Introducing Earth Foundry, the next chapter in our journey for a better future. Our founding team pioneered a new way of investing in and building cleantech startups more than a decade ago, and we have been honored to serve as early investors catalyzing groundbreaking climate innovations. Now we’re scaling our unique model. As Earth Foundry, we continue our unwavering dedication to building great companies that drive positive change across energy, mobility, water, waste and agriculture innovations. Please get in touch to build a better future with us. www.earthfoundry.com Jason Blumberg, Sara Chamberlain, Judy Li, Henry Heitzer, Emmett Ding #cleantech #vcfunding #earlystageinvesting #climatetech
Earth Foundry
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Chicago, Illinois 4,365 followers
We Invest Venture Capital To Build Groundbreaking Cleantech StartUps
About us
Our founding team pioneered a new way of investing in and building cleantech startups more than a decade ago, and we have been honored to serve as early investors catalyzing groundbreaking climate innovations. Now we’re scaling our unique model. As Earth Foundry, we continue our unwavering dedication to building great companies that drive positive change across energy, mobility, water, waste and agriculture innovations.
- Website
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http://www.earthfoundry.com
External link for Earth Foundry
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2012
- Specialties
- Venture Capital, Impact Investing, Smart Grid, Energy, and Community Building
Locations
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Primary
4809 N Ravenswood Ave
415
Chicago, Illinois 60640, US
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San Francisco, California 94111, US
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Detroit, Michigan 48243, US
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Atlanta, Georgia 30309, US
Employees at Earth Foundry
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Piers Wells
Digital Tech Executive, Entrepreneur, & Investor - AI | IIoT | OT Cyber
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Sara Chamberlain
Co-Founder and Managing Director at Earth Foundry
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Jason Blumberg
Co-Founder & Managing Director at Earth Foundry
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Jacky Zhang
MBA Candidate Chicago Booth '24 | Renewable Energy | Climate | Consulting
Updates
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Very excited to have Sara speaking at this event!
🌟 Join Us at the 2024 Chemical Ventures Conference! 🌟 📅 Dates: August 6, 2024 - August 7, 2024 📍 Location: mHUB, Chicago, IL Calling all chemical engineering professionals and innovators! Ensure you don’t miss the opportunity to connect with industry leaders, venture capitalists, and fellow innovators at the 2024 Chemical Ventures Conference. 🔍 Why Attend? - Gain insights into the latest trends and breakthroughs in chemical engineering - Network with key players and potential investors - Discover innovative startups and their cutting-edge technologies - Participate in engaging panel discussions and workshops Don’t let this opportunity pass you by to drive your career forward and stay at the forefront of industry advancements. 🔗 Register Now: https://bit.ly/4bZJGYa #ChemicalVentures2024 #ChemicalEngineering #Innovation #Networking #IndustryLeaders #InvestingInTheFuture ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Charles (Chuck) Paul Henkel Adhesives Jay Amarasekera Consultant (Formerly SABIC Ventures) Lisa Dufresne GC Ventures Edward Greer Dow Chemical Company Kimberly Blomquist mHUB Rachel Harris, Ph.D., PMP Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), Argonne National Laboratory Alexandra Oleksiuk World Business Chicago Joanna Madigan World Business Chicago Doug Cameron Consultant Said Al-Hallaj University of Illinois Chicago INVITED SPEAKERS Anthony Schiavo Senior Director at Lux Research Claus Daniel Associate Laboratory Director, Advanced Energy Technologies at Argonne National Laboratory Jim Rekoske Senior Vice President, Enterprise Technology Platforms & Growth at Ecolab Rajesh Mehta Program Director, SBIR/STTR at National Science Foundation Kristi Dula-Ferguson Deputy Director, Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology, Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity Alaina Harkness Executive Director at Current, Chicago's Water Innovation Hub; PI and CEO, NSF Engines: Great Lakes Water Innovation Engine (Great Lakes ReNEW) Melissa Rabin Lederer Chief Experience Officer (CXO) at mHUB Jamie Gladfelter Emerging Technologies Manager at Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology Carol Rabke Technology to Market (T2M) Advisor - Partnering at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) SBIR/STTR Programs Office Sara Chamberlain Co-Founder and Managing Director at Earth Foundry Ozge Guney-Altay, Ph.D. Director, Resurgence Cleantech Accelerator, Director of Investment Strategy, Polsky Deep Tech Ventures Naveed Ahmed Investment Director at Diamond Edge Ventures Edward Greer Corporate Technology Scout, Ventures & Business Development at Dow Chemical Ian Adams Managing Director at Evergreen Climate Innovations Melissa Pierce, PhD Technical Program Director at Current, Chicago's Water Innovation Hub Joshua Speros Investment Manager at BASF Venture Capital Francis Wang CEO at NanoGraf Nathalie Morin, B.Eng,MBA,ASC CEO at Polystyvert
