Carbon Drawdown Initiative is a Germany-based impact investor focused on accelerating the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) industry through early-stage investments in CDR startups, scientific research, and policy advocacy.
50% of their portfolio is in Climate & Energy. Their most common stage is seed (62% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $3.7M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
8
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
8 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Everest Carbon | Seed | $3M | Dec 2024 |
 CREW Carbon | Seed | $5.3M | Oct 2024 |
 InPlanet | Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
 Lithos Carbon | Seed | $6.3M | Oct 2022 |
| LLithos | Seed | — | Jan 2022 |
 Cotierra | Pre-Seed | $1M | — |
 The Rock Flour Company | Unknown | — | — |
 Everest Carbon | Unknown | $3M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Carbon Removal Partners6 shared
Ponderosa Ventures3 shared
Bain Capital Ventures2 shared
Union Square Ventures2 shared
Greylock Partners2 shared
Cavallo Ventures2 shared
Fall Line Capital2 shared
ANIMO Ventures1 shared
Counteract1 shared
Connecticut Innovations1 shared
ReGen Ventures1 shared
Echo River Capital1 shared
Newlab1 shared
Thrive Capital1 shared
Climate Founders1 shared
Salvia1 shared
Mudcake1 shared
Katapult1 shared
FoodLabs1 shared
EIFO1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026