Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM)
The Brabant Development Agency (BOM) invests in innovative companies that contribute to major transitions in four key themes: Sustainable Food, A Healthy Future, Climate-Neutral Energy, and Promising Key Technologies. BOM aims to accelerate growth, strengthen the innovation climate, open international doors, and attract companies to Brabant that add real value. BOM's investment strategy focuses on supporting startups and scale-ups with capital, knowledge, and network, building a strong, sustainable, and leading Brabant. BOM operates through three main pillars: Developing strong ecosystems, Investing in innovative entrepreneurs, and Internationalising Brabant-based companies. In the 'Developing' pillar, BOM fosters growth in ecosystems, accelerates innovation through programs, pilots, and test locations, promotes collaborations, and facilitates access to partners and capital. The 'Investing' pillar provides funding to innovative entrepreneurs, with investments up to €5 million, patient capital, investments in funds, and a broad network of co-investors. The 'Internationalising' pillar helps companies explore new markets, identify international partners, discover innovation clusters, collaborate with foreign companies, and leverage international promotion of Brabant. BOM actively works towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by investing in companies that contribute to goals such as Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Responsible Consumption and Production, Climate Action, and Life on Land. The organization aligns its investment strategy with the ROM-Code, which provides clarity about the role and responsibility of supervisory board members nominated by a ROM.
Breakthrough Energy Fellows
Breakthrough Energy accelerates clean energy innovation to meet humanity’s energy needs sustainably. By investing in breakthrough technologies and supporting innovators, the firm transforms key global sectors (manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings) into scalable, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions. The focus is on addressing climate change through technology-driven opportunities.
Breakthrough Energy Ventures - Europe (BEV-E)
Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) is a global platform focused on accelerating clean energy innovation and building the industries of the future. They believe that innovation is key to meeting the world's growing energy demands affordably, reliably, and cleanly, without sacrificing prosperity or the planet. BEV's core mission is to empower innovators working on solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across various sectors of the economy.
Bregal Unternehmerkapital
Bregal Investments is an international private markets firm that provides a platform for direct investment and fund-of-funds teams across North America and Europe. They invest in mid-market companies with sound business models, robust business integrity, and an ability to have a positive societal and environmental impact. Their investment strategies span various sectors and geographies through majority control equity, minority equity, or credit investments. Bregal emphasizes long-term, sustainable value creation, integrating responsible investing factors into their analysis and decision-making. They aim to partner with investment teams with strong track records, high standards of excellence and ethics, and an ability to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for their investors. Bregal's approach is guided by core values of excellence, trust, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and integrity. They value strong relationships with limited partners, including pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, fund of funds, family offices, and other institutional and high net-worth investors. The firm engages deeply with portfolio companies and General Partners to launch sustainability-focused solutions and deliver sustainable business models, focusing on delivering strong financial returns. Bregal Investments operates through distinct investment strategies, each focusing on specific sectors or geographies. These strategies include flexible capital and strategic assistance for market-leading companies in high-growth sectors, equity capital for mid-sized companies in the DACH region and Italy, growth capital and strategic assistance to software companies throughout Europe, impact platform investing in climate and nature-based solutions, private equity primaries, co-investments, and secondaries across North America and Europe, and building on primary relationships with GPs across North America and Europe through secondary investments.
Breyer Capital
Breyer Capital is a premier venture capital investor focused on catalyzing high-impact entrepreneurs. They frame strategic investments anchored by the passion of founders, the insights of their network of world-class investors, and a conviction that artificial intelligence and machine learning will transform technology and investment opportunities globally. They view technology as an enabler, not a replacer. The firm is guided by principles of humility, integrity, and a passion for true long-term risks and bets that can result not only in significant financial returns and outcomes, but in dramatic social impact as well. They have deep passion for social media, entertainment/media, digital health, and financial technologies and care deeply about how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and virtual reality will come to redefine and transform all of these unique spaces.
