Resilience Fund

What Resilience Fund does

Resilience Fund (legal name: The Resilience Fund for Advancing Climate Technologies) is a private venture capital firm founded in 2022 and headquartered in the United States. The firm invests in early-stage climate technology companies addressing four interconnected sectors: Water, Food, Energy, and Carbon Transformation. It employs a hybrid investment strategy that allows it to take either controlling or minority positions in startups with synergistic capabilities intended to be combined across its portfolio, under a stated thesis of climate adaptation and ecological restoration.

The fund was co-founded by David Hertz (architect, inventor of the WEDEW atmospheric water generation system, and co-founder of Skysource), Mike Siegel (former SVP/GM at SailPoint and co-founder of prior venture platform AVP), and Mark Arnold (former VP CorpDev at Forcepoint with $6B+ in transaction experience). Operations are lean (1-10 employees) and complemented by a global advisory board drawn from XPRIZE (Zenia Tata, Paul Bunje), the UN's SIDS DOCK (Dr. Albert Binger), Earth Capital Partners and Pr\u00f3-Natura International (Dr. Marcelo de Andrade), Blu Skye (Jib Ellison), and Citron & Deutsch (Rick Citron). These advisors provide deal sourcing, technical validation, mentorship to portfolio companies, and policy and LP networks.

Resilience Fund generates returns through equity appreciation in portfolio companies, supplemented by potential licensing/royalty arrangements associated with affiliated technologies such as WEDEW. Its go-to-market is event-driven and partnership-mediated: it co-hosts climate investing events (e.g., the "Revolutionizing Climate Investing" event co-hosted with Drashta Impact during Climate Week NYC), participates in the Climate Investment Coalition at the London Stock Exchange, and secures federal and institutional visibility through invitations such as the White House Building Climate Resilient Communities Summit and NYSE "Ones to Watch" coverage of Skysource. Investment partnership inquiries are handled directly via [email protected].

Name

Resilience Fund

Legal name

The Resilience Fund for Advancing Climate Technologies

Website

https://resilience-fund.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Resilience Fund is a 2022-founded venture capital firm investing in early-stage climate technology startups across Water, Food, Energy, and Carbon Transformation sectors via a hybrid controlling/minority strategy. It serves climate-tech entrepreneurs with capital, mentorship, and an integrated ecosystem approach.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital / Climate Technology Investment

NAICS

Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate / Clean Tech & Decarbonization Funds (FSANAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable Infrastructure & Resilient Cities Funds (FSANAJAC), SDG / Thematic Sustainable Investment Funds (FSANAJAN), Renewables & Energy Transition Funds (Solar, Wind, Hydrogen, CCUS) (FSANAEAD), Impact Investment & Development Investment Funds (BPADACAO)

Keywords

• Climate technology venture capital
• Early-stage climate investing
• Sustainable finance funds
• Climate adaptation investments
• Carbon transformation ventures

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: Resilience Fund generates returns through equity investments in early-stage climate technology companies. The fund takes positions in startups addressing Water, Food, Energy, and Carbon Transformation sectors, seeking to unlock value for investors while supporting climate solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Resilience Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in climate technology startups addressing Water, Food, Energy, and Carbon Transformation sectors. The fund employs a hybrid strategy, taking controlling or minority equity positions in companies with synergistic capabilities, and provides capital, mentorship, and strategic guidance to portfolio companies through a global Board of Advisors.

Product overview

The Resilience Fund for Advancing Climate Technologies is a single unified venture capital fund that provides investment in climate technology companies. The fund focuses on four interconnected sectors: Water, Food, Energy, and Carbon Transformation, targeting startups with scalable solutions. The fund's hybrid model allows flexibility to take controlling or minority positions in companies with synergistic capabilities and value propositions to one another. Resilience Fund emphasizes social equity and environmental justice while maximizing beneficial human and planetary impact for investors and climate tech entrepreneurs.

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Products and services

• Resilience Fund for Advancing Climate Technologies (Early-Stage VC Fund) An early-stage venture capital fund that invests in climate technology startups addressing Water, Food, Energy, and Carbon Transformation sectors. The fund employs a hybrid investment strategy, taking controlling or minority equity positions in companies with synergistic capabilities, and provides capital, mentorship, and strategic guidance through a global Board of Advisors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Carbon & Emission Tech Startups raised $13.8 billion in 2022 (industry-wide context)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, advisory and flagship.

• SkysourcecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Skysource was founded by David Hertz, co-founder of Resilience Fund. Skysource is a pioneer in atmospheric water generation, having won the Water Abundance XPRIZE in 2018. The WEDEW technology developed by Skysource represents a core innovation in the climate tech space that aligns with the fund's investment thesis.
• SIDS DOCK (Small Island Developing States Sustainable Energy and Climate Resilience)advisoryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinated by Dr. Albert Binger, who serves as an advisor to Resilience Fund. SIDS DOCK is an international organization addressing sustainable energy and climate resilience for small island developing states.
• Pró-Natura InternationaladvisoryStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by Dr. Marcelo de Andrade, an advisor to Resilience Fund. Pró-Natura International is one of the first international Sustainability Development Agencies based in the Southern Hemisphere, managing sustainable development and conservation projects in 41 countries.
• Earth Capital PartnersadvisoryStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by Dr. Marcelo de Andrade, an advisor to Resilience Fund. Earth Capital Partners is a private equity investor focusing on sustainability finance.
• Conservation X LabsadvisoryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founded by Dr. Paul Bunje, an advisor to Resilience Fund. Conservation X Labs brings technology and entrepreneurship to conservation using crowdsourcing, open innovation, directed research, and acceleration to end human-caused extinction.
• Climate Investment CoalitionflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Climate Investment Coalition catalyzes real investments for clean energy and climate solutions. At COP26, they supported mobilization of $130 billion collective pension fund commitment from 41 pension funds. Resilience Fund participates in Climate Investment Summit events.
• Drashta ImpactcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerResilience Fund co-hosted the 'Revolutionizing Climate Investing' event with Drashta Impact during Climate Week NYC. The event featured presentations from climate tech leaders including Newlight Technologies and Laconic.
• Newlight TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO Mark Herrema presented at the 'Revolutionizing Climate Investing' event co-hosted by Resilience Fund and Drashta Impact during Climate Week NYC.
• Laconic EnterprisescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDirector of Business Development & Communications Grace Smith presented at the 'Revolutionizing Climate Investing' event co-hosted by Resilience Fund and Drashta Impact during Climate Week NYC.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• At One Ventures: Early-stage deep tech and climate fund investing in companies advancing human and planetary health. Highly comparable thesis and stage to Resilience Fund, with similar focus on transformative climate and sustainability technologies.
• Breakthrough Energy Ventures: Bill Gates-backed multi-billion-dollar fund investing in companies that can deploy significant quantities of greenhouse gas-reducing technologies. The most-capitalized direct competitor in climate tech venture investing.
• Climate Capital: Venture capital firm focused on climate mitigation and adaptation technologies including energy, water, food, and carbon. Closely aligned with Resilience Fund's four-vertical thesis and adaptation focus.
• Lowercarbon Capital: Climate tech venture firm backing companies that reduce CO2 and/or draw it down. Competes for the same early-stage climate entrepreneur pipeline as Resilience Fund, with a comparable thesis on disruption-driven climate returns.
• Prime Movers Lab: Early-stage venture fund investing in breakthrough scientific discoveries across energy, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing, agriculture, and human augmentation — directly comparable to Resilience Fund's four-vertical climate tech thesis.
• Prelude Ventures: Early-stage venture capital firm investing exclusively in climate tech across energy, mobility, food, and industry. Closely comparable multi-vertical climate investment thesis at a similar early-stage.
• Clean Energy Ventures: Early-stage venture capital firm investing in clean energy and climate tech pioneers with breakthrough innovations. Directly competes with Resilience Fund for early-stage climate deal flow.
• Earth Capital Partners: Private equity investor focused on sustainability finance across clean energy, sustainable food, and resource efficiency. Directly relevant peer, particularly given that its founder (Dr. Marcelo de Andrade) sits on Resilience Fund's advisory board.

Broad incumbents

• Khosla Ventures: Established venture firm with a major climate tech practice leveraging deep tech for environmental impact. Operates broadly across many sectors but is a major competitor in climate venture investing.
• Generation Investment Management: Sustainable investment firm integrating fundamental equity and credit research with sustainability analysis. Operates at significantly larger scale but addresses overlapping climate capital allocation themes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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