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We're are proud to share that World Fund very own Dr. Nadine Geiser is also a non-executive advisor at the BioInnovation Institute 🙌 Backed by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the BII is a non-profit that brings its expertise in deep tech investing, as well as much needed capital across a number of accelerator programmes. Read more on Nadine’s work in our latest blogpost, looking at the BII and the critical work they do to help accelerate life science and climate innovation across Europe 👇 https://bit.ly/3Lh0miH

At World Fund, we're big fans of RWTH Aachen University, therefore Daniel & I were thrilled to attend the annual #atec event last week. Awesome community with many excellent deep-tech and climate-tech start-ups! No surprise we have already invested into two #RWTH startups (aedifion & cylib), plus peopleIX & roofline in my private portfolio (via TS Ventures). The conference was great, amazing Malte Brettel, Leon Schneider & many others what a unique ecosystem you have built up here! Congratulations to all companies that made it to the final (where I was in the jury), in particular to Linda L. & Johannes (RecyCoal GmbH) for winning our 5.000 € World Fund cash prize. Well deserved! #atec2024 #VC #climatetech

We are thrilled to announce a new addition to our team: Theresah Kissmann has joined World Fund as an Executive Assistant and is part of our Berlin team 🌟 Theresah brings a wealth of experience from her previous roles at McKinsey & Company, Codefy and Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin Theresah believes that human-caused climate change is a matter of justice, as those who suffer the most from its effects are often the ones who contributed the least to the problem. Addressing climate change is not just an abstract concept but a critical effort to protect people 🌍 In her free time, Theresah loves hiking, walking her dog, baking, and planning events and surprises for her loved ones. We are excited to have you on board. Welcome Theresah 🙌

We’re happy to share that VP Capital’s Progress Report 2023 is out. VP Capital is one of our valuable limited partners, who trusted us from the very beginning. The report is offering valuable insights and lessons learned from the past year. It’s a comprehensive review of their progress and results, providing invaluable knowledge for the industry. At World Fund we are proud to receive the highest score (10/10) alongside SHIFT Invest and Pymwymic indicating that we pursue best in class standards on ESG management while our portfolio companies bring solutions to environmental problems 🌍 Congrats to the team at VP Capital for putting together such a comprehensive report 👏 Read the report 👉https://bit.ly/3VGta96

We had some great and insightful discussions at our third #ClimateTechMeetup organized together with our friends at Tech for Net Zero. Thank you Nadine Schimroszik, Handelsblatt for the moderation and to the speakers for their eye-opening insights Morgan Sheil, Arno Zimmermann, PhD and Dr. Lukas Köhler for his keynote on how we can get from millions to billions in funding climate tech. Here is our two main takeaways: ✅ Government and EU investments can bridge the funding gap by taking on higher risks, supporting early-stage projects rather than investing in them ✅ Regulations that price in environmental costs can make sustainable practices economically viable, drive the adoption of green technologies and promote fair competition Thank you as well  to the team of the Future Energy Lab for hosting us 🙌 Happy to see so many of you attending! Stay tuned for the next one 🎇

Our time in Munich last week at the Festival der Zukunft 2024 was one to remember! After our AGM with portfolio updates by Daria Saharova, Danijel Višević, Tim Schumacher, Craig Douglas, Jan Schierle, a keynote by Niclas Sundström from Worthwhile Capital Partners and the welcome of our new senior team members, Veronica Fresneau, Fabian Krautwurst and Morgan Sheil, the speakers lineup was impressive: 🌍 We kicked off with a first panel on Carbon Performance Potential with Morgan Sheil, World Fund and Keri Browder, Prime Coalition 🔬 Navigating Food Security, Climate Change was next with Jim Laird, ENOUGH, Hila Cohen, UN World Food Programme WFP and Dr. Nadine Geiser, World Fund 🏡 We transitioned to Building a Sustainable Future: Climate-Tech Solutions for Net-Zero Housing with elisabeth endres, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Emanuel Heisenberg, ecoworks and Johannes Fütterer, aedifion 🌬️ We closed up with Capturing Carbon: Innovations and Challenges in Direct Air Capture with Carlos Haertel, Carbon Removal Partners, Shiladitya Ghosh Mission Zero Technologies and Larissa Skarke, World Fund Thank you all for participating and thank you 1E9 for having us at the Festival der Zukunft 2024 🙌

We're thrilled to announce a successful AGM at the World Fund Conference 2024 during Festival der Zukunft held in the Munich's Deutsche Museum. Our LPs, portfolio companies, and other partners joined us in the world's oldest planetarium for an unforgettable event. Have a sneak peek below 👇 Thank you all for joining and kudos to the team for organising such a great event 🙌 🌍

Exciting times ahead! Join us in Berlin at our Climate Tech Meetup organized together with Tech for Net Zero on July 3, 2024, to explore innovative financing options for climate tech beyond public investments. Meet and engage with industry leaders like Dr. Lukas Köhler our very own Morgan Sheil, Arno Zimmermann, PhD from Spark e-Fuels in a panel moderated by Nadine Schimroszik from Handelsblatt 📅 July 3, 2024 🕕 18:00-20:30 📍 @Future Energy Lab, Berlin Register now 👉 https://lnkd.in/edSdRaPw

This NASA visualisation has it all: It shows the CO2 emitted into the earth's atmosphere + clarifies who is responsible for the climate crisis: we, the Global North. As emitted CO2 accumulates in the atmosphere, we Europeans also for historical reasons must reduce our emissions as quickly as possible and develop climate technologies that are globally applicable. This is our mission at World Fund. The visualisation shows the four major contributors: fossil fuels in orange, burning biomass in red, land ecosystems in green, and the ocean in blue. The dots on the surface also show how atmospheric carbon dioxide is reabsorbed by land ecosystems (green) and the ocean (blue). Source: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Tagged by Source; released June 16, 2023 (https://lnkd.in/d8Bz4egN) Visualisations by: Andrew J Christensen and Mark SubbaRao Scientific consulting by: Lesley Ott

For #WorldOceanWeek, we’ve teamed up with Katapult Ocean to publish a deep-dive report on seaweed as a scalable climate solution. Discover how 'nature’s superhero' presents a €multi-billion market opportunity in the article below 👇 https://bit.ly/3yWsEMF * The chart below refers to the average carbon sequestration per year in metric tons of CO2