Business Angels Co-Investment Fund
ILTE (National Development Bank) aims to promote sustainable economic development, enhance economic resilience, and improve access to financing for businesses, the public sector, and agriculture/fisheries clients. They also aim to attract private capital to support domestic businesses. ILTE's activities focus on high-value-added projects that foster national economic growth, encourage innovation, promote sustainability, enhance energy efficiency, transform agriculture, and strengthen competitiveness. The organization actively participates in infrastructure development and modernization projects. ILTE operates directly, through group companies, and in collaboration with other financial market participants. It provides services like venture capital, loans, and guarantees. It acts as a partner to the state in achieving strategic goals and to clients in implementing their operational plans, and as a catalyst for developing new ideas. The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania is the founder and shareholder of ILTE. One of ILTE's core activities includes managing the Business Angels Co-Investment Fund. This fund co-invests with business angels to support startups and early-stage companies. ILTE also focuses on supporting sustainable investments that contribute to mitigating direct climate change impacts, exemplified by their investment in the limited partnership “Tvariųjų išteklių plėtros skatinimas” (Sustainable Resources Development Promotion) alongside the European Energy Efficiency Fund. ILTE's overall strategic orientation involves maintaining financial stability and increasing access to business financing. Financial stability is pursued through careful investment and risk management. Increased access to financing is achieved through close collaboration with Lithuanian institutions.
CVentures
Contrarian Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on backing bold climate tech founders at the earliest stages, before it's obvious or crowded. They aim to be an aligned partner for founders building technology to reverse climate change. Their strategy includes acting with speed, conviction, and providing full-stack support. They are building a climate platform to help their founders succeed. They play long-term games with long-term people, driven by conviction, not consensus, and are focused on being the first cheque.
Carbon Equity
Carbon Equity provides access to private equity and venture capital funds focused on climate tech to a broader range of investors, with investment minimums lower than traditional private equity. They curate a diversified portfolio of climate tech companies by selecting top-performing funds managed by professional investment teams. Their goal is to enable investors to combine positive climate impact with attractive, risk-adjusted returns. They offer opportunities in a range of climate technology sectors, aiming to capitalize on the transition to a carbon-free economy. They emphasize the importance of investing in breakthrough climate solutions that can address global environmental challenges and aim to democratize access to high-impact investments that were previously only available to institutional investors. The firm's investment strategy focuses on identifying and supporting companies driving innovation in areas such as renewable energy, energy storage, sustainable materials, and carbon capture.
Carbon13
Carbon13 is a venture builder focused on addressing the climate emergency. They believe entrepreneurs will change the trajectory of climate change. The firm builds and backs ventures capable of mitigating at least 10M tonnes of CO2e per annum once at scale. They harness the entrepreneurial spirit by engaging with academia, business, policy makers, NGOs, consumers, new standards and finance. Carbon13 is committed to creating ventures that wouldn't otherwise exist by connecting founders, encouraging those unsure about entrepreneurship, and helping individuals find the right cofounder. They focus on supporting ventures in becoming more resilient and impactful. Their goal is to build ventures that mitigate over 400 million tonnes of CO2e per annum by 2040.
Chi Impact Capital
Chi Impact Capital is an Impact Investment Advisory firm based in Zurich. Their focus is on deep social and environmental impact value creation through direct investments in regenerative companies where positive impact is an integral part of the product or service. They advocate for a systems transformation towards a regenerative economy and conscious investing. Chi Impact Capital advises the Nixdorf Kapital Impact Fund S.C.Sc., SICAV-RAIF – Burning Issues Impact Fund (BIIF), a Luxembourg-based impact venture fund. The BIIF aims to create place-based and deep impact in Europe by contributing to critical Sustainable Development Goals and reversing climate change. The BIIF was closed for new investors at the end of March 2024. Their investment strategy is centered around backing entrepreneurs with a mission to solve pressing social or environmental issues, primarily focusing on for-profit, European-based enterprises offering transformative and scalable solutions. The firm emphasizes the importance of tying financial returns to positive impact outcomes, aligning the BIIF's fund carry entirely to the creation of positive impact. Chi Impact Capital is committed to leading the transition to a circular and regenerative economy. They are combining forces with FASE from Germany to create and advise the European Catalytic Impact Investing Fund (ECIIF), further demonstrating their commitment to impact investing at scale.
