# WattCarbon

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/wattcarbon

- Industry: Environmental Services
- Headquarters: San Francisco, US
- Website: www.wattcarbon.com
- Total disclosed funding: $4.5M
- Latest round: Seed (Jul 17, 2025)
- Investors on record: 9

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2021, WattCarbon, Inc., a.k.a. WattCarbon operates as an energy decarbonization company that provides virtual power plants (VPPs) for consumers to offset their energy use based on location and time from renewable energy projects, electrification projects, demand response dispatch sourced from their communities, turning local buildings into decarbonization assets. In July 2025, WattCarbon, Inc. raised an undisclosed amount of seed-1 funding from City Light Capital, Cerulean Ventures, True Ventures, an individual, and other unspecified investors. As of November 2022, McGee Young is the CEO of the company. The company provides a marketplace that offers a wide range of procurement options, including demand response, renewable energy, and electrification projects. The marketplace features clean energy supplies from companies that are able to deliver carbon reductions through electrification, demand response, and renewable energy production. The client base of WattCarbon includes demand response aggregators like Leap Energy, renewable energy developers like Pivot Energy, electrification companies like Elephant Energy, and energy retailers like Branch Energy. WattCarbon, Inc. will use the July 2025 funding to accelerate platform development and expand its customer base across enterprises, program administrators, and utilities.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Jul 17, 2025 — True Ventures, City Light Capital, Cerulean Ventures
- Seed, Nov 22, 2022, $4.5M — True Ventures, Greensoil Investments, Village Global, Nexus Labs Limited, Keiki Capital, Not Boring Capital, Jetstream

## Investors

- True Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/true-ventures) — Seed
- Greensoil Investments (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/greensoil-investments) — Seed
- Village Global (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/village-global) — Seed
- Nexus Labs Limited — Seed
- Keiki Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/keiki-capital) — Seed
- Not Boring Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/not-boring-capital) — Seed
- Jetstream (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/jetstream) — Seed
- City Light Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/city-light-capital) — Seed
- Cerulean Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cerulean-ventures) — Seed