# Pulse Fund Founder Backs Climate-Focused Firms

> Tenzin Seldon's climate fund scales eco-solutions with $63m investment.
- Title: Pulse Fund Founder Backs Climate-Focused Firms | Shortify
- Summary: Tenzin Seldon's climate fund scales eco-solutions with $63m investment. Pulse Fund's $63m climate-focused fund backs companies like Mast Reforestation and…
- Keywords: pulse fund, tenzin seldon, climate focused firms, mast reforestation, twelve, energy transition, carbon credits, electric vehicle charging, nature restoration, climate tech, business, local
- Source: Los Angeles Business Journal — https://labusinessjournal.com/featured/pulse-fund-founder-backs-climate-focused-firms
- Author: Hannah Welk
- Published: 2026-10-26T07:01:59+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: pulse fund, tenzin seldon, climate focused firms, mast reforestation, twelve, energy transition, carbon credits, electric vehicle charging, nature restoration, climate tech, business, local
## Tenzin Seldon's Climate Roots
Tenzin Seldon grew up in the Himalayan community where cash was a foreign concept and bartering was king.
## Climate-Focused Fund Launch
Pulse Fund, founded in 2022, closed its inaugural $63 million fund focused on energy transition, food and agriculture, infrastructure, and mobility.
## Seldon's Climate Journey
Seldon studied policy, economics and math at Stanford University and later at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
## Climate Investment Strategy
Pulse targets nature restoration and carbon credit schemes to address the $700 billion nature financing gap by 2030.
## Early Investments
Pulse backed Mast Reforestation's carbon credits scheme and Twelve's carbon dioxide emissions recycling technology.
## Endera Partnership
Pulse helped Endera secure California's electric vehicle voucher program through Seldon's political connections.
## Investor Confidence
David Osborn, founder of DRO Investments, joined Pulse after meeting Seldon and seeing scalable climate solutions.
## Climate Tech Boom
Global climate tech venture funding surged 55% year-over-year to $26 billion in the first half of 2026.
## Seldon's Approach
Seldon focuses on companies with proven business models rather than early-stage climate tech ventures.
## Pulse's Impact
Pulse has attracted investors including Ben eficient, C6 Partners, and an Asian sovereign wealth fund.
## Future Focus
Pulse aims to close the $700 billion nature financing gap by 2030 through scalable climate solutions.
## Key takeaway

Pulse Fund's $63m climate-focused fund backs companies like Mast Reforestation and Twelve to address nature restoration and emissions recycling.