
A UK advanced-research agency backs synthetic crops with £62.4m across nine UK teams
A UK advanced-research agency has opened a structured route for synthetic biology teams working on resilient, higher-yield crops.
- 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 / RFPDFI / MDB / SovereignStrong · 79/100
UNIDO opens 30+ sustainability tenders across Africa, LatAm, Asia
A large August batch of UNIDO procurement covers renewables, circularity, industrial decarbonization and food systems, with most deadlines inside four weeks.
- Partnership / coalitionVC / private capitalGood · 71/100
A US food-and-beverage company opens 2026 Asia-Pacific accelerator to 5 alumni for supply-chain scale-up
A US food-and-beverage company is turning its accelerator into a procurement pathway for climate startups in Asia-Pacific.
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