Helping ambitious startups reach their destination

At Acclimate Ventures, we specialize in early-stage investments for deep tech climate ventures.

Our Focus

Early stage investing in US & UK deep tech climate ventures

Early stage investing in US & UK based deep tech climate ventures

Teams dedicated to solving customer problems

Leaders and teams obsessed with solving customer problems

Transformational solutions on a global scale

Transformational solutions on a global scale

Bringing Long-Term Value

Lessons from Tech

Pushing the boundaries of innovation in product and business model

Strategies & Playbooks

Opening routes to market and growth opportunities in the US and UK / Europe

Customer Discovery

Driving pilot income and converting first commercial customers

Access to Growth Capital

Connecting startups to follow-on capital and corporate partnerships for scale

Testimonials

Hear From Founders

Founder & CEO, Luminous

Jay M. Wong

Mark’s collective knowledge in tech will enable us to ship, iterate, and scale at speed. His extensive network and access to growth capital will provide long term value as we grow Luminous’ operations.
CEO and Co-Founder, Vaire Computing

Rodolfo Rosini

Mark is my sounding board and brings an army knife of product insight, operations, and access to growth capital that makes him extremely useful to Vaire Computing.
Founder and CEO, digitalheat

Matt White

Mark’s knowledge in the tech and investment worlds is invaluable. He’s very easy to speak with, always wanting to help and make useful introductions.
CEO and Co-Founder of Lume Health

Vicki Powell

Mark’s experience in Silicon Valley, offers of connections, and optimistic perspective on building hardware startups has been energizing for our founding team.
CEO and Co-Founder at Stayf

Max Zhurilo

I met Mark at Oxford University, where his deep knowledge and experience in startups helped me tremendously during Stayf’s early days. Mark later became one of our first investors, providing invaluable advice and confidence that we were on the right track
GridCARE
AI for grid interconnection readiness
Exowatt
Modular renewable energy for data centers
Conductor Quantum
AI for ubiquitous quantum computing
Vaire Computing
Near-zero energy computing
Ravel
Blended textile purification recycling
GridSight
AI grid management for electric utilities
CrosstownH2R
Hybrid burners for gas turbine decarbonization
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DigitalHeat
Intelligent battery-electric boilers for homes
Pila Energy
Mesh-networked residential battery storage
Sila
Next-gen battery materials
Sparkz
US-manufactured cathode material
Luminous
Robotics for solar farm installation
INVESTED ALONGSIDE

About Mark

Mark pivoted into deep tech investing after relocating from Silicon Valley to Oxford in 2022. As a business operator and engineer, he brings experience building and scaling technology businesses inside Apple and Samsung to startups addressing global climate and energy challenges. Mark is convinced that advances in sensors, AI, robotics, materials and infrastructure are creating transformative business opportunities with decarbonization potential.

Mark’s dedication to climate innovation also extends to organizations he supports via philanthropy, policy, and scientific research — redefining industries and helping us acclimate to our changing world.

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