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The hits keep coming 🌎 🚀 🌏 … Congratulations to the teams at Polystyvert and e-Zinc. Very excited for the future of these two game changing Earth Foundry portfolio companies and the new partners that are joining to help make them successful! Polystyvert Inc. raised $16 million in a first tranche of Series B funding to help finance its commercial-scale plastics recycling facility and further the development of its technology. It has been incredible to watch this team scale such an essential recycling innovation for the plastics and chemical industries. Polystyvert has created a viable path to a #CircularEconomy by solving the cost, quality, and energy intensity issues of traditional recycling methods. This round was led by new partners Infinity Recycling and SWEN Capital Partners Blue Ocean! e-Zinc announced the close of an #oversubscribed USD $31M Series A2! Funds will be used for continued development and to deploy our next major pilot projects with California Energy Commission and Toyota Tsusho America. This oversubscribed Series A2 round was led by Evok Innovations, with additional investments from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Ultratech Capital Partners, and participation from existing shareholders, including Toyota Ventures, Eni Next, Anzu Partners, BDC, and Graphite Ventures! Well done James Larsen, Nathalie Morin, B.Eng,MBA,ASC, Sara Chamberlain and the many many other people who are making the amazing companies successful! More on Polystyver: https://lnkd.in/gY7kDACR More on E-Zinc: https://lnkd.in/gRkykMT4
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♻ More Portfolio News ♻ Congratulations Polystyvert on your successful Series B! It has been incredible to watch this team scale such an essential recycling innovation for the plastics and chemical industries. Polystyvert has created a viable path to a #CircularEconomy by solving the cost, quality, and energy intensity issues of traditional recycling methods. We welcome our new partners Infinity Recycling and SWEN Capital Partners Blue Ocean and look forward to the next phase of commercialization and growth! 🌎 🚀 🌏 Well done Nathalie Morin, B.Eng,MBA,ASC Marianne Lépinoit, CPA Roland Cote Nicolas Cottenye #Polystyrene #ABS
Polystyvert Raises $16M in Series B Funding
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Earthshot raised a Series A and that’s not what really matters. I’m really glad to share that Earthshot recently closed a $5.5m Series A to serve land stewards everywhere to get paid for regeneration, support offtakers' due diligence, and facilitate project investments. This last year we’ve been working mostly under the radar, growing with the huge influx of demand from partners looking for rigorous alternatives to conventional carbon developers. Earthshot has worked on more than 60 reforestation and conservation projects, directed more than $55m in project finance, and we are profitable and hiring across all teams. In the self-reinforcing swirl of venture capital, it sometimes seems like fundraising is the most important news there is. It’s not. The news is ecological heroes addressing the greatest challenge of our time. It is the 15th straight month of record heat, unprecedented in human history, consistently above the 1.5 degree target that used to be the policy goal for a stable climate. We must deploy .5% of global GDP (around $500BN per year) for ecosystem restoration and conservation, and we’re a fraction of the way there. Our partners at BirdLife International have done epic work across the globe, working on new projects together in Cambodia, Paraguay, Indonesia, Madagascar, and numerous other places. Tree Aid did a huge expansion of their reforestation operation in Burkina Faso, with more countries in the African Great Green Wall next up. Corporate, NGO, and government partners across Guinea, Mexico, Colombia, Papua New Guinea, Panama, Peru, Brazil, Mongolia, and more have trusted us to support their projects end to end. Trust and integrity is what this market needs to scale. Earthshot’s mission is too important to be subject to the hype cycles of venture. This is why we’re very excited to be supported by a team of investors with long-term conviction: Acorn Pacific Ventures, Future Ventures, Earth Foundry, One Small Planet, Parameter Ventures, Sand Hill Angels, Resilient Earth Capital, and more. Thank you to everyone who has joined the journey so far. If you’re reading this, feel the responsibility to act, and want to apply your talent, capital and will toward ecological regeneration, please reach out. Gorgeous video from our own Roberto Cornejo Crosby, of Cordillera de Colán, Peru. Press release and news stories in comments. Trevor Keenan Andrea Dennis Andrei Vrabie Maryanna Saenko Steve Jurvetson Derek Chau Tim Liao Judy Li John Paul Moscarella Polly Thornton Théa Adumitroaie Anika Staccone Abel Marcarini Cecilia Simon Crosby Camila Meza-Cuadra Ezra Neale Rita Croce Olivia Palma Jeffrey King Alejandro Gómez Chica Cristóbal Seoane Byrne Frank Golding Jocelyne Bazalar Obregú Joe Hughes Karolina Jiménez Julia Campbell Sara Betancur Sara Chamberlain Alice Ward-Francis Tom Skirrow
