# Climate-KIC

> Climate-KIC is a VC fund in Zürich backing CleanTech and Sustainability. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 39%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2897547
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ClimateKIC
- Website: http://www.climate-kic.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClimateKIC

Climate-KIC is a VC fund in Zürich focused on CleanTech and Sustainability. EIT Climate-KIC is a European knowledge and innovation community, working to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy.Supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, we identify and support innovation that helps society mitigate and adapt to climate change. They believe that a decarbonised, sustainable economy is notonly necessary to prevent catastrophic climate change, but presents a wealth of opportunities for business and society.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $259k–$1.8M |
| Grant | $13–$99k |
| Convertible Note | $54k–$55k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CleanTech | 7 | 39% |
| Sustainability | 6 | 33% |
| GreenTech | 5 | 28% |
| Energy Efficiency | 4 | 22% |
| Software | 3 | 17% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 28% |
| Grant | 5 | 28% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 3 | 17% |
| Italy | 2 | 11% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 11% |
| France | 1 | 6% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Angelica Monaco | Director of Climate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelica-monaco |
| Emilio Sotos | Business Mentor & Trainer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emilio-sotos |
| Kirsten Dunlop | Chief Executive Officer & Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirsten-dunlop |
| Mido Talhouni | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mido-talouni |
| Mohamed Gastli | Climate-KIC Accelerator for cleantech entrepreneurs | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohamed-gastli |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GreenPow | GreenPow is a grid and carbon-aware cloud infrastructure platform that reduces AI and ICT emissions by up to 85% while lowering compute costs for organizations worldwide. GreenPow Holdings sits at the center of this group, owning the core intellectual property behind the MAIZX carbon-aware orchestration engine, the Carbon Ledger, and the automationframework deployed across private, hybrid, and sovereign cloud environments.Through its subsidiaries in Estonia, Germany, and Costa Rica, GreenPow operates renewable-powered cloud nodes, provides private-cloud-as-a-service for enterprises, and delivers a carbon-intelligent compute platform. It combines real-time emissions tracking, workload automation, and compliance-grade reporting aligned with CSRD, ESG, and data sovereignty requirements.Through customer aquisition and pilot experimentation, GreenPow delivers operative 78% gross margins and achieves around 52% CO₂ reduction per compute-hour versus baseline cloud workloads, while leveraging a distributed, high-efficiency infrastructure footprint. Its mission is to build the world’s first federated, carbon-intelligent cloud a platform where workloads automatically run in the cleanest and most efficient locations available.Positioned at the intersection of AI infrastructure, sustainability, and cloud automation, GreenPow is creating a next-generation compute ecosystem designed to power climate-aligned digital transformation for enterprises, governments, and emerging markets.Carbon-aware cloud, green cloud computing, private cloud, sovereign cloud, AI infrastructure, ESG, CSRD, carbon accounting, carbon optimization, cloud orchestration, hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, DevOps automation, clean tech, sustainability, green compute, iaas,paas. | $17.4K | Grant | Nov 01, 2025 |  |
| Afterwind | Afterwind® exists to preserve natural resources for future generations by recycling glass fibre assets into circular advanced materials with full traceability.We help asset owners and industrial manufacturers in Advanced Materials, Renewable Energy, and Construction recover and reuse end-of-life and byproduct materials without compromising theiroriginal properties, including glass and carbon fibres, PET and PVC foams, and resin powders.Team Afterwind is expanding across Europe, working on- or near-site to help our clients cut costs, CO2, and risks, while supplying stable, high-quality, circular advanced materials that deliver on EU Taxonomy and green targets. | $615.6K | Seed | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| RECYCLLUX | RECYCLLUX is making use of the collected satellite Earth Observation data and applies machine-learning algorithms to identify the marine plastic litter problem spots, where actions need to be taken. | $54.2K | Convertible Note | Mar 10, 2025 |  |
| Latitudo40 | DATA FROM SPACE FOR A WORLD OF INFORMATION. Latitudo 40 has created the easiest and fastest platform to turn satellite imagery into geospatial information to support everyday decisions.For the first time in one platform all the features to automatically search, process and elaborate the images produced by Earth observation satellites and transformthem into information to simplify business processes with powerful artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. | $784.3K | Seed | Jul 19, 2024 |  |
| WindCapture Technologies | We capture carbon from the air using the blades of wind turbines | $54.2K | Convertible Note | Jan 30, 2024 |  |
| Aabshar | Aabshar offers AI-driven water-saving technology on a subscription model that reduces utility costs, prevents water damage, lowers CO2 emissions, and provides real-time insights. Our solutions empower communities and industries in water-stressed regions. |  | Grant | Aug 02, 2023 |  |
| Preflet | Preflet Energy AI Platform provides attainable actions to improve buildings’ energy efficiency. Our technology harnesses multidimensional data such as smart meter energy, weather, and satellite. We help building owners and property managers to reduce costs and decarbonize building assets while saving energy. | $54.9K | Convertible Note | Apr 18, 2023 |  |
| Everimpact | Everimpact is a carbon tracking system for cities, ships, ports, and industrial sites. Trusted by Dijon, Birmingham, EDF, BT, Shell, Wilhelmsen, Mitsubishi etc. Q4 2025 - Legal name not found | $1.8M | Seed | Dec 14, 2022 |  |
| volvero | Volvero is an app that provides access to a $200 billion market, enabling vehicles owners to earn by sharing them from one day on leveraging a secure DLT system and Big Data technologies for vehicles monitoring and users’ awareness. | $258.6K | Seed | Nov 18, 2022 |  |
| RECYCLLUX | RECYCLLUX is making use of the collected satellite Earth Observation data and applies machine-learning algorithms to identify the marine plastic litter problem spots, where actions need to be taken. | $55K | Pre-Seed | Jul 26, 2022 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Climate-KIC invest in?

Climate-KIC invests primarily in CleanTech, Sustainability and GreenTech startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Climate-KIC's check size?

Climate-KIC typically joins rounds of $259k–$1.8M at Seed, $13–$99k at Grant and $54k–$55k at Convertible Note. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Climate-KIC participates in.

### How do I contact Climate-KIC?

Public channels for Climate-KIC include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Climate-KIC?

The team at Climate-KIC includes Angelica Monaco (Director of Climate), Emilio Sotos (Business Mentor & Trainer) and Kirsten Dunlop (Chief Executive Officer & Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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