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> Back To August 2025 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n
Aerial Photography of the 2019 Global Climate strike in Barcelona, Spain<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

\"WillWhen Alba Forns<\/a> (Co-Founder and COO) and I, Will Wiseman<\/a> (Co-Founder and CEO), started Climatize<\/a>, we didn\u2019t want to build another investing platform. After joining 100,000 people at the 2019 Global Climate strikes, we felt the power of being part of a movement. But in that moment, we realized we\u2019d all go home, and the next day, nothing would change. If cardboard signs were our strongest tool, it showed just how much was missing.<\/p>\n

How could we rethink our collective power and direct it toward the causes we care about? We envisioned an investment platform where each person in that movement could put their money to work building what we wanted: more renewable energy and fewer emissions. However, most options were narrow and lacked true transparency. Was it too much to ask to see exactly where my money was going?<\/p>\n

As renewable energy engineers, Alba and I saw a gap in the U.S. renewables funding ecosystem that needed solving, as the IEA reflected on its 2023 report: “Small-scale renewable energy projects often face significant financing barriers, as traditional investors and banks prefer larger utility-scale projects that offer lower transaction costs per MW and higher returns<\/em>\u00b9.” <\/em>Meanwhile, smaller, community-focused projects (the ones with local impact) kept getting left behind. Might we solve both problems in one move?<\/p>\n

In just over two years, that vision has become real: more than $9 million has been invested via Climatize, helping fund 19 solar, battery storage, energy efficiency and EV charging projects across the U.S. This was all possible thanks to a small but rapidly growing community of over 2,300 investors (+202% YoY) who decided to Climatize their portfolio.<\/p>\n

Powering Up Climate Action Through Renewable Energy Investing<\/h2>\n

Climatize has hosted a range of investment offerings, with many more on the way. Each project is vetted by our team, who bring deep experience in renewable energy engineering, finance, and law to evaluate the project\u2019s potential to deliver returns and emissions impact. To date, all projects have been repaid in full and on time; however, past performance does not guarantee future results. This intersectional mission is why we are here: to make impact investing easy and trustworthy for everyone.<\/p>\n

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