Investors in Ustainability

Evonik Venture Capital is the corporate venture arm of Evonik Industries AG, one of the providers of specialty chemicals. Evonik Venture Capital invests in young companies with innovative technology and high growth potential with solutions to problems within the areas of focus of resource efficiency, specialty additives, health & care, nutrition. Leading in specialty chemicals and beyond to make the world a better place. We are an international group with a workforce of over 32,000 people spread across more than one hundred locations.

Corporate venture capital fund of Air Liquide Groupe.Air Liquide, a global leader in gases, technologies, and services for Industry and Health, offers essential small molecules like oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen. With a strong focus on innovation and sustainability.

East Innovate is a venture capital arm of a quantitative commodity, technology, and research company East Alpha. Innovate UK Business Connect is the new name for Innovate UK KTN. We connect innovators with new partners and new opportunities beyond their existing thinking – accelerating ambitious ideas into real-world solutions.

Collector Ventures is the investment vehicle of of Collector Bank, founded by Lena Apler.Collector Bank is a digital niche bank providing personal loans, credit cards, savings accounts, e-commerce payment solutions, factoring, and corporate lending with a strong emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurship.

Centrica Innovations is a global innovation group investing and partnering with startups that are transforming energy, electric mobility, home services and industrial markets with innovative technology and ideas, all with a relentless customer focus. Centrica is a leading energy services and solutions provider founded on a 200-year heritage of serving people. Leading energy services and solutions provider focused on energizing a greener, fairer future.

Vestas Ventures is a corporate venture capital arm of Vestas, with a vision to accelerate the deployment of sustainable energy, the electrification of societies, and unlock new growth opportunities through relevant investment programs. Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We design, manufacture, install, and service wind turbines across the globe, and with +154 GW of wind turbines in 87 countries, we have installed more wind power than anyone else.

Aboa Advest is a family-owned investment company focusing on startups and other growth companies. Founded in 2015, we have been particularly interested in impact investing: Impact investing generates a beneficial social or environmental impact, as well as a financial return. (*) We are an active investor in Finnish growth companies. We revised our investment strategy in January 2020: our primary focus is to invest in Venture Capital funds. To date we have invested in two buyout funds and five VC funds, adding value in DeepTech startups. Our investment strategy is based on a long-term perspective: we expect a significant return on our investments in 10 years time.

Green Campus Innovations is a new business developer and cleantech seed investor, supported by shareholders including LUT University, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, LUT Research Foundation, and Vitako Association.

Nordic Development Fund (NDF) is a joint Nordic international finance institution (IFI), established in 1988 by the Nordic five countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. NDF's work focuses on the nexus between climate change and development in lower-income countries and countries in fragile situations. NDF provides concessionary financing with an active portfolio of over 542 million EUR. Together with our strategic partners, we develop, launch and scale high-impact projects to support developing countries and people vulnerable to climate change.

Valor Capital Venture Capital Fund Management Ltd., a member of Cashline Group, focuses on early-stage investments in IT, green energy, and media-entertainment sectors. Authorized by the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, they provide capital and strategic support to innovative startups. Green Fund, part of Valor Capital, aims to create a positive environmental impact through investments in renewable energy, waste recycling, and sustainable projects, aligning with EU climate goals.

Lead Ventures specializes in supporting scale-up companies in Central Europe with validated products and services, providing capital from EUR 1 to 10 million to fuel their growth. With a team experienced in completing over 100 transactions and a strong network of LPs, they contribute extensive business and financial expertise to their portfolio companies. Focused on industries like mobility, energy, sustainability, and B2B services, Lead Ventures partners with other VC and PE firms to create synergistic relationships, aiming for international success.

Oltre Venture is the first Italian Social Venture Capital company, an innovative financial instrument to support social issues, which aims to finance and support the development of companies capable of combining economic sustainability and social value. These companies address the gray area of ​​hidden hardship and socio-economic fragility characterized by housing hardship, job insecurity, loneliness, marginalization.