North Vancouver · Pre-Seed–Series A · 14 people tracked
Investment thesis
The firm invests in early-stage, world-changing companies that meaningfully support the sustainability of the planet, targeting the reimagining of industries to solve supply constraints through innovation. It favors capital-efficient, market-ready companies offering cheaper, better solutions with immediate customer ROI. The fund seeks market-beating returns by building a portfolio of early-stage companies tackling the most urgent environmental challenges. Beyond capital, it provides hands-on founder support in sales, talent, and fundraising, leveraging a global network of operators and investors.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 14 people
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What they invest in
from 7 of 8 portfolio companiesCleantech ×6Energy ×5SaaS ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2Climate Tech ×2Construction Tech ×1Consumer ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1
HQs:Canada×2United States×2
Investments · 8 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22024 · 12023 · 22022 · 16 dated
Skyward develops a lightning wildfire prevention system that uses AI to forecast where lightning is most likely to ignite wildfires and releases inert atmospheric materials to reduce cloud-to-ground strikes before fires start.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate Tech
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundCity LightClimate Innovation CapitalDiagramSarah SmithDangerous Ventures
SWTCH provides EV charging solutions for buildings that leverage existing electrical infrastructure, enabling cost-effective charging deployment and support for growing EV adoption in the built environment.
CleantechConstruction TechEnergySaaS
Carter Li(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsConstellation Technology VenturesAligned Climate CapitalBlue Earth Capital AG
Santa Rosa, US
Board seatMike Winterfield· per SEC Form D · $16.1M raise · filed Sep 2025
Audette provides a platform for asset and portfolio managers to identify and prioritize building retrofit investments, using data analysis to uncover high-return opportunities that improve net operating income and reduce emissions.
PropTechSaaS
Co-investorsBuoyant Ventures Management, LlcCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Energy Impact PartnersForesightModerne VenturesPanache Ventures+2 more
Jetson helps North American homeowners replace fossil-fuel heating and cooling systems with electric heat pumps, handling the installation process directly rather than through traditional contractors.
CleantechClimate TechConsumerEnergyHardwareIoTNorth Vancouver, CA
Aaron Grant(Founder)inMatthew Bailey(Founder)Stephen Lake(Founder)
Co-investorsACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSAfore CapitalCarbon8VCACTivate CapitalEclipse+1 more
Optiwatt provides a load management platform for utilities and grid operators to run virtual power plant and demand response programs by dispatching EVs, smart thermostats, and Level 2 chargers.
CleantechEnergySaaSSan Francisco, US
Casey Donahue(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardLouis Schotsky(Director)Peter Franklin(Director)
Co-investorsUrban InnovationNavitas CapitalSkyview VenturesThin Line Capital
Othersphere provides location analysis and optimization software for deploying energy-intensive infrastructure, helping teams identify ideal sites faster and with greater confidence.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechData & InfrastructureEnergy
Robert Murphy(CEO)Matt Hammond(CPO)
Co-investorsForesightKeiki CapitalThin Line CapitalKDX
Piq offers solutions to help connect projects to the electrical grid faster.
CleantechEnergy
Co-investorsConvective CapitalNew Climate VenturesASCENT ENERGY VENTURESCLAI VenturesUmami Capital
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSkyward · marketbeat.com · Aug 19, 2026
Piq Energy · mercomcapital.com · Jul 21, 2026
Jetson Home · morningstar.com · Jun 2, 2026
Optiwatt · malwaretips.com · Mar 11, 2026
Audette-Logomark-Hot-pink · investing.com · Feb 28, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Active Impact Investments invest at?
- Active Impact Investments invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Active Impact Investments's typical check size?
- Active Impact Investments typically writes checks of $1M.
- What sectors does Active Impact Investments focus on?
- Active Impact Investments focuses on AgTech, Circular Economy, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Data & Infrastructure, Energy, FoodTech, Impact & Social Good, Mobility & Transportation.
- Where is Active Impact Investments located?
- Active Impact Investments is headquartered in North Vancouver, CA.
- Does Active Impact Investments lead rounds?
- Yes, Active Impact Investments leads investment rounds.
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Co-investors · 10
Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm that connects entrepreneurs with major corporate partners to help drive the transformation of the global economy toward a more sustainable future.
Buoyant Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on the intelligence layer of energy, grid, data center, and industrial infrastructure, targeting improvements in infrastructure efficiency.
SOSV is a deep tech venture capital firm that makes first-check pre-seed investments and follow-on rounds in startups focused on human and planetary health, providing lab space and hands-on support at its US locations.
Lowercase Capital is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups, including companies working on democracy reform, climate solutions, and criminal justice reform.
Eclipse is a venture firm that backs entrepreneurs building companies in the physical and essential economy — industries tied to resilience, competitiveness, and security.
Climate Capital runs a "Network Fund" as an AngelList rolling micro-fund that writes many small checks ($10k–$25k) into the top 10–20 climate startups per quarter, giving individual LPs "large fund" diversification with low minimums through a structure much closer to an angel-syndicate model than a traditional closed-end VC fund. The firm has deliberately built a very large, democratized LP base of 2,000+ individual LPs via its rolling Network Fund and syndicate, turning climate-interested operators and angels into co-investors and creating a distribution/mentorship network for founders that is structurally different from the small institutional LP bases of most VC funds.
Powerhouse Ventures is a venture firm that backs seed-stage founders building companies across energy, infrastructure, and AI, focused on scaling market-ready technologies to advance energy abundance.
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Verve Ventures operates a digital platform where qualified individuals and institutions can either commit to funds or cherry-pick single deals, blending a venture fund with a curated angel investing platform rather than using a traditional closed GP-LP structure. The fund focuses on deep tech investments in climate/energy, industrial tech, health & bio, and future computing, systematically tracking research teams in academia before they spin out into companies and conducting rigorous multi-month to multi-year diligence processes.
ArcTern Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs building technology solutions to climate change and sustainability challenges.
Wireframe Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that backs founders addressing significant global challenges, investing as a first-check partner.
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