Overview
- Name: Tailwind Futures
- Headquarters: Berkeley, Calif., US
- Website: www.tailwindfutures.com
- Investment focus: Climate adaptation
- Investment geographies: North America, Europe
- Eligible LPs: Family offices, foundations, donor-advised funds, institutional investors
- GP profile: View Tailwind Futures’ full profile on ImpactSpace
Tailwind Futures invests in climate resilience technologies that help corporations’ secure infrastructure, supply chains and workforces for the future. The women-led firm is looking to deploy $50 million in an effort to plug gaps in innovation and capital for corporate climate adaptation solutions.
“Corporations are the sleeping giant of climate adaptation,” Tailwind’s Emlilie Mazzacurati tells ImpactAlpha. “They have billions of dollars of exposure to climate impacts across their physical assets and value chains, but are yet to invest in a commensurate fashion in managing those risks and building resilience.”
Its first fund is working hand in hand with Groupe Milan SAS and other large corporations not only as LPs but as collaborators in innovation, helping to secure the market for portfolio companies’ products and services. This model is designed to build a pipeline of early customers and acquirers for its portfolio of climate adaptation solutions.
Tailwind Futures so far made three investments: flood sensing startup Hohonu; FieldFactors, which does industrial rainwater harvesting; and Cryogenx, which is developing a device for people suffering from heat-related illness.
To accelerate climate adaptation in business, Tailwind is developing an adaptation taxonomy, screening guide, and an investment framework aligned with the Global Goal on Adaptation, which was agreed at the 2023 COP28 climate summit in Dubai.
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