Accelerating Novel Climate Infrastructure
Trellis Climate is an impact-first catalytic capital program enabling novel climate infrastructure solutions to achieve commercial scale at speed.
Committed to accelerating the deployment of first-of-a-kind (FOAK) climate projects, Trellis Climate focuses on opportunities with significant climate impact potential, a clear path to scale, and an acute need for catalytic capital.
The Gap We’re Closing
Climate solutions currently in early deployment stages will contribute 35% of emissions reductions in 2050 but struggle to reach commercial scale.
Building a first commercial plant is a necessary step for most companies to take, but first-of-a-kind plants often cost tens to hundreds of millions of dollars and promise uncertain financial returns.
These projects are often too costly or too low-return for venture capital and too risky for traditional infrastructure finance.
Trellis Climate addresses both financial and systemic barriers by offering risk-tolerant investment capital.
By leveraging philanthropy to crowd in as much commercial capital as possible, Trellis Climate aims to expedite the scaling of climate technologies to achieve net-zero targets by 2050.
Underwriting Criteria
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The solution must have the potential for large-scale climate impact, while considering equity and direct environmental impacts
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The underlying climate solution must have a clear road to follow-on capital after achieving project milestones
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Trellis enables a project to be built on time, at scale, and with terms that support the future fundraising for additional projects, as compared to a counterfactual in which Trellis does not participate
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Our Portfolio
Listen to The Green Blueprint, a podcast hosted by Trellis Climate’s Managing Director, Lara Pierpoint. The show spotlights the innovators, startups, and policymakers scaling climate technologies from concept to commercialization.
The Green Blueprint
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Meet the Team
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Lara Pierpoint
Managing Director
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Emily Lewis O’Brien
Principal
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Lee Scott
Principal
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Genevieve Hummer
Senior Associate
Contact us.
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Contact Lara at lara@primecoalition.org
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Contact Emily at emily@primecoalition.org