Chrysalis LEAP
Chrysalis LEAP is an organization dedicated to helping entrepreneurs bring their innovative ideas to market, specifically bridging the gap between idea and business. Since 2016, they have acted as a regional partner of EIT Climate-KIC and the official organizer of EIT ClimateLaunchpad for Cyprus, demonstrating a commitment to climate-related ventures. They focus on supporting start-ups by offering business training, coaching, and mentoring, enhancing their business sense, questioning their assumptions, and providing a reality check on their business ideas. Their activities extend to various EU-funded projects aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and innovation. Recent projects like MariTech Talent, Blue Ecosystem, and DiGiNN highlight their involvement in maritime and digital innovation, supporting the green transformation of the maritime industry and the digitalization of various sectors. They also ran the ClimateLaunchpad competition in Cyprus for multiple years, identifying and supporting promising teams in the green tech space. The firm's team consists of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experience, ranging from engineering and academia to finance and private equity. This diversity allows them to offer comprehensive support to startups, covering technical expertise, financial planning, and operational strategy. Chrysalis LEAP's core value appears to be providing practical, hands-on assistance to entrepreneurs, helping them navigate the challenges of building a successful business.
Chrysalix Venture Capital
Chrysalix Venture Capital invests in market-led solutions for more differentiated, resource-efficient, and sustainable industries. They focus on innovation within large industrial markets, acknowledging the time and challenges involved in unlocking markets with conservative customers and long sales cycles. The firm leverages its connections with leading industries, industry knowledge, and operational experience to navigate these challenges. Chrysalix builds a global ecosystem to de-risk and scale carbon-neutral solutions, emphasizing technology, business, and policy aspects. They assist partners in achieving climate targets, innovating faster, and creating new growth platforms for the carbon economy. Their approach involves developing investment theses for key climate-neutral levers, identifying venture opportunities, and proactively sourcing disruptive solutions. The firm partners with visionary founders to build companies that help resource-intensive industries reach their efficiency, differentiation, and sustainability targets. They develop unique insights into industry innovation opportunities through a structured discovery process, investing ahead of the curve. A world-class ecosystem gives startups a head start to reduce commercialization timelines and find the right solution-market fit. Chrysalix aligns strategy, execution, and scale to turn innovation into impact, driving long-term superior value, differentiation, and returns for partners, investors, and beyond. With over 20 years of experience in energy and industrial innovation, they have the knowledge and experience to select and invest in relevant technologies for sustainable industries.
Circular Innovation Fund (CIF)
The Circular Innovation Fund (CIF) is a global growth-stage venture capital fund focused exclusively on circular innovation, striving to positively contribute to climate change mitigation and the circular use of resources. The fund is managed by Cycle Capital and Demeter, combining financial entrepreneurship with cleantech-focused capital management experience. Its mission is to accelerate the growth of circular innovation, close the loop on single-use waste, and redesign the economy for a more sustainable future. CIF acknowledges the increasing pressure on natural resources and the global waste crisis. It invests in growth-stage companies across North America, Europe, and Asia, aiming to solve complex problems along the supply chain and minimize environmental impact. The fund targets companies with breakthrough technologies and business models within the circular economy. The fund focuses on supporting innovative businesses that contribute to a more circular economy by rethinking materials, processes, and business models to reduce waste and promote sustainability. Through strategic investments and active portfolio management, CIF aims to drive positive environmental and economic outcomes.
