- Germany
- Belgium
- France
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainable Fashion
- Carbon Capture
About
Extantia Capital is a Berlin-based climate-first venture capital firm established in 2020, managing around €300 million in assets. It focuses on accelerating the transition to a decarbonized world by backing scalable deep decarbonization technologies and climate venture capital funds. Extantia invests primarily in early-stage (Seed to Series A) climate tech startups across Europe and offers strong technical and impact expertise through two strategies: Extantia Flagship and Extantia Allstars. The firm actively supports enterprise sustainability innovations in sectors like renewable energy, transportation, carbon capture, and green building.
Extantia Capital focuses on mission-aligned climate and decarbonization technologies, including carbon capture and net-zero solutions. Their target geography is primarily Europe (including the UK and Israel), occasionally extending globally. The firm invests at seed and Series A stages, emphasizing hardware-based and deep tech ventures. Extantia applies a rigorous carbon impact assessment before investing and integrates impact goals into fund manager compensation. They prioritize startups that can leverage current energy sector urgency to help reach net-zero emissions
Extantia Capital’s management team, founded in 2020, blends venture capital experience with deep climate science knowledge. The co‑founders, including Joern‑Carlos Kuntze and Sebastian Heitmann, complement their investment expertise with operational and entrepreneurial backgrounds. The Head of Science, Iris ten Have, transitioned from academia in chemistry to climate tech venture investing, bringing valuable scientific insight to the team. This combination allows Extantia to provide hands‑on support for commercialization and scaling efforts of portfolio companies.
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