| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.07.2026 | QuantumDiamonds Secures €91M to Revolutionize Chip Manufacturing | German deeptech innovator QuantumDiamonds secured a monumental €91 million. This combines a Series A equity round with significant non-dilutive state aid. The capital fuels its groundbreaking quantum-driven semiconductor testing technology,... |
| 11.07.2026 | QuantumDiamonds Ignites Chip Future: €91M Fuels Quantum Inspection Breakthrough | QuantumDiamonds secured €91M to revolutionize semiconductor inspection. The Munich firm scales its quantum-based technology, tackling hidden defects in complex 3D chips. This funding, €15M equity and €76M state aid, drives global expansion ... |
| 09.07.2026 | Chip Testing Startup QuantumDiamonds Has Raised €91m To Speed Up Manufacturing | German deeptech startup QuantumDiamonds has raised €91 million in its latest funding round. QuantumDiamonds announced that its latest capital comes from a €15 million Series A equity round and an additional €76 million in non-dilutive state... |
| 09.07.2026 | Chip testing startup QuantumDiamonds raises €15M in equity funding | A German startup spun out of a famed Munich research university whose tech helps semiconductor firms test out products and find defects has raised €15m in equity funding.
The new equity funding in QuantumDiamonds complements a previously an... |
| 09.07.2026 | QuantumDiamonds Raises $91M in Funding | QuantumDiamonds, a Munich, Germany-based semiconductor equipment company, raised $91M in funding.
The financing combined a €15M equity round led by World Fund with €76M in non-dilutive funding approved at the EU level under the European Chi... |
| 09.07.2026 | QuantumDiamonds Raises €91 Million To Scale Quantum Chip Inspection Technology | QuantumDiamonds, a Munich-based semiconductor equipment company developing quantum-based chip inspection technology, announced it has raised €91 million to expand production of its next-generation semiconductor inspection systems. The finan... |
| 03.06.2026 | Freshflow erhält 10 Millionen – UniSea übernimmt Kaiko Systems – CENSE erhält 6,5 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 3. Juni 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-Arch... |
| 05.05.2026 | Lithosquare Raises $25 Million In Seed Funding To Deploy Geology AI For Critical Metal Exploration | Lithosquare, a deep tech startup applying foundational AI to mineral exploration, has secured $25 million in seed funding to deploy its Geology AI platform globally. The round was led by World Fund with participation from Kindred Capital VC... |
| 05.05.2026 | Barocal: Cambridge University Spin-Out Raises $10 Million Seed Funding To Commercialize Breakthrough Solid-State Cooling Technology | Barocal, a Cambridge University spin-out developing solid-state cooling and heating technology using barocaloric materials, has raised a $10 million seed round from World Fund, Breakthrough Energy Discovery, Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, a... |
| 04.05.2026 | Barocal Raises $10M in Seed Funding | Barocal Ltd, a Cambridge, UK-based climate technology company, raised $10M in Seed funding.
Backers included World Fund, Breakthrough Energy Discovery, Cambridge Enterprise Ventures and IP Group.
The company intends to use the funds to scal... |
| 12.03.2026 | Hyperscale Power raises EUR 5 million to advance solid-state transformers |
Founded in Zurich in 2025 by Daniel Rothmund and Sami Pettersson, Hyperscale Power is developing compact solid-state transformers (SSTs) with an energy-conversion efficiency of up to 98.5%. The technology is designed to replace conventiona... |
| 06.02.2026 | +++ cylib +++ Schweiz +++ Venture Capital +++ Nato Innovation Fund +++ CDTM +++ Einhörner +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Freitag, 6. Februar). #STARTUPLAND
STARTUPLAND: Founders, VCs, and visionaries in one place
+++ Am 18. März ... |
| 23.12.2025 | „Fundraising kostet viel Zeit und Fokus“ | Das Kölner PropTech aedifion, 2017 von Johannes Fütterer, Felix Dorner, Jan Henrik Ziegeldorf und Erik Brümmendorf gegründet, entwickelt eine Software, mit der Immobilienbesitzer die Betriebskosten analysieren und im besten Fall senken könn... |
| 10.12.2025 | Europe agrees to cut emissions 90% by 2040 | European member states have agreed on a legally binding climate target to cut emissions 90% by 2040.
