# Top 45 Sustainability Startup Investors in Denmark in May 2026 ## Vaekstfonden - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Vaekstfonden – The Danish Growth Fund – is the Danish state's investment fund. We strive to improve access to risk capital to enable Danish businesses to innovate, and to generate growth and new jobs. In close collaboration with banks and domestic and international private investors, we finance companies from all sectors nation-wide. We canaccompany you for the entire journey – from your company’s infancy through growth phases to expansion abroad and even to an initial public offering. ## The Footprint Firm - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Renewable Energy, Finance The Footprint Firm is an advisory and investment company with a sole focus on sustainability. ## Nupark Accelerace - Type: VC Fund - Location: Holstebro, Midtjylland, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Solar, Wind Energy, Enterprise Software Nupark Accelerace finances entrepreneurial businesses and is a Denmark-based investment company. ## Rincon Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santa Barbara, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics Rincon Venture Partners seeks to partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs and support them as they build world-class businesses. Rincon is an early-stage venture capital firm that targets investment opportunities in Web-based businesses that are led by 'serial founding teams', have proven recurring revenue models and are pursuingcapital-efficient operating plans. They typically invest in companies where initial product or service development is largely complete, and the company's forward-looking focus is on market engagement and expansion. They take an active role in guiding and supporting portfolio companies by committing resources for such activities as Board representation, providing strategic and tactical guidance, filling key management positions, facilitating subsequent financings and achieving liquidity events. ## UVC Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence UVC Partners is a Munich- and Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology-based startups in the areas of enterprise software, industrial technologies, and mobility. The fund typically invests between € 0.5 - 10m initially and up to € 20m in total per company. ## North-East Family Office - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Food Processing North-East is an ambitious, global family office helping our families live with wealth in a meaningful way from our offices in Denmark and Singapore. ## Giant Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Health Care, Financial Services Giant Ventures Global is a multi-stage, thesis-driven firm seeking systemic change across four themes which include environment, cities, health and wellbeing, and financial inclusion. The firm backs purpose-driven technology founders solving the world’s biggest challenges. It focuses on creating a more sustainable, equitable, and resilientplanet. ## Root Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Root Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in technical teams working on deep tech. The firm specializes in the fields of financial services, venture capital, and investments. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. ## Bo Wase - Type: Angel - Location: Skanderborg, Midtjylland, Denmark - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy Bo Wase is chairman of InCommodities. ## Christian Bach - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Developer Tools Christian Bach is the President & Co-founder of Netlify. ## BioInnovation Institute - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Convertible Note, Debt Financing, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care BioInnovation Institute is a biotechnology startup that offers entrepreneurs and researchers in life science. Early-stage life science start-ups are supported with up to 10 million DKK in funding, business acceleration, network, labs, and office space. It helps to early-stage start-ups within human health and planetary health. The startup'smission is to use its knowledge, network, funding, and infrastructure to incubate world-class life science and catalyze the commercialization of new solutions through start-ups.BioInnovation Institute was founded in 2018 and is based in Denmark. ## PreSeed Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lyngby, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS PreSeed Ventures is the biggest and most succesful early stage investor in Denmark. For more than 20 years, PreSeed Ventures have assisted and financed talented entrepreneurs with early-stage investments, and we hold more than 70 companies in our portfolio. ## Juergen Mayerhofer - Type: Angel - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy Juergen Mayerhofer is the CEO and Founder of Enspired and attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2018. Previously he worked with Eurelectric as Platform Member. ## Human Act - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Cooking, Software Human Act is a world-wide development organization. ## Nordic Eye Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS International venture capital firm based in Copenhagen. We come from the North, but we work in the world. We are Nordic Eye. ## Henrik Rosendahl - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Enterprise Software, Internet of Things, Software Henrik Rosendahl is a serial high-tech entrepreneur living in Napa Valley north of San Francisco, California. He designed and built Napa County’s first permitted off-grid residence in 2010.Henrik served as founding investor and Chairman of CloudVolumes Inc. until the VMware acquisition in 2014. He was CEO of Pancetera acquired by Quantum in 2011.Previously, Rosendahl was director of Application Virtualization at VMware, Inc., and CEO of Thinstall, Inc., from 2006 