Our Innovators

A nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to highlighting climate solutions and uncovering environmental injustices.

Mill has created a new system to help you outsmart waste at home.

Heirloom is removing 1B tons of carbon dioxide from the air by 2035 by engineering the most cost-effective, scalable direct air capture system.

ReFED is a national nonprofit focused on advancing data-driven solutions to end food waste, mobilizing businesses and people to take action, and catalyzing capital to spur food waste innovation.

Aigen is accelerating the transition to regenerative agriculture with AI-driven, solar-powered, autonomous weeding robots.

SPAN is developing products to enable the rapid adoption of renewable energy and deliver an intuitive user interface for the home.

Limelight Steel produces zero-emissions steel while using 40% less energy than any other technology.

Windfall Bio is naturally transforming methane into organic soil nutrients.

Carbon Engineering was founded with a clear mission – to develop and commercialize carbon removal technology that captures CO2 from the air at megaton-scale.

Orbital Materials is building novel solutions for clean air, water, and energy with AI.

Carbon180 is a new breed of climate nonprofit partnering with policymakers, scientists, and businesses around the globe to build a world that removes more carbon than it emits.

Icarus is building next generation MRV that enables companies to fully demonstrate their climate impact.

Antora Energy is electrifying heavy industry with thermal energy storage for zero-carbon heat and power.

Industrious Labs is building a decarbonized future for industrial manufacturing by advancing policy, people power, and science-based analysis.

Chef Ann transforms school food programs by re-skilling and training school lunch staff to integrate sustainability into their food preparation.

Eat Real increases real food access in schools through policy advocacy and a free certification program that brings healthier, locally sourced food to the lunch line.

The Food Waste Warriors program at WWF supercharges the advancement of critical food waste tactics and policies in schools by leveraging its influential position at the state and federal level.

HomeBoost is building solutions to empower you to capture energy savings and make your home more comfortable.

Climate Changemakers is a nonpartisan climate action network that equips volunteers to advance equitable, science-based policies.

The Carbon Removal Alliance is a coalition of highly-credible carbon removal innovators, united around permanence and quality.

Wildgood is on a mission to replenish our planet through plant-based ice cream made with extra-virgin olive oil.

Carbon Capture is a new type of carbon removal service capturing CO2 from the air and permanently storing it underground.

By making the most complicated businesses tasks simple and personal, Gusto is reimagining payroll, benefits and HR for modern companies.

Tempo is a software-accelerated electronics manufacturer leveraged by leading companies in the world to accelerate product innovation.

Certis is an early stage biotech company with a focus on advancing translational oncology through the O-PDX technique.

Blue Lake Packaging makes 100% fiber-based packaging solutions to end plastic pollution.

SparkMeter provides the world's most cost-effective metering and low voltage transformer-sensing hardware ecosystem.

Crowd Cow delivers the very best craft meat from the farm to your table.

Dig Energy is unlocking the potential of distributed geothermal energy for billions of people around the world.

Curve Biosciences is bringing precision to chronic disease care.

Cove water is the world's first biodegradable water bottle.

Nav helps business owners everywhere build, protect and leverage their credit data so that they can build the business of their dreams.

Onsemble is making home electrification easier than ever.

Everrati restores and modifies existing classic and iconic cars for its customers to enable them to be used and enjoyed in a low carbon world.

Ellevest is the only financial company founded by, funded by, built by and built for investing in women.

Better Place Forest's mission is to provide every person the opportunity to leave the legacy of a more beautiful world by memorializing their ashes in the most beautiful and iconic locations in North America.

Prenuvo is a world pioneer in the development and application of clinical-diagnostic quality multiparametric MRI screening in a clinical setting.

Solidia is a cement and concrete technology company, offering novel, low-carbon solutions.

An app for public safety agencies to rapidly access information across databases, understand patterns and storylines, and take decisive action to maintain community safety.

At Courier we're fighting right-wing media and disinformation with newsrooms and journalists all across the country.

Helix Nanotechnologies uses artificial intelligence to help cure genetic diseases.

Kernls is a platform where you can access and donate directly to scientific research projects from top scientists at world-renowned institutions.

Rebound offers an agile cold chain solution that boosts revenues, preserves product quality and ensures food safety, all while offering proven energy cost reductions.

Pearl Street Technologies is building next-generation software for the electrical utility industry.

SVX technology is transformative for lithium-ion battery production for any application, including electric vehicles, stationary energy storage, and beyond.

Tandem PV uses perovskite/silicon mechanically-stacked tandems to upgrade silicon solar panels, sharply decreasing installed systems costs significantly increasing module manufacturing profit margins, and opening up vast new solar markets in the US and worldwide.

Probably Genetic is enabling no-cost testing for rare disease.

Black Girl Environmentalist is creating a representative climate movement by empowering emerging climate leaders of color.

Trial Library is a software and services company for accelerating equitable recruitment to clinical trials.

The legislation tracking tool of choice for government relations, law firms, associations, nonprofits, & coalitions at the state and federal level.

Dispatch Goods is a reusable container marketplace that partners with restaurants, businesses, and consumers.

Justice Text builds technology to improve criminal justice outcomes for low-income Americans.

Designed in Canada, ethically and sustainably made in the Nile Delta, KOTN offers quality basics from 100% Egyptian cotton where every purchase funds new schools.

Planet FWD is the leading carbon management software for brands and consumer products.

Rec is focused on modernizing recreational sports helping players connect with each other, find great coaches and places to play.

At Robigo, we're engineering microbes to create more effective and environmentally friendly crop protectants, clearing the way for healthier soils and more sustainable crops.

