For more useful resources on female founders and investors, we recommend taking a look at our first editions of Women Driving the Future of Climate Tech: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.
As this is our 6th installment, we now have 120 women driving the future of climate change, so we invite you to check out our full running list of all 120 women.
If you know of any female-led teams doing or funding climate-positive work, we hope you share it with us in this form.
1. Susannah McClintock
Investment Director
Firm: Clean Growth Fund
Climate Action Area: ClimateTech
Company Mission: CGF invests in innovations that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or improve resource efficiency across power, transport, industry, buildings, waste and water.
2. Amber Hager
Founder
Company: Emprove
Climate Action Area: EduTech
Company Mission: Effortlessly bring all your employees to carbon neutral, instantly creating a motivated, climate positive workforce with Emprove.
3. Dragana Vukasinovic
Founder and CEO
Company: Fauna Smart Technologies
Climate Action Area: AgTech
Company Mission: Fauna Smart Technologies is developing innovative tools for precise, fast and affordable pest management to significantly reduce (bio)pesticide usage, and improve the economic and environmental sustainability.
4. Ana Rita Colon Reyna
Director of Operations
Company: Blau Corp
Climate Action Area: Waste Management
Company Mission: We digitize waste management companies to make them smarter and more profitable.
We allow customers to deliver digital tickets, create smart routes, receive online payments, and track their trucks for free.
5. Ritu Verma
Co-founder, Managing Partner
Firm: Ankur Capital Fund
Climate Action Area: DeepTech
Company Mission: Ankur Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in digital and deep science technology companies building breakthroughs for a better world. We aim to uncover and unlock opportunities in overlooked markets from India to the world.
6. Elina Kajosaari
CCO
Company: Sulapac
Climate Action Area: Plastic
Company Mission: Sulapac® is an award-winning, eco-friendly alternative for traditional fossil-based plastics. We know that products need to stand out and meet demanding technical requirements. That’s why brands and consumers love Sulapac. It is beautiful, functional and sustainable. Like nature.
7. Maud Caillaux
Co-founder
Company: Green Got
Climate Action Area: Fintech
Company Mission: Green-got is a bank that aligns with the sustainable values of its clients and allows clients to invest in sustainability projects and evaluate their footprint.
8-9. Hannah Davis and Charlotte Mallo
Co-Founder; Director
Company: Climate Raise
Climate Action Area: EdTech
Company Mission: ClimateRaise is an exclusive newsletter that showcases women-led climate startups – a space that is often overlooked.
10. Laura Cramer
Investment Director
Firm: Rubio Impact Ventures
Climate Action Area: ClimateTech
Company Mission: We are a venture capital fund investing in world-changing entrepreneurs who unite powerful impact with a scalable commercial business. We believe the most valuable companies will be the ones solving humanity’s biggest challenges.
11. Erin Rothman
Founder and CEO
Company: StormSensor
Climate Action Area: Water Management
Company Mission: StormSensor tracks the effects of climate change to reduce the vulnerability of our communities’ sewage infrastructure. Wetter weather and increased frequency of large storms means cities are more vulnerable to flooding, sewage overflows, and water pollution.
12. Laura Schewel
Founder and CEO
Company: Streetlight Data
Climate Action Area: Mobility
Company Mission: We harness connected devices to measure vehicle, transit, bike, and foot traffic virtually anywhere. Use our software to get counts, O-D, and other transportation metrics — for any road, area or time period.
13. Kristin Kagetsu
Co-founder
Company: Saathi Pads
Climate Action Area: Waste Management
Company Mission: Saathi is the first company to make a 100% biodegradable sanitary pad from banana fibre. We believe in a cradle-to-cradle approach to women’s health that benefits women and their communities at every step.
14-15. Maya Nitzberg and Jacqueline Firsty
Vice-President of Community ;
Senior Manager, Investor Program
Firm: Greentown Labs
Climate Action Area: ClimateTech Acceleration
Company Mission: Greentown Labs is a community of climate action pioneers working to design a more sustainable world. As the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, Greentown Labs brings together startups, corporates, investors, policymakers, and many others with a focus on scaling climate solutions.
16. Abhilasha Purwar
Founder and CEO
Company: Blue Sky Analytics
Climate Action Area: Insuretech
Company Mission: Blue Sky Analytics is a Climate-Tech Startup using satellite-derived climate intelligence to power financial decisions. We provide off-the-shelf and bespoke data solutions spanning flood, drought, wildfire, and heat risk for monitoring, measuring, and mitigating portfolio risk.
17. Elena Maksimovich
Founder and CEO
Company: Weather Trade Net
Climate Action Area: Insurtech
Company Mission: Investors are increasingly concerned with the implications of Climate Change on the pricing of financial assets and on the allocation of their investment portfolios.
18-19. Gayathri Natarajan and Elmira Soghrati
Co-founders – CEO; CTO
Company: KROSSLINKER
Climate Action Area: Materials
Company Mission:
At KROSSLINKER, we innovate and transform Aerogel for challenging insulation applications. Our first product aims to serve the cold-chain biopharma packaging industry by protecting temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, precious biologics, and vaccines throughout their shipping journey with our transformative technology.
20. Veery Maxwell
Partner
Firm: Galvanize Climate Solutions
Climate Action Area: Climate Tech
Company Mission: Galvanize Climate Solutions (“Galvanize”) is a mission-driven investment platform that will provide the capital, expertise, and partnerships necessary to produce and scale vital and urgent climate solutions. It is purpose-built to accelerate decarbonization by integrating climate-focused investments with global activism.
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