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Status
Active
Global HQ
Berlin, Germany
Countries of investment
  • Germany
  • France
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Belgium
  • Sweden
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Denmark
  • Switzerland
  • Austria
  • Norway
  • Finland
  • Ireland
  • Poland
  • Turkey
  • Greece
  • Portugal
  • Luxembourg
  • Hungary
  • Romania
  • Czech Republic
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
Industries
  • Climate tech
  • energy
  • food and agriculture
  • manufacturing
  • buildings
  • mobility
  • sustainable technologies
About
World Fund is a European climate tech venture capital firm founded in 2021 with offices in Berlin, Amsterdam, Cologne, and Munich. The firm invests in startups tackling the climate crisis across key emitting sectors including energy, food and agriculture, manufacturing, buildings, and transportation. World Fund focuses on bridging investment gaps from lab to market and pilot to scale phases, backing companies with scalable technologies and significant emissions reduction potential. They emphasize supporting entrepreneurs who understand decarbonization as a fundamental value driver and act to build technologies for a regenerative world.
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$100K
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$2M
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Investment Thesis

World Fund is a European climate tech VC fund investing in startups that solve the climate crisis across key emitting sectors such as energy, food and agriculture, manufacturing, buildings, and transportation. They focus on bridging investment gaps at the lab-to-market and pilot-to-scale stages, supporting founders with scalable technologies and significant emissions reduction potential.
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Team

Danijel Visevic - General Partner

Daria Saharova - General Partner

Tim Schumacher - General Partner

Craig Douglas - Partner

Dr. Nadine Geiser - Principal

Dr. Mark Windeknecht - Principal

Larissa Skarke - Principal

Jan Schierle - Chief Financial Officer

Morgan Sheil - Head of Impact

Veronica Fresneau - Head of Communications

Robin Neff - Senior Investment Associate

Niklas Oettle - Senior Finance Analyst

Ophélie Laurin - Senior Investment Analyst

Cara Reuner - Investment Analyst

Theresah Kissmann - Executive Assistant

Olivier de Clercq - Investment Analyst

Sebastian Lindner-Liaw - Investment Research Analyst

Daniel Valenzuela - Venture Partner

Pawel Michalski - Venture Partner

Christian Kroll - Venture Partner

Marianne Abib-Pech - Venture Partner

Andreas Slettvoll - Venture Partner

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MISSION ZERO TECHNOLOGY

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SPACE FORGE

FRESHFLOW

ENOUGH

FARMLESS

SUNROOF

RECUP

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