Climate Angels

Before you apply

• Climate Angels is an equity investor, not a grant or an incubator. The site lists no application window.
• Check you fit its sectors: mobility, agriculture, energy, water, waste and the built environment, with climate impact at the core of the business.
• Its FAQ asks for technology that delivers a real shift in emissions or resource use, not a small improvement.

How to reach them

• Use the startup application form linked from the For Founders page.
• The form has 6 pages, so prepare your details before you start.
• The site also lists a general investor inbox on the footer of each page.

What to expect

• The site says the application is reviewed after you submit it. It gives no timeline.
• It says startups pay no setup fees, no advisory equity and no transaction fees.
• If you want to bring in friends and family, ask about the SPV route first.
• Read the CA Research Unit reports for your sector before you apply.

Climate Angels is a Gurugram-based angel fund focused on climate technology in India. It describes itself as a SEBI registered Category I fund, set up as Climate Angels Trust with Massive Consulting LLP as its investment manager, and says it has invested in 20 climate-tech startups. It also runs a platform where angel investors back climate startups deal by deal, so a round can bring in a group of investors alongside the fund.

Who Climate Angels backs

The fund says it looks for startups reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution in hard-to-abate sectors. Its stated areas of interest are clean mobility, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, water management, waste and circular economy, and the built environment. It also says your technology should bring a real shift, either by sharply cutting resource use and emissions or by changing how something is used today. Its portfolio page names companies such as SolarSquare, Beco and Matter Motors, from seed through later rounds. That page is partly unfinished, with repeated cards and unfilled sample text, so treat it as a sample and not a full list.

How Climate Angels works with founders

For founders, the site says investors are consolidated into a single line on your cap table. It says startups pay no setup fees, no advisory equity and no transaction fees. If you want to bring friends and family into a round, it offers an SPV that the team sets up, including KYC and shareholder agreements. It also offers free cap table, ESOP pool and investor reporting tools for climate entrepreneurs.

How to pitch

This is an investor, so there is no cohort or set intake window on the site. The way in is the startup application form linked from the For Founders page, which says your application will be reviewed after you submit it. The form runs to 6 pages, so have your basics ready. The site does not publish a decision timeline or a list of the questions.

What it publishes

A research team called the CA Research Unit publishes climate reports on the site, on topics such as EV charging, energy storage and chemical recycling of plastic. These are a useful way to see how the fund thinks about a sector before you apply.

Worth knowing

The site carries a regulatory disclaimer that its content is not an offer of securities, and investment is open only to eligible investors under the SEBI AIF Regulations. That applies to investors, not to founders applying for funding.