Our Climate Vertical

Halcyon’s Climate vertical empowers entrepreneurs creating solutions that strengthen adaptation and resilience for communities and ecosystems to face climate change.

Explore Founders & Ventures

At Halcyon, we design our programming around the specific needs of adaptation and resilience founders. Our skill series and office hours focus on topics like climate and blended financing for adaptation, non-dilutive funding and grant writing, impact and resilience metrics, financial modeling and go-to-market strategies for climate solutions, and business development for sectors such as clean energy resilience, nature tech, and water and coastal systems. We work with investors, multilaterals, corporate partners, and technical experts focused on climate adaptation and resilience to help founders understand financing pathways, policy and regulatory contexts, and route-to-market opportunities for solutions that protect communities and ecosystems.

 

Sub-Sectors

  • Climate-resilient infrastructure and built environment (e.g.., hurricane-resistant materials, flood-proofing systems, cool roofs and passive cooling, stormwater drainage solutions, climate risk tools for real estate, modular housing)
  • Disaster preparedness and emergency response (e.g., early warning systems, rapid damage assessment tools, drones for mapping, community preparedness apps)
  • Adaptation finance and data intelligence (e.g., climate risk analytics, resilience scoring tools, adaptation investment platforms, impact measurement tools)
  • Climate insurance and risk transfer (e.g., parametric insurance, micro-insurance for farmers and fishers, risk pooling models, embedded insurance solutions, climate underwriting tools)
  • Agriculture and food security (e.g., climate-smart agriculture tools, drought-resistant crops, hydroponics and greenhouse systems, regenerative farming, irrigation technology, post-harvest storage, local food processing)
  • Community and social resilience (e.g., climate workforce training, climate migration support platforms, resilient tourism models, localized supply networks)
  • Water resilience and water tech (e.g., rainwater harvesting, decentralized water purification, desalination innovation, leak detection systems, watershed monitoring, floodwater capture and reuse)
  • Nature-based and ecosystem resilience solutions (e.g., reforestation ventures, agroforestry, wetland restoration, urban greening, biodiversity monitoring platforms)
  • Blue economy and coastal protection (e.g., coral restoration, coastal erosion prevention, storm surge monitoring, regenerative ocean farming, sustainable fisheries technology, marine ecosystem monitoring)
  • Energy and grid resilience (e.g., solar and battery systems, community microgrids, energy storage innovation, demand management platforms; resilient power for critical facilities)
  • Health and climate resilience (e.g., heat stress monitoring, cooling systems for clinics, climate-linked disease tracking, telehealth for disaster recovery)

Climate Programs

Advisory Committee

Climate Impact

Halcyon defines and evaluates ventures based on their measurable impact in climate adaptation, which refers to meaningful adjustments in ecological, social, or economic systems made in response to actual or expected climate impacts. These adjustments aim to reduce vulnerability and build resilience by increasing access to climate adaptation interventions, such as improved infrastructure, access to early warning systems, resilient agriculture practices, water management solutions, and more.