Green Leaf Ventures invest in sustainable AGRITECH START-UPsthat increase the efficiency and resilience of existing agriculture systemsto meet the interlinked challenges of achieving SUSTAINABILITY, ensuring FOOD SECURITY and addressing CLIMATE CHANGE

The Green Startups Accelerator originates from New Ventures China Program, jointly launched by IED (Institute for Environment and Development), a Beijing-based environmental NGO and WRI (World Resources Institute), a U.S. based environmental think tank to promote green entrepreneurship in China. It is the pioneer acceleration platform for green innovation and entrepreneurship in China. Its approach described as "accelerating" +"impact investing" helps early startups with an environmental intent… Show more The Green Startups Accelerator originates from New Ventures China Program, jointly launched by IED (Institute for Environment and Development), a Beijing-based environmental NGO and WRI (World Resources Institute), a U.S. based environmental think tank to promote green entrepreneurship in China. It is the pioneer acceleration platform for green innovation and entrepreneurship in China. Its approach described as "accelerating" +"impact investing" helps early startups with an environmental intent to overcome survival barriers and to sustain development.The Green Startups Accelerator is engaged with more than 2100 green entrepreneurs with 162 startups mentored (including the New Ventures China program starting from 2003), covering 25 provinces and autonomous regions in China with over 1 billion RMB of investment facilitated. Through the cleanteach startups it supported, an accumulated 13 million tons CO₂ emissions equivalent is reduced. Show less

Promote the eco-system building for cleantech startups in China

With its focus on sustainable development, IED launched the green entrepreneuship acceleration program in Chinas as early as in 2003 through the collaboration with WRI (World Resources Institute, a thinktank based in D.C.) on New Ventures China program when very few people talked about green business. It identifies, selects and incubates/accelerates the potential high-impact environemntally-focused startups and encourage them to develop in a sustainable way in line with the triple-bottom lines… Show more With its focus on sustainable development, IED launched the green entrepreneuship acceleration program in Chinas as early as in 2003 through the collaboration with WRI (World Resources Institute, a thinktank based in D.C.) on New Ventures China program when very few people talked about green business. It identifies, selects and incubates/accelerates the potential high-impact environemntally-focused startups and encourage them to develop in a sustainable way in line with the triple-bottom lines principle (to deliver environmental and social benefits as well as maintain the financial growth). Show less