Founders backed by Brandon Middaugh building Climate (2026)

Founders backed by Brandon Middaugh and building Climate (6)

Founders backed by Brandon Middaugh and building Climate covers 6 founders on Climeworks, Fortera and Group14 Technologies and 3 other companies. The most common sector is Climate (6). Members are based in 6 cities, led by Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1), Deerfield, IL (1) and Opfikon, Switzerland (1). Companies represented include LanzaJet, Orennia and VEIR. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 6
• Companies represented: 6
• Top sector: Climate (6 founders)
• Top location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1 founders)
• Locations represented: 6

• Brook Papau — Orennia
• Jan Wurzbacher — Climeworks
• Jimmy Samartzis — LanzaJet
• Rick Luebbe — Group14 Technologies
• Ryan Gilliam — Fortera
• Tim Heidel — VEIR

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• Akio Tanaka (23 founders)
• Jeff Clavier (29 founders)
• Jody Shepherd (16 founders)
• Christopher Lynch (17 founders)
• Ann Miura-Ko (19 founders)
• Tom Morgan (22 founders)
• Josh Kopelman (27 founders)
• Paul Wythes (16 founders)
• Kevin Harvey (17 founders)
• James Robinson (18 founders)
• Brian Jacobs (22 founders)
• Hadley Harris (24 founders)
• David Fialkow (41 founders)
• Maryanna Saenko (17 founders)
• Matt Greenleaf (18 founders)
• Chase Coleman (21 founders)
• Samir Kaul (24 founders)
• Aydin Senkut (36 founders)
• Max Motschwiller (16 founders)
• Michiel de Haan (17 founders)
• Rick Frisbie (20 founders)
• Anis Uzzaman (23 founders)
• Ben Lerer (31 founders)
• Seth Shuldiner (16 founders)

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Narrow Climate founders

• Tom Baruch · Climate (3 founders)
• Lever VC · Climate (4 founders)
• Ion Yadigaroglu · Climate (6 founders)
• Alameda, CA · Climate (2 founders)
• Mezuo Nwuneli · Climate (3 founders)
• Wouter Jonk · Climate (3 founders)
• Carsten Boers · Climate (4 founders)
• Sean O'Sullivan · Climate (6 founders)
• Ithaca, NY · Climate (2 founders)
• Ag Startup Engine · Climate (3 founders)
• Social Impact Capital · Climate (3 founders)
• Madison, WI · Climate (4 founders)
• Devens, MA · Climate (6 founders)
• Summerland, BC, Canada · Climate (2 founders)
• Fortistar · Climate (3 founders)
• Redwood City, CA · Climate (4 founders)
• Morgan DeFoort · Climate (4 founders)
• Charles Hipwood · Climate (7 founders)
• Aakanksha Sharma · Climate (3 founders)
• Dan Goldman, David S. Miller, Temple Fennell · Climate (3 founders)
• Hany Nada · Climate (4 founders)
• Yasuhiko Yurimoto · Climate (5 founders)
• Fifth Wall · Climate (7 founders)
• Campbell, CA · Climate (3 founders)
• Bradford Dockser · Climate (3 founders)
• Andreea Danila · Climate (4 founders)
• Frankfurt, Germany · Climate (5 founders)
• Kareem Dabbagh · Climate (8 founders)
• Raleigh, NC · Climate (3 founders)
• Stephen Zagrodny · Climate (3 founders)

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• AR/VR (2 founders)
• Restaurant Tech (1 founder)
• Space Tech (1 founder)
• Construction (1 founder)
• Financial Software (1 founder)
• Education (202 founders)
• Financial Services (8 founders)
• IoT Infrastructure (3 founders)
• Semiconductor Manufacturing (2 founders)
• Specialty Retail (1 founder)
• Entertainment Software (1 founder)
• Techbio (1 founder)
• Restaurants and Bars (1 founder)
• Real Estate (194 founders)
• IoT (7 founders)
• ConTech (3 founders)
• Data Infrastructure (2 founders)
• Textiles (1 founder)
• Public Relations and Communications Services (1 founder)
• Electronics and Computers (1 founder)
• Travel Tech (1 founder)
• Consumer Social (93 founders)
• Crypto & Web3 (7 founders)
• HRTech (3 founders)

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