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Alumni Ventures provides accredited investors access to venture capital, building diversified portfolios through its network of alumni and theme-based funds. By co-investing with established firms, they have supported a portfolio of over 1,400 companies, including successes like Fis, Blockfi, and Simplisafe.
As one of Europe's most active early-stage funds, Speedinvest uses dedicated, sector-focused teams to back EMEA's most promising pre-Seed and Seed tech startups. The firm provides hands-on operational support in areas like growth and market expansion to a portfolio that includes successful companies like Bitpanda, GoStudent, and Wayflyer.
Plug and Play operates a global innovation platform that connects early-stage startups to corporations and investors through accelerator programs across dozens of industries. Their ecosystem provides venture capital and fosters collaboration, helping to scale successful companies like Truebill, Honey, and Life360.
Backed by the Shenzhen Government, Shenzhen Capital Group funds high-tech enterprises and SMEs to help build China's national industries. They invest from seed to late-stage across sectors like IT, biopharma, and new energy, and have guided a large number of portfolio companies to public listings.
Backing visionary teams from pre-seed to Series A, BoxGroup invests in entrepreneurs who are creating new markets or redefining existing ones across tech sectors. Their portfolio includes category-defining companies like Plaid, Airtable, and Ro, demonstrating their conviction in building the next generation of businesses.
Creandum partners with European founders at the earliest stages, providing capital and operational support to build defining technology companies. They are best known for backing some of the continent's most successful startups, including Spotify, Klarna, and Bolt.
Cherry Ventures operates as an early-stage firm in Europe, often becoming the first institutional investor for founders in sectors ranging from AI and robotics to consumer goods. Drawing on experience from building companies like Spotify and Zalando, the team provides portfolio companies such as Flix and Auto1 with hands-on support for scaling and go-to-market strategy.
Atomico backs ambitious European tech founders from the seed stage and beyond, helping them build companies with global impact. The firm draws on its team's operational experience from tech giants like Skype and Google to supercharge growth for portfolio companies such as Supercell and Truecaller.
Caffeinated Capital backs technology founders at the inception stage, committing to invest throughout the entire life of the company. This early-stage focus and long-term partnership model has helped launch breakout companies like Figma, Notion, and Airtable.
The firms we've highlighted are just the beginning. Combined, the investors below have backed over 12,500 startups and helped more than 1,700 of them reach an exit. While a large number of these VCs are in the United States, the list includes firms from Europe, Asia, and beyond. Here’s a look at the rest of the venture capital firms funding what's next in climate and sustainability.
| VC Firm | Country | Year Founded | Nº Investments | Nº Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1988 | 179 | 39 | |
| United States | 1995 | 2796 | 87 | |
| Finland | 2009 | 180 | 20 | |
| Lithuania | 2017 | 48 | 1 | |
| Belgium | 2017 | 65 | 5 | |
| China | 1993 | 1503 | 175 | |
| Israel | 2000 | 284 | 57 | |
| United States | 2003 | 487 | 66 | |
| United States | 2015 | 155 | 10 | |
| Canada | 1975 | 709 | 173 | |
| Turkey | 2011 | 60 | 4 | |
| Belgium | 1993 | 110 | 32 | |
| United Kingdom | 2012 | 293 | 25 | |
| United States | 1999 | 285 | 68 | |
| Germany | 1997 | 116 | 18 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2013 | 165 | 14 | |
| Czech Republic | 2010 | 72 | 10 | |
| United States | 2014 | 176 | 18 | |
| United States | 2013 | 128 | 16 | |
| United States | 2000 | 70 | 7 | |
| United Kingdom | 2017 | 186 | 15 | |
| United States | 2011 | 530 | 114 | |
| United States | 2016 | 35 | 3 | |
| Germany | 2016 | 93 | 9 | |
| United States | 2012 | 333 | 37 | |
| Canada | 2017 | 133 | 11 | |
| United Kingdom | 1996 | 154 | 29 | |
| United States | 2011 | 441 | 100 | |
| United States | 2014 | 120 | 17 | |
| Denmark | 2017 | 86 | 8 | |
| Portugal | 2000 | 96 | 12 | |
| United States | 1994 | 606 | 136 | |
| United States | 2013 | 97 | 14 | |
| United States | 2013 | 93 | 11 | |
| United States | 2001 | 99 | 33 | |
| Spain | 2015 | 104 | 9 | |
| The Netherlands | 2009 | 55 | 2 | |
| United States | 2020 | 57 | 1 | |
| Canada | 2009 | 79 | 4 | |
| Australia | 2004 | 604 | 29 | |
| Canada | 2008 | 44 | 12 | |
| Ireland | 1994 | 169 | 58 | |
| Singapore | 2017 | 36 | 1 | |
| United States | 2009 | 334 | 70 | |
| The Netherlands | 2013 | 41 | 2 | |
| Australia | 2012 | 168 | 16 | |
| United States | 2013 | 48 | 3 | |
| Egypt | 2009 | 31 | 4 | |
| United States | 2019 | 14 | 1 | |
| Germany | 2012 | 226 | 33 | |
| United States | 2011 | 133 | 23 | |
| United States | 2009 | 57 | 3 | |
| Canada | 2012 | 62 | 2 | |
| Czech Republic | 2014 | 33 | 3 | |
| South Korea | 2017 | 36 | — | |
| United States | 2011 | 320 | 110 | |
| United States | 2015 | 8 | — | |
| Germany | 2021 | 28 | — | |
| South Africa | 2015 | 7 | — | |
| Norway | 1997 | 87 | 10 | |
| United States | 2016 | 54 | 2 | |
| United States | 1980 | 408 | 152 | |
| Sweden | 2020 | 52 | 1 | |
| Singapore | 2016 | 94 | 12 | |
| United States | 2018 | 45 | 3 |
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