The goal and amendment to the EU Climate Law offers a “pragmatic and flexible plan” designed to bring certainty to investors and businesses... |
| 12.09.2025 | Nitricity Secures $50 Million to Revolutionize Global Fertilizer Production | Nitricity, a pioneering climate tech firm, closed a $50 million Series B funding round. This significant capital fuels its rapid expansion across the U.S. and into the lucrative European market. The company develops Ash Tea, an innovative o... |
| 11.09.2025 | Nitricity: $50 Million Raised For Scaling Organic Fertilizer Production | Climate tech company Nitricity has secured $50 million in Series B funding to accelerate its expansion across the U.S. and Europe. The round was co-led by World Fund—marking its first U.S. investment—and returning investor Khosla Ventures, ... |
| 10.09.2025 | Nitricity Raises $50M in Series B Funding | Nitricity, a Fremont, CA-based climate startup electrifying the production of nitrogen fertilizer worldwide, raised $50M in Series B funding.
The round was led by World Fund, and returning investor Khosla Ventures, with participation from C... |
| 02.09.2025 | From capital to climate impact: 15 leading sustainability VCs in Europe | Europe’s venture capital landscape for sustainability is expanding rapidly, with ClimateTech emerging as one of the strongest investment areas. According to an OECD report, global CleanTech investment peaked at around €74 billion in 2021, a... |
| 23.07.2025 | British NZN raises €5.6 million for biofertiliser solution delivering a ‘green discount’ for farmers | NetZeroNitrogen (NZN), a Nottingham-based AgTech company on a mission to end reliance on synthetic nitrogen fertilisers (SNFs), has raised a €5.6 million Seed round to make key hires in ASEAN markets, pass certification, and finalise commer... |
| 20.05.2025 | Berlin-based Freshflow raises €6.5 million to optimise fresh food supply chain with AI | German Freshflow – the AI-powered platform that optimises the fresh food supply chain with AI, starting with grocery retailers – has raised €6.5 million in funding to scale and expand into new categories on the back of rapid commercial and ... |
| 16.05.2025 | Ecosia: A Green Search Engine's Leap Towards Climate Empowerment | In a world where climate change looms large, Ecosia stands as a beacon of hope. Founded in Berlin in 2009, this green search engine has made waves by investing 100% of its profits into climate action initiatives. With 20 million users, Ecos... |
| 16.05.2025 | German search engine Ecosia unveils new climate impact experience for users, shifting away from tree planting | Berlin-based Ecosia, the green search engine which invests 100% of its profits into climate action initiatives, is launching a new climate impact experience for its 20 million users – moving their primary focus away from planting trees.
The... |
| 15.05.2025 | Space Forge: Pioneering the Future of Manufacturing Beyond Earth | In a world increasingly defined by technological advancements, Space Forge stands at the forefront of a new frontier: space-based manufacturing. This Cardiff-based startup has recently secured £22.6 million in Series A funding, marking a si... |
| 15.05.2025 | Ecosia levels up: new features let users track their climate impact in real time | Berlin-founded green search engine Ecosia, which invests 100 per cent of its profits into climate action initiatives, today launches a new climate impact experience for its 20 million users.
The search engine is expanding beyond trees to wi... |
| 14.05.2025 | British spacetech Space Forge raises record £22.6M Series A for manufacturing in space | Cardiff-based startup Space Forge has raised £22.6 million in a Series A funding round - the largest ever secured by a UK-based space company.
The round was led by the NATO Innovation Fund and included major backing from World Fund, the Nat... |
| 20.12.2024 | VÆRIDION: Soaring Towards a Sustainable Aviation Future | In the heart of Munich, a revolution is brewing in the skies. VÆRIDION, an aviation startup, has secured €14 million in a Series A funding round. This financial boost aims to accelerate the development of its groundbreaking electric aircraf... |
| 19.12.2024 | VÆRIDION raises €14M for zero-emission regional flights | German aircraft manufacturer VÆRIDION has raised €14 million funding, bringing its funding to €17.2 million.
Founded in 2021 by two former Airbus managers, Ivor van Dartel and Dr Sebastian Seemann, VÆRIDION is on a mission to make affordabl... |
| 07.12.2024 | Planet A Foods: A Sweet Revolution in Sustainable Chocolate | In a world grappling with climate change, Planet A Foods is crafting a new narrative for chocolate. The company has just secured $30 million in a Series B funding round, pushing its total funding to over $45 million. This infusion of capita... |
| 06.12.2024 | Planet A Foods Raises $30M to Scale Cocoa-Free Chocolate Alternative with 80% Less Carbon Footprint | Planet A Foods, a food technology company specializing in sustainable ingredients, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round. The financing will support the industrial-scale production of ChoViva, a cocoa-free chocolate alternative... |
| 06.12.2024 | Planet A Foods secures $30M Series B for cocoa-free chocolate | Sustainable foodtech Planet A Foods has closed a $30 million Series B equity funding round. This brings company funding to over $45 million.
