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Investors Directory
UBE Corporation
UBE Corporation
UBE Corporation (formerly Ube Industries) is a Japanese conglomerate turned specialty-chemicals company. It produces a wide range of products — from basic chemicals and plastics to high-performance materials (like polyimide, ceramics, and membrane materials), pharmaceuticals, and industrial machinery. UBE is also actively investing in sustainability.
Planet A Ventures
Planet A Ventures
Planet A Ventures is a Berlin-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage European greentech startups with a strong focus on positive environmental impact. They support innovation in areas like climate mitigation, waste prevention, resource efficiency, and biodiversity protection. What really sets them apart is their in-house science team, which performs life cycle assessments (LCA) as part of due diligence — and can veto investments if a startup doesn’t show significant, quantifiable impact. They closed their first fund at around €160 million.
Join Capital
Join Capital
Join Capital is a Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm (also with offices in London and Milan) that focuses on deep tech for industrial, enterprise, and defense applications. They typically invest in Seed to Series A rounds, writing checks of €1–5 million. Their second fund is around €112 million, and they support companies building foundational technologies in areas like advanced manufacturing, quantum computing, robotics, space, and AI.
Gekko Capital
Gekko Capital
As the innovative venture arm of the renowned Gekko Group, we focus on early-stage lifestyle startups across Europe. Leveraging our expertise and network in hospitality, travel, fashion & beauty, we bring a unique perspective to the startup world and are ready to invest in visionary companies. Our mission is to shape the future of brands by combining Gekko Group’s operational experience with transformative innovations.
Scientifica.vc
Scientifica.vc
Scientifica acts as an Operational VC, partnering with founders by combining capital, strategic expertise, advanced infrastructure and hands-on operational support. Investment is just the beginning of a journey that guides start-ups from pre-seed to scale-up, covering key areas such as technological development, market positioning, branding, and go-to-market strategies. To turn ambitious ideas into reality, we offer a 4,000 m² tech hub equipped with cutting-edge prototyping laboratories and a multidisciplinary team of experts working alongside founders on every aspect of the business. Our identity is rooted in a passion for science, technology, and sustainable progress. That’s why we invest in the sparks that expand the boundaries of what’s possible. From day one, we build the future with those bold enough to imagine it.
Primo Climate
Primo Climate
Primo Capital SGR S.p.A. is the leading independent Italian platform for alternative investments focused on cutting-edge technology in sectors that are crucial for economic development. Active in the Venture Capital and Private Equity segments, the company now has over 500 million euros committed over multiple funds specializing in the digital, healthcare, climate tech and space economy sectors.
Wind Capital
Wind Capital
Wind (formerly Wind Capital) is a Paris-based early-stage venture capital firm founded by entrepreneurs Thierry Vandewalle and Xavier Gury. They invest in deep-tech climate and sustainability startups, especially targeting solutions in key infrastructure and services like food quality, energy, mobility, construction, and environmental health. Their current fund has initially closed at €90 million, with tickets typically ranging from €500 K to €5 M.
Radix Ventures
Radix Ventures
Radix Ventures is a VC firm founded in 2023 and headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, that focuses on deep-tech startups in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Their first fund hit a first close of €41 million, backed by investors like the European Investment Fund (EIF) and PFR Ventures. They typically invest at the late-seed stage (tickets ~€1–2 million), with a strong emphasis on technologies like green energy, manufacturing, space tech, and dual-use systems.
Extantia
Extantia
Founded in 2020, Extantia is a venture capital firm backing pioneers in climate. As a climate tech generalist, we invest in software and hardware solutions that address large, near-term market opportunities with the power to redefine industries. Our sweet spot is early-stage - ranging from Seed to Series A. Headquartered in Berlin with team members across the UK and Germany, Extantia primarily invests in Europe. We are a long-term partner to our portfolio companies and provide hands-on support across commercialisation, scaling the organisation, and fundraising.
Infinity Recycling B.V.
Infinity Recycling B.V.
Infinity Recycling creates markets for end of life waste streams by investing in advanced recycling technologies and connecting the value chain.
Deep Ocean Capital
Deep Ocean Capital
We love technology as a means to transform our planet for the better. We believe in co-creating economic value together with the ecosystem we are part of. Deep Ocean Capital (DOC) is our independent management company hosting our Venture Capital funds. DOC was born in Rome with international/global ambitions, and is focused on deep technologies. Why Deep Ocean Capital? The Deep Ocean is the place on Earth that is less explored by humans, crowded with strange creatures, but also full of unexpected valuable resources. Likewise, Deep Ocean Capital has been established in 2021 to extract those resources present in abundance in the many folds of industrial and academic research. Deep tech is the next global innovation wave. It will be the most disruptive ever. Deep Tech ventures will change the way we live and work, and more broadly the environment around us. Deep Ocean Capital through its VC funds will invest in those life-changing technologies and companies.
Kering Ventures
Kering Ventures
We are the venture investment arm of the Kering Group, acquiring minority holdings in startups. Kering Ventures aims to increase Kering Digital and Innovation‘s impact by supporting emerging leaders at the intersection of technology, commerce and culture. We want to share our passion for imagining the future of Luxury. We connect entrepreneurs with our ecosystem, which comprises our Houses and international network. We bring business opportunities, and share our luxury expertise.