# Top 50 CleanTech Startup Investors in Europe in October 2023 ## Chalmers Ventures AB - Type: VC Fund - Location: Göteborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Energy, Health Care We are a leading tech investor & venture builder in the Nordics. Taking deep tech from lab to market.WELCOMEINVESTMENTS ## MIG Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: München, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical Zusammen gestalten wir die Unternehmen von morgen. ## Par Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Computer Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. ## Parkwalk Advisors - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software Parkwalk is a London-based fund management firm. Parkwalk invests in UK technology companies that have IP backing and freedom to operate, generally spun out of UK universities. Their funds seek to generate capital gains for their investors, enhanced by the attractive tax relief provided by EIS. Parkwalk entered this investment sector in 2009,anticipating a wave of tax-efficient incentives launched by the UK Government to stimulate innovative emerging technology companies and thereby help drive economic growth.Parkwalk utilises academic, technology transfer, venture capital and personal networks developed over many years to gain access to the highest calibre deal-flow. In 2017 Parkwalk joined forces with IP Group plc, a leading intellectual property commercialisation company that is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IPO. As at March 2019 the combined group has net assets of £1.2bn. ## 468 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology 468 Capital is a Berlin and San Francisco based technology investment firm. We support leading software, AI and internet growth companies across multiple investment stages. ## Business Finland - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Business Finland finances business R&D projects and public research projects at universities, research institutes and universities of applied sciences. Read more about R&D and business funding. ## Santo Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Holzkirchen, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series D - Focus: Energy, Clinical Trials, Environmental Engineering Santo Venture Capital GmbH is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and which operates as a subsidiary of ATHOS Service Gmbh. ## Superangel - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech Early-stage investments from entrepreneurs to entrepreneurs. Our companies include Bolt, Veriff, Fortumo and many more. 10x@superangel.io ## Biz Stone - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Messaging, Mobile Biz is a co-founder of Twitter, Medium, and Jelly. A progenitor of social media, and early Google employee, Biz has been developing large scale systems that serve the global conversation for twenty years. As an investor, Biz has backed Square, Pinterest, Slack when it was called Speck, Nest, Intercom and Beyond Meat (where he remains on the boardas Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee), among others. In 2016, Stone's Jelly, a "human in the loop" AI search service, was acquired by Pinterest. After the sale, Twitter requested Biz return full time to lead the company's strategic vision, brand, and internal culture objectives alongside co-founder Jack Dorsey. Biz has been recognized as INC Magazine Entrepreneur of the Decade and one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is also an author, filmmaker and Fellow at both Oxford University and Berkeley. ## Lifeline Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. ## Cherry Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from their go-to-market strategy and the scaling of theirbusinesses. Cherry Ventures has previously invested in the seed stage of over 50 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Rows, Forto, and TourRadar. Cherry Ventures is based in Berlin and invests across Europe with operations in London, Paris, and Stockholm. ## Demeter Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Electronics Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the ecological transition. We invest from €1m to €30m to support companies at all stages of their development: innovative startups, high growth SMEs and infrastructure projects. ## Sky Ocean Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: CleanTech, Sustainability, Packaging Services Sky Ocean Ventures is a bold new creation that will support breakthrough thinking and invest in promising new ideas that will help turn off the plastics tap.They ## Paul Forster - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Paul Forster ## CDP Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology CDP Venture Capital Sgr - National Innovation Fund aims to make venture capital a cornerstone of the country's economic development and innovation, creating the conditions for an overall and sustainable growth of the venture capital ecosystem. ## Oxford Science Enterprises - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software Oxford Sciences Innovation is the world’s largest university-partnered venture firm. We work with the University of Oxford to build companies that create fundamental technologies: science-based businesses capable of tackling the planet’s toughest problems. We invest in life science, AI and software, healthcare, and deep tech to create companiestaking on challenges like nuclear fusion, quantum computing and developing treatments and cures for infectious diseases. Founded in 2015, we’ve raised over £600M to create a world-class technology ecosystem, and combine our deep experience with a network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector-experts to find co-investment, build businesses, and hire senior