Climate & Cleantech
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Freiraum Ventures
Freiraum Ventures operates out of the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) at the Munich University of Applied Science. It invests in early-stage spinouts, writing cheques from €50,000 to €200,000. The fund is backed by Prof Dr Falk Strascheg, who is also a founding partner of VC firm EXTOREL Private Equity Advisers.
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GF BRYCK Ventures
GF BRYCK Ventures is an early-stage investment fund targeting spinouts from Ruhr University Bochum, TU Dortmund, and the University of Duisburg-Essen. It invests €300,000 per company, targeting 10 to 20 investments per year. The fund builds on a partnership between BRYCK, a German innovation and startup hub, and the University Alliance Ruhr, comprising the three aforementioned universities, which began in 2023 to foster more startups and spinouts. The fund is managed by Gründerfonds Ruhr, with the entire €10 million commitment coming from the RAG-Stiftung, a private foundation that finances the long-term obligations of Germany’s former coal mining operations in the…
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Generations powered by EDHEC
The Generations powered by EDHEC Fund was launched following the sale of the institution’s spinout Scientific Beta in 2020, which generated a €10 million windfall for the institution. EDHEC has set itself a €40 million target for the fund, with the remainder of the money to come from its network of alumni.
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CentraleSupélec Venture
CentraleSupélec Venture invests in startups from the ecosystem of French grande école CentraleSupélec.
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Eureka! Fund I – Technology Transfer
The Eureka! Fund I focuses on on proof of concept, seed and early stage spinouts emerging from Italian universities and research centres.
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KIT Gründerschmiede
KIT Gründerschmiede is the innovation and investment arm of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
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LIFTT
LIFTT was formed by LINKS Foundation, itself a joint venture of the Politecnico di Torino and Compagnia di San Paolo.
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RUG Ventures
RUG Ventures is the early-stage investment subsidiary of the University of Groningen. Until 2021, it was known as RUG Houdstermaatschappij, and under that banner, it managed two separate funds: Kennis Conversie Fonds and Noord Tech Venture. RUG Ventures is also a backer of the separate investment fund Future Tech Ventures.
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Delphinus Venture Capital
Delphinus offers capital from the preseed to the scale-up stage and operates out of the city of Aarhus.
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Polytechnique Ventures
Polytechnique Ventures is the seed fund of the École Polytechnique. It invests from preseed to series A (though may also back a series B in exceptional circumstances). It is financed by alumni.
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Obuda Uni Venture Capital
OUVC, affiliated with Óbuda University in Budapest, Hungary, makes investments in preseed and seed-stage startups in healthcare, industrial automation, and sustainability.
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FTTF
FTTF is a financing partner for deep tech startups using Fraunhofer technologies. It provides early-stage funding of up to €5 million and supports startups from foundation to exit.