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Check out Sara Chamberlain speaking at this great event on July 17, 2024! https://lnkd.in/eYSaS_HF
Such an exciting conversation taking place this week on the Future of Chicago's Grid featuring Sara Chamberlain, Managing Director of Earth Foundry and David Perez, EVP and COO at ComEd. Register here Wednesday: https://lnkd.in/ghE6xvTz #thoughtleadership #futureofenergy Zpryme Emma Garcia Purvis (she/her/hers) Kenya Hodo, MBA Mia Dance Barrett Clark Sean Sayers Megan Fonger
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Excited to join Earth Foundry, Energy Capital Ventures, Impact Science Ventures and Chicago: Blend for a deep dive into climate venture capital investing opportunities and trends! We'll discuss how to drive returns, tackle investment challenges, and support emerging and underrepresented fund managers. Don't miss out on this chance to network with local investors, LPs, and ecosystem supporters in the Chicago region. Looking forward to insightful panels and light refreshments! Join us on Monday, July 22nd at Portal Innovations (400 N Aberdeen Street) from 3:30 PM CT - 6 PM CT. Check out this link to learn more! #ClimateInvesting #VentureCapital #Sustainability #ChicagoTech" Sara Chamberlain ; Emmett Ding ; Ryan Brownlow
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🌎 Climate tech #startups that raised capital last week 👇 With more than 40 deals logged on the Net0 platform last week, we recorded some significant deals. Here's a list of the top seven deals: 💧United States, Woburn-based ZwitterCo, developing advanced membrane technologies for water treatment, raised $58.4M in a Series B round from Evok Innovations, HG Ventures, Munich Re Ventures, and Blue Horizon among others. 🌱United States, Sunnyvale-based NovoNutrients, transforming industrial waste carbon dioxide emissions into alternative protein food and feed ingredients, raised $18M in a Series A round from Woodside Energy and CM Ventures. ♻️Canada, Montreal-based Polystyvert, specializing in the recycling of polystyrene through a dissolution technology, raised $16M in a Series B round from Blue Oceans Partners, Earth Foundry, and Infinity Recycling. 🔋Denmark, Copenhagen-based Dynelectro, developing a technology that produces green hydrogen at low cost, raised $11.8M in an early VC round from Yara Growth Ventures, Vsquared Ventures, European Investment Bank (EIB), and The Footprint Firm among others. ⚡Portugal, Coimbra-based ENEIDA.IO, developing the low-voltage grid operational analytics platform, raised $11.4M in a Series B round from Junction Growth Investors, Korys, HCapital Partners, and Santander Alternative Investments. 🖥️Germany, Cologne-based epilot GmbH, providing a SAAS platform that supports utilities, grid operators, and solution providers in the energy transition, raised $10.8M in a growth equity round from Expedition Growth Capital. 📊United States, New York-based Scaler, an actionable ESG data platform, raised $10M in a Series A round from Plural VC and Base10 Partners. #climatetech #netzeroinsights #investments #venturecapital #funding
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Earth Foundry is very happy to have Jason Blumberg attend and speak at this amazing event! https://lnkd.in/eTWsQAed
Excited for a keynote discussion with BuiltWorlds to discuss the landscape of #Investments. We have a # of remarkable "Built" investments including: Intellihot Inc., SPAN, Omnidian, Harvest, NxLite (Formely 3E Nano Inc). It is amazing to see how the built space has gone for a money pit to a money maker, with customers that want to scale game changing innovations. For more information about this top-tier conference and BuiltWorlds' exceptional industry platform, check out: https://lnkd.in/g6VC8_4V Thanks for the invitation Matthew Gray Earth Foundry
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💸 🚀 Exciting Funding Announcement! e-Zinc closes USD $31M in our Series A2 Raise 🚀 💸 Our team is thrilled to share this fantastic news and to jumpstart the next chapter for e-Zinc as we advance the commercialization of our revolutionary long duration energy storage technology. Thank you to all the partners and investors supporting us on our mission to accelerate the clean energy transition and enable a net zero future. This oversubscribed Series A2 round was led by Evok Innovations, with additional investments from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Export Development Canada | Exportation et développement Canada, and Ultratech Capital Partners, and participation from existing shareholders, including Toyota Ventures, Eni Next, Anzu Partners, BDC, and Graphite Ventures. Read the full press release here -> https://lnkd.in/eHxaP2PF #cleantech #funding #investment #energystorage