Investors in Lean

Nidobirds Ventures is an investment management company that forges long-term relationships with founders, investors and service partners is based on equity participation, joint projects and exchange of resources.

At UnternehmerTUM, visions turn into value. Their teams empower innovation enthusiasts to take entrepreneurial action. Together with start-ups and established companies, they drive tech ventures forward—from the first idea to market leadership. In collaboration with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and entrepreneur Susanne Klatten, they have been promoting future-forward start-ups such as Celonis, Konux, Lilium, inveox, and Isar Aerospace since 2002.

They invest in Hessian companies at the start-up and early stages, in technology-oriented start-ups and university spin-offs, in innovation and growth, and in company successions. In this way, they create offers of equity and equity-like funds as an alternative to traditional loan financing.

As a collective of entrepreneurs, they back green tech founders by providing capital and mentoring, offering fair terms that enable them to make choices in favor of their vision.

VENTIS CAPITAL has a history of building down-to-earth businesses. With heart, hands, and head, they support the right kind of entrepreneur by investing themselves and capital. They believe in using technology to support superior strategies and business models that solve the real problems of our time. They invest early and are committed for the long haul.

ECBF is a growth-stage venture capital fund dedicated to investments within the European Circular Bioeconomy. They bring Europe's circular technologies to market by identifying the most promising investment targets and syndicating with private and public investors to join financial rounds. Their mission is to provide access to finance for innovative solutions that enable the transition from a linear economy to a more sustainable circular one, with the European Investment Bank as a cornerstone investor.

They spin the energy companies to the next level. EnergySpin started as an innovative platform to share ideas and trends and developed into a multi corporate accelerator program, supporting startups to grow, connecting them to corporates and helping them to challenge the status quo of the industry. In EnergySpin we believe in the power of innovative ideas, dedicated and hardworking entrepreneurs who are passionate to make the difference.

LEAD our objective is to accelerate the development of start-ups by providing idea bringers and entrepreneurs. We have tools for success when you need to build companies in tech - from startups to growth companies. LEAD is a business incubator that has supported hundreds of promising startups in Östergötland.

2bX invests in technologies that change the way people live in and interact with urban areas, focusing on what they call UrbanTech. Their core focus areas include solutions for urban challenges such as climate change, population density, livability, and circularity.

Katapult is an investment company and accelerator, focused on highly scalable impact climate, ocean and agri-tech startups. We work to make impact investing mainstream and mobilize capital and businesses to deliver positive impact. We accelerate and invest in Ocean and African companies solving the world’s greatest challenges.

Wincanton is a leading third party logistics (3PL) and supply chain solutions provider in the UK and Ireland. We work in industry sectors as diverse as defence, milk, energy, retail, consumer goods and construction, supporting customers at every stage of their development. Whether they are a small niche retailer, a growing brand

Accelerator program designed for CEE region-based startups aiming to build an eco-sustainable future. WAVE has opened its doors to real-life change-makers who are committed to environmental sustainability with their businesses. We, at WAVE provide you tailor-made and practical knowledge and skills, mentoring with industry experts, networking events, visibility from impact investors and a Demo Day in the beautiful city of Budapest.