Cyan Ventures

Balto Energy is an innovative energy company focused on empowering homeowners to achieve energy independence through solar power. By utilizing their proprietary Solar-Led Electrification Driver (SLED), Balto helps customers transition to self-sustaining home energy systems with creative financing and ongoing support.

Daylight is a decentralized energy company that transforms everyday homes into mini power plants, enabling families to lower their energy bills, stay powered during outages, and earn rewards for contributing to a more reliable grid. By sending excess energy back into the system, Daylight reduces pressure on aging infrastructure and builds local resilience in energy supply.

TrueMeter is an AI-driven energy management platform that helps multi-site operators reduce their utility bills by automatically auditing, optimizing, and consolidating energy expenses without requiring any upfront investment.

Guidewheel provides AI-powered machine intelligence for factory operations, enabling real-time insights to optimize production and reduce downtime.

Watt Carbon is an innovative platform that leverages advanced technology to provide comprehensive carbon measurement and management solutions. Their API facilitates seamless integration for businesses looking to track and optimize their carbon footprint effectively.

Volta Back provides a solution for reimbursing employees for home charging sessions of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for hardware deployment. Their platform identifies home charging sessions using existing data from car manufacturers and electricity suppliers, making it a cost-effective option for companies managing EV charging.

Sunscreen Energy is focused on providing environmentally safe solutions to combat heat waves and extreme heat. Their innovative approach utilizes biodegradable, non-toxic materials that ensure energy resilience without leaving harmful residues.

Path Power, Inc. is focused on revolutionizing the energy sector by providing innovative underground power solutions. Their approach aims to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of power distribution.

Raya Power is revolutionizing solar energy by providing a plug-and-play solar system that is renter-friendly and easy to install without the need for permits or roof modifications. Their innovative design allows users to harness solar energy and battery backup seamlessly, making clean energy accessible to everyone, regardless of home ownership status.

Nona Technologies, INC. specializes in portable seawater desalination devices that utilize cutting-edge electronic technology. Their innovative approach eliminates the need for heat and reverse osmosis, making desalination effortless and efficient.

Stormentum is pioneering the storage-first revolution in home energy by providing a battery-agnostic alternative to traditional inverter systems. Their innovative platform combines the modularity of microinverters, the power of hybrid systems, and a unified design, all at a significantly lower cost than conventional setups.

Glow is a pioneering platform that leverages game theory and blockchain technology to enhance the profitability and impact of solar energy projects. By reinvesting revenue from solar farms, Glow maximizes efficiency and transparency, allowing stakeholders to track their contributions to environmental change.

Energy Impact Partners invests from seed to pre-IPO, giving founders direct access to utility operator decision-makers and internal research mapping pain points and co-designing customer-backed theses for hardware-heavy grid and industrial decarbonization. Built around a coalition of large utilities and energy companies that actively collaborate to give portfolio companies direct access to decision-makers across dozens of operators, with an internal research team mapping utilities specific pain points and co-designing investment theses. The firm covers the full climate capital stack from seed to pre-IPO plus venture debt, deliberately focusing on hard, capital-intensive segments like grid resilience and industrial decarbonization.

Avesta Fund is a certified B Corporation venture capital fund that invests 100% of its capital in early-stage tech startups whose business models are intrinsically tied to decarbonization and economic opportunity. The fund systematically prioritizes founders from communities most affected by climate change and inequality, operates as a public-private bridge through its partnership with Colorado's Venture Capital Authority, and combines traditional venture returns with formal impact verification using standardized frameworks.

Kiel Berry-led team (Wall Street + entertainment; early Lyft, Robinhood, Impossible Foods investor) backs frontier-tech startups tackling climate, resource depletion, and inequality with impact metrics tied to business and community programs. Mission One Capital operates as an action-driven SWAT team focused on three existential threats—climate change, resource depletion, and inequality—by backing startups where impact metrics are tightly tied to business performance and often target communities disproportionately affected by climate change.

Dual-platform investor whose sister firm's corporate climate-tech practice and strategic corporate LP network deliver proprietary deal flow and direct buyer and partner access across value-chain segments. Operating an unusual LP structure backed by strategic corporates across energy, utilities, mobility, finance, and tech (like TotalEnergies, Toyota Ventures, and Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund), giving founders direct access to buyers and partners across all value-chain segments their software needs to penetrate.