Skye is a platform for business, executive, and career coaching matching ambitious leaders with qualified and vetted coaches.

Matician is reimagining home devices by building vision-based machines that are truly autonomous saving people both time and energy.

Wright is building electric planes that lower fuel cost, noise, emissions and runway takeoff time.

RailVision helps the railway industry reduce fuel consumption and lower greenhouse emissions.

Rubi is turning carbon emissions into natural carbon-negative textiles, and building a future where human prosperity and economic growth are planet-positive.

Running Tide develops techniques to restore ocean health so we can keep the ocean (and our planet) in the goldilocks zone.

Spatial unlocks the full potential of immersive audio.

The Roadio app automatically identifies cars blocking bike lanes or near-miss incidents along your ride and saves a video clip for later use.

Benefits and insurance for Latin American companies and your self-employed workers.

Gradient makes home heaters and air conditioners that are better for the planet, easier to install and more pleasant to use.

Verse is the first SaaS platform to use advanced data science to allow companies to reduce their energy costs and achieve their net-zero goals -- without the use of RECs or carbon offsets.

Violet is a platform dedicated to helping the healthcare industry deliver more inclusive healthcare, by building a new standard for benchmarking and showcasing the cultural competencies of clinicians.

Zero Acre is introducing a new category of healthy oils and fats made by fermentation, not deforestation.

Carbon neutral, plant-based, biomaterials from seaweed

Charm Industrial is working to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂. They design, build and operate a fleet of mobile fast pyrolyzers that convert ag and forest biomass residues into bio-oil for use in carbon removal and direct-reduced-iron steelmaking.

Climate Draft is a coalition of climate tech startups and VCs with the mission is to expose more people to the inspiring, impactful, and lucrative opportunities within climate.

Ebb Carbon is pioneering a new method of carbon removal that uses electrochemistry to enhance the ocean's natural ability to safely store CO2.

Liminal is a battery manufacturing intelligence provider that combines ultrasound technology with machine learning to deliver advanced insights to empower manufacturers.

Alder Apparel offers inclusive sizing, community-informed design, sustainable and ethical production to create a best-in-class outdoor brand.

AMP Robotics is reimagining and actively modernizing the world’s recycling infrastructure.

Climate Club is the platform today's leading companies use to drive sustainablity across every employee, team, and department.

The Co-Pilot app offers personalized workouts, constant communication, and expert coaching anytime you want it anywhere.

Emerald Cloud Lab is a remote controlled life science laboratory that allows scientists to conduct their experiments without being anchored to a physical lab.

Farm Raise is the easiest way to get farm funding, informed by and built for farmers.

Future Family combines advances in fintech, fertility care and telehealth to support people throughout their fertility journeys.

Galy is saving the planet by transitioning the world to cellular agriculture.

Kindbody is a leading fertility and family-building benefits provider for employers offering comprehensive virtual and in-person care.

Kinfield creates clean outdoor products that are powered by plants, backed by science and recreation ready.

Learnfully is an online service and community that leverages adaptive tools and analytics to recommend personalized learning strategies that uplift students and their families.

Mejuri works with master jewelers to create jewelry that is made to live in, designed in-house and with responsible sourcing at the cornerstone of it all.

At Saturday Robotics, we're building autonomous solutions to tame the chaos of daily life — and to meaningfully lighten our load on the planet together

Monarch's smart electric tractor helps farmers by addressing labor availability, meeting consumer demands for sustainability and providing actionable data for farming insights.

Altro is transforming how people start building their credit by enabling them to earn credit with the recurring payments they’re already making - their rent and subscription-services.

Petal brings financial opportunity and innovation to everyone while helping you build credit, not debt.

Electric heating and cooling, built on heat pump technology, that is better for the climate, inside and out.

Commons helps you track, reduce and offset the emissions of everything you buy.

(carbon)plan analyzes carbon removal opportunities based on the best available science and data.

Advanced Energy United is a collection is businesses using policy advocacy, analysis and education to bring about a prosperous economy based on secure, clean, affordable energy.

Activate is a leading nonprofit and accelerator that empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market to address climate change and other global challenges.

The All We Can Save Project is on a mission to embed climate truth, courage, and just solutions in education—and to make it exceedingly easy to use leveraging our first of its kind anthology of climate essays and stories.

Floodlight is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action

Freedmen Heirs is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promise of successful Black farms and farmers.

Gold House elevates Asian and Pacific Islanders to lead and thrive in culture and commerce through unity, investment opportunities, and promotion.

Public Rights Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating the gap between the values expressed in our laws and the lived reality of our communities.

Millions of families use Upsolve's education, tools, and online community to overcome their debt, access their rights, and rebuild their financial situations.

Our mission is to support America's K-12 public schools to make an equitable transition to zero carbon emissions.

APIAVote is dedicated to engaging, educating, and empowering AAPI communities to strengthen their voices and create impact

Paid Leave for the U.S. (PL+US) was founded as a time-bound campaign to win paid family and medical leave for every working person in the U.S.

Everything you need to vote, fast, free, easy, secure, and nonpartisan.

Arena convenes, trains, and supports the next generation of candidates and campaign staff.

Along with bold policy recommendations & targeted political efforts, the Win the Era Action Fund will work to embody and lift up the values that bring the American people together.

Fair Fight is a national voting rights organization rooted in Georgia promoting fair elections all across the country.

The Florida Rights Restoration Coaliation is committed to ending the disenfranchisement and discrimination against people with convictions.

The mission of 73V is to preserve and expand access to reproductive healthcare for women worldwide through technology enabled care delivery services.