🔎 Want to learn more about the #climate track hosts for Slush this year? 👉 Extantia is a climate-first VC firm accelerating the path to a decarbonised world. We have two investment strategies. Extantia Flagship backs scalable deep decarbonisation tech companies, while Extantia Allstars invests in climate venture capital funds. 👉 Lightrock is a global investment platform for Series B tech-driven businesses, committed to building a sustainable future. It is headquartered in London, UK, with an AUM of $5.5 billion. 👉 Transition is a Seed and Series A investor aiming to make the climate transition a reality. It is also headquartered in London, UK, with a team that reflects the climate ecosystem – including founders, scientists, policy shapers, and (soon) a PhD Fellow. 🔔 Follow our co-hosts to stay in the loop about the latest Slush announcements!
Extantia
Wagniskapital- und Private-Equity-Auftraggeber
Climate-first venture capital firm accelerating the path to a decarbonised world.
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Extantia Capital is a climate-first venture capital firm accelerating the path to a decarbonised world. Extantia unites mission-driven entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and business leaders to advance the transition. With over €250M in assets under management, Extantia has two investment strategies. Extantia Flagship backs scalable deep decarbonisation tech companies, while Extantia Allstars invests in climate venture capital funds.
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https://extantia.com
Externer Link zu Extantia
- Branche
- Wagniskapital- und Private-Equity-Auftraggeber
- Größe
- 11–50 Beschäftigte
- Hauptsitz
- Berlin
- Art
- Personengesellschaft (OHG, KG, GbR etc.)
- Gegründet
- 2020
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Primär
Zionskirchstraße
73a
Berlin, 10119, DE
Beschäftigte von Extantia
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Joern-Carlos Kuntze
Investing in innovative climate technology
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Birgit Brueck
Fund of Fund Management @KfW Capital
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Yair Reem
Yair Reem ist Influencer:in LinkedIn Top Green Voice | Telling Climate Tech Stories
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Fernanda Bartels
Marketing Director @ Extantia Capital | Marketing & brand communications | Climate tech
Updates
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🌍 New York Climate Week 2024 last week was nothing short of incredible! We were energised by the meaningful conversations, inspiring connections, and powerful collaborations we had throughout the week. 🚀 From gathering our portfolio company CEOs for a special dinner to organising a 5k run in Central Park with awesome partners to co-hosting Super Climate NYC and a roundtable on financing geothermal, we hope Extantia left its mark on the Big Apple. Catch a glimpse of the action in the photos: 👉 Photo 1: NYCW'24 5k run, co-hosted by Extantia, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, Super Climate and VoLo Earth Ventures. Thanks to everyone who attended the run, and a special shout-out to our fellow organisers who made it happen — Mario, Yumarie, Rafael, and Rachael. 👉 Photo 2: Extantia Newsroom, our pop-up podcast studio featuring back-to-back live recordings with leading climate tech innovators. Shoutout to Nick from Keep Cool, Matthew from Climate Tech Cocktails, and Silas & Somil from CleanTechies for hosting great live podcast sessions with our guests Stephan from Reverion, Timur from MAGNOTHERM, Yair and Sebastian. 👉 Photo 3: Super Climate NYC, the premier discussion room, in the world's greatest city, on the most important task at hand. Thanks for all your work, Rafael, and thanks to McKinsey & Company for having us. Always a pleasure to co-host this event with many of our friends – Planet A Ventures, Revent, 2150, ArcTern Ventures, Voyager Ventures to name a few. 👉 Photo 4: Geothermal Roundtable, co-hosted by Morgan Stanley, Fifth Wall, Elemental Impact, Energy Impact Partners, Khosla Ventures and us at Extantia. Such an important circle, bringing together key players to discuss the future of financing geothermal energy. 🙏 The list is long, and we are incredibly grateful to everyone who joined us and helped make this week unforgettable. See you all at #NYCW next year! cc Fernanda, Elisabeth, Carlota, Yair, Sebastian #NYCW #ClimateTech #ClimateAction
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🇫🇮 Exciting news! Extantia is heading to Helsinki, Finland to run the Slush Climate Summit 2024! 🌍 Alongside our co-hosts Lightrock and Transition, we’re bringing the only sustainability-focused Slush Official Side Event back to Slush, the world’s leading technology startup event. 💡 For the second year, the Slush Climate Summit aims to deliver the latest climate tech insights and networking opportunities, all conveniently located at the main conference venue. Agenda items and ticket application details for the exclusive climate track will be revealed soon, stay tuned! cc Sebastian Yair Torben Joern-Carlos Oliver Carlota Christian Fernanda Ari Alasdair Dr. Katharina Christopher
