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European VCs investing in impact and sustainability (Part 2)

Welcome to part 2 of European VCs investing in impact and sustainability. In the first article in the series we talked about 10 pan-european VCs that support early-stage to growth-stage impact-driven startups. Here are another 10 investors to keep in mind if you’re considering raising money to accelerate growth:

  • Carbon13 -  A climate-tech venture investor with origins across the Cambridge University, investing in startups that can reduce or remove a minimum of 10 million tonnes of CO2e per annum once at scale.
  • Pale blue dot - A climate-tech focused VC investing in pre-seed and seed startups in Europe and the US.
  • Revent  - Investing in pre-seed and seed rounds for climate, health and empowerment startups in Europe.
  • Ada Ventures - Early-stage investor backing climate, healthy ageing, and economic empowerment startups.They also provide founders with “40 hours of back-up childcare & access to founder welfare support”.
  • Concept Ventures - Europe’s largest dedicated pre-seed fund with approx. $200m under management and an $88m Fund II, industry-agnostic, often a first institutional backer.
  • Vireo Ventures - A seed and pre-seed stage VC, backing European techn startups that are driving the energy and mobility sectors with cutting-edge digital solutions.
  • High-Tech Gründerfonds  - A public-private venture capital investment firm, focused on high-tech startups in industrial tech, deep tech, climate tech, digital tech, life sciences and chemistry.
  • Astanor Ventures - Impact VC transforming the agrifood system “from soil and sea to gut.”
  • Blue Horizon - Focused on sustainable food systems with a “double positive” thesis: financial returns and environmental impact.
  • Demeter - A leading European investor in the ecological and energy transition, investing from €1m to €30m to support companies in the sector at all stages of their development, from early stage startups to infrastructure projects.

Stay tuned for part 3!

Author
Oana Modorcea
Founder & Managing Editor
October 2, 2025

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