management talent. ## Verdane - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Private Equity, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology The preferred growth partner to tech-enabled businesses in Northern Europe. ## Vattenfall - Type: VC Fund - Location: Solna, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, CleanTech Vattenfall is a leading European energy company and right now we are working towards fossil free living within one generation. Read more about us here ## GO CAPITAL - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rennes, Bretagne, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care GO CAPITAL is a management company approved by the AMF and a member of AFIC. It is based in Rennes, and manages more than 130 million of assets by investing primarily in western France in innovative companies with high growth potential. ## Norrsken VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Health Care We are a venture capital fund investigating in Start-Ups solving the worlds biggest problems while building massive businesses. ## Sunly - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Solar, CleanTech, Hardware Sunly creates wind & solar parks by engaging local communities. Also, Sunly boosts cleantech startups via capital, know-how and networks. ## Gimv - Type: VC Fund - Location: Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Private Equity - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Gimv is a European investment company with over three decades of experience in private equity and venture capital.Gimv is listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels. Gimv currently manages around 1.8 billion EUR (including third party funds) of investments in 85 portfolio companies, which jointly realise a turnover of more than EUR 6 billion and employover 28,000 professionals.As a recognized market leader in selected investment platforms, Gimv identifies entrepreneurial and innovative companies with high-growth potential and supports them in their transformation into market leaders. Gimv’s four investment platforms are: Consumer 2020, Health & Care, Smart Industries and Sustainable Cities. Each of these platforms works with a skilled and dedicated team across Gimv’s home markets of the Benelux, France and Germany and can count on an extended international network of experts.More information on Gimv can be found on [www.gimv.com]. ## Climentum Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: CleanTech, Clean Energy, Biotechnology A Venture Capital firm investing into European early-stage tech companies attacking CO2 emissions ## Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / -Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger) - Equity Markets - Real Estate - FX - Commodity - Bonds - Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT - Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories: - Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint - Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi - D2C / B2C - Food & Beverages - Pharma - Media & Entertainment ## Speedinvest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey. ## TrueSight Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech TrueSight Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in pre-seed and seed deals. ## QVentures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf ## Iberdrola - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Solar, Manufacturing, Energy IBERDROLA, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, switching, and distribution of electricity and gas worldwide. It generates electricity primarily through nuclear, fossil-fuel, and hydroelectric power. The company also engages in retail of electricity under the tariff systems. In addition, IBERDROLA generateselectricity from renewable energy sources, as well as engages in the gas storage, and electricity and gas supply activities. Further, it provides telecommunications services, as well as engineering, consulting, and information technology services. Additionally, the company engages in real estate and other related activities. As of September 30, 2008, it distributed electricity to 10 million customers in Spain, 3.5 million customers in the United Kingdom, and 9 million customers in Latin America. ## Cambridge Angels group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology The Cambridge Angels are a group of high-net worth investors who have proven experience as successful entrepreneurs in internet, software, technology and bio-technology. Members invest in and mentor high quality start-up and early-stage companies in these sectors in the Cambridge (UK) area and throughout the UK.Typical funding requirements thatthe Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £50,000 to £500,000 - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have received more than £1m in funding from their Members over several funding rounds.Their Members have been responsible for a large number of the “Cambridge Phenomenon” success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully. ## True Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet A Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on early stage technology startups. We invest in brilliant people who bring ideas that matter to life. ## Picus Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow. ## Social Impact Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Nanotechnology Social Impact Capital specializes in investments that can deliver top decile returns in addition to a positive social impact. We focus on the "essentials of human need" — energy, water, food, health, environment, education, housing, access to capital, and social justice.We're a finance-first social impact venture capital firm,focusing on early-stage investment (Seed, Series A). We invest in