Founded in 2021 by siblings Dr Sara Marquart and Dr Maximilian Marquart, Planet A Foods is redefini... |
| 06.12.2024 | Planet A Foods Bags $30M Investment to Take Cocoa-Free Chocolate Global | 5 Mins Read German food tech player Planet A Foods, which makes cocoa-free chocolate, has raised $30M in a Series B funding round to expand across Europe, the US and Asia.
To take its cocoa-free chocolate business to the next level, Planet ... |
| 05.11.2024 | Hello CleanTech 3.0: A unique bridge between innovative startups and industry leaders (Sponsored) | The third edition of the Hello CleanTech programme, organised by EIT InnoEnergy, is now open for applications, representing a pivotal opportunity for cleantech innovation in Europe. Following the success of previous editions—which showcased... |
| 31.10.2024 | Championing innovation: 10 sports legends fuelling European innovation | What better way to expand your brand than by partnering with renowned athletes who bring global reach, influence, and a reputation for excellence? Over recent years, many of the world’s most celebrated sports figures have ventured beyond th... |
| 04.10.2024 | 50 European Companies Selected to Fix the World’s Most Polluting Industries | CEE ~
Company:
As Europe pushes to reduce emissions from its most polluting industries, deep-tech startups are positioned to deliver real impact where it’s needed most. In response, D2XCEL has selected 50 deep-tech ventures to reshape logis... |
| 29.05.2024 | Germany’s Faircado bags €3M to help find the best pre-owned items using AI; here’s how | Read this article in:
Berlin-based Faircado, an AI-powered second-hand shopping assistant company, announced that it has secured €3M in a pre-seed round of funding.
The investment was led by the World Fund, a European climate VC. The round ... |
| 25.03.2024 | World Fund Closes €300M Climate Tech Fund, Making Waves in Europe | World Fund, a Berlin-based climate tech venture capital firm, has successfully closed a €300 million first fund, despite facing challenges in the fundraising environment. The VC, born from the founders of Ecosia, an independent search engin... |
| 25.03.2024 | World Fund Closes €300M First Fund | World Fund, a Berlin, Germany-based climate tech venture capital firm, closed a €300M first fund.
Backers included EIF, KfW Capital, Wachstumsfonds, BPI France, PwC Germany, NRWbank and Ignitis Group, a number of pension funds including the... |
| 22.03.2024 | World Fund unveils €300M fund for climate founders | Berlin-based World Fund will provide €300M to climate tech founders over the next few years, making its fund the largest climate-dedicated pool the continent has seen yet. The commitment marks a first foray into climate investing for many L... |
| 22.03.2024 | +++ World Fund +++ Mitte +++ Sunvigo +++ JAB Holding +++ PetTech +++ Delphai +++ Othis +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Freitag, 22. März) #STARTUPTICKER
World Fund
+++ Eine ziemlich gute Nachricht! Der Berliner Impact-Investor ... |
| 22.03.2024 | Largest first-time fund in European climate VC history: Berlin’s World Fund closes World Fund I at €300M | Read this article in:
Berlin-based World Fund, a Europe-focused climate venture capital fund, announced that it has closed its inaugural fund at World Fund I at €300M, marking the largest first-time fund in European climate VC history. Who ... |
| 22.03.2024 | Berlin-based World Fund closes milestone €300 million fund to institutionalise climate capital in Europe | - |
| 21.03.2024 | 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 number given a background of war and economic uncertainty. The VC originally emerged fr... |
| 06.12.2023 | Amsterdam’s Farmless raises €4.8M to free protein production from animals and agricultural land | Read this article in:
Amsterdam-based Farmless, a startup that aims to turn renewable energy and CO2 into carbon-negative food ingredients, has secured €4.8M in a seed round of funding.
Before this round, in May 2023, the startup exited ste... |
| 13.11.2023 | ‘Deepwashing’ risks dampening progress in European climate tech investing | Craig Douglas Contributor
Craig Douglas is a partner at World Fund and an adviser to the EU Commission on Energy policy. World Fund invests in climate technologies with significant climate performance potential (CPP).
Today, deep tech compa... |
| 07.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Toray’s $8bn foray into biomass tech, Paptic lands $25m, Israeli agrifoodtech heats up The Kitchen | This week, materials manufacturer Toray announced a mega-investment in cellulosic sugar and Finland’s Paptic secured funds to expand its sustainable materials portfolio. Meanwhile, Israeli agrifoodtech startups were all over the news this w... |
| 07.09.2023 | World Fund adds over €50M to climate kitty despite climatetech funding dip | Despite the climatetech funding dip that has emerged from Q1 2023 figures, Berlin-based climatetech VC World Fund has added another €50+ million to its kitty. The successful raise, amid the reports that the purse strings for climatetech dro... |
| 07.09.2023 | Berlin-based World Fund raises €50 million to give new air to climate tech investment | - |
| 07.09.2023 | Berlin’s climate-tech VC World Fund raises over €50M to help decarbonise global economy | Read this article in:
Berlin-based World Fund, a climate tech venture capital firm, announced on Thursday that it has secured €50+M in funding from institutional Limited Partners (LPs).
