Climate Tech VC: What Every MBA Needs to Know

Over the past decade, investment in climate tech — the broad set of technologies and strategies that mitigate climate emissions, remove CO2 from the atmosphere, or address the impacts of climate change — has driven attractive opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors. This briefing covers the basics of venture capital as well as climate tech VC trends specifically.

Updated 2026. 6 pages. PDF.

Authors: Eliza Harrison, MBA ’26, EDGE Fellow, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and Maggie Edmunds, MBA ’23, EDGE Fellow, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.

Special thanks to: Jennie Graham, Cassie Bowe, Eliza Cushman, Dan Vermeer, Paul Straub, Sophie Purdom, and Chris Wedding.