Climate Investment
Climate Investment operates with the mission to invest in climate-focused technologies that underpin the next generation of global infrastructure. The firm focuses on underinvested, high-emission sectors, believing that these areas offer the greatest potential for both impact and returns. They invest in companies with solutions applicable to Energy systems, Buildings, Transport, and Industry. A key aspect of their strategy is driving innovation and market adoption by actively supporting portfolio companies. This support includes accelerating market adoption through deployment of technologies to demonstrate and prove their innovations, leading to commercial contracts. They also provide growth capital to companies at a later stage to scale market adoption and impact. Climate Investment invests for both value creation and GHG impact, emphasizing the importance of quantifying and operationalizing GHG impact metrics. They have developed their own GHG impact measurement methodology and collaborate with portfolio companies to implement impact reporting. They are aligned with Project Frame, a collaborative initiative aiming to establish a common framework for assessing the future GHG impact of investments, involving a large network of venture capital and private equity firms. Their methodology quantifies past and future impact on GHG emissions, measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. The firm differentiates itself through a combination of venture and growth capital expertise, deep market insight, and strong industry partnerships, leveraging a team with over 500 years of collective experience. They are dedicated to driving the growth of their portfolio by using an extensive cross-industry network to facilitate opportunities for commercial contracts and provide strategic business development support.
Climate VC
Climate VC is a venture capital firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage climate startups with the goal of decarbonizing the economy and our lives. They focus on funding elite founding teams building solutions to address the climate crisis, aiming for a gigatonne-scale impact. The firm recognizes the climate crisis as both the greatest threat and the greatest opportunity to shape civilization. They aim to ignite the early spark of innovative solutions across various sectors, including food, transportation, electricity generation, and manufacturing.
Course Corrected VC
Course Corrected VC is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage climate positive technology companies. Founded in 2021 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, the firm is dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs who are developing innovative solutions to address climate change with a commercial approach. The firm is founded by three female GPs with long-standing Venture Capital investing experience and deep expertise in the climate tech sector. Course Corrected aims to partner with visionary and passionate entrepreneurs to solve pressing climate challenges. They back outstanding entrepreneurs and teams with fast-growing and scalable businesses that drive the transformation towards climate-positive alternatives, disrupt incumbents, and have the potential to become leaders in their respective markets. Their approach emphasizes commercial viability alongside climate impact.
Creandum Ventures
Creandum backs the "companies of tomorrow before it’s obvious." They focus on hard-working founding teams with guts, early vision, global ambition, magical product experience, and mind-blowing design. They believe the best product wins and that the right entrepreneur can disrupt any industry. Creandum values entrepreneurs who start with intuition and continuously improve through data. They also emphasize the importance of a strong leadership team and a great culture. They commit to being there for the founders during good and bad times, challenging them to think differently and push towards a bigger impact, and sharing the same motivation.
Deep Science Ventures
Deep Science Ventures (DSV) is a venture creator focused on building companies that address significant global challenges in sectors like agriculture, computation, climate, pharma, and education. Their approach involves combining available scientific knowledge with 'founder-type scientists' to create high-impact ventures. Instead of traditional investing, they actively create companies from scratch, identifying opportunity areas within each sector and then assembling teams to build ventures targeting specific, impactful outcomes. This involves deep expertise and partnerships with industry leaders, a proven methodology, and de-risked ventures with world-class investor potential. DSV aims to develop ventures that are not only scientifically sound but also commercially viable and capable of attracting significant funding and achieving substantial portfolio valuation.
