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- February
2019
Smart green VCs you should know
There are many smart green VCs in Europe and the US that back startups in energy, mobility, buildings, cities, materials, food and circular economy to create impact as well as financial and strategic returns for their fund investors (LPs). In the VC food chain, early stage investors prefer to invest, at lower valuations and higher risk, in the Seed, Series A and Series B rounds of young startups working on product market fit and traction (users, customers, revenues). On the other hand, late stage VCs like shorter holding periods and time-to-exit and, consequently, advanced startups with more than €5M revenues, experienced management teams and fast growth. The existence of KPIs, ideally going up over time, makes the life of every investor easier. At the same time, the majority of corporates have adopted open innovation and corporate venturing strategies in order to invest in and do business with startups, too. The result are different and, in some cases competing, investment strategies and portfolios that startups should know before pitching. Let’s co-invest and build smart green unicorns made in Europe.
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- May
2018
Smart green startups you should know
Your deal flow is on YouTube. We are presenting the best smart green startups on Ecosummit TV in energy, mobility and cities that pitched at Ecosummit in the past. Our unique list features 36 companies: Blixt, First Light Fusion, Sono Motors, Sonnen, Thermondo, Climeon, Tado, Lilium, BlaBlaCar, Cityscoot, Vulog, Forsee Power, Sigfox, Netatmo, Kiwigrid, Origami Energy, Exeger, Mobisol, Solarkiosk, Sunna Design, Moixa, Greenergetic, Lumenaza, Limejump, DEPsys, ENIT Systems, Envelio, Ubitricity, Clevershuttle, Sunfire, Sol Voltaics, Skeleton Technologies, Cosmo Tech, Agrilution, Airlabs and Ekwateur. These startups represent exciting business opportunities for buyers and sellers as well as investment opportunities for (C)VCs and family offices. All of them work hard to create big impact and many of them have the potential to become big startups or even smart green unicorns. Pitch at Ecosummit Berlin 15-16 May 2019 to tell your startup growth story and increase the quantity and quality of the term sheets in your next financing round.
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