until its acquisition by VMware in 2008.Earlier in his career, he held executive and senior leadership positions at several technology companies in the U.S. and Europe. ## Elewit - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Predictive Analytics Elewit is a technological platform that promotes innovation in the areas of energy transition and connectivity. It develops the analytical, prescriptive, and cognitive capabilities of the business. Elewit collaborates on the commercialization of SAGA. ## West Hill Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Health Care West Hill Corporate Finance is a leading private equity venture capital firm providing EIS qualifying high-growth investments to private individuals. ## Jacob Wolff-Petersen - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy, Environmental Consulting Jacob Wolff-Petersen is the founder of SteelSeries, a leading manufacturer of peripherals for gaming and electronic sports (eSports), including headsets, keyboards, mice, mouse pads and mouse accessories. ## DEUTZ AG - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Fuel Cell, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Founded in 1864, DEUTZ AG was the world's first engine company. Today, DEUTZ is still one of the world's leading independent engine manufacturers DEUTZ offers a broad spectrum of liquid-cooled and aircooled engines with capacities ranging from 25 kW to 520 kW, which are used in construction equipment, agricultural machinery, commercialvehicles, rail vehicles and ships. People all over the world can tell you what the DEUTZ brand represents. After all, wherever DEUTZ engines are deployed, our customers know one thing for sure: they can rely on their DEUTZ engines. No matter how challenging the requirements are. No matter at what latitude. The DEUTZ brand is a firmly established player in the equipment manufacturing and operating industry – and has been for 150 years. In 2014, DEUTZ AG is celebrating its 150th anniversary in style. We want to invite you on a journey through time, a journey that will take you not only back into the past but also forward to the future. Be a part of this special occasion. Discover the origins of engine history, send a virtual greeting from 1864 and help to write part of DEUTZ's history yourself, for example by signing our visitor book. ## Anorak Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence Anorak Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco investing in seed-stage technology companies. ## EMD Fonden - Type: VC Fund - Location: Denmark, South Carolina, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Predictive Analytics The EMD Foundation has set up a high-performance computer cluster with historical weather data for the entire world. ## Revent - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Venture Capital, Information Technology Revent is a tech fund backing purpose-driven founders addressing the biggest challenges of our time. ## New Enterprise Associates - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology New Enterprise Associates, Inc. is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors, and geographies. With over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital since the firm’s founding in 1977, NEA invests in technology and healthcare companies at all stages in a company’slifecycle, from the seed stage through IPO. The firm's long track record of successful investing includes more than 210 portfolio company IPOs and more than 360 acquisitions. ## Mette Fløe Nielsen - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Energy, Nuclear, Sustainability Mette Fløe Nielsen ## Export and Investment Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fuel, GreenTech, Renewable Energy Denmark's Export and Investment Fund (EIFO) serves as a single point of contact for Danish firms seeking risk-tolerant government finance. We aspire to help successful enterprises that can expand the Danish economy and green the world on a daily basis, guided by professionalism and an international perspective. ## Voyager Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: AgTech, Energy, Battery Accelerating the creation of a sustainable future. ## Jon Erik Reinhardsen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Energy, Analytics Jon Erik Reinhardsen is a Norwegian business executive currently holding positions including Chairman of the Board of Equinor ASA, board member of Telenor ASA, and other senior appointments. Reinhardsen was the Chief Executive Officer of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) from 2008 to 2017, providing geophysical and reservoir services and data. ## Peter Holm - Type: Angel - Location: Sønderborg, Syddanmark, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Energy, Nuclear, Sustainability Peter Holm ## Lars Nielsen - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Energy, Nuclear, Sustainability Founder @ Sitecore, now investor at Nordic Makers. Multiple board positions, nemlig.com, WhiteAway group, Seaborg Technologies. ## Seed Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS Seed Capital invests in Danish tech businesses with global ambitions. We are focused on "late seed"-stage companies, typically investing 1-3 MEUR in rounds of 1-6 MEUR. Proud backers of Trustpilot, Vivino, Lunar, Templafy, Dixa, Forecast, and many other great companies. ## Klaus Oestermann - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Computer Klaus Oestermann is the CEO of BedRock Systems, an angel investor & Advisor and a former SVP & GM Delivery Networks Division at Citrix Systems. ## European Union - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical Device Discover how the EU functions, its principles, priorities; find out about its history and member countries; learn about its legal basis and your EU rights. