New VC Firm Using ‘Planetary Boundaries’ Investment Model

A new climate tech venture capital firm with a focus on early stage startups that promise to help stabilize the planet has launched.

Transition, a London-based firm, is backing startups that work within the so-called “planetary boundaries.” Transition began raising funds in June 2022 and is already working with nine climate tech startups, including ocean carbon removal startup Running Tide, enterprise climate platform Watershed, and water risk management platform Waterplan, according to general partner David Helgason.

The planetary boundaries concept is a framework developed by the Stockholm Resilience Centre that looks at nine systems under immense pressure by human activities, ...