Startup Intake Form | blueridge climate ventures

Thank you for your interest in Blueridge Climate Ventures. This form is used to gather initial information for investment consideration. In addition to completing this form, please read through the How We Invest page to see if your venture aligns with our investment priorities.

Contact Information

1. Contact Name(Required)

2. Title(Required)

3. Email(Required)

4. LinkedIn Profile URL

5. Company Name(Required)

6. Company URL

7. Brief Company Description(Required)

Section 1

8. Primary Climate Tech Sector(Required)

9. Regional Presence & Ties(Required)

10. Current Fundraising Stage(Required)

What is your current fundraising stage? (e.g. friends and family, pre-seed, seed, Series A, etc.)

11. Climate/Environmental Impact(Required)

Investment Criteria Exception Request

Your initial input indicates that your venture currently is outside of Blueridge Climate Ventures’ core investment focus (i.e. Climate Impact Measurement, Sector, or Geography). Please review the For Founders page for additional information on our investment focus areas.

Exception Justification(Required)

If you feel your company is aligned with our investment focus, please indicate why in the field below.

Section 2

12. Ecosystem Validation Accomplishments(Required)

Select all that apply

Completed customer discovery (more than 30 validation interviews conducted)

Executing active or have completed pilots / field demonstrations

Currently have revenue and/or secured binding commercial commitments, signed Letters of Intent (LOIs), or active Master Service Agreements (MSAs)

Accepted into or graduated from an accelerator and/or incubator program(s)

Secured non-dilutive federal or state-level innovation grants (e.g., NSF, SBIR, DOE, NC IDEA, etc.)

Other

12.a. Please specify target market groups interviewed and methodology framework applied (e.g., Mom-Test framework; 35 sustainability directors across enterprise retail logistics providers).

12. b. Please state partner enterprise names and current operating deployment phases (e.g., Active deployment phase with Duke Energy; completed trial with NextEra).

12.c. Please include details – names of parties, type of agreements, number/size of pilots, associated contract value (where information can be disclosed).

12.d. Provide specific program names and cohorts / years of participation (e.g., Techstars Sustainability Cohort, 2025).

12.e. Detail awarding agencies, grant identifiers, time of award, and corresponding financial allocations (e.g., NSF SBIR Phase I, Award #2401923, $275,000 allocated).

12.f. Please describe other accomplishment(s).

13. Round Details(Required)

Please share the key details of your current round: round size, valuation (pre- or post-money), discount, instrument type, target close timeline, and any other material terms.

Section 3

14. Executive Overview/Summary (optional, if available)

Max. file size: 25 MB.

15. Pitch Deck(Required)

Max. file size: 100 MB.

16. Pitch Video Presentation or Live Recording Link (optional, if available)

Provide a web address directing to a valid Loom, YouTube, Vimeo, or authenticated Drive video demonstration file. Enter “N/A” if unavailable.

Section 4

Standard Protocol Disclosure Statement

By submitting this intake application, you explicitly acknowledge and agree that Blueridge Climate Ventures operates under no legal or operational obligation to review your submission, evaluate your answers, or respond to any outreach initiated by your company or representation. Submissions are processed entirely at the sole discretion of Blueridge Climate and its representatives.

Furthermore, you acknowledge and provide explicit consent that Blueridge Climate Ventures routinely leverages artificial intelligence systems and programmatic data parsers to scan, analyze, synthesize, categorize, and screen all inputs and materials provided within or alongside this intake application.