; securing an offtake contract is difficult when a company is young. A VC’s expectation on ROI often clashes with industry standards. Evergrow has a handful of notable individuals investing in the startup — Bridgewater Associates Sustainability investor Karen Karniol-Tambour, Plaid CEO Zach Perret and Instacart co-founder Max Mullen, among others. Evergrow will start in California and expand to the U.S. with hopes of international expansion depending on the climate project type.