The year 2021 is coming to an end and we would like to give you a final update on what has been an intensive yet very successful year-end period. That said, we want to thank you a lot for following along our ventures! We are already excited for many great opportunities in the coming year of 2022.
We hope you enjoy this read and wish you a Happy Holidays!
Climate & Opportunity Fund Closing
On the last day of November, we announced the first closing of our new Climate & Industry Opportunity Fund. This fund primarily provides long-term support for our existing sustainability-oriented startups, while also targeting selected non-portfolio startups that are accelerating European industry’s efforts to digitize and decarbonize. The Fund will be accompanied by a corporate program that will grant our cornerstone investors firsthand access to relevant startups in our deal flow.
Bonnet is the easy way to charge your EV on the go. The app gives you access to more than 3000 public chargers around the world and has one fixed price across all charge points.
PULPO WMS (Warehouse Management System) helps optimize all warehouse processes. Employees increase their efficiency through paperless picking & optimized routes, using easy to use mobile devices.
Inventory planning for e-commerce SMBs is made smart and easy with Prediko. They focus on eliminating stockouts and excess inventory with customizable forecasts and purchase planning
Atomico launched its 2021 Report, which everyone has been waiting for and concludes: The State of European Tech 2021 is the deepest, data-led investigation into the European tech ecosystem.
The production and sale of electric vehicles still need to ramp up massively by 2050. That comes with obstacles, which even Tesla’s production can’t cope with. The hardest bit of EVs is how to powering up.
One of the highlights of this year is the report we launched together with Dealroom. It provides data behind the steep increase of the Industrial Tech ecosystem, the key trends, stakeholders and relation to climate change.
Together with the report, we hosted our 11th ITT and invited eight incredible guests to discuss the findings of the report in detail. The recording can be rewatched on Youtube.
Marie-Helene was invited together with 50 digital frontrunners from business, science and politics to discuss the digital world of tomorrow at the GIGA Gipfel by Handelsblatt.
The BayStartUP Venture Conferences gathers top-class investors from across Europe at a pitch event of pre-selected startups. Marie-Helene joined this year’s Industrial Tech and Robotics panel.
At this year’s HTVDs, Marie-Helene moderated the Panel discussion on “Open Innovation - how (not) to work with startups” with GlobalFoundries, Infinion, CVC at Henkel as participants.
Greiner AG, a leading global plastics and foam manufacturer is investing in Speedinvest’s newly established Climate & Industry Opportunity Fund. In an interview, Hannes Möseneder, Head of Greiner Innoventures, explains the objectives (Interview in German).