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💸7 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐔𝐒-𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐟ü𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐤-𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 🧑💻 Das Schweizer Photonik-Startup Lightium hat in einer Seed-Finanzierungsrunde 7 Millionen US-Dollar erhalten. Die Runde wurde von Vsquared Ventures und Lakestar angeführt, um die Kommerzialisierung von Lightiums photonischen #TFLN-Chips für Rechenzentren voranzutreiben. Diese Technologie soll die Datenübertragungsgeschwindigkeit in Rechenzentren erheblich verbessern und gleichzeitig den #Energieverbrauch senken. Mit den Mitteln plant Lightium, seine Produktionskapazitäten auszubauen und seine Foundry-Services bis 2025 auf den Markt zu bringen. 💾Außerdem planen Microsoft und BlackRock zusammen mit Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) und MGX eine Investition von 100 Milliarden US-Dollar in Rechenzentren und #Energieinfrastruktur, um den wachsenden Bedarf an #KI-Rechenleistung zu decken. NVIDIA bringt seine Expertise in KI-Rechenzentren ein, um ein breites KI-Ökosystem zu schaffen. ⚖️Der US-Chiphersteller Qualcomm wurde vom Europäischen Gericht zu einer #Strafe von 240 Millionen Euro verurteilt, da er zwischen 2009 und 2011 Preise unter den Herstellungskosten an Huawei und ZTE anbot, um den Konkurrenten Icera zu verdrängen. Qualcomm kann noch Rechtsmittel einlegen. - Welche Rolle spielt die EU bei der Finanzierung von #Photonik-Technologien? - Wie relevant ist die Microsoft-BlackRock-Investitionspartnerschaft? - Welche Chancen und Risiken gibt es bei der Investition in #Hardware-Startups? 💡 Antworten auf diese Fragen geben Mila Cramer, Principal bei Project A und Christian Guba, Principal bei Extantia, in der neuen Podcastfolge in der Rubrik “Investments & Exits”. Jetzt anhören im Startup Insider Podcast. Der Link dazu in den Kommentaren. #Startupinsider #InvestmentsExits #Podcast
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🚀 How can you climb the Maslow Pyramid of Offtakes? Key lessons from our Ripple at The Drop on demystifying offtake agreements. ✨ We had an amazing experience hosting our Ripple session at The Drop with HV Capital, diving deep into a critical piece of the puzzle for scaling climate tech: offtake agreements. Bringing together startups, corporates, and investors, we gained some key insights worth sharing here. These are essential for anyone navigating the commercialization of breakthrough technologies. Key Takeaways: 1️⃣ Offtakes = Long-term partnerships: Go beyond transactions. Build relationships that grow with your project. 2️⃣ Early alignment is everything: Get offtakers and investors on the same page from day one. 3️⃣ Flexibility wins: Create flexibility where you need it to handle the unexpected while keeping progress on track. 4️⃣ Let your tech speak: Show your customers what you can do—seeing is believing. 5️⃣ Smart pricing fuels growth: Create pricing strategies that scale with your project and build customer loyalty. 6️⃣ Make it bankable: De-risk your agreements and involve financial partners early to attract investment. 👉 For more insights and a deeper dive into these strategies, check out the Medium post linked in the comments below. 🙏 A massive thanks to The Drop team for making this event extraordinary. Special thanks to HV Capital for helping us explore this critical topic. A big shoutout to our brilliant speakers — Andrew Symes (OXCCU), Philip Kessler (Turn2X), Albert Luu (Heirloom), Sidd Bhat (IFM Investors), Cynthia Kueppers (Novo Holdings), Georg Reifferscheid (Rewe Group), Mats Torring (Stena New Ventures) — for sharing your insights! Cc: Yair Reem, Sebastian Heitmann, Sarah B. Söding, Fernanda Bartels, Jan Miczaika, Maxi Pethö-Schramm, Marie Bos, Kasey-Leigh Davies
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🥳 We couldn't be more excited to officially welcome Christian Guba to the Extantia team as a Principal! 💡Christian brings a wealth of experience, having most recently led the investment team at our friends over at FoodLabs, where he was instrumental in driving investments in companies like MicroHarvest, InPlanet, and Win-Win. With a background that spans Google and BCG Digital Ventures, Christian’s expertise extends from tech innovation to venture scaling. 💪 We can’t wait to see the incredible contributions Christian will make as we continue to back pioneering founders in climate tech. A warm welcome to the team, Christian! cc Yair Sebastian Oliver Joern-Carlos Torben Carlota #ClimateAction #ClimateTech #VentureCapital