New investors include KfW Capital, the investment arm ... |
| 24.08.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Bayer & Shell tackle rice farming emissions, Mosaic launches biologicals business | Between August holidays and an uncertain economy, funding rounds were few and far between this week. Nonetheless, CPG product-testing startup Highlight snagged funds from major agrifood corporates and grain-trading platform Bushel announced... |
| 21.08.2023 | Mycoprotein Startup Enough Raises €40M to Produce One Cow’s Worth of Protein Every 2 Minutes by 2027 | 4 Mins Read Scottish-Dutch food tech company Enough has raised €40M in Series C funding to accelerate the production of its mycoprotein product, Abunda, which is used in plant-based alternatives like chicken breast, mince and dairy. The bra... |
| 21.08.2023 | Scottish biotech Enough raises €40M to scale its plant-based protein production | Glasgow biotech firm Enough produces a sustainable protein used in alternative meat and dairy products, it comes from fermenting fungi. Although using alternative protein sources for meatless products is nothing new, Enough feels they have ... |
| 20.08.2023 | Alt protein isn’t dead yet says ENOUGH as it raises $43.6m to scale up mycoprotein production | Glasgow-based alt protein startup ENOUGH has raised €40 million ($43.6 million) in a series C round led by World Fund and CPT Capital to expand production of ‘ABUNDA’ mycoprotein, a meat alternative made from fungi.
Other investors in the r... |
| 01.06.2023 | Funding gap threatens Europe's pioneering role in climate tech startups | As climate risk is increasingly threatening the environment, society, and global economy, it is up to both the public and private sectors to undertake serious actions in order to adjust to new environmental challenges. These challenges go f... |
| 15.02.2023 | Germany-based cylib raises €8M for its new lithium battery recycling facility | Germany-based cylib, a company that offers an “innovative” and sustainable technology for Lithium-ion battery recycling, announced on Wednesday that it has raised €8M in an extension Seed round of funding. With this, the total Seed round co... |
| 15.02.2023 | Squaring the circle on recycled batteries, Germany's cylib extends seed round out to €11.6 million | Aachen-based cylib recently secured an €8 million extension to its seed round, bringing its total for the round to €11.6 million.
With the proceeds, cylib expects to expand its workforce with a view to launching its first battery recycling ... |
| 30.01.2023 | Leading and Emerging Startup and Investment Trends of 2022 in SeedBlink’s Annual Report | SeedBlink and Horváth & Partners published a comprehensive report about the CEE and EU startup ecosystem Fintech, Mobility, and Enterprise SaaS remain the most attractive sectors as security and impact & sustainability are the faste... |
| 27.01.2023 | German proptech startup aedifion raises €12M to enable smart building revolution via AI | Cologne-based aedifion, a proptech startup that helps monitor, manage and reduce energy usage in the commercial environments, announced on Friday that it has raised €12M in an oversubscribed Series A round of funding.
The investment was led... |
| 19.01.2023 | Swedish-Polish solar roof developer SunRoof announces a €13.5M investment | Swedish-Polish solar roof developer SunRoof announces a €13.5M investment
19 January, 2023, 17:15
Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->
The Swedish-Polish startup SunRoo... |
| 19.01.2023 | World Fund backs extended raise for Sweden's SunRoof | Climate tech LP unit World Fund is starring in the latest €13.5 million raise for Swedish solar installation startup SunRoof, in what's being billed as a "growth funding extension" to the round, now totalling €28.5 million.
As wit... |
| 08.12.2022 | Germany-based CUSTOMCELLS bags €60M to advance premium battery cells: Know more | Germany-based CUSTOMCELLS, a company that claims to make premium battery cells, announced on Thursday that it has raised €60M in a Series A round of funding.
After the funding, CUSTOMCELLS’ founders Leopold König and Torge Thönnessen will r... |
| 07.12.2022 | European Investment Fund invests €50M in climate tech VC World Fund: Know more | The European Investment Fund (EIF) announced on Wednesday that it is investing €50M into World Fund, a climate tech venture capital fund. This marks one of the largest investments EIF has made into a first-time VC fund.
