Active Impact Investments
Vancouver, Canada · Invests in North America; US · Website
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Exceptional founders can build profitable businesses while solving urgent environmental challenges. We provide capital plus deep operational expertise in sales, talent, and fundraising. Focus on transition from finite to infinite sources of energy, food, water, and products.
Likely not a fit for
We avoid climate-adjacent or ESG-focused companies without real environmental impact, companies without clear revenue models or path to profitability, teams that prioritize optics over outcomes.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Advisor
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
4 contacts on file
Portfolio
Lumo is a smart agtech company focused on precision irrigation solutions that help growers manage water usage efficiently and effectively.
Maia Farms specializes in mushroom and mycelium ingredients for food innovation, focusing on plant-based protein solutions.
RIPTK specializes in advanced antenna monitoring, offering tools to assess network performance and detect power levels and signal strength of antennas.
Rodatherm Energy Corporation is a privately held geothermal power generation company, focused on clean, cost-effective, and reliable electricity generation using its patented Advanced Geothermal System (AGS).
Skyward is the world’s first lightning prevention company protecting communities, business, and other values at risk by stopping lightning strikes over high-risk areas to prevent catastrophic wildfires from starting.
Zeno is a domain name currently for sale, offering a simple and secure purchase process with dedicated support.
C.Scale is a whole life carbon software platform making climate action effortless for every designer, engineer, and owner.
Dispatch Goods provides reusable packaging solutions for D2C meal and grocery delivery services, aiming to reduce waste and promote sustainability.
Encycle Technologies, Inc. provides patented, autonomous intelligence and analytics to improve commercial HVAC management, energy efficiency, and building comfort, reducing operating costs and carbon footprint.
EnPowered helps you transform your electricity use into new revenue and bottom-line savings. Our expert guidance and AI-assisted technology make participation in energy market programs easy without disrupting your core revenue-generating operations.
Future is a global leader in specialist media, creating expert original content that connects people to their passions across a portfolio of over 200 brands. With a reach of 1 in 3 adults online in the UK and the US, Future innovates through proprietary technology and diversifies its audience across various platforms.
Recent activity
- Mar 2026
ThinkLabs AI
Later Stage VC · Invested
- Jan 2026
Jetson
Series A · Participant
- Dec 2025
Cabn
Seed · Invested
- Nov 2025
Clean Crop Technologies
Series B · Participant
- Nov 2025
C.Scale
Seed · Invested
- Oct 2025
Zeno
Seed · Invested
- Sep 2025
Skyward
Seed · Invested
- Aug 2025
Rodatherm
Seed · Invested
Active Impact Investments in the news
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 7/27/26
1 month ago
The SaaS News
Piq Energy Raises $5M Seed
1 month ago
GlobeNewswire
Piq Energy Raises Oversubscribed $5 Million Seed Round to Help Unlock North America's Grid Bottleneck
2 months ago
The Manila Times
Piq Energy Raises Oversubscribed $5 Million Seed Round to Help Unlock North America's Grid Bottleneck
2 months ago
VentureBeat
Nvidia-backed ThinkLabs AI raises $28 million to tackle a growing power grid crunch
5 months ago
alleywatch.com
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 3/9/26
6 months ago
techcouver.com
Startup-to-Watch Maia Farms Garners Seed Capital to Scale Mushroom Tech
7 months ago
Cultivated X
Maia Farms Raises $2.7M in Oversubscribed Funding Round to Scale Mushroom & Mycelium-Based Ingredients
7 months ago
Green Queen Media
Exclusive: Maia Farms Bags $2.7M to Scale Up Mushroom Mycelium Ingredients
7 months ago
CVCA Central
Report: The Current State of Seed Investing in Canada in 2025
Sep 2025
central.cvca.ca
Active Impact Investments Wins 2025 VC Regional Impact Award, Atlantic Canada, for Jaza Energy
Jul 2025
biv.com
'Patriotic' B.C. fund pours $110M into clean technology ventures
May 2025
BetaKit
Active Impact Investments holds $110-million final close for third climate tech seed fund
May 2025
techcouver.com
Vancouver’s Active Impact Closes $110M Fund Targeting Climatech Innovation
May 2025
GlobeNewswire
Active Impact Investments closes its third fund, adding $110 million in dry powder for climate tech
May 2025
Yahoo Finance
Active Impact Investments closes its third fund, adding $110 million in dry powder for climate tech
May 2025
BCBusiness
Worst Day on the Job: When investor Mike Winterfield had nowhere to turn
Nov 2024
BetaKit
Social Finance Fund-backed Boann reveals first investments in Canadian impact funds
Aug 2024
PR Newswire
Lumo Raises $7 Million from Active Impact and Fall Line Capital to Fund Research and Development and Rapid Go-to-Market Expansion
May 2024
Business in Vancouver
Vancouver climate-tech VC firm announces seed rounds
May 2024
New Private Markets
Canadian climate venture investors are ‘conservative’, says VC
Apr 2024
New Private Markets
In brief: Canadian impact fund reaches CA$70m first close
Nov 2023
BCBusiness
North Vancouver's Active Impact Investments announces $70 million committed for its third fund
Nov 2023
BetaKit
Active Impact Investments launches third climate tech seed fund with $70 million in initial commitments
Nov 2023
BCBusiness
Why B.C. venture capitalist Mike Winterfield is betting on seed-stage climate startups
Aug 2023
Business Insider
29 VC firms still funding electric car, battery, and charging startups as the economy darkens
Jun 2022
Venture Capital Journal
EDC backing brings Active Impact Investments’ Fund II to C$60m
Oct 2021
BetaKit
Active Impact Investments closes second fund, securing $54 million
Jul 2021
GlobeNewswire
Active Impact Investments closes $54M climate tech fund
Jul 2021
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