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Family officesSwiss family office launches new investment arm – and plans to list in Stockholm
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Venture Capital‘Very difficult for founders’: Danish investors pushback on proposed wealth tax
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2.6.25
This pension fund has a €1bn pot for climate tech startups. Here's the thesis behind its latest investment
NewsIn pictures: Entrepreneur unveils designs for €240m ‘world wonder’ for climate action
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2.6.25
InvestigationINVESTIGATION: Investors poured millions into Earthbanc. Now it's carbon project is being shutdown amidst legal battle
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27.2.26
NewsLUMO Labs secures LP investment to back Spanish startups: ‘The market is coming up'
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2.6.25
New fundsExclusive: HSBC’s climate venture team departs for impact firm – and eyes new €200m fund
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2.6.25
EXCLUSIVELY ON IMPACT LOOPLeaked letter: Big foodtech investors urge EU to stop war on vegan sausages
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2.6.25
DealflowWildlife whisperers, muscle magic, green jet fuel: a week in climate tech deals
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27.2.26
New fundsSeraphim closes $100m venture fund for spacetech: ‘Long-term benefits for our planet’
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2.6.25
Asset managementNet zero investor coalition relaunches after BlackRock exit
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27.2.26
Exclusive interviewEarly investor reacts to IQM’s $1.8bn IPO plans: ‘SPACs are re-emerging as a more refined tool’
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2.6.25
EXCLUSIVELY ON IMPACT LOOPFrench impact firm Daphni agrees on defence tech policy following ‘productive’ team meeting
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2.6.25
Foodtech‘Beyond stupid’: Investors slam lab-grown meat restrictions – and billions in livestock subsidies
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2.6.25
New fundsEnosis Capital secures $1bn anchor for 'debt-for-nature' deals: 'Monumental step forward'
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2.6.25
InvestmentsExclusive: Vireo Ventures backs Einklang as Europe's battery storage sector booms
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2.6.25
FoodtechJUST IN: EU considers extending 'meaty labels' ban to lab-grown products
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2.6.25
Deep TechUVC Partners bets big on this emerging industry: 'A small green premium is acceptable'
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12.11.25
Climate TechMajor UK climate tech conference expands venture investments: 'Business is where we’re at'
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2.6.25
Exclusive interviewThis investor watched climate tech startups run out of equity, so he founded a fintech to help them raise debt
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2.6.25
ResilienceEurope’s satellite startups are pivoting hard from climate to defence – with NATO backing
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23.12.25
InvestmentsDanish agrifood startups have days left to apply for €13m in green funding
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2.6.25
Loop How toFrom podcasts to influencers: How this Paris VC turned media into a dealflow engine
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27.2.26
Deep diveRevealed: 55 European family offices investing in impact funds and startups – and what they’re looking for
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23.12.25
Venture CapitalExclusive: Ex-Atomico partner Anu Adebajo appointed boss of Newton Venture Program
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2.6.25
Exclusive interviewExceptional Ventures’ new healthtech fund targets prevention – and draws a line on AI: ‘Must be a human layer’
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2.6.25
Exclusive interviewNorrsken Amsterdam’s CEO on the race to open new hub for impact startups
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2.6.25
Women in techREPORT: VC funding for female founders in Nordics and Baltics plummets amid AI startup boom
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2.6.25
New fundsInside Europe's new €120m 'catalytic' impact fund: 'We're backing companies in the missing middle'
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2.6.25
InvestmentsLightspeed makes rare investment in European energy tech: ‘Strategic partnership was our absolute priority’
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2.6.25
SustainabilityDcycle acquires ESG-X as sustainability reporting’s great consolidation continues
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2.6.25
Deep diveGeothermal might be Europe's most overlooked energy security play – and these 6 investors know it
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23.12.25
EuropeEQT says Europe well-positioned to lead on energy tech – with over 50 ‘potential unicorns’
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2.6.25
EXCLUSIVELY ON IMPACT LOOPExclusive: Holyvolt raises at €182m valuation for batteries that can be printed on almost anything
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2.6.25
New fundsMundi Ventures secures €750M for Kembara fund as climate tech enters scale-up mode
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2.6.25
Venture CapitalMargin Ventures launches €50m fund for 'overlooked' founders: ‘Frustrated with uniformity in VC'
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2.6.25
New fundsSlateVC secures €132m for climate tech scale-up fund: 'The timing was right'
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2.6.25
Venture CapitalEurope must not rely on the 28th regime to mobilise startup capital, says Philippe Tibi
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2.6.25
AnalysisData reveal: The impact VCs winning on gender equality – and those still lagging
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2.6.25
Exclusive interviewForget Silicon Valley – Europe should back startups in these emerging markets, says impact investor
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2.6.25
Impact Loop dataEXCLUSIVE: 30% of European impact VCs have a female founding partner – six times the industry average
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8.2.26
New fundsImpact VCs off to strong start in 2026 with €1.5B in new funds
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2.6.25
Europe105 investors and founders in open letter to Von der Leyen: Buy European clean tech!
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2.6.25
New fundsDaphni closes €260m deep tech fund as partners debate defence investments
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2.6.25
New fundsExclusive: Eurazeo to launch €500m ‘future industries’ fund for scaleups
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2.6.25
Venture CapitalEurope’s climate tech startups are hitting the valley of death. Could pension funds offer a lifeline?
