World Fund
Energy & Utilities · Venture Capital
139open roles in its portfolio
24investments
1exit
200+people
Overview
World Fund is a European climate tech venture capital fund. It invests from seed to Series B in entrepreneurs whose technologies can each avoid at least 100 megatonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions per year, across energy, industry, food, buildings and transport. The fund was founded in Berlin in 2021 and applies a rigorous climate performance assessment to every investment.
Investor profile
Venture capitalInvestments
24
18 of them startups
Hiring now
10
139 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
1
Exits
1
Focusshare of its companies
Food & Beverages 24%Hardware 18%Science & Engineering 12%Manufacturing 12%Energy & Utilities 12%Real Estate 12%Financial Services 6%Sales & Marketing 6%
Where its companies are
Germany 33%United Kingdom 13%United States 8%Finland 4%Switzerland 4%France 4%Slovenia 4%Netherlands 4%
Stage of its companies
Series A 50%Series B 25%Pre-seed & seed 25%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 24 investments
Space ForgeVenture round · 3 mo ago
NitricitySeries B $50M · 14 mo ago · 2 roles
FreshflowVenture round $6.5M · 17 mo ago · led a round
VaeridionVenture round $15.1M · 22 mo ago · 57 roles
Planet A FoodsVenture round $30M · 23 mo ago · 4 roles
faircadoVenture round $3M · 2 yr ago
Mission Zero TechnologiesVenture round · 2 yr ago
ENOUGH - delicious, nutritious, sustainableVenture round · 2 yr ago
ecoworksVenture round · 3 yr ago
FarmlessVenture round $1.3M · 3 yr ago · 1 role
aedifionVenture round $13M · 3 yr ago · 2 roles
Juicy MarblesVenture round $4.5M · 4 yr ago
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DeepTech & Climate Fonds
b2venture
Earlybird
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Atlantic
better venturesSources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3; 1 rounds in the press that name it
People
Daria Saharova
Managing Directors
Tim Schumacher
Managing Directors
Danijel Višević
Managing Directors
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World Fund closes first €300M climate tech fund, seeking to follow on and back hardware
After three years of efforts, World Fund has finally closed a €300 million first fund, €50 million short of its target in 2021, but still a considerable After a three-year fund-raise, World Fund has finally closed a €300 million first fund, €50 million sh
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Berlin
Germany
HQ
200-500 est. staff