The Climate Tech Funding Gap Just Got SMASHED

Picture this: You’re a climate tech startup crushing it with game-changing industrial hardware. You’ve outgrown VC funding but still need MASSIVE capital to scale. Until now, that meant hitting THE WALL.

“This fund changes everything for hardtech climate warriors stuck in funding purgatory”

Industry Insider

Why This $800M Fund is a TOTAL GAME-CHANGER

• OVERSHOT its $500M target – Investors came RUNNING with pension funds, sovereign wealth, and institutional money
• Already deploying FAST – 3 deals done including a waste-to-energy disruptor and biofuel infrastructure play
• Asset REPURPOSING strategy – Turning old industrial dinosaurs into clean tech POWERHOUSES

The Secret Weapon: Turning TRASH into CASH (Literally)

Check Ara’s playbook with portfolio company Divert:

• Good food → Donated to communities
• Bad food → Converted to biogas worth MILLIONS
• Alternative? Paying to pollute via landfills

That’s not ESG fluff – that’s HARD DOLLARS and sense.

The Political Storm vs. Economic REALITY

While DC waffles on climate policy, the MARKET has spoken:

• Clean tech costs PLUMMETED 72% since 2020 (BloombergNEF)
• Industrial decarbonization now COST-PARITY with dirty alternatives
• Smart money sees the IRREVERSIBLE trend

“We’re not betting on subsidies – we’re betting on physics and economics”

Ara Partners Managing Partner

What’s Next? Another Deal DROPPING SOON

Ara’s teasing a 4th investment announcement – and if their track record holds, it’ll be another climate tech KNOCKOUT.

Bottom line: When $800M walks into the room, the industrial decarbonization game just changed FOREVER.