Across Europe

WE BACK THOSE
ENTREPRENEURS WHO

Understand
‍

think big
‍‍

act macro
‍‍

build tech for
a regenerative world

Those entrepreneurs

portfolio

who understand decarbonisation
as value driver

Next generation
battery recycling

CYLIB

a collective of creators  
who do food, science, and art

JUICY MARBLES

European quantum 
computing leader

IQM

LEADING SUPPLIER OF SPECIAL LITHIUM-ION
BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES

CustomCells

THE MOST ELEGANT SOLUTION
TO GENERATE SOLAR POWER WITH YOUR ROOF

sunroof

DECARBONIZING BUILDINGS
MADE EASY

Aedifion

A NEW ERA
OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD HAS BEGUN

planet a foods

Plant trees with
your steps

Treecard

Making Space Work
for Humanity

space forge

FULLER SHELVES AND
FEWER WRITE-OFFS

fresh flow

delicious, nutritious,
sustainable

enough

planet friendly
proteins

FARMLESS

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THOSE BACKERS

a team of investors, activists, entrepreneurs, comms experts, scientists and engineers

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Climate Performance Potential (CPP)

The Gateway
to our Backing

World Fund only invests in startups with huge climate performance potential.

We have developed our own science-based methodology in-house in collaboration with TU Berlin, Project Drawdown and Project Frame. In addition, every assessment goes through an independent external validation.

INTRO

The
Gateway to
our Backing

Quantitative Analysis

First, we quantitatively analyze the potential CO2e savings of a startup’s technology, including a life-cycle assessment.

STEP 01

Quantitative 
Analysis

qualitative assessment

Second, we take a qualitative assessment on environmental and social impact, utilizing the IRIS+ metrics.

STEP 02

qualitative
assessment

regenerative
world check

Lastly, the technology needs to fit into our vision of a regenerative world, based on four pillars:

Renewable energy, Full material circularity, Regenerative systems, Climate & social equity.

STEP 03

regenerative
world check

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THOSE ADVISORS

Dr. Vanessa Bach

Resources and Impacts Lead, TU Berlin

Prof. DR. Veronika Eyring

Lead IPCC Contributor, DLR & Uni Bremen

Prof. Dietmar Harhoff

Director, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition

DR. Sabine Erlinghagen

CEO, Siemens Grid Software

Dr. Gregor Hagedorn

Academic Director, Natural History Museum, Berlin

Simone Kaiser

Deputy Head of Responsible Research & Innovation Unit, Fraunhofer Institute

Hannah Wickes

Former CMO Ecosia & Board Executive

Prof. DR. Kai Bühler

Professor for Digital & Sustainable Entrepreneurship & Serial Entrepreneur with 3 exits

Andreas Kuhlmann

CEO, Christ & Company

Chad Frischmann

CEO, RegenIntel & Research Director, Project Drawdown

Filmon Zerai

COO, Holtzbrinck Digital

Andreas Rickert

CEO, Phineo

Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen

Scientists for Future, Doctors for Future  & best-selling author

Prof. Thomas Bendig

Chief Innovation Officer, adesso SE