CDI Bridge Carbontech
Funds external startups developing later-stage carbontech through CDI Bridge Carbontech grants.
Eligibility · United States, with New York carbontech program context
Columbia Technology Ventures administers CDI Bridge Carbontech as part of the Carbontech Development Initiative, a grant-seeding and commercialization program supported by NYSERDA. The Bridge track is a non-dilutive grant route for external startups working on carbon capture and carbon use technologies at mid to late stages of technology development.
The captured application page states individual project awards of USD 287,500 to USD 375,000. The page does not state a total pool, expected award count, fixed next deadline, numeric scoring rubric, or decision timeline for the next round. Applications to the captured Round 4 portal were closed, so the current catalog status is between cycles rather than open.
Eligibility is framed around startups external to Columbia at mid to late technology development stages. The source supports a direct for-profit path for startups and does not require applicants to be Columbia faculty. Carbontech Leap is excluded because the fact sheet says that track is only for Columbia University core faculty.
Applications use the CDI Submittable portal. Applicants should verify whether the next CDI round is open before preparing a package and should budget inside the published Bridge award range rather than treating the broader CDI program as one funding line.
Carbon capture technology and carbon-to-building-materials, carbon-to-chemicals, fuels, and materials projects at mid to late technology readiness.
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