European VCs investing in impact and sustainability (Part 3)

Welcome to Part 3 of European VCs investing in impact startups. If you’re looking to raise money to grow, also check Part 1 and 2 of this series, as well as the following funds that back companies in a diverse range of industries:

• ETF Partners - Backing sustainability-focused startups that can reach large-scale commercial success.
• Extantia Capital - Climate-first VC looking for software and hardware solutions that are capable of redefining industries.
• Kiko Ventures  - The cleantech investment arm of IP Group plc, supporting science-based startups with patient capital.‍
• Contrarian Ventures  - Seed fund backing climate-tech startups (excl. Food/Agri) in Europe and Israel; they are building a full-stack climate platform to further support their founders (Energy Tech Summit, The Climate Brick, Climate50).
• Trill Impact - A European Private Investments firm, with approximately 1,3B EUR in assets under management. Addressing global challenges through investments that provide sustainable solutions across mature, emerging, and frontier markets, in diverse sectors, and at both large and small scales.
• Impact Shakers Ventures - VC supporting pre-seed teams in Europe, focused on Climate Tech, Inclusion Tech and Impact Infrastructure. Each year, they choose 6-8 impact startups to join their Impact Shakers Flagship Accelerator which comes with €250k in capital.
• SET Ventures - An EU SFDR Article 9 fund. Supporting innovators that transform the energy sector using technology, AI, that improve the built world, facilitate Industrial efficiency or electrification of vehicles, among others.
• Future Food Fund - Supporting Seed and Series A startups across North-West Europe that innovate the food and agriculture tech industries (agriculture-value chain - consumer).
• Future Energy Ventures - This fund supports startups from Europe, but also Israel or USA, at Series A. They focus on climate technology - solutions that “accelerate the energy transition and decarbonize society.”
• Giant Ventures - Backing Pre-seed, Seed and Series B startups in Europe and the US that drive change in climate, health and Economic Mobility.

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