Capital for Resilience: Investing in Climate's Next Wave
Most climate capital still flows to mitigation. In 2023, adaptation and resilience drew roughly $65 billion worldwide against $1.78 trillion for mitigation, under a tenth of the total, even as extreme weather and strain on grid, water, and food systems keep rising. Resilience is the work of adapting to changes already underway, and it stays underfunded as the need grows.
Much of the capital that does reach these companies moves through angels, philanthropic and impact dollars, and alternative structures more than standard venture rounds.
This session is about how that funding comes together and the companies putting it to work. We open with an outside expert on the state of resilience investing. Three to five companies then present their work across climate resilience followed by open networking.
Who it's for
For investors: See the climate resilience companies building solutions, and meet the angels, funders, and entrepreneurs shaping early-stage climate investing.
For entrepreneurs: If you're building in climate resilience and working out how to fund it, come learn how alternative and philanthropic capital works and connect with investors backing this space.
E8's 2026 Decarbon8 round is themed Climate Resilience, and final investment decisions will be made on September 1. We come in having worked through this year's full applicant pool of 158 climate resilience companies, with a current read on who is building in the space and where the trends are headed.
Host: E8 is a membership community of 150 investors dedicated to funding high-impact cleantech companies. We’ve built an organization where investors learn, connect, and invest in early-stage companies that have a significant positive impact on the environment. Founded in 2006, E8 has facilitated over $75M in investments in 180+ companies.
Host: New York Angels is a vibrant organization that helps early-stage companies succeed. We are comprised of angel investors who come from diverse backgrounds as operating executives, successful entrepreneurs, financial and medical professionals. We work together to diligence companies and then invest individually in promising start-ups. We provide support to invested companies in the form of board participation and advising. Our goal is to help founders develop their early-stage businesses into successful companies.
Sponsor: Earth House Fund is a nonprofit catalyst for climate action and climate tech innovation, supporting initiatives such as Possibility Ocean to broaden access to ocean and climate data and drive bold, collaborative solutions for a resilient future.