EnVest is a member driven organization dedicated to accelerating investment into the Environmental Economy, where people live modern lives but the solutions and services they use respect the need for balance with our natural resources. Our members are leading early stage environmental investors, funds, family offices and corporate investors. By focusing on curation, capital, and community, we strive to reduce the friction required to deploy smart capital into the space, using our online platform and events to connect our members to each other, and to early stage opportunities that will be the future leaders of the Environmental Economy.
Members & Benefits
Each EnVest member must be actively deploying capital into Founder-Series B rounds in the Environmental Economy space. EnVest members, who are leading environmental VC funds, family offices, angel investors, and venture philanthropists, represent more than $10 billion in investable early stage capital.
EnVest Member Benefits are all designed to make deployment of capital into quality Environmental Economy opportunities easier. This includes year round deal discovery, review and syndication opportunities, along with a highly connective and collaborative member culture. Our signature event is our Annual Member Summit held each November. The event gathers our members for 24 hours to reconnect as well as review 36 companies selected from member portfolio’s that we think will be game changing investment opportunities in the coming year.
Advisory Board
Ira Ehrenpreis, DBL Partners Geoff Eisenberg, Ecosystem Integrity Fund David Griest, SJF Ventures Catha Groot, Radicle Impact Jake Hanft, Schmidt Marine Adrian Horotan, Safer Made Danielle Joseph, Closed Loop Partners
Rob Kaplan, Circulate Capital Thomas Knowles, Gratitude Railroad
Rob LeClerc, AgFunder Brock Mansfield, Salmon Innovation Fund Mike Velings, Aquaspark Marisa de Belloy, High Tide Foundation Peter Bryant, The Builders Initiative John Robinson, Mazarine
Ira Ehrenpreis, DBL Ventures
Geoff Eisenberg, Ecosystems Integrity Fund
David Griest, SJF Partners
Catha Groot, Radicle Impact
Jake Hanft, Schmidt Marine
Adrian Horotan, Safer Made
Rob Kaplan, Circulate Capital
Thomas Knowles, Gratitude Railroad
Chris Larson, New Island Capital
Rob LeClerq, AgFunder
Brock Mansfield, Salmon Innovation Fund
Matt Mulrennan, Oceans X Prize
Jason Scott, Encourage Capital
Mike Veilings, Aquaspark
Kelly Wachowitz, Catch Invest
Our member benefits are designed by and for active environmental investors, fund managers, family foundations, corporate VC’s, and venture philanthropists. All applicants are interviewed to ensure they are actively deploying capital into environmental companies.
EnVest selects 36 companies to present each year at its Annual Member Summit. Selected companies have developed a core technology or service that clearly has the potential to turn into a leading Environmental Economy company. Applicants must be raising their next round of capital at or after our Annual Member Summit. We take referrals from member investors and our Preferred Partner network. Our domain expert Advisory Board selects the finalists.
Private capital has always been a primary driver of innovation and scale, and the Environmental Economy will be no different. But private capital requires quality investment opportunities and strong smart syndicates to thrive. Getting the world’s most committed environmental investors together to evaluate high quality opportunities makes EnVest a “can’t miss” event for me.Brock Mansfeld Managing Partner, Salmon Innovation Fund
EnVest was an incredibly good and efficient use of time. Anyone interested in finding the next great company and interfacing with a great community of like minded investors should attend.Ira Ehrenpreis, Managing Partner at DBL Partners
The best part about EnVest is the companies that they manage to put together. Really, really well curated event…among the best ones I’ve seen.Adrian Horotan General Partner at Safer Made
It is more important and timely than ever before for investors to back ground-breaking companies addressing climate change, energy systems, transportation, etc. I look forward to attending EnVest to meet serious, active investors, and inspiring entrepreneurs who together will help solve these issues while earning meaningful positive returns.
