Catalytic Investing

Prime serves as a waterway to deploy charitable capital into market-driven climate solutions. Our catalytic investing programs are purpose-built to reduce barriers to climate impact.

Prime-Built Catalytic Investing Programs

Our Prime-Built catalytic investing opportunities were co-created in-house with impact-prioritizing investment experts to address acute and unmet capital gaps in climate, following Prime’s Seven Phases of Catalytic Investing.

Our Programs

Trellis Climate

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

Four members of the Trellis Climate team pose for a photo in front of a banner with their logo at SF Climate Week 2024

Prime Impact Fund
& Azolla Fund I

Both Prime Impact Fund and Azolla Fund I are managed by Azolla Ventures. Prime Impact Fund invests in transformative technology companies with the potential for gigaton-scale climate impact. Azolla Fund I invests in breakthroughs that could avert catastrophic climate change.

Azolla Ventures general partners, Amy Duffuor, Johanna Wolfson, and Matthew Nordan speak on stage during their 2024 Annual Investor Meeting

Prime’s Expanded Pilot Platform

Prime is piloting an expanded catalytic capital platform, including Prime-Facilitated opportunities that we selected through a thorough review of their impact potential and alignment with Prime’s eligibility criteria.

Learn About Our Expanded Platform