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## Kasper Grundtvig Knokgaard - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Education Kasper Knokgaard joined EQT Partners in August 2007 and has since worked in the Copenhagen, New York and Munich offices.Prior to joining EQT Partners, Mr Knokgaard worked with McKinsey & Co., latest as Engagement Manager, in the Copenhagen office. Mr Knokgaard mainly focused on private equity and corporate finance related projects.MrKnokgaard holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Business Administration and Management Science from Copenhagen Business School. During his study he also spent one semester at IIMA in India and participated in a 2 month entrepreneurial program in Silicon Valley, California. ## Momenta - Type: VC Fund - Location: Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence Momenta is the leading Digital Industry venture capital + growth firm. We accelerate entrepreneurs and leaders devoted to the digitization of energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and supply chains. Since 2012, our team of deep industry operators have made over 100 investments in entrepreneurs and helped scale over 150 industry leaders via ouraward-winning executive search and strategic advisory practices. ## Bonfire Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santa Monica, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for business software solutions company founders transforming the industries they target. ## Peter M Jensen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Hardware, Software Peter Jensen is the CEO at RocketFuel Blockchain Inc.Mr. Jensen brings invaluable sales and management expertise to the team given his distinguished and long career in the technology sector. With his leadership, he has been an instrumental part of several major acquisitions at his previous companies.Before joining StopTheHacker, Mr. Jensen wasthe Vice President of Sales at Pancetera Software, Inc., a data management and protection company, from 2010 until its 2011 acquisition by Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM). Prior to Pancetera, he was the Vice President of Sales at Thinstall, an application virtualization company, through its acquisition by VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), who retained Mr. Jensen as a sales manager following the transaction. Mr. Jensen earlier held senior sales management positions with Oracle Corporation and Symantec Corporation. He received his MBA from Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. ## ACME Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology ACME is a venture capital firm investing in iconic founders disrupting massive markets. ## Vsquared Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Manufacturing Vsquared Ventures invests in early-stage deep-tech companies that are tackling society's most pressing challenges, with a focus on quantum and novel computing, green energy, robotics, AI/ML, new space, synthetic biology, and healthcare. It is committed to a partnership and will go to any length to help accelerate and scale vision,unlocking all seemingly impossible possibilities. ## Innovation Fund Denmark - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Innovation Fund Denmark invests in the development of new knowledge and technology creating growth and employment in Denmark. The Fund focuses on societal challenges, strengthens research, and increases innovation commitment within private companies.The Fund provides risk capital that enables cutting-edge initiatives to achieve resultssubstantially impacting the Danish society. Innovation Fund Denmark is also responsible for the future societal partnerships, where companies, universities, and public authorities will work together on challenges facing the society today. ## Kinnevik - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Financial Services Kinnevik is an industry-focused investment company with an entrepreneurial spirit. Its purpose is to build digital consumer businesses that provide more and better choices. The company does this by working in partnership with talented founders and management teams to create, invest in, and lead fast-growing businesses in developed and emergingmarkets.Kinnevik believes in delivering both shareholder and social value by building well-governed companies that contribute positively to society. Kinnevik was founded in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor, and von Horn families. Kinnevik's shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm's list for large-cap companies under the ticker codes KINV A and KINV B. ## The Index Project - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Chemical, SaaS Design to improve life is about solving real problems, small and large, simple and complex, systemic and emerging and is a life-long pursuit. The Index Project is a call to action. Are you in? ## Nordic Alpha Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Energy, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy Nordic Alpha Partners (NAP) is a growth fund founded in 2017. NAP target companies are typically locally or regionally established players with a revenue of DKK 10-150 mio. and with a global potential that can be fulfilled through new sustainable technologies such as energy storage and 3D print. The company is based in Hellerup, Denmark.We arelooking for: • SME’s based in Northern Europe with 10-150 MDKK in turnover • A proposition that either “enables” or “leverages” industrial, green or digital transformation. • Ambitious teams, looking for capital and/or skills to fuel their growth journeyWe offer truly intelligent capital and partnership via: • Our “hands on” fund management philosophy • A vast “value creation framework” supporting rapid business acceleration • Access to leaders and specialists within global Industry transformation • A fund management team with extensive operational experience across startups, international business scaling, the industry/technology sector and corporate business ## David Helgason - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co