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Time is Running Out

In our search for profit, we've sacrificed the earth and social causes. Climate change is real, and stress and anxiety are at an all-time high. The time to act is now.

Infinite Opportunities

Empowering ambitious tech4good entrepreneurs will accelerate the transition to a sustainable world while delivering robust financial performance.

4impact Philosophy

We believe that companies that focus on sustainable and financial returns will outperform profit-led companies. And that technology will drive accelerated impact.

PORTFOLIO

We back inspiring companies who are building the technology-driven impact businesses of tomorrow. These are our exceptional teams and founders.

"See what you can't"

Karthik Mahadevan, Karthik Kannan

Hear what you want to see

Envision speaks out the visual world for the blind and low-vision users. Its AI-driven software solution translates visual info to audio via a mobile app and smart glasses.

"Making solar energy the world's leading power supply"

Jan Pieter Versluijs, Tino de Bruijn

The all-in-one software for solar panel installers

Solar Monkey delivers software that increases the efficiency of designing, installing and monitoring solar systems.

"Shaping the world of unbiased hiring"

Charlotte Melkert, Fleur Melkert

Objective hiring through neuroscience

Equalture helps build diverse and successful teams through objective and predictive hiring technology.

"Towards zero deforestation"

Arjen Vrielink, Niels Wielaard

Real-time monitoring of deforestation, carbon stock, and other risk factors.

Satelligence enables sustainable production by combining AI technology with satellite imagery to monitor global supply chains for blue chip global companies and combat deforestation.

"Leading the fashion industry to digital-only clothing"

Amber Slooten, Kerry Murphy, Adriana Hoppenbrouwer

Digital fashion house for the Metaverse

The Fabricant services world-class fashion brands creating digital garments. Brands achieve cost savings, higher consumer engagement and a more sustainable supply chain.

"Democratising alternative climate investing"

Jacqueline Van Den Ende, Lara Koole, Jeff Gomez, Tim Molendijk, Liza Rubinstein Malamud

Low minimums, high impact investing made easy

Carbon Equity democratises climate-related investments by enabling small ticket investments to access a larger investor base, funneling more private capital toward climate action.

"Making second-hand designer fashion first choice"

Lieke Pijpers, Thalita van Ogtrop

Sell and purchase pre-owned designer fashion

The Next Closet has built a circular economy around fashion, making it easier for customers to sell their closets and purchase pre-owned designer fashion items in a more sustainable way at accessible prices.

"Traceable, transparent, and circular supply chains"

Jordi de Vos, Mesbah Sabur

Tracing materials from source to product

Circularise facilitates a shift to a circular economy by digitising and tracing materials across complex supply chains on decentralised blockchain.

"Placing employee well-being at the heart of success"

Lucy Howie, Arosha Brouwer

Quan revolutionizes employee well-being through science-backed monitoring and engagement at company, team and individual level.

"Empowering consumers to make greener choices"

Navodit Babel, Akhil Sivanandan

Measuring and communicating impact

Supporting fashion brands to measure and share with their customers their environmental and social impact, enabling brands to become more sustainable.

"Creating an equal playing field on the employment market"

Maarten Westerduin, Geert-Jan Waasdorp

Skilled-based matching

SkillsCV targets vocational and/or unemployed job seekers, identifying their skills in a more inclusive way of filling job vacancies to create a more equal playing field and a better and healthier employment market.

"Mitigating the climate crisis by removing CO2 from the atmosphere"

Hannes Junginger, Matthias Ansorge

End-to-end carbon removal platform

Carbonfuture enables high-quality carbon removal at scale using its unique digital monitoring, reporting and verification platform.

"Sustainable water and sanitation for everyone"

Johnny Alexander Gunneng, Pedja Bihor, Magne Eide, Marco Westergren

Real-time software-as-a-service for digital water & wastewater management

InfoTiles’ innovative digital analytics platform spans the water value chain, simplifying and automating the tedious steps of consolidating data and applying real-time analytics and machine learning for water management.

“Towards sustainable zero-waste manufacturing”

Suhas Patel, Rahul Prajapat

Industrial Artificial Intelligence SaaS

Tvarit’s pioneering hybrid AI solution cuts through the complexity of metals manufacturing to minimize scrap and energy consumption of this critical industry.

"Turning buildings green while reducing costs and emissions"

Anders Kallebo, Johan Brunius

Energy optimisation in buildings using AI

Myrspoven optimises HVAC systems in real time, lowering the energy use and ensures buildings consume energy at optimal times.

"Integrating flexible capacity into our energy grids"

Jacob van Zonneveld, Marc Diks, Remco Tjeerdsma

Creating leading mobility service providers

Deftpower’s solution allows available untapped energy storage capacity in EVs to be captured with its seamless charging platform. This capacity is converted into economic and ecological value by integrating it into the energy grid

“Reducing energy used for cooling data centers”

Jasper de Vries, Rene Gompel

Artificial Intelligence software for data center infrastructure

Coolgradient makes data centers intelligent by converting existing data into actionable recommendations, reducing energy use by up to 40% by capturing interdependencies between mechanical and electrical infrastructure in data center cooling infrastructure.

"The future of energy trading"

Michiel Lensink, Jorrit Nijholt, Diederick Joosten

An independent and transparent trade platform for short-term electricity trades

Etpa is transforming the energy landscape by enabling power market participants to optimise their energy portfolios through short-term trades, making energy trading more responsive and resilient.

