Earth Foundry

Founded in 2012, Earth Foundry is a Chicago-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in cleantech startups. The firm focuses on sectors such as energy, mobility, water, waste, and agriculture, aiming to drive positive environmental change through innovative technologies.

Earth Foundry employs a hands-on approach, providing not only capital but also strategic partnerships and frameworks to help startups scale effectively. Their investment strategy targets pre-seed and seed-stage companies with the potential to disrupt industries and achieve market leadership.

With a commitment to diversity and sustainability, Earth Foundry has catalyzed over $1 billion in follow-on capital and maintains a portfolio where 78% of companies are led by diverse or underrepresented founders. The firm's investments are projected to save billions of kilowatt-hours and sequester millions of tons of CO₂ by 2030.