Iochpe-Maxion is a Brazilian wheel and chassis manufacturer, looking to connect companies in the mobility industry to develop new partnerships and revenue streams.
They prefer working with companies that have funding and at least a working proof of concept of their technology. Traction is also highly valued.
LH Startup MAQER is the venture client unit of LafargeHolcim, a multinational corporation with a background in manufacturing building materials. They’re looking for partners and suppliers in industry 4.0, logistics, services and retail.
They seek solutions that have at least early traction with pilot users and that have received their first professional investment already.
Fil Rouge Capital invests into startups operating or opening an office in Croatia. They prefer software, marketplaces and applied tech, but are interested in deep tech and hardware as well.
They have an acceleration program that invests €50k into all accepted companies. The participants can be pre-revenue.
Their VC side €200-500k tickets into companies with revenue at least from early pilot customers and a strong growth potential.
They prefer to lead or co-lead investment syndicates, but are willing to consider solo investments as well.
Tesi focuses on investing into companies with revenue and a proven product-market-fit. They occasionally invest pre-revenue as well, for example into especially strong deep tech cases.
They’re not interested in pharmaceuticals, but other health tech is interesting.
They invest into companies that are based in Finland or have a strong connection with (interest in) Finland.
They prefer being co-lead or lead investor. They don’t invest solo.
EIT InnoEnergy is a multi-LP fund focusing on energy-related startups in Europe. They have excellent connections, and know the public sector especially thoroughly.
Prefer B2C but others are also interesting. They prefer co-investing but also invest solo.
EIT Innoenergy is a Pan European investor in the cleantech ecosystem. With a strong focus on impact technologies, aiming to empower citizens, provide access to clean(er) energy, and encourage international cooperation. Thematic tracks include renewables, mobility, battery, hydrogen, storage, smart cities, energy efficiency, smart grid, circular economy. A worldwide reach with offices in Poland (responsible for the geographical region ranging from Estonia to Turkey), Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and the U.S.
Our aim is to support sustainable energy innovations that provide the industry with derisked solutions. These innovative companies reduce energy costs, increase system performance and competitiveness, while decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and creating jobs.
Tehnopol Startup Incubator is located in Tallinn, Estonia. Applications are open all through the year, selection process and intake are in batches around the year.
Current focus areas are health tech, space tech, B2B ICT, greentech and smart cities. Startups from other areas are also welcome.
Most of their participating companies are B2B or B2C. They also have a separate program focused on the needs of B2G startups, which they’re happy to tell more about.
Participating teams have to have or establish a company in Estonia (takes 15 minutes) within a month of joining the program.
Sunbo Angel Partners represents 17 Korean LPs and 120 SMEs, investing into research-based early stage B2B companies globally.
Nordic Startup School accelerates startups and invests into the best ones.
They do two batches per year. Spring batch application period is in Jan-Feb, and program start is in Feb-March. Autumn batch application Aug-Sep, and program start is around the end of September. Program length is three months, but they support the best ones for 9 + 12 months more for a total of 2 years.
They’re interested in startups from all areas, but generally not from health and education sectors.
Fazer is looking for food tech startups who focus on food (the substance), raw materials and food production process technologies.
For example solutions that help in berry or cocoa availability around the year would be interesting.
They’re interested especially in commercial cooperation, and also willing to invest in a few select startups.
Startup introductions can be sent to Jussi Loponen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zloponen/. Please include an introductory text in the connection request.
Change Ventures invests into startups in the Baltics, or with Baltic founders on their teams.