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Lowercarbon Capital
Venture capital · Los Angeles, CA, United States · North America
Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in companies working to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, remove carbon from the atmosphere, and buy time against climate impacts. It supports founders from the inception of an idea through product launch.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & ManufacturingEducation
In its own wordsclimatecarbon removaldecarbonizationenergyfusioncarbon capture
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Or find every investor that fitsLowercarbon Capital lists 103 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 43 funding rounds, 9 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 35% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (22%), Industrial & Manufacturing (21%) and Education (18%). 71% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Override, Collaborative Fund and Y Combinator.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Lowercarbon Capital, 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 Lowercarbon Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 37 companies; its own site lists 103. 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 roundLowercarbon Capital does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 19% |
| Series A | 35% |
| Series B | 30% |
| Growth | 16% |
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 | 3 | 0 |
| '25 | 17 | 7 |
| '26 | 23 | 2 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 96th | 102 companies |
| Recent activity | 99th | 26 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 57th | 19% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 90th | 19% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 25th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 98th | 14 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 21% | 7% |
| Education | 18% | 7% |
| Climate & Energy | 8% | 1% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Override | 13 |
| Collaborative Fund | 11 |
| Y Combinator | 11 |
| DCVC | 9 |
| Valor Siren Ventures | 9 |
| WovenEarth Ventures | 8 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 7 |
| Gigascale Capital | 7 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers10198%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company22%
- 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 togetherCompare Lowercarbon Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Lowercarbon Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Series B | |
| 21 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Series C+ |
Round details for Lowercarbon Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Lowercarbon Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
103 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aepnus transforms industrial waste streams into critical chemicals using electrochemical technology | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Air Company produces synthetic fuels using various energy sources and technologies. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Airloom is the connected-product platform for retail brands, allowing them to connect with every owner of their products through a unique scannable ID on each item. | ConsumerE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Antora Energy develops and deploys thermal battery storage systems for industrial heat and power | Industrial & ManufacturingEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Antora develops and deploys thermal battery storage systems for industrial heat and power | Industrial & ManufacturingEducation | Jul 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Arbor develops and supplies power systems, including next-generation turbines, to deliver clean and reliable energy | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Oct 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Arc is an open platform comprising apps, assets, developer tools, and a settlement network that connects them. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Arca provides comprehensive wealth management services to its clients. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Mar 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |||
| Astro Mechanica designs and builds engines, airframes, and flight systems for the aerospace industry. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2024Seed | Page + round | |
| Atana Elements explores and develops critical mineral resources using technology and geological expertise | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jun 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Avalanche Energy develops compact fusion machines for power generation and other applications | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Feb 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Base Power provides home energy solutions, including backup power and energy savings, to homeowners in Texas and Illinois. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Oct 2025Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Biosphere is replacing the 1950's steam bioreactor with a modern, UV-enabled design that reduces the capital intensity of biomanufacturing. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bright Harbor provides a platform for individual assistance in government community disaster recovery | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Aug 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| BurnBot delivers scalable, precision fuels management to protect homes, infrastructure, and landscapes from wildfires. | AI & Machine LearningClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| The company specializes in full-depth reclamation, crushing and reusing on-site materials to rebuild roads with minimal waste. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Carbon Engineering advances technologies for capturing carbon dioxide from the air around us | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Carbyon is creating a low-cost, mass-scale, direct air capture solution to harvest carbon from the sky. | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| CargoKite develops a novel ship to transport freight more flexibly, with lower emissions and at lower costs than today | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- lowercarbon.com
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 30 Jan 2024
- Companies checked
- 103
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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