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The gateway to our backing:
Climate Performance
Potential (CPP)
We invest in high CPP climate technology – tech that can
decarbonize by saving at least 100Mt of CO2e emissions per
year. Those startups will be the most valuable companies of
the next decade. 



The sectors with gigantic decarbonization opportunities are
Energy, Food & Agriculture, Manufacturing, Buildings and
Transport.



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We help to decarbonise the global economy.
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As a climate tech VC, we are driven by tackling the climate crisis and only invest in technologies with scalable businesses and significant emissions savings potential. We support startups from early to growth stage, focusing on Energy, Food and Agriculture, Manufacturing, Buildings, and Mobility.

Entrepreneurs who understand decarbonisation as a value driver are whom we back; those who think big, act macro; those who build tech for a regenerative world.
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The gateway to our backing

Climate performance
potential (CPP)

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.
First, we quantitatively analyze the potential CO2e savings of a startup’s technology, including a life-cycle assessment.
Second, we take a qualitative assessment on environmental and social impact, utilizing the IRIS+ metrics.
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.
The gateway to our backing

Climate performance
potential (CPP)

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.
First, we quantitatively analyze the potential CO2e savings of a startup’s technology, including a life-cycle assessment.
Second, we take a qualitative assessment on environmental and social impact, utilizing the IRIS+ metrics.
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.
The gateway to our backing

Climate performance
potential (CPP)

World Fund only invests in startups with significant 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.
First, we quantitatively analyze the potential CO2e savings of a startup’s technology, including a life-cycle assessment.
Second, we take a qualitative assessment on environmental and social impact, utilizing the IRIS+ metrics.
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.
The gateway to our backing

Climate performance
potential (CPP)

World Fund only invests in startups with significant 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.
First, we quantitatively analyze the potential CO2e savings of a startup’s technology, including a life-cycle assessment.
Second, we take a qualitative assessment on environmental and social impact, utilizing the IRIS+ metrics.
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.
Those Advisors
Dr. Vanessa Bach
Resources and Impacts Lead, TU Berlin
Prof. Veronika Eyring
Lead IPCC contributor, DLR & Uni Bremen
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Harhoff
Director, Max Planck Institute Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Sabine Erlinghagen
CEO, Siemens Grid Software
Dr. Gregor Hagedorn
Academic Director, Natural History Museum, Berlin
Simone Kaiser
Director, Max Planck Institute Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Hannah Wickes
CMO, Ecosia
Prof. Kai Bühler
Professor for Digital Business 
& Serial Entrepreneur with 3 exits
Andreas Kuhlmann
CEO, German Energy Agency
Chad Frischmann
VP & Research Director, Project Drawdown
Filmon Zerai
COO, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Andreas Rickert
CEO, Phineo
Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen
Scientists for Future, Doctors for Future & best-selling author
Prof. Thomas Bendig
Head of Innovation & Technology, adesso SE
Those Advisors
Dr. Vanessa Bach
Resources and Impacts Lead, TU Berlin
Prof. Veronika Eyring
Lead IPCC contributor, DLR & Uni Bremen
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Harhoff
Director, Max Planck Institute Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Sabine Erlinghagen
CEO, Siemens Grid Software
Dr. Gregor Hagedorn
Academic Director, Natural History Museum, Berlin
Simone Kaiser
Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Responsible Research & Innovation
Hannah Wickes
CMO, Ecosia
Prof. Kai Bühler
Professor for Digital Business & Serial Entrepreneur with 3 exits
Andreas Kuhlmann
CEO, German Energy Agency
Chad Frischmann
CEO, Regenerative Intelligence
Filmon Zerai
COO, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Andreas Rickert
CEO, Phineo
Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen
Scientists for Future, Doctors for Future & best-selling author
Prof. Thomas Bendig
Lead IPCC contributor, DLR & Uni Head of Innovation & Technology, adesso SE
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Harhoff
Director, Max Planck Institute Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Dr. Vanessa Bach
Resources and Impacts Lead, TU Berlin
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Harhoff
Director, Max Planck Institute Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Sabine Erlinghagen
CEO, Siemens Grid Software
Dr. Gregor Hagedorn
Academic Director, Natural History Museum, Berlin
Simone Kaiser
Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Responsible Research & Innovation
Hannah Wickes
CMO, Ecosia
Prof. Kai Bühler
Professor for Digital Business & Serial Entrepreneur with 3 exits
Andreas Kuhlmann
CEO, German Energy Agency
Chad Frischmann
CEO, Regenerative Intelligence
Filmon Zerai
COO, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Andreas Rickert
CEO, Phineo
Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen
Scientists for Future, Doctors for Future & best-selling author
Prof. Thomas Bendig
Lead IPCC contributor, DLR & Uni Head of Innovation & Technology, adesso SE
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Harhoff
Director, Max Planck Institute Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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