# Ali Najafbagy

> Ali Najafbagy is a seed investor at 4impact (The Hague) backing Sustainability and SaaS. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [4impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4impact)
- Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-najafbagy-94322a12/

Ali Najafbagy is a seed investor at 4impact in The Hague focused on Sustainability and SaaS. Ali Najafbagy is the Co-founder 4impact VC at 4impact. He attended Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sustainability | 3 | 33% |
| SaaS | 2 | 22% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 22% |
| Environmental Consulting | 2 | 22% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 4 | 44% |
| Norway | 1 | 11% |
| Sweden | 1 | 11% |
| Germany | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GreenShift Technologies | GreenShift Technologies is a sustainable computing platform designed to optimize cloud infrastructure and applications. | $2.8M | Seed | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Myrspoven | Myrspoven provides a unique cloud-based service which continuously reads the output data from your buildings. The data is then analysed using modern AI technology which enables new ways of optimizing energy consumption. | $5.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 08, 2024 |  |
| InfoTiles | InfoTiles provides real-time analytics solutions for Digital Water that span the water value chain, from supply & consumption to wastewater treatment and surveillance of waterways. InfoTiles unlocks data-driven planning, operations and maintenance.InfoTiles simplifies and automates the tedious steps of consolidating data, applying real-timeanalytics and machine learning so water utilities can turn insights into actions and benefit from more efficient, sustainable operations. |  | Seed | May 06, 2023 |  |
| Equalture | Equalture operates as a predictive hiring software, with which we support scaling companies in building the team they need to be able to scale. | $2.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 04, 2023 |  |
| Circularise | Circularise is a digital product passports and mass balance bookkeeping software provider and operates in the sustainability and supply chain transparency market. Circularise’s software system helps suppliers, manufacturers, recyclers and brands in chemicals, plastics, battery materials, metals, and other industries to trace materials and sharetheir environmental footprint without risking their sensitive data via our patented Smart Questioning feature. By extension, it helps brands to get visibility into their own Scope 3 emissions and other metrics, which is aligned with the regulatory push around Digital Product Passports, the SEC’s proposed climate risk disclosure rules, and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. The company's primary offering is a digital product passport, a detailed record of a product's origin, material composition, and environmental data. This passport is backed by a blockchain-powered chain of custody, ensuring the data's security and reliability. This allows companies to demonstrate the sustainability of their products and services, a factor increasingly demanded by consumers and regulators. Circularise also provides tools for conducting comprehensive Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and calculating Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs). These tools help establish a trustworthy record of a product's environmental impact and streamline the auditing process. The company's platform also facilitates compliance with various regulations and certifications, such as the ISCC Plus and ISCC EU certifications via its MassBalancer solution which helps companies to manage materials using pre-defined processes and conversion factors without the risk of over-allocation, as well as send products and generate sustainability declarations in a few clicks. The company's products are designed with data privacy at the core via our patented Smart Questioning feature, allowing clients to control which data they share and with whom they share it with. It allows companies to share data on sourcing, carbon footprint, and human rights issues, reducing manual processes and the risk of costly mistakes. | $11.4M | Series A | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| Carbonfuture | Carbonfuture is the Trust Infrastructure for durable carbon removal. Today, the Trust Infrastructure consists of two products that seamlessly connect the entire carbon removal lifecycle: Carbonfuture MRV+, the most comprehensive MRV solution for durable CDR, and Carbonfuture Marketplace, the leading marketplace for durable CDR. At Carbonfuture, webuild trust throughout the carbon removal journey with our rigorous, data-driven approach, ensuring unmatched quality and reliability of carbon removal. We empower suppliers by providing the essential project support and finance needed to transform their carbon removal projects into fully certified carbon credits. For corporate buyers, we offer access to portfolios of carbon removal credits adhering to the highest quality standards and provide visibility at each step of the carbon removal lifecycle. We work with some of the world's most ambitious climate leaders such as Microsoft, Swiss Re, and the World Economic Forum First Movers Coalition. For more information, please visit www.carbonfuture.earth | $5.3M | Seed | Sep 27, 2022 |  |
| Equalture | Equalture operates as a predictive hiring software, with which we support scaling companies in building the team they need to be able to scale. | $3.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| Envision | Envision speaks out the visual world for the blind and low-vision users. It combines the best of assistive technology and artificial intelligence to bring the experience of independence to the visually impaired. | $1.8M | Seed | May 18, 2021 |  |
| Envision | Envision speaks out the visual world for the blind and low-vision users. It combines the best of assistive technology and artificial intelligence to bring the experience of independence to the visually impaired. | $274K | Pre-Seed |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Brightlands Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brightlands-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Shoe Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shoe-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ABN AMRO Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abn-amro) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AMAVI Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amavi-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Asahi Kasei](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asahi-kasei) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Carbon Removal Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carbon-removal-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About 4impact

VC Fund · Netherlands, United States

Empowering ambitious tech4good entrepreneurs will accelerate the transition to a sustainable world while delivering robust financial performance. We believe that companies that focus on sustainable and financial returns will outperform profit-led companies. And that technology will drive accelerated impact.

5 contacts available at 4impact.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ali Najafbagy | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-najafbagy |
| Daniel Uusitalo | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-uusitalo |
| Pauline Wink-Zaanen | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pauline-wink-zaanen |
| Victor Straatman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/victor-straatman |
| Yasmin Venema | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yasmin-v-venema |

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## FAQ

### What does Ali Najafbagy invest in?

Ali Najafbagy invests primarily in Sustainability, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ali Najafbagy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ali Najafbagy closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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