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Autodesk Foundation portfolio

Meet the portfolio of nonprofits and startups scaling design and engineering solutions that transform industries to be more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient.

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Investing for impact

We invest in, support, and measure the impact of early-stage organizations designing and implementing innovative solutions for a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient world.

Newest Investments | Energy & Materials | Health & Resilience | Work & Prosperity

Newest investments

WORK & PROSPERITY

RAISE US

RAISE US is a national, nonpartisan nonprofit building America’s people strategy for the AI economy by partnering with states, employers, and educators to pilot, implement, evaluate, and scale innovative workforce models and policies that help workers train, transition, and thrive.

ENERGY & MATERIALS

Loamist

Loamist builds AI-native software that encodes the expertise of scarce specialists, automating the compliance and financial work that keeps capital, materials, and resources flowing across the economy.

Ebb Carbon

ENERGY & MATERIALS

Ebb Carbon

Ebb Carbon is scaling electrochemical technology to transform desalination brine into permanent carbon removal while increasing freshwater production.

Trellis

Energy & Materials

Trellis Climate

Trellis Climate is an impact-first catalytic capital program enabling novel climate infrastructure solutions to achieve commercial scale at speed.

Energy & Materials

Avoiding, reducing, and removing greenhouse gas emissions to accelerate the transition to a decarbonized economy.

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Ampaire

Ampaire innovates at the intersection of the electric vehicle and aerospace industries by developing trusted, practical, and compelling electric aircrafts from short-haul cargo to supersonic passenger transport.

Applied Carbon

Applied Carbon is developing and scaling technologies to regenerate soils and permanently sequester atmospheric carbon by the gigaton.

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Avalanche Energy

Avalanche Energy is pursuing an unprecedented approach to nuclear fusion through micro-reactors that enable rapid design, build, test cycles, and modular clean energy production to decarbonize the planet.

Beyond The Dome

Beyond The Dome provides wastewater treatment facilities with a simple, clean, cost-effective solution for destroying biosolids and treating sludge.

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CarbonBuilt

CarbonBuilt’s technology enables concrete manufacturers to produce industry standard products that contain 70% to 100% less embodied carbon while generating higher profit margins.

Closed Loop Partners

Closed Loop Partners invests in early-stage companies that support and catalyze the circular economy, including sustainable consumer good companies, advanced recycling technologies, and B2B services.

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Ebb Carbon

Ebb Carbon is scaling electrochemical technology to transform desalination brine into permanent carbon removal while increasing freshwater production.

Found Energy

Found Energy is building rechargeable aluminum fuel power systems aimed at eliminating carbon emissions from heavy industrial applications.

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Gradient

Gradient is rethinking HVAC, building products that are good for the planet and great at keeping homes comfortable, starting with a highly efficient heat-pump AC unit to replace conventional window units.

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Heirloom

Heirloom is removing 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide by 2035, using natural processes to engineer the world’s most cost-effective Direct Air Capture solution.

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Last Energy

Last Energy is developing scalable, micro modular nuclear power plants to decarbonize global energy production and increase access to clean, affordable power.

Loamist

Loamist builds AI-native software that encodes the expertise of scarce specialists, automating the compliance and financial work that keeps capital, materials, and resources flowing across the economy.

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M2X Energy

M2X Energy’s modular waste gas-to-liquid technology captures and converts methane from oil and gas operations into low-carbon chemicals that can be sold.

MCJ Collective

MCJ Collective powers collective innovation for climate solutions by breaking down silos and unleashing problem-solving capacity.

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Nth Cycle

Nth Cycle is a metals processing technology company that works with battery recyclers and miners.

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Prime Coalition

Prime Coalition empowers philanthropists to place charitable capital into market-based solutions to climate change.

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Prometheus Materials

Prometheus Materials uses algae, sunlight, water, and sand to produce a bio-cement alternative to traditional cement and concrete that eliminates CO2 emissions.

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Rebound Technologies

Rebound Technologies manufacturers IcePoint®, the most flexible, efficient, and economically optimized cooling equipment.

Trellis

Trellis Climate

Trellis Climate is an impact-first catalytic capital program enabling novel climate infrastructure solutions to achieve commercial scale at speed.

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Vesta

Vesta’s Coastal Carbon Capture™ uses olivine sand to permanently sequester and store CO2 while lowering ocean acidity and helping protect coastal communities from erosion.

Health & Resilience

Improving resilience in low-resource communities with climate adaptation technologies.

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Amped Innovation

Amped Innovation powers the next 1 billion energy users with clean off-grid products and appliances that perform better than the grid.

AWE Funds

We are an early growth venture equity fund investing in exceptional value-creating entrepreneurs driving innovations that promote sustainability while earning first-in-class returns.

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Fika

Fika partners with governments, local communities, and global institutions to implement proven infrastructure solutions, such as trail bridges, and to advocate for rural mobility as a policy and investment priority.

