Real, verified funding sources for circular economy founders in California: VC funds, accelerators, angel networks, and active grant programs — sourced from SEC filings and Grants.gov, not estimates.
No funds headquartered in California matched "Circular Economy" by name — the funds below are shown nationwide instead.
Pear VC Accelerator
Contrary Capital
Techstars Los Angeles
LAUNCH Accelerator
📍 Palo Alto, CA
📍 San Diego, CA
📍 San Francisco, CA
📍 San Francisco, CA
📍 Irvine, CA
📍 Pasadena, CA
Circular Economy falls under the broader "Clean Energy" category in federal grant data. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California) — live from Grants.gov, refreshed nightly.
NASA Headquarters
U.S. National Science Foundation
Geological Survey
Geological Survey
NASA Headquarters
U.S. National Science Foundation
We don't have any funds headquartered in California whose name references circular economy. Below are circular economy-related funds from across the country instead — many invest outside their home state.
8 accelerator programs open to California-based circular economy founders are in our database, including programs based in California and globally-available programs.
Yes — 6 angel investor networks based in California are in our database, ranked by member count with circular economy-relevant groups surfaced first where our sector data supports it.
28 currently open federal grant programs are tagged under the Clean Energy category, which is where circular economy falls in our grant classification. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California), pulled live from Grants.gov and refreshed nightly.