Category: News
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Class 3 Technologies Secures $3.5M to Scale Next-Generation Climate Risk and Resilience Software

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Class 3 Technologies (Class 3), a startup pioneering the next-generation of climate risk and resilience modeling for the built environment, today announces the close of its $3.5M seed round led by Powerhouse Ventures alongside Sustainable Future Ventures and Tailwind Futures. Spun out of the global engineering and built environment consultancy Arup, Class 3 exits stealth with Iris… Read more
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FieldFactors raises €1.65M to scale innovative rainwater capture systems across Europe and Latin America

FieldFactors, the Dutch startup turning rain into a local resource, has raised €1.65 million to expand its innovative rainwater reuse systems. The funding round, which was oversubscribed, drew interest from investors across Europe, the US and Latin America. Led by Dutch impact investor Connect the Drops, the round also includes participation with Tailwind Futures, Amplifica… Read more
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The Business Case For Climate Adaptation

Tailwind’s Emilie Mazzacurati spoke with Jamil Wyne for the Forbes article, The Business Case for Adaptation. It sets the stage for the state of adaptation & resilience investment and where demand for solutions is growing using Tailwind data. Excerpts include: Why is there a gap? “While there is no single reason that can explain the… Read more
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Mind the Gaps: Tailwind’s New Playbook Aims to Plug Adaptation’s Capital, Demand, and Ecosystem Holes

The advisory and investment firm reports a shocking lack of financing for adaptation and resilience innovations TL;DR Read the full story (subscription required). Read more
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Investment in adaptation startups ‘remains glaringly low’

New research by Tailwind Climate finds funding gaps in the adaptation space, even as investor interest starts to consolidate. The adaptation and resilience investment space is amassing investor interest — but still has big funding gaps slowing its evolution. A new report, published today by the investment and advisory firm Tailwind Climate, has found that when it comes… Read more
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$1.4 Trillion Market for Climate Adaptation and Resilience Solutions
Categories: NewsBut only 21% of climate tech venture funding goes to adaptation tech startups NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2024 — The advisory and investment firm Tailwind (www.tailwindfutures.com) has released the Adaptation & Resilience Innovation Playbook, a market report on the state of supply, demand, and investment capital available in the climate adaptation innovation space. Adaptation and… Read more
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As Disasters Strike, Investors Turn to Adaptation Tech

As the southeastern U.S. recovers from hurricanes Helene and Milton, the destruction the storms have left behind serves to underline the obvious: The need for technologies that support climate change adaptation and resilience is both real and urgent. And while nearly all the money in climate finance still flows into mitigation tech, which seeks to… Read more
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The ‘relentless optimism’ of investing in adaptation
Categories: News“We need adaptation and resilience solutions not only to protect ourselves, but to envision how humanity can thrive on the planet.” Read the full story, quoting Katie MacDonald. Read more
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The Gist: It’s Getting Hot in Here
Categories: NewsKatie MacDonald is interviewed by Jim Kapsis, CEO of the Ad Hoc group in their June 2024 newsletter, The Gist. “We don’t have a single net-zero-equivalent target metric when it comes to adaptation and resilience and we never will! But we need to quantify what resilience success looks like so we know what direction to… Read more
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Tailwind Enters the Taxonomy Arena
Categories: NewsIs this the one taxonomy to rule them all? I’ve been sassy about the explosion of adaptation and resilience (A&R) investment taxonomies this year, arguing that there’s been too much focus on classifying A&R companies and activities and too little on encouraging investors to embrace the theme. But as I’ve come to learn, clear, comprehensive investment taxonomies are a… Read more