"The future of energy trading"

Michiel Lensink, Jorrit Nijholt, Diederick Joosten

An independent and transparent trade platform for short-term electricity trades

Etpa is transforming the energy landscape by enabling power market participants to optimise their energy portfolios through short-term trades, making energy trading more responsive and resilient.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

“Reducing energy used for cooling data centers”

Jasper de Vries, Rene Gompel

Artificial Intelligence software for data center infrastructure

Coolgradient makes data centers intelligent by converting existing data into actionable recommendations, reducing energy use by up to 40% by capturing interdependencies between mechanical and electrical infrastructure in data center cooling infrastructure.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Integrating flexible capacity into our energy grids"

Jacob van Zonneveld, Marc Diks, Remco Tjeerdsma

Creating leading mobility service providers

Deftpower’s solution allows available untapped energy storage capacity in EVs to be captured with its seamless charging platform. This capacity is converted into economic and ecological value by integrating it into the energy grid

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Turning buildings green while reducing costs and emissions"

Anders Kallebo, Johan Brunius

Energy optimisation in buildings using AI

Myrspoven optimises HVAC systems in real time, lowering the energy use and ensures buildings consume energy at optimal times.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

“Towards sustainable zero-waste manufacturing”

Suhas Patel, Rahul Prajapat

Industrial Artificial Intelligence SaaS

Tvarit’s pioneering hybrid AI solution cuts through the complexity of metals manufacturing to minimize scrap and energy consumption of this critical industry.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Sustainable water and sanitation for everyone"

Johnny Alexander Gunneng, Pedja Bihor, Magne Eide, Marco Westergren

Real-time software-as-a-service for digital water & wastewater management

InfoTiles’ innovative digital analytics platform spans the water value chain, simplifying and automating the tedious steps of consolidating data and applying real-time analytics and machine learning for water management.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Mitigating the climate crisis by removing CO2 from the atmosphere"

Hannes Junginger, Matthias Ansorge

End-to-end carbon removal platform

Carbonfuture enables high-quality carbon removal at scale using its unique digital monitoring, reporting and verification platform.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Creating an equal playing field on the employment market"

Maarten Westerduin, Geert-Jan Waasdorp

Skilled-based matching

SkillsCV targets vocational and/or unemployed job seekers, identifying their skills in a more inclusive way of filling job vacancies to create a more equal playing field and a better and healthier employment market.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Empowering consumers to make greener choices"

Navodit Babel, Akhil Sivanandan

Measuring and communicating impact

Supporting fashion brands to measure and share with their customers their environmental and social impact, enabling brands to become more sustainable.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Placing employee well-being at the heart of success"

Lucy Howie, Arosha Brouwer

Quan revolutionizes employee well-being through science-backed monitoring and engagement at company, team and individual level.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Traceable, transparent, and circular supply chains"

Jordi de Vos, Mesbah Sabur

Tracing materials from source to product

Circularise facilitates a shift to a circular economy by digitising and tracing materials across complex supply chains on decentralised blockchain.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Democratising alternative climate investing"

Jacqueline Van Den Ende, Lara Koole, Jeff Gomez, Tim Molendijk, Liza Rubinstein Malamud

Low minimums, high impact investing made easy

Carbon Equity democratises climate-related investments by enabling small ticket investments to access a larger investor base, funneling more private capital toward climate action.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Leading the fashion industry to digital-only clothing"

Amber Slooten, Kerry Murphy, Adriana Hoppenbrouwer

Digital fashion house for the Metaverse

The Fabricant services world-class fashion brands creating digital garments. Brands achieve cost savings, higher consumer engagement and a more sustainable supply chain.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Towards zero deforestation"

Arjen Vrielink, Niels Wielaard

Real-time monitoring of deforestation, carbon stock, and other risk factors.

Satelligence enables sustainable production by combining AI technology with satellite imagery to monitor global supply chains for blue chip global companies and combat deforestation.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Shaping the world of unbiased hiring"

Charlotte Melkert, Fleur Melkert

Objective hiring through neuroscience

Equalture helps build diverse and successful teams through objective and predictive hiring technology.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"Making solar energy the world's leading power supply"

Jan Pieter Versluijs, Tino de Bruijn

The all-in-one software for solar panel installers

Solar Monkey delivers software that increases the efficiency of designing, installing and monitoring solar systems.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

"See what you can't"

Karthik Mahadevan, Karthik Kannan

Hear what you want to see

Envision speaks out the visual world for the blind and low-vision users. Its AI-driven software solution translates visual info to audio via a mobile app and smart glasses.

Impact pillars

Awards & nominations

#1

Out to Change the World

There is always a better way. A way for business to have a positive impact on our planet and those who inhabit it.

#2

Developing Software

Digital technology has the potential to tackle some of humanity's biggest problems in a scaleable way.

Investment focus

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#3

Combining Impact & Profit

Impact and profit go hand-in-hand when we work towards a more sustainable world while generating market-rate returns.

#4

Scaling Internationally

Global and local are connected. Borders form no boundaries to the ambition to have an impact.

#5

Based in North-Western Europe

Europe is a great place to start a solid business with a dazzling array of cultures and languages at arm's reach.

#6

Raising Seed to Series A

Funding from a strategic investor who shares your goals and values is key to accelerating your growth.