Investors in Water

Playfair Capital is a venture capital fund that takes a contrarian approach to pre-seed technology investing. As a generalist VC, Playfair Capital seeks out early-stage startups across various technology sectors. The firm emphasizes backing visionary founders with innovative ideas and disruptive business models. Playfair Capital's investment philosophy centers on supporting startups in their formative stages, providing not only capital but also strategic guidance and operational support to help them achieve rapid growth and market success. For entrepreneurs seeking early-stage investment, Playfair Capital offers a platform to explore funding opportunities.

PureTerra Ventures is a specialized venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, focusing on investing in disruptive water technologies that offer both significant financial returns and positive social impact. The firm targets water companies poised for commercial scalability, typically investing between 1-5 million euros as an initial ticket size. With a global investment scope, PureTerra Ventures combines extensive entrepreneurial experience, a track record in driving sales, and a robust network within the global water technology sector. A distinguishing feature of PureTerra Ventures is its access to a vast network encompassing distributors, utilities, government departments, blue-chip companies, and other key stakeholders in the Chinese water market. Leveraging this network, the firm actively supports the commercial success of its portfolio companies. Beyond financial investment, PureTerra Ventures positions itself as a strategic partner, contributing valuable industry expertise and connections to help portfolio companies achieve market penetration and growth in the competitive global water market.

Yarrow Capital specializes in backing early-stage entrepreneurs focused on building disruptive technologies and high-growth businesses. With a strong emphasis on innovation and strategic investment, Yarrow Capital supports visionary founders in realizing their potential and scaling transformative ideas. By providing capital, mentorship, and strategic guidance, Yarrow Capital plays a crucial role in nurturing innovation and driving forward the next generation of groundbreaking ventures.

Sustainable Growth Management (SGM) runs the Sustainable Growth Funds, alternative private equity funds, that support growth companies and provide flexible financing. With its unique and differentiating strategy, SGM is a partner of companies, facilitating growth either through acquisitions or organically. The focus lies on North America and Europe, where growth capital opportunities have been identified. Primarily lower risk investment opportunities within later-stage companies with strong management teams, proven commercialised technologies and a well-defined and realistic path to exit are targeted. Further criteria include for the companies to have a minimum positive EBITDA of € 2 million and revenues between € 10 and 100 million. SGM invests exclusively in the high growth sustainable and efficiency sectors of energy generation, water treatment, waste water treatment, waste management, distributed grid and efficiency.

FORWARD.one is a European venture capital firm specializing in investing in hardware innovations across sectors such as Semiconductors, Climate Tech, and High Tech. Founded with a focus on supporting entrepreneurs who are passionate about solving complex challenges through innovative technologies, FORWARD.one seeks to identify and nurture groundbreaking solutions. The firm is dedicated to partnering with early-stage companies, providing not just capital but also strategic guidance and operational support to help them scale and succeed. Committed to making a positive impact, FORWARD.one aims to build a portfolio of companies that drive innovation in their respective fields and contribute to a more sustainable and technologically advanced world.

Seventure Partners is a long-term equity investor dedicated to supporting innovative companies that generate positive impacts on humankind, society, sustainability, and the planet. With €950 million in net commitments under management as of the end of 2022, Seventure is a leading venture capital firm in Europe, investing since 1997 in high-growth potential businesses across two main areas: Life sciences and Digital technologies. Our life sciences investments span biotech, health & digital health, nutrition, foodtech, blue economy, aquaculture, animal & agriculture, sport & wellness, with a particular focus on microbiome-related innovations across Europe, Israel, Asia, and North America. In the digital technologies sector, we invest in fintech, retailtech, and more, primarily in Western Europe.

Blue Planet Venture Capital is looking for target companies and investment opportunities that directly or indirectly contribute to the achievement of sustainability goals, reduction of emissions, improvement of sustainable quality of life, production of renewable energy, increase of energy storage, transportation and efficiency, solution of global water problems. Innovative ideas and developments in the fields of green energy, climate-friendly agriculture and food use, the circular economy, green transport, smart cities and water protection are typical target areas for our allocations.

We believe that innovation allied with capital will drive the transformation needed for a sustainable future. We are a business accelerator for entrepreneurs focused on making a meaningful positive impact on the resource and environmental challenges facing the world. We believe that private enterprise will deliver the radical changes that governments and society demand.

Emerald is a globally recognized venture capital firm founded in 2000, that manages and advises assets of over €1 billion from its offices in Zurich, Toronto and Singapore. The firm invests in start-ups that tackle big challenges in climate change and sustainability, with 4 current funds, hundreds of venture transactions and four third-party investment mandates, including loan guarantees to over 100 start-ups.

We are Nesprit, a pre-seed / seed-stage ClimateTech VC focused on CEE. Typical check size: €100k - €200k.

Vento is an investment firm that seeks Spanish companies with high growth potential and dedicated teams offering exceptional products in sectors such as the complete water cycle, smart cities, distributed electricity production, cybersecurity, Big Data, IoT, and food. Their investment focus is on technology-based firms with proven market-tested products. They prioritize projects led by cohesive and experienced teams committed to their vision. Additionally, they target ambitious ventures capable of market transformation and international leadership. Their investment approach typically involves taking minority stakes through capital increases or participating loans.

Granitor specializes in investing in cutting-edge technologies with significant commercial potential and global relevance. Primarily focused on Swedish companies, Granitor supports innovations in solar-powered water purification, sustainable food production, environmentally neutral energy solutions, zero-emissions transportation, and breakthrough medicines for previously untreatable diseases. By making early investments and maintaining a long-term commitment, Granitor aims to propel sustainable innovations forward, bridging the gap to market adoption. The firm's philosophy emphasizes active engagement and strategic leadership, playing a pivotal role in the operational and strategic development of its portfolio companies.