high-growth companies where the driver of the business model is a social good.A top decile early-stage VC, we are a generalist firm with specialist due diligence capabilities: we leverage a broad network of advisors and venture partners with specific domain expertise.For more information about our firm, please contact hello@impcapital.com. ## Kristjan Raude - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Consumer Electronics, Internet of Things, Software I am a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with 15+ years of international experience in sales & marketing, leading teams of 300+ with annual revenue of 10M+. Founder of 3 international companies and investor to 10+ startups. Member of the board at Estonian Business Angels Network. ## Cassa Depositi e Prestiti - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: CleanTech, InsurTech, B2B The Cassa depositi e prestiti Group is the national promotional institution that has supported the Italian economy since 1850 ## J12 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence J12 Ventures invests early in innovative companies in the Nordics. ## NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Henley In Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Mercia Equity Finance is a regional investor that focuses initially on uncovering the hidden value. It uses both of its managed funds and its proprietary capital to invest across four distinct asset classes: venture, private equity, and debt, referred to as their 'Complete Capital Solution’. It aspires to be the first choice for investors,investees, and employees, and, by aspiring to be the first choice, they believe that Mercia will deliver superior returns for business owners, shareholders, and fund investors alike. ## Ali Omar - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu. ## WENVEST Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services WENVEST Capital is a private investment firm and emerged to become an entrepreneurial minded Venture Capital investor for Growth. Visit us and read more ## Contrarian Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Energy We are a hands-on, community-focused and founders vetted early-stage sustainable energy transition focused VC in Europe & Israel ## Astanor Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Biotechnology We help the ambitious build a food system that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted and produces delicious food for all. ## A Plus Finance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Telecommunications A Plus Finance, which is headquartered in Paris (France), is an independent trust company specialising in the management of Common Investment Fundsfor Innovation (FCPI) and Proximity Investment Funds (FIP). A Plus Finance is involved in all innovative sectors, particularly in the IT, media and security fields.The A Plus Finance team includesfinanciers and entrepreneurs, thus providing companies with both an awareness of the daily constraints of management and a long-term perspective on the development of their business. Managing funds amounting to nearly €220m, A Plus Finance invests between €1 million and €4 million per project.per ## AddVenture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software AddVenture is a region & stage agnostic venture capital fund with a Russian origin. Our investment range is $1-10M. ## KFW DEG - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, Finance KFW DEG offers financing, advice and support to private sector enterprises operating in developing and emerging-market countries. Their customers can rely on their expertise: They can benefit from their market knowledge, their 21 locations worldwide, and their international network. For entrepreneurial success and development. ## Green Angel Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Construction Green Angel Syndicate is the only UK angel investment syndicate specialising in the fight against Climate Change and Global Warming. ## Pelion Green Future - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy, Battery, CleanTech Together, accelerating the transition towards a decarbonized future. ## Lupa Systems - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Big Data, Machine Learning Lupa Systems is a private investment company founded in 2019. ## Big Sur Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet BSV invests early, commits personally and team up with exceptional founders to help build extraordinary companies. What we do: Seed Phase, Technology Based & Investments. ## SFO - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: CleanTech, Biotechnology, Green Building SFO is an entrepreneur from the start-up environment and medium-sized companies. SFO offers complementary expertise, reliable capital, and an effective network. ## Oxford Technology Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software Oxford Technology's SEIS fund and EIS fund enable private investors to access high growth technology startup opportunities and support UK innovation. SEIS and EIS tax reliefs offer downside protection, whilst gains can be tax free. ## Martin Olczyk - Type: Angel - Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence - MD at Techstars (Berlin/Amsterdam/Turin) currently investing in Smart Mobility companies. - Founding member, CFO/COO of Cunesoft (acquired by Phlexglobal) - Founder of GeeXstar, Asia's first tech-focused investment banking boutique - Founder of Clappifieds.de , a classifiedsmarketplace for Apple products - Mentor at TechGrind, Thailand’s first tech incubator, investing in promising startups across SEA – Founder of HonMed, a network for independent emergency doctors in Germany – Founder of a CoWorking space # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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