Howard Fischer, CEO of Basso Capital and Co-Founder of Gratitude Railroad
History has shown that technology is the sustainable solution to addressing global environmental challenges. What excites me about EnVest is the opportunity to interact with passionate entrepreneurs who are driven to solve our biggest problems.Jim Kim, Founding Member and Partner at Builders VC
EnVest is an event whose time has come. We are in a unique period of history that will be characterized by unprecedented opportunities for investment in resource-efficient technologies. I’m looking forward to connecting with the entrepreneurs and other investors leading this revolution at EnVest.Trevor Zimmerman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner Blackhorn Ventures
Environmental Investment Themes
EnVest is shaped by and for sophisticated, active environmental investors. As such, it is designed to allow attendees to see multiple opportunities that fit their asset class and environmental themes. These themes include:
Captures food scraps from grocery stores, turns into premium agricultural inputs
Metrics
$1 billion+
Dollars raised by companies who have been selected to present at EnVest
3 to 1
Minimum ratio of environmental investors to presenting companies
75%
Of the environmental companies have raised after presenting to member investors
$10 Billion
2030 goal for the total amount of curated early stage deals to accelerate the environmental economy
Company Investment News
Of the 144 presenting companies to date:
108 raised after EnVest presenting at EnVest – 75%.
24 companies are worth over $40M+.
8 worth over $200M+.
Valuations of presenting companies have increased after presenting. 9 had a 5X markup. Company valuations aggregated at the time they presented at EnVest was $410M. The aggregate valuation of those companies is now over $3.0 billion. We strongly encourage and try to facilitate ongoing communication between EnVest Alumni companies and our investor community.
Cruz Foam’s shell-based Styrofoam alternative brings in $3.4M seed with DiCaprio and Kutcher [Read Article]
April 20, 2022
Finless Foods Bringing Plant-Based Tuna To The Masses, Ramping Up Cell-Cultured Plans with $34 Million In Series B Funding [Read Article]
March 7, 2022
GM electric boating stake: $150M in Pure Watercraft [Read Article]
November 22, 2021
AKUA Lands $3.2M to Turn Kelp into Burgers [Read Article]
November 5, 2021
Lilac Solutions Announces $150 Million Series B to Scale Lithium Supply for the Electric Vehicle Era [Read Article]
September 22, 2021
Natel Energy Announces $20M Series B to Further Deploy Modern, Renewable Hydropower [Read Article]
July 21, 2021
Moleaer raises $9M for its sustainable nanobubble system [Read Article]
Seattle startup ioCurrents raises $5M to bring big data to the high seas [Read Article]
March 26, 2019
Redmond-based WISErg, which turns food scraps to fertilizer, raises $19.2 million to fund California plant [Read Article]
June 12, 2018
StormSensor raised $1.2m more cash to help cities track stormwater data and prevent pollution or flooding [Read Article]
June 11, 2018
Sponsorship
CATALYST SPONSOR
CATALYST SPONSOR
“EnVest is the best investor event out there in the climate space. We rely on it to meet a curated set of high-impact companies.”
Marisa de Belloy, Executive Director, High Tide Foundation – Catalyst Sponsor
SEED SPONSOR
SEED SPONSOR
SEED SPONSOR
SEED SPONSOR
Sponsorship Opportunities
EnVest is seeking sponsors – Seed, Impact, and Catalyst Levels – to support the event and the growth of the environmental economy.
Sponsor benefits include:
Over 100X return for sponsor money invested into innovative environmental companies each year
Necessary community building for early stage environmental investing
Recognition in website, programming agenda, public relations, and signage
Introduce presenting companies in thematic investment rooms (Food and Agriculture etc.)
Year-round ‘first-look’ introductions with leading environmental companies
Sponsorship Inquiries
Newsletter
DISCLAIMERS
Investment: EnVest does not provide advice, endorsement, analysis or recommendation in connection with investment in any company or fund attending the event. EnVest does not make any warranty related to the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of information provided by any company or fund. Investors must conduct their own due diligence in connection with any investment, including but not limited to legal, tax and investment advice.
COVID-19: By registering and attending any EnVest event, you are acknowledging that an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where other people are present. By attending an event, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 and release liability for the event organizers, staff, and venues.
