Congruent Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank are excited to return with the 2025 edition of our list recognizing companies with the vision, innovation, and scale to significantly advance global decarbonization over the next 25 years. The list is non-exhaustive, and we hope it catalyzes conversation and collaboration around the rapid pace of climate innovation.
Congruent Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank are excited to return with the 2025 edition of our list recognizing companies with the vision, innovation, and scale to significantly advance global decarbonization over the next 25 years. The list is non-exhaustive, and we hope it catalyzes conversation and collaboration around the rapid pace of climate innovation.
Software to optimize to optimize EV charging
Advanced power delivery systems using superconducting power solutions
Nuclear reactor design and development
Smart electric panels for storage + solar + EVs
Electrified process for low carbon cement
Perovskite-silicon solar panel technology to improve efficiency
Plant-derived petroleum substitutes
Clean industrial process heat
Supercharged EV batteries
Zero-carbon industrial heat and power
Battery recycling technology for circular supply chains
Modular long-duration geomechanical energy storage
Microbial nitrogen fertilizers to replace synthetic nitrogen
Automated, battery-electric, freight rail vehicles
Actionable intelligence for wildfire mitigation
Battery storage independent power producer
Accelerated evolution to help farmers grow more food with less resources
Locally produced low-emissions fertilizer
LEO satellites to deliver unmatched climate and weather insights
Enhanced rock weathering for smallholder farmers
Sustainable alternatives for fuels and chemicals from CO2 instead of oil
Vacuum-insulated glass
Data-driven geologic hydrogen resource discovery
Reforest land for carbon credits with trees enhanced for carbon dioxide storage
AI-powered critical mineral exploration
Advanced fission reactor for low-cost nuclear power
Blended wing body aircraft for passenger flights
Copper extraction from abundant resources
Transformative seed technology for greater productivity and sustainability
Solid state transformer
Multi-day energy storage system, including an iron-air battery
Magneto-inertial nuclear fusion technology
Scalable domestic uranium enrichment
24/7 carbon-free energy through development of next-generation geothermal projects
Grid-responsive AI workload management
Clean hydrogen for industrial decarbonization
Clean iron for green steel
Clean fusion energy using high-temperature superconductor magnet technology
Carbon removal through bio-oil sequestration
Wafer-scale artificial intelligence processing platforms designed for machine learning training and inference
Software to unlock grid capacity and accelerate new loads and clean energy
AI + robotics for bee pollination
Home battery network powering residences and the grid
Compact fusion reactors
Comprehensive energy data platform and community solar software
AI-powered waste and recycling sortation for landfill diversion and carbon sequestration
In-field biochar processing
Carbon-negative power generation from waste biomass
Ammonia cracking for electric power
Thermal batteries for zero-carbon industrial heat and power
