October Climate Startup Deal Share + Startup Tank Climate Investor Pitch Show by 4WARD.earth 🔋⚡☀️🌊♻️
Discover climate companies innovating across batteries, energy and sustainable fuels.
4WARD Editor's Note
Welcome to this month's climate deal flow roundup by 4WARD.earth. We've identified 8 promising climate and sustainability startups across key sectors that may be actively raising funds or considering a raise in the coming months who might be worth reaching out to :)
🎯 Spotlight: The Startup Tank Climate Edition – LIVE
November 12th | 6–8pm CET | Live on Circle
Where world-positive startups meet the climate capital to scale impact. Watch 5–7 vetted climate tech founders pitch live to a global panel of leading climate VCs, including Michał Lasocki (EEC Ventures), Nelly Lim (Taranis Carbon Ventures), and Matt Ward (4WARD.earth).
Discover breakthrough solutions, hear direct investor feedback, and learn how climate VCs identify ventures with true impact and scalability potential. Join us live →
🚀 Featured Sustainability Startups
Sector: Batteries
🇺🇸 BattGenie (Pre-seed) BattGenie unlocks fast charging and longer cycle life just from smarter battery charging. Their patented, physics-based algorithms can improve battery cycle life in excess of 100% - no new hardware needed!
🇺🇸 Pure Lithium (Series A) Pure Lithium’s disruptive Brine to Battery technology enables a step change in battery energy density and makes lithium metal batteries commercially viable. Their batteries are both cheaper and can be made entirely with locally sourced materials.
Sector: Sustainable Fuels
🇺🇸 P1 Energy (Seed) P1’s modular synthetic fuel platform delivers high-performance drop-in fossil-free fuels from biomass & agricultural residues. Their fuels match efficiency of petrol with 80% reduction in CO₂ emissions for a truly sustainable path to decarbonized transportation.
🇺🇸 CleanJoule (Seed ) CleanJoule manufactures sustainable, 100% drop-in replacement aviation fuels made from biomass. Their unique CycloSAF formulation delivers 10% greater energy density than typical jet fuels, reduces engine maintenance, and can be domestically produced globally.
🇺🇸 Ammobia (Seed) Ammobia is revolutionizing ammonia production with their Haber-Bosch 2.0 process. Their process can reduce CapEx by 2x, lower energy consumption 2x, and reducing carbon emissions by up to 90%. They were recently featured in Trellis’s 25 Climate Tech Startups to Watch.
Sector: Renewable Energy
🇮🇳 Ellipsol (Seed ) World’s first inflatable green steam generator targeting a 1 billion tonne opportunity. Ellipsol delivers 60% lower steam cost compared to solar panels with 80% less steel and no glass mirrors. Already at TRL 7 with commercial pilots underway and partnerships across India, Spain, and Australia.
🇳🇱 Sunified (Seed/Series A) Sunified’s energy intelligence platform embedding microchips into solar panels to capture 25 data points per panel. Targeting the $33B solar data industry by 2035 with a dual revenue model: chip sales/licensing and energy app subscriptions. Protected by 37 patents across 34 countries.
Sector: Advanced Manufacturing & Decarbonization
🇳🇴 Pinovo (Pre-seed) Pinovo stops paint microplastics from entering the ocean with proprietary dust-free vacuum blasting technology. Already profitable with NOK 10.5M+ in sales, serving major clients including Royal Norwegian Navy and Aker Solutions. Targeting the NOK 3.7B ($360M) SAM with 79% gross margins.
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