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2.6.25
New fundsThe Footprint Firm closes €76m fund with backing from wealthy Danish families
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2.6.25
New funds2150 closes €210m fund for greener cities: ‘We’re building companies of scale’
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2.6.25
Fika withFrom skateboard decks to pitch decks: Hugo Rauch’s unconventional path into climate VC
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2.6.25
Venture CapitalThe impact VCs actively fundraising – or closing funds – in 2026
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Women in techRebecka Löthman Rydå: ‘VC is pushing brilliant women out’
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2.6.25
FoodtechIs vertical farming dead? Another startup stumbles as scaling proves ‘really tough’
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2.6.25
InvestmentsEurazeo joins Norrsken VC, Creandum in €192m battery storage bet: 'A fundamental need'
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2.6.25
World Economic ForumTrump’s return to Davos relegates sustainability to a side event
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8.2.26
New funds‘Staying true to our values’: Ananda raises €73m for system-level impact fund
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2.6.25
Venture CapitalNorrsken Evolve hires venture partner for Estonia expansion: 'Ideal for resilience investments'
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2.6.25
Exclusive interviewCandela flies into ‘non-democracies’ as Europe rollout stalls: ‘Market is more or less dead’
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2.6.25
Impact InvestingAsterion Ventures looks beyond France as it lines up new €100m fund
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2.6.25
Breaking newsDecarbonization Partners invests $100m in Osapiens – creating Europe’s latest green tech unicorn
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2.6.25
Impact InvestingExclusive: Impact investing platform Goparity acquires Bolsa Social – and moves into equity deals
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2.6.25
GreenlandGreenland’s resources draw startups and investors: 'Huge opportunities, huge risks'
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15.1.26
Venture CapitalFuse Energy backer Rosberg Ventures, headed by former F1 champ, closes $100m fund
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2.6.25
Impact InvestingImpact investors launch Europe’s only ‘culture-first’ VC fund – and they're hiring
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2.6.25
Climate TechPlan A acquired for €55m. Here are 3 other carbon accounting deals you might’ve missed
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2.6.25
Climate TechEurope raised over $50bn for new climate tech funds in 2025 – roughly half the global total
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2.6.25
Women in techEx-VP sues Insight Partners over alleged gender bias: ‘I’m going to hold them accountable’
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2.6.25
BankruptciesThe impact startups that went bankrupt in 2025 – and what they can teach us
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Impact Loop RoundupImpact founder photos of the year: The best, funniest, and downright bizarre
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23.12.25
Fika withMarkus Bohl: 'Nobody cares if it's the best European solution'
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2.6.25
Venture CapitalAxel Carbon Capital closes angel-backed impact fund – and drops ‘climate’ label
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2.6.25
Impact InvestingCarbon Equity launches €50m fund as it shifts to direct investing: 'A natural evolution'
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2.6.25
Climate TechColesco takes over Article 9 impact debt fund from Polestar: ‘A pivotal moment’
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2.6.25
ResilienceEurope's latest unicorn highlights dual-use potential of climate tech, says early investor
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23.12.25
Family officesWealthy heirs are pushing British family offices into nature investing. Here are three to know
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2.6.25
Exclusive interview1Komma5° founder Phillip Schröder: 'Only 10-15% of investors are great investors'
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2.6.25
Fika withFika with Ananda Impact Ventures’ Zoe Peden: ‘They call me Zobey-Wan’
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2.6.25
Impact InvestingVC funding for climate tech went off a cliff in 2025. What happens next?
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2.6.25
Water techAI floods water tech – but procurement risks falling behind
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23.12.25
FoodtechA foodtech rebound? FoodLabs' €105m close – plus 3 fresh funds reshaping the sector
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2.6.25
Venture CapitalThe 10 impact VCs that raised the largest funds in 2025 – and where they’re placing bets now
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2.6.25
Venture CapitalRing Capital closes €217m growth buy-out fund to back ‘high-performing’ impact companies
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2.6.25
Climate TechExpert doubts Stegra should get more public funds: ‘It’s a very risky project...they lack transparency’
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2.6.25
Fika withFika with The Footprint Firm’s CIO Sofie Käll: ‘They call me the Swiss-army knife of investing’
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2.6.25
FoodtechŸnsect declared bankrupt, seeks buyer for insect farming business: 'Want to continue our mission'
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2.6.25
EnergyEurope’s grid bottleneck is a crisis for renewables – but a goldmine for tech startups
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2.6.25
Impact InvestingEurope’s largest women-led VC appoints new partner to launch first impact fund
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2.6.25
Behind the FundFuture Energy Ventures confident about energy tech despite headwinds: ‘Everything we do is still valid’
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23.12.25
Venture CapitalExclusive: Climentum Capital nears first close of €100m fund amid 'tight' LP market
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2.6.25
Climate TechWhy Europe may have to accept a 'sovereignty premium' for climate tech
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2.6.25
Exclusive interviewWhy EV makers are backing a startup that turns daisies into metal miners
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2.6.25
Venture CapitalFuture Energy Ventures raises €235m as Europe pushes for energy sovereignty
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2.6.25
Climate TechEnerin bags €15M to turn a 200-year-old engine into the future of clean heat: 'All about economics'
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2.6.25
Climate ChangeImpact investor Don Ritzen picks Rotterdam for €240m ‘new world wonder’ to spark climate action
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