The latest investmen... |
| 30.11.2022 | Aiming to plant trees with card payments, London's TreeCard raises $23 million | TreeCard, a UK fintech promising to plant trees when customers make payments with its wooden debit card, has just taken in $23 million of series A funding.
The round is being led by the US VC Valar Ventures, climate tech VC World Fund and E... |
| 11.05.2022 | Europe’s Largest Climatetech VC Fund Offers Investment Insights | Danijel Visevic, World Fund Co-Founder World Fund |
| 06.05.2022 | Europe’s top investors will pitch to startups at next week’s EU-Startups Summit! | At this year’s EU-Startups Summit, taking place on May 12-13 in Barcelona, you will have the chance to meet plenty of exciting and innovative startups, inspiring speakers, influential investors and well-connected media reps. For us, startup... |
| 25.04.2022 | Tech.eu Gathers an Impressive List of Speakers at the Tech.eu Summit 2022 | Tech.eu calls tech startup professionals and enthusiasts to a Tech.eu Summit 2022 The one-day event will have three stages, tightly packed with an expansive list of top speakers: from startup founders and investors to high-ranking officials... |
| 24.02.2022 | Juicy Marbles Announces Limited Release of “World’s First” Plant-Based Filet Mignon Steaks | Juicy Marbles‘ plant-based filet mignon is now for sale in Europe through a limited drop of 1,000 packs in what the company claims to be the world’s first premium alt meat release of its kind.
The Juicy Marbles tender filet mignon is now fo... |
| 23.12.2021 | 13 European VC funds launched in 2021 tо channel regional innovation | Company:
Reports and analysis show that in 2021 the venture capital money flow to Europe reached $28B which is a steep increase compared to the $20B in 2020. The continent has also increased its proportion of global funding to 19% in 2021, ... |
| 25.11.2021 | Slovenia’s Juicy Marbles Secures $4.5 Million To Develop Premium Vegan Steaks | 1
1
Share
3 Mins Read
Slovenian startup Juicy Marbles has successfully completed a $4.5 seed round to scale its whole-cut vegan steak. Self-described as “fancy plant meat”, the Ljublijana-based company is zeroing in on the alt protein marke... |
| 24.11.2021 | Juicy Marbles Announces $4.5M Raise to Bring World’s First Plant-Based Filet Mignon to Market | Juicy Marbles announces a $4.5M raise to bring its plant-based filet mignon to market. The funding marks the first investment made by new climate tech investor World Fund, who led the round after launching a €350m fund last week.
World Fund... |
| 24.11.2021 | Juicy Marbles gets $4.5M to sizzle up plant-based steaks | Convincing meat eaters to adopt a climate-friendly diet might get a little easier thanks to Slovenian startup Juicy Marbles, which has come up with a way to create plant-based whole meat cuts, if that doesn’t sound too oxymoronic.
“Fancy Pl... |
| 11.11.2021 | How does venture capital advance eco-innovation: Lessons from sustainability VCs | Company:
For the last fifty years, venture capital has had a pivotal role in discovering, bringing to market, and scaling transformative technology innovations in all economic sectors, from healthcare to transportation. As modern societies ... |
| 26.10.2021 | The biggest European climate tech fund launches to invest €350M in decarbonization | Company:
World Fund, a €350M climate tech venture fund launches today to become the biggest climate tech VC in Europe that supports founders who use technology to tackle the climate crisis. The initiator of the fund is the German tech start... |
| 26.10.2021 | World Fund: The European search engine Ecosia launches a €350 million climate VC fund | The Berlin-based World Fund just launched Europe’s biggest climate tech venture capital fund. The €350 million fund is targeting startups building technology that can help decarbonize the planet.
With nearly 60 investors including current a... |
| 26.10.2021 | World Fund is a new €350M climate VC fund incubated by green search engine Ecosia | You might have previously thought that Ecosia was a nice-to-have search engine that planted trees when you punched-in a search term. Lovely. How nice. But no. Ecosia’s founders and the network around it are far more serious about climate ch... |
| - | Beef. It’s not what’s for dinner - Juicy Marbles grills $4.5 million in funding via newly launched World Fund | Ljubljana-based Juicy Marbles has raised $4.5 million in a seed funding round. The foodtech startup has developed a method of creating a thick, juicy, and marbled (see where the name comes from?) plant-based whole cut meat alternative. The ... |
| - | IQM takes quantum leap with €128 million to combat climate crisis | The next decade is predicted to be the decade of quantum technology with governments and organisations investing in preparing for the quantum future now. Finland-based deep tech startup IQM Quantum Computers (IQM) has raised €128 million in... |
