Rutuja Jagtap
Finance in Motion bridges the gap between capital and sustainable development by investing in emerging markets through local financial institutions. Their funds prioritize long-term resilience, climate action, and financial inclusion, leveraging public-private partnerships and first/second-loss protection to mitigate risk. They also provide advisory and capacity-building services to enhance impact and market development.
XPRESS Ventures
XPRESS Ventures invests in founders transforming the industrialized world, focusing on startups at the beginning of their journey. They believe that success in the industrial world depends on industry expertise, infrastructure access, and clients, and they aim to help startups bridge to these critical assets. They empower founders with capital and expertise early, providing advice rather than control, and leverage their network to supercharge startup growth. This includes helping startups navigate corporate collaboration challenges, connecting them with key industry players, and engaging their network of investors to foster advancements that build on industrial knowledge.
Pace Ventures
Pace Ventures focuses on investing in early-stage health-tech and industrial-tech companies primarily in Europe and the US, with a focus on companies addressing the interconnected challenges of illness and climate change. They commit to providing strong support to their founders, particularly in making commercial and financial introductions. They view investments as long-term partnerships, emphasizing time and effort to ensure success. The firm prioritizes category-defining businesses with a strong technological or life science edge. Pace Ventures believes that the private sector is best positioned to drive innovation in green chemistry and material science to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. They observe a growing number of startups in the green chemistry space and anticipate rapid adoption of these new green materials by the chemical industry. They also invest in microbiome-based therapies and personalized medicine. The fund aims to back companies that are reshaping industries with their innovative approaches, contributing to a healthier and more sustainable future. Their investment strategy reflects a belief in proactive support and a commitment to creating lasting value alongside their portfolio companies.
Climate Founders
Empowers ambitious individuals and teams to build climate-focused startups, providing tailored acceleration programs to achieve product-market fit and secure initial funding.
AM Ventures
AM Ventures invests in people developing next-level technologies in industrial 3D printing. They support founders aiming to create a better future through additive manufacturing technology. Their focus is on innovations that transform the world, encompassing materials production, software solutions, hardware and periphery for AM production, and applications designed for or produced by AM technologies. They look for core use cases that combat the climate crisis, support medical advancements, and manage globalization through advanced digital distributed manufacturing.
AENU
AENU is a venture capital firm focused on empowering climate tech founders. The firm emphasizes its background as "born entrepreneurs, experienced investors, and committed activists", suggesting a mission-driven approach. The firm seemingly aims to evolve the VC industry from within and invests in tech companies.
AENU Advisor GmbH
AENU Advisor GmbH is a venture capital firm focused on empowering climate tech founders. They are committed activists, experienced investors, and born entrepreneurs. The firm's core belief is that venture capital can and must be a force for good, and that mission alignment and financial performance go hand in hand. AENU's investment strategy focuses on companies that build systemic climate solutions with a focus on impact. They back early-stage founders who are building an enabling layer for a resilient, low-emissions future. They invest in startups that meet top social and environmental standards while delivering sustainable returns for investors. AENU believes that founder well-being is a structural lever for performance and treats mental health as startup infrastructure, providing support to founders and team members. The firm invests in digital modernization and is drawn to companies that offer transparency and enable maintenance through strong tech. AENU also emphasizes transparency and inclusion, for both their employees and their portfolio companies, as is clear from their B-corp certification. AENU aims to not only solve immediate problems but also build an enabling layer for a resilient, low-emissions future. The firm identifies the importance of digital modernization and transparency of European infrastructure and is looking for investments with strong tech and execution. The firm believes mental health of founders is key to success and offers multiple resources to help portfolio companies with it. AENU strives to not only make a change in the climate tech industry, but also to set an example for other VC firms.
Maxrich Ventures GmbH
Maxrich Ventures GmbH is an impact investor focused on technology-driven companies that save lives. They aim to be a 'booster' for their portfolio companies, providing not only financial support but also access to their extensive network, knowledge, and years of experience. The firm emphasizes an open and transparent communication forum through the MAXRICH INVESTORS CLUB, where investors receive weekly updates on the progress of their portfolio companies. This close relationship allows investors to actively contribute beyond capital, leveraging their expertise to guide and support the startups. Founded after Max and Rich met in 2005, the firm has helped over 150 companies get established. The founders have experience in building businesses and securing seven-figure financing rounds for tech startups. This experience translates into guidance for their portfolio companies, helping them navigate the challenges of scaling and growth. They invest in companies with innovative solutions to global challenges such as world hunger, climate change, and pandemics, aligning financial returns with positive societal impact. Maxrich Ventures operates an accelerator program to identify and nurture promising startups. They actively seek out companies with key technologies that can solve major problems facing humanity. The firm aims to support startups from early stages through their growth, providing the resources and connections needed to succeed. They focus on companies who are addressing global scale problems with technology, such as cell therapy, renewable energy, and reproductive health.
Possible Ventures
Possible Ventures invests in early-stage companies focused on solving the world's most pressing challenges. Their investment strategy centers around backing founders working on solutions across climate, energy, health, and society. They seek sustainable initiatives like carbon capture, energy transition, food & agriculture, and new materials, as well as circular economy and space exploration for alternative resources. In health, they target new tools and models for drug discovery and precision medicine, aiming to improve health and longevity. For society, they invest in AI-supported software tools, financial inclusion, and upskilling initiatives to boost productivity and create a more equitable future. The firm looks for frontier technologies in deep tech, life sciences, and software platforms that are unlocking unprecedented innovation. They emphasize the convergence of diverse disciplines, such as science, engineering, and entrepreneurship, believing that interdisciplinary teams drive breakthrough ideas and solutions. This can happen anywhere, and they are open to exploring new regions and building relationships with entrepreneurs and investors globally. Possible Ventures focuses on pre-seed and seed rounds, providing support to startups at the early stages of their development. They may also consider later-stage companies demonstrating strong growth potential and alignment with their investment strategy. They are relentlessly optimistic, choosing to focus on possibilities rather than risks, with a commitment to harnessing technology as a force for good to improve the lives of future generations.
Team Global Management GmbH
Team Global Management GmbH's mission is to create a better world via technology by creating organizations, products, and services that generate profound and lasting societal value. Their overarching goal is to participate in formulating and executing a vision for a better world by 2080, leveraging technology to address global challenges. They aim to unlock 100x energy through investments in climate technology, focusing on energy generation and decarbonization. The firm aims to foster world peace, global respect, and collaboration, emphasizing the responsible handling of technology. They envision significant increases in investment in education, advocating for a 10x to 100x increase in resources and attention. The firm's specific goals for the near future include fostering the development of air mobility to reduce reliance on traditional cars and investing in technology to combat climate change. They are building companies to solve the climate issues combining energy generation and decarbonization.