Deloitte
Deloitte, as a global professional services firm, does not operate as a traditional venture capital firm. Instead, it provides consulting, advisory, audit, and tax services to various industries. The firm's strategy revolves around leveraging its global network, deep industry knowledge, and technological capabilities to help clients address complex business challenges, digitally optimize their operations, and thrive in a rapidly changing world. Deloitte focuses on delivering value by connecting proprietary insights, experience, and ecosystems to enable sustainable growth for its clients. This involves collaborating with companies to balance patient demands, market potential, and policy compliance, while continuing to help them innovate. Deloitte also provides strategic advice and insights on sustainability, digital transformation, and operational efficiency, aiming to help clients navigate evolving market needs and realize long-term value. Deloitte's approach is to offer integrated solutions that combine insight and innovation from multiple disciplines. They assist organizations in making strategic decisions related to technology adoption, supply chain optimization, and regulatory compliance. In the healthcare sector, for instance, they focus on transforming the journey of care by addressing the differentiated needs of healthcare stakeholders. In the consumer products industry, they help businesses shape strategies that address sustainability demands and digital imperatives. For investment management firms, Deloitte aims to drive a more sustainable, digital, and trustworthy financial network. Their overall strategy is to be a trusted advisor, helping clients capitalize on business opportunities and overcome challenges across various sectors. Deloitte's value proposition lies in its ability to provide data-driven insights and customized solutions that address specific industry challenges. They engage with clients to understand their unique needs and develop strategies that align with their goals, leveraging advanced technologies and digital engagement systems. They aim to help clients navigate complex issues such as climate change, digital transformation, and evolving consumer behaviors. Deloitte's work in the Health & Human Services sector involves connecting health services and social care organizations with actionable insights and solutions to support communities and improve public health outcomes. Their engagements are aimed at supporting clients in achieving strategic outcomes through integrated consulting and advisory services. Furthermore, Deloitte leverages its research and data analytics capabilities to provide insights into emerging trends and consumer behaviors. Through initiatives like ConsumerSignals, they offer data-driven insights to help businesses understand and navigate fast-changing times. In the automotive industry, they help companies formulate and implement business strategies around smart mobility and sustainability. In the energy sector, they work with innovative companies to address humanity’s pressing challenges related to energy security, affordability, and environmental sustainability. This integrated approach allows Deloitte to offer solutions that are both strategic and actionable, helping clients achieve their business goals and adapt to the future.
Denmark's Export & Import Fund Organisation (EIFO)
EIFO, Denmark's Export & Investment Fund, operates as a state-backed financing fund with a mission to support Danish businesses and contribute to the country's economic prosperity. Its core strategy involves providing financial solutions such as loans, guarantees, and investments to companies across various sectors, with a particular emphasis on those involved in export activities, green transition, and innovative technologies. EIFO aims to de-risk investments and catalyze growth, addressing market failures where businesses struggle to secure sufficient funding from private sources. The fund's investment approach aligns with Denmark's strategic priorities, including national security, green transformation, entrepreneurship, and technological advancement. EIFO provides financial support to small and large businesses, and seeks to foster innovation and job creation across Denmark. EIFO prioritizes sustainable and responsible investment practices, as evidenced by its policies on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and climate. It also focuses on transparency and accountability, guided by its legal basis, articles of association, and various policies, including those related to anti-bribery and supplier conduct. The fund is committed to open communication and stakeholder engagement, as demonstrated by its accessible press contacts and readily available annual reports. EIFO's activities are designed to boost Danish exports, promote green technologies and practices, encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, and fortify national security. By strategically allocating capital and providing financial expertise, EIFO plays a significant role in shaping the future of Danish businesses and the overall economy. They achieve this through direct investments and also through partnerships with other funding entities and institutions.
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
The Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) is one of the largest foundations in Europe, dedicated to promoting innovative, exemplary, and solution-oriented projects for environmental protection, with a particular emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Established in 1990 and commencing operations in 1991, the DBU has supported over 11,300 projects with a total funding volume of approximately 2.12 billion euros. Their investment strategy is rooted in the foundation's mission and guiding principles, focusing on initiatives that address pressing environmental challenges and foster sustainability across various sectors. The DBU acts as a springboard for green startups with large climate protection potential.
ECBF (European Circular Bioeconomy Fund)
ECBF is a venture capital impact fund exclusively dedicated to the (circular-) bioeconomy. It aims to catalyze the transition towards a sustainable future by investing in growth-stage companies that contribute to the shift from a fossil-based to a circular bio-based economy. The fund is aligned with the European Green Deal goals, aiming to make Europe climate neutral by 2050. The fund seeks to build pan-European market leaders by providing financing tools ranging from equity to mezzanine, in syndicates with private and public investors. Their investment approach prioritizes companies with high potential for innovation, favorable returns, and sustainable impact, indicating a belief that impact and return are interconnected. A key element of their strategy is supporting founders whose technologies are revolutionizing industries and improving lives and the environment. ECBF's investment team brings extensive VC and industry experience, with a wide network of investors, companies, industry experts, and regional organizations in the bioeconomy. The team consists of individuals from diverse backgrounds, possessing economic and scientific expertise, and an entrepreneurial spirit. They have experience in setting up funds and executing financing transactions, including exits. ECBF's strategy involves deep dives into key areas within the bioeconomy, providing insights and analysis of emerging trends and technologies. This includes areas such as precision fermentation, biodegradable bioplastics, the use of mycelium in food and materials, and autonomous farming. The firm utilizes these insights to identify promising investment opportunities that align with their vision of a prosperous economy realigned with nature.