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🌍 Last week, we hosted our first-ever Annual General Meeting at the vibrant Holzmarkt in Berlin, bringing together top-tier climate investors, forward-thinking entrepreneurs, and industry experts to engage with our ecosystem. 🚀 As primarily hardware investors, we were extremely proud to feature many portfolio showcases – including Reverion's container, a nice stand by LEKO Labs, a beautifully branded POLARIS unit from MAGNOTHERM, and many others. Our founders brought their groundbreaking technology so attendees could not only hear about the latest innovations but also see and touch them, and even enjoy a magnetically chilled beer. 💡 From inspiring stage content to dynamic discussions to event live drawings, it was certainly a day of excitement and innovation! Now, you can relive the experience through our photos. 💪 A big shoutout to the Extantia team for making it happen – Sebastian, Yair, Fernanda, Oliver, Torben, Jaisal, Oona, Elisabeth, Paola, Joern-Carlos, Carlota, Jan, Tess, Eshel, Christian, and Sarah. Thanks Ole for joining us on stage. And an even bigger thank you to our incredible portfolio companies founders who were there with us – Steffen, Caspar, Dainis, Igor, François, Maximilian, Tiphaine, Sebastian, Jean-Philippe, Felix, Gary, Dr. Thomas, and Julian. #ExtantiaAGM #ClimateTech #ClimateAction
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🚨 Investment announcement! We’re thrilled to announce Extantia’s lead investment in Phlair’s €14.5M seed round, as they take a giant leap toward affordable and scalable CO₂ removal. Thanks to its technology compatibility with intermittent energy sources and hyper-focus on manufacturing, the company drives DAC down the cost curve. 🚀 The funding, which includes participation from Planet A Ventures, Verve Ventures, Atlantic Labs, Counteract, and UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators, will be used to bring its first-of-a-kind Direct Air Capture plants online in 2025, delivering to a roster of early customers such as Shopify, Stripe, Klarna, and Deep Sky. Big congrats on the round, Malte, Paul, Steffen, and the entire Phlair team – Welcome to the Extantia family! Read the news on TechCrunch by Tim De Chant 👉 https://bit.ly/4e6Eqnu And our "Why we invested in Phlair" article by Torben, Elisabeth and Carlota 👉 https://bit.ly/3XO5B0n #ClimateTech #DAC #CarbonCapture
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🌍 Want to be part of an exclusive, live climate tech podcast recording during New York Climate Week? 🎙️ Introducing Extantia Newsroom — our pop-up podcast studio where you can catch live recordings with top climate tech innovators. This is your chance to be part of the audience and get an inside look at game-changing conversations. Join us on September 25th for two exciting featured sessions: 👉 Nick van Osdol from The Keep Cool Podcast will speak with Stephan Herrmann from Reverion, diving into their carbon-negative power plants and biogas innovation for a 100% renewable future. 👉 Matthew Myers from Climate Tech Cocktails will interview Timur SİRMAN, CEO of MAGNOTHERM, discussing their revolutionary magnetic cooling technology — cooling without compressors or gas refrigerants. Eager to be part of the action? Apply now for one of the 20 exclusive spots using the link in the comments! #ClimateTech #ClimateAction #NYCW24
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🚀 In our many offtake discussions with startups, corporates, and investors, we saw the need for a simple framework to make sure we are talking about the same thing. Today, with HV Capital online and live at The Drop, we are introducing the Maslow Pyramid of Offtakes. Why this framework? 1️⃣ Not all offtakes are created equal – Different stages demand different levels of commitment, maturity and certainty, from early soft agreements to long-term bankable deals. 2️⃣ Offtake maturity follows tech maturity – Your level of tech maturity dictates the maturity of offtake agreements you can win. 3️⃣ Climb the traction pyramid – Start with low-risk commitments and work your way up to bankable agreements as you deliver on key milestones and build customer relationships and trust. Here’s how the pyramid works: 👉 Soft Agreements: Non-binding and low-risk, ideal for the Prototype stage (TRL 4-5). Here, you’re focused on proving feasibility—showing your technology works. LOIs and MOUs build early trust without heavy commitments. 👉 Binding Agreements: In the Pilot/Demo phase (TRL 6-7), you need to prove performance and reliability. Binding agreements offer legal certainty for short-term engagements or smaller quantities, that can be tied to conditional milestones to further reduce risks for your offtakers. 👉 Bankable Agreements: The ultimate goal. By the time you reach FOAK and NOAK (TRL 8-9), you must prove the commercial viability and scalability of your technology. Bankable agreements provide long-term cashflow certainty, crucial for securing major capital and scaling. What do you think of this framework? Does your company follow a specific strategy for offtake agreements? We’d love to hear your thoughts — share them in the comments below! Cc: Sebastian Heitmann, Sarah B. Söding, Fernanda Bartels, Yair Reem, Maxi Pethö-Schramm, Jan Miczaika, Kasey-Leigh Davies