Inven Capital is a venture capital fund established to invest in the European new energy sector. It is backed by a major European energy utility ČEZ, a.s. and by the European Investment Bank (EIB), having EUR 240m at its disposal.
We seek investments into innovative cleantech/smart energy growth stage startups.
We are interested in areas such as energy efficiency, distributed generation, flexibility and storage, energy, IoT and clean transportation.
We target late-stage growth opportunities with business model proven by sales and with significant growth potential.
We focus on creating long term value through an active support of the companies and their founders. Given our energy background we can provide unique benefits to portfolio companies and co-investors, e.g. through piloting on the customer and asset base or through access to a significant energy trading desk.
We seek investments into innovative cleantech/smart energy growth stage startups.
We are interested in areas such as energy efficiency, distributed generation, flexibility and storage, energy, IoT and clean transportation.
We target late-stage growth opportunities with business model proven by sales and with significant growth potential.
We focus on creating long term value through an active support of the companies and their founders. Given our energy background we can provide unique benefits to portfolio companies and co-investors, e.g. through piloting on the customer and asset base or through access to a significant energy trading desk.
Location: Czechia, Prague
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2014
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Series B; Series C; Series D; Series E; Series F; Series G; Series H
Portfolio 3
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 09.09.2026 | WINT | wint.ai | $86M | Israel |
| 28.03.2024 | Ember | ember.to | $21.08M | United Kin... |
| 21.11.2023 | Eliq | eliq.com | $10.95M | Sweden, Go... |
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.09.2026 | Wint Raises $36M to Expand AI Water Intelligence | Wint Raises Series D to Scale Water Intelligence Wint has raised $36 million in Series D funding to expand its water intelligence platform. The round was co-led by LIP Ventures and Inven Capital. Wint plans to use the capital to accelerate ... |
| 08.07.2026 | Agritech Leader Stenon Secures €18M: Revolutionizing Soil Management Against Fertilizer Crisis | Stenon secured €18 million ($20.5 million) in Series B funding. The German agritech innovator scales its real-time soil data platform. This combats surging global fertilizer costs. FarmLab empowers farmers. It offers immediate, precise nitr... |
| 06.07.2026 | Andercore erhält 30 Millionen – Stenon sammelt 18 Millionen ein – alqem bekommt 8 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 06. Juli werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 25.11.2025 | +++ Andercore +++ Inven Capital +++ Balderton Capital +++ Stark +++ Denttabs +++ Köln +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Dienstag, 25. November). #STARTUPLAND: SAVE THE DATE The next unicorn? You’ll meet it at STARUPLAND +++ Du h... |
| 13.06.2024 | 24 Czech VCs Investing in CEE Tech Startups at Different Stages | Czech Republic ~ Company: Central and Eastern European countries have been in the spotlight of early-stage venture capitalists for a while now. With 26K startups, their combined enterprise value has grown by x2.4 in the past 5 years, from €... |
| 28.03.2024 | Inven Capital co-leads a $14M investment for Scottish company Ember | Inven Capital co-leads a $14M investment for Scottish company Ember 28 March, 2024, 16:56 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Ember, a Scottish company building all-el... |
| 26.03.2024 | How Ember is building an all-electric intercity bus network in the UK | A Scottish company building one of the U.K.’s first all-electric intercity bus networks has raised $14 million (£11 million) in a Series A round as it looks to expand across the entire country. Building any bus network from scratch — electr... |
| 15.12.2023 | Vienna-based HYDROGRID closes $8.5M round to develop its solution of renewable energy | Vienna-based HYDROGRID closes $8.5M round to develop its solution of renewable energy 15 December, 2023, 14:46 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Austrian HYDROGRID, ... |
| 21.11.2023 | Eliq secures €10M in funding from Czech Inven Capital for its energy-saving solution | Eliq secures €10M in funding from Czech Inven Capital for its energy-saving solution 21 November, 2023, 14:29 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Swedish software comp... |
| 18.07.2023 | Il mercato del Venture Capital a giugno 2023 | Nel secondo trimestre del 2023, sono stati investiti 81 miliardi di dollari di venture capital a livello globale, in calo dell’11% rispetto al primo trimestre. Delle tre regioni, l’EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) ha mostrato la magg... |
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