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Earth Foundry
Venture capital · Chicago, IL, United States · North America
Earth Foundry is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in companies building innovations in energy, water, waste, mobility, agriculture and infrastructure. It says it was founded in 2012 and works with institutions and partners across the climate and cleantech ecosystem.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingEducation
In its own wordsclimatecleantechenergymobilitywateragriculture
Your fit with Earth Foundry
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Or find every investor that fitsEarth Foundry lists 23 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (33%), Education (18%) and AI & Machine Learning (10%). 87% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Creative Destruction Lab, Anzu Partners and Avesta Fund.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Earth Foundry, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Earth Foundry's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 23. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 57th | 23 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 74th | 9% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 58th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 33% | 7% |
| Education | 18% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 10% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Climate & Energy | 5% | 1% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Creative Destruction Lab | 3 |
| Anzu Partners | 2 |
| Avesta Fund | 2 |
| City Light | 2 |
| Congruent Ventures | 2 |
| Energy Impact Partners | 2 |
| Evergreen Climate Innovations | 2 |
| National Grid Partners | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2296%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company14%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Creative Destruction Lab
Compare Earth Foundry head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Earth Foundry| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 9 May 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Earth Foundry
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Earth Foundry's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
23 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtlasBase enables permanent storage in DNA and compute directly inside the data using a hybrid Bio-Silicon platform. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | May 2025Seed | Funding round | ||
| Azumo develops and manufactures reflective display technology for various devices and applications. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Dragos provides cybersecurity services and solutions for operational technology environments | CybersecurityIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| eZinc develops and provides zinc-based long-duration energy storage solutions | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Earthshot Labs supports land stewards to develop and finance nature-based carbon projects | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Ecotone Renewables provides a food waste solution that diverts waste on-site and generates revenue through the production of organic fertilizer. | Food & AgricultureEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Glidepath provides AI agents for multi-unit businesses to improve their performance | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Harvest combines high-efficiency heat pumps with smart thermal storage to provide year-round home comfort and reduce energy bills and emissions. | EducationReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| IMIO develops and manufactures biological products to improve soil performance and nutrient efficiency for commercial agriculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Invektek offers anti-sway technology for industrial cranes | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Monomyth Group provides capital to businesses for their entire journey through evolution and transformation | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| NanoGraf develops novel high-energy-density silicon-based anodes for lithium-ion batteries | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Network Perception provides cybersecurity solutions for various industries, including network visibility, auditing, and segmentation | CybersecurityIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| NxLite creates innovative coatings for windows and transparent barriers, working to dramatically reduce energy consumption. | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Oct 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Omnidian provides performance assurance, management, and servicing for solar and battery storage systems | EducationReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Oxylus Energy converts captured CO2 into clean low-carbon methanol using electrolyzers powered by renewables. | Climate & EnergyIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Recurve helps energy leaders forecast, value, and verify flexible capacity, backed by trusted measurement of real-world performance. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces smart electrical panels for homes | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- earthfoundry.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 9 May 2025
- Companies checked
- 23
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