We are a team of experienced investors, entrepreneurs and climate experts with a proven track record of identifying and scaling disruptive technologies and growing them into profitable and impactful enterprises.
Team
Dr. Laura-Marie Töpfer
Partner
Sustainable Finance investor, Venture Capital & Impact Investing Lead at World Economic Forum / UpLink & Banco Santander. PhD in Sustainable Finance from Oxford University, Fellow at Stanford. Speaks English, French, German & Chinese. Based in Switzerland.
Yair Reem
Partner
Climate Tech and fund expert. Previously MD Hasso Plattner Ventures and cyber technology leader at Unit 8200. BSc in Electrical Engineering from Technion, EMPA from Hertie, AMP Wharton.
Israeli & Polish, speaks Hebrew, English, German, and basic Polish and Arabic. Based in Germany.
Joern-Carlos Kuntze
Partner
Entrepreneur, climate tech investor and company builder at Berlin Technologie Holding. Former Energy Partner and Leadership at Oliver Wyman. MBA from London Business School. Based in Germany.
Sebastian Heitmann
Partner
Climate tech advocate and investor. Community builder. Economist, AMP Harvard Business School. Speaks German, English, Spanish, Katalan and French. Based in Germany.
Torben Schreiter
Venture Partner
Co-Founder & former COO Signavio, exit for €1bn and 500 employees to SAP. Business Angel since 2016 and Climate Tech investor. MA Software Engineering from Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam. Based in Germany.
Oliver Schwarzer
Partner/CFO
Former banker. Expert for treasury and capital market financing with particular coverage focus on large-cap corporations from the utility sector. Advisor for green funding instruments. Diploma in business economics from FOM University, Essen. Based in Germany.
Prof. Dr. Francesco Pomponi
Head of Carbon Math
Professor of Sustainability Science in Edinburgh, and Academic Tutor at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Global expert in life cycle assessment and whole life carbon.
Mel Goering
Marketing
Former Media Salesman at Axel Springer SE. Branding and Communications intern at early-stage venture capital investor APX. Marketing at recruiting startup truffls. Based in Germany.
Jan Olsson
Associate
Economics and politics graduate of Zeppelin University with a semester abroad at the University of California, Berkeley. Business transformation intern at Tetra Pak and consulting intern at KPMG. Based in Germany.