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Build Health International

Build Health International designs, builds, and equips high-quality sustainable healthcare facilities in impoverished regions of the world.

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Delta40

Delta40 is a venture studio that invests in technology-enabled energy, agriculture, and mobility ventures in Africa that tackle climate change and increase incomes.

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EarthEnable

EarthEnable trains masons and sales reps to sell and install high-quality earthen floors that are composed of natural materials (gravel, clay, sand, and laterite).

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Hometeam Ventures

Hometeam Ventures invests in and scales startups that improve the construction life cycle, resulting in more adequate housing globally.

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Kheyti

Kheyti designs low-cost farming solutions and provides end-to-end support to small-farmers, giving them a seamless path to increasing climate-resilient incomes.

MASS Design Group

MASS Design Group designs, builds, and advocates for buildings that bring health, dignity, and growth.

Mati Carbon

Mati Carbon uses Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) with basalt dust to remove CO₂, improve soils, and increase incomes for farmers across developing countries.

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Okra Solar

Okra Solar is a technology startup that enables solar generating communities to share and utilize more energy.

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PowerUP

PowerUP delivers safe, affordable, and efficient electric cooking appliances that produce income and health benefits while reducing carbon emissions.

Rocky Mountain Institute

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) transforms global energy systems through market-driven solutions to secure a prosperous, resilient, clean energy future for all

S4S Technologies

S4S Technologies provides smallholder farmers with solar-powered food preservation and processing capabilities to reduce food waste and CO2 emissions while empowering farmers.

Startup Discovery School Africa

Startup Discovery School Africa equips, nurtures, and funds entrepreneurs who are building climate adaptation and mitigation solutions across West Africa for a true just transition.

Safisana

Safisana is a social enterprise that designs, builds, and operates recycling plants in low- and middle-income countries that turn fecal and organic waste into high-value products.

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Sangam Ventures

Sangam Ventures is a venture capital fund providing strategic, operational, and capital support to STEM-led innovations in climate and health to create global market leaders.

The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends.

United Cities

United Cities helps communities test climate adaptation strategies and infrastructure designs through OpenTwin, an AI-powered simulation platform that transforms local urban insights into scalable, resilient solutions worldwide.

Wavemaker Impact

Wavemaker Impact is a climate venture builder fund that invests in Southeast Asian entrepreneurs and startups to rapidly decarbonize the planet.

Work & Prosperity

Preparing workers to thrive in the era of automation through human-centered solutions.

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BluLever Education

BluLever Education is an innovative vocational education organization that is empowering Africa’s artisans with skills for the future.

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ChargerHelp!

ChargerHelp! is solving the industrywide problem of downed electric vehicle charging stations by providing on-demand repairs and maintenance support from trained local workforces.

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Coalfield Development

Coalfield Development is rebuilding the Appalachian economy from the ground up by unlocking people’s creative power to transform perceived problems into opportunities in their communities.

Engineering for Change

Engineering for Change provides resources, platforms, and access to expertise that infuses engineering into sustainable development, improving the quality of life of people and the planet.

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FAME USA

FAME USA creates an employer-driven training system that utilizes a collaborative approach to meet local skills needs in a specific and mission-critical occupation.

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Generation: You Employed

Generation is a global nonprofit network that supports people to achieve economic mobility through employment so they can improve their lives.

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JARC Rhode Island

Jane Addams Resource Corporation (JARC) promotes strong communities, businesses, and households to ensure that people who work do not live in poverty.

RAISE US

RAISE US is a national, nonpartisan nonprofit building America’s people strategy for the AI economy by partnering with states, employers, and educators to pilot, implement, evaluate, and scale innovative workforce models and policies that help workers train, transition, and thrive.

Resilience Force

Resilience Force trains and advocates for disaster recovery workers, creating a million-strong workforce to tackle climate adaptation and rebuild communities.

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Revolution Workshop

Revolution Workshop builds skills, hope, and resilience in Chicago's communities through construction job training and job creation.

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Small Enterprise Assistance Funds

SEAF is a global impact organization with a mission to improve lives and communities through entrepreneurship and small businesses.

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Stacks+Joules

Stacks+Joules is a nonprofit workforce development program, training participants for jobs in building automation.

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The Families & Workers Fund

The Families & Workers Fund fosters large-scale collaboration and makes philanthropic investments to deliver good jobs and increase access to public benefits.

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The Industrial Commons

Informed by lived experiences as leaders from the factory floor, The Industrial Commons develops community-owned manufacturing enterprises and programs that address business resiliency, worker agency, and environmental issues.

Upaya Social Ventures

Upaya Social Ventures fighting extreme poverty in India's most vulnerable communities by providing investment and support to early-stage businesses creating dignified jobs and long-term prosperity.

Meet the alumni ➡

Meet the nonprofits and startups we have supported in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient world.