Earth Foundry

Earth Foundry is a venture capital firm established in 2012, focusing on cleantech startups that are driving positive change in areas like energy, mobility, water, waste, and agriculture. Based in Chicago, Earth Foundry leverages over a decade of experience to back early-stage companies with groundbreaking technologies. Their investment strategy is centered on pre-seed and seed-stage startups that have the potential to disrupt industries with novel solutions and strong market leadership. With a mission to generate long-term, sustainable impact, Earth Foundry takes a hands-on approach by providing not only financial backing but also strategic partnerships and frameworks for success. The firm has helped catalyze over $1 billion in follow-on capital, with a portfolio impact projected to save billions of kilowatt hours and sequester millions of tons of CO2 by 2030. Diversity is also a key focus, with 78% of their portfolio companies led by diverse or underrepresented founders. Earth Foundry prides itself on fostering trust and transparency, collaborating closely with entrepreneurs to build lasting partnerships and meaningful innovations that create global change.