Evergreen Climate Innovations
- Deadline
- Nov 29, 2025
- Applications
- Closed
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About this program
Location: Greater Midwest region of the United States (IA, IL, IN, WI, MI, MN, KS, MO, OH, TN, KY, ND, SD, CO, NE, and western PA)
Investment: $200,000 - $300,000
Stage: Pre-seed and Seed
Industry of Focus
- Climate Tech
- Cleantech
- Energy (including renewable energy, energy storage, and building efficiency)
- Advanced materials
- Water
- Agriculture technologies
- Advanced mobility
Key Highlights
Program Overview
Evergreen Climate Innovations operates the 501vc® Investment Fund, a revolving evergreen fund providing $250,000 investments to early-stage climate tech startups. This nonprofit venture capital approach reinvests returns to sustain funding for impactful startups in the Greater Midwest region. Evergreen actively supports portfolio companies through guidance, board participation, networking, and funding opportunities to de-risk their ventures.
Investment Details
- Investment amount: Typically between $200,000 and $300,000
- Stage: Pre-Seed and Seed
- Sector: Climate tech (advanced materials, renewable energy, building efficiency, energy storage, agriculture technologies, advanced mobility, and water)
- Geography: Startups based in the Greater Midwest region of the United States (IA, IL, IN, WI, MI, MN, KS, MO, OH, TN, KY, ND, SD, CO, NE, and western PA)
Benefits Details and Perks/Credits
- Guidance and mentorship to navigate entrepreneurial challenges.
- Board participation as an observer after investment.
- Connections to potential customers, investors, pilots, demonstrations, grant funding, and other opportunities.
- Self-sustaining funding cycle benefiting both startups and donors.
Program Format
- Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
- Fall and spring application deadlines signal the start of a five-month investment cycle.
Location or Relocation Requirements
- Startups must be based in the Greater Midwest region of the United States.
Post-Program Engagement
- Continued support through guidance, networking, and de-risking strategies for portfolio companies.
- Board observer role maintained after investment.
Program questionnaire
What Evergreen Climate Innovations asks on its own application. Nothing is answered here, prepare these, then apply on their site.
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Company name
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Pitch Deck
A pitch deck detailing your company, preferably in PPT or PDF format
- 3
Website URL
- 4
A brief description of what your company does (2-3 sentences)
- 5
A brief description of the problem your company is trying to solve
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First name
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Last name
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Email
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City
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State/Region