EIB
The European Investment Bank (EIB) operates as the bank of the European Union, dedicated to fostering sustainable growth both within the EU and abroad. Its core mission revolves around financing projects that improve people's lives and promote sustainable and inclusive development. The EIB's strategy is firmly rooted in sustainable development, serving as the bedrock of its business model. This encompasses providing finance for projects aligning with sustainability goals, borrowing money responsibly while playing a key role in the green bond market, and upholding respect for human rights as a fundamental value. It includes also internal commitment to minimizing the bank's carbon footprint, continuous improvements in environmental performance, and high level of transparency in sustainability reporting. The EIB's investment strategy revolves around eight core strategic priorities: climate action and environmental sustainability, digitalisation and technological innovation, security and defense, a modern cohesion policy, agriculture and bioeconomy, social infrastructure, high-impact global investment, and capital markets union. These priorities focus on accelerating the green transition, driving technological advancement, bolstering security and defense, supporting regional cohesion, promoting social infrastructure development, driving international development and capital markets integration. Sustainability due diligence is integral to the EIB's investment process. All projects undergo rigorous appraisal and monitoring for environmental, social, and governance aspects, ensuring alignment with the EIB's environmental and social principles and standards. Certain activities are completely excluded from funding right from the start. The EIB conducts separate economic appraisals assessing the costs and benefits of projects to society, accounting for all resources used, including natural and human resources, carbon pricing, and stakeholder value. This includes assessing economic and social value creation and adherence to environmental standards. The focus is on fostering a more connected, inclusive, and sustainable Europe. Accountability is also central, with independent evaluations conducted to improve performance, enhance transparency, and promote accountability and evidence-based decision-making within the EIB Group. The bank emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as core values. The DEI efforts include setting measurable targets for gender balance and having a robust governance structure in place to make sure DEI values are considered in recruitment processes. The bank strives to create a workplace where all individuals feel they belong. The EIB also maintains close ties with other EU institutions to coordinate operations and ensure effective use of EU instruments.
EIB Global
EIB Global, the European Investment Bank, operates as a financial institution committed to fostering sustainable growth both within the European Union and abroad. Its core strategy revolves around providing finance for projects that improve people’s lives and promote sustainable and inclusive growth. A significant portion of their investment is dedicated to the green transition, aiming for over 50% of their investment portfolio. The EIB mobilizes private finance to ensure this transition benefits citizens, businesses, and investors alike. They also prioritize climate action, digitalization and technological innovation, security and defense, a modern cohesion policy, agriculture and bioeconomy, social infrastructure, high-impact global investment, and Capital Markets Union. The EIB adheres to stringent sustainability due diligence, encompassing environmental, social, and governance aspects. Activities deemed unsustainable are excluded from financing. All supported projects must align with EIB environmental and social principles and standards. The bank conducts economic appraisals to assess the costs and benefits to society, incorporating shadow prices for resources, including carbon, and gauging stakeholder value. The EIB also emphasizes corporate responsibility, reflected in their efforts to reduce their internal carbon footprint, maintain high levels of transparency in sustainability reporting, and uphold respect for human rights. The EIB maintains close working ties with other EU institutions to ensure coordinated operations while preserving its independence. It's shareholders are the 27 Member States of the European Union, and each state's share in the Bank's capital is based on its economic weight within the EU. The bank provides finance for projects that improve people’s lives, promoting sustainable and inclusive growth. Furthermore, the EIB promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion within its workforce and is committed to the EU's motto 'United in Diversity'. The EIB aims to cultivate an inclusive workplace to foster innovation and effectiveness, reflecting Europe's diversity across teams and roles.