Climb Ventures
VC Fund
Geneva, Switzerland
Climb Ventures is a VC fund in Geneva focused on Energy and Information Technology. Climb Ventures was created in September 2020 by Dominique Pitteloud and Julien Monney. They are targeting founders with global ambitions and focus on ventures including growth to late-stage within sectors such as Digital Services, Consumer Internet, and Emerging Technologies. Climb Ventures has a primary focus on Switzerland, Europe and selectivelyin other markets.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Climb Ventures invests in
Stages Climb Ventures invests in
Countries Climb Ventures invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Julien Monney
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 2 (25%)
- Information Technology 2 (25%)
- Solar 1 (13%)
- Video 1 (13%)
- Leasing 1 (13%)
Stage
- Series B 2 (25%)
- Series C 2 (25%)
- Series D 2 (25%)
- Series F 1 (13%)
- Private Equity 1 (13%)
Country
- Germany 2 (25%)
- Switzerland 2 (25%)
- United States 2 (25%)
- Canada 1 (13%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dominique Pitteloud
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
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Julien Monney
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Timeline
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Amazentis is a life science company that conducts research on medication and nutrition.The company focuses on the development of products that meet the health requirements of the aging population. Their products target the reversal of age-related muscle decline by improving the activity of mitochondria.Amazentis was founded in 2007 by PierreLandolt and Patrick Aebischer and is based in Lausanne. | $65M / Series D / Jan 16, 2024 | |
Kandou AI
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KANDOU specializes in the design of high-speed, and pin- and energy-efficient chip-to-chip links, SerDes, and associated technologies.Demand for bandwidth in serial links has increased as industries require both high-quantity and high-quality information. KANDOU BUS has developed a unique approach to serial link design that increases the bit-rateand the reach for a given physical communications link and reduces the power consumption. As a result, more bits can be sent per unit of energy, or less energy can be used to achieve a given bit rate.Less energy means available power can be used for more speed, greater battery life, smaller dies or novel designs that shatter many of today’s constraints.Their team of scientists and engineers, based in Switzerland, the UK, and the US, is pushing the boundaries of serial links. | $72.3M / Private Equity / Aug 24, 2023 | |
Enpal
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Enpal is a photovoltaics leasing firm that provides solar power systems. Its product already enables customers to reduce their electricity expenditure through a solar system and a green all-inclusive energy solution. The company was founded in 2017 by Jochen Ziervogel, Mario Kohle, and Viktor Wingert. It is based in Berlin, Germany. | $230.8M / Series D / Jan 09, 2023 | |
FINN
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At finn our mission is to make mobility fun and sustainable: We help everyone who loves driving their own car but refuses the struggle, commitment and intransparent costs associated with car ownership. We achieve this by offering all-inclusive, immediately available, monthly car-subscriptions. Best thing, yet: While you drive we plant trees asevery journey is CO2 compensated. | $110M / Series B / May 11, 2022 | |
Talent.com
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Talent.com is a platform that centralizes jobs available on companies' career websites, staffing agencies, or job boards. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. | $120M / Series B / Mar 15, 2022 | |
Neo4j
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Neo4j, the Graph Database & Analytics leader, helps organizations find hidden patterns and relationships across billions of data connections deeply, easily, and quickly. Customers leverage the structure of their connected data to reveal new ways of solving their most pressing business problems, from fraud detection, customer 360, knowledgegraphs, supply chain, personalization, IoT, network management, and more – even as their data grows. Neo4j’s full graph stack delivers powerful native graph storage with native vector search capability, data science, advanced analytics, and visualization, with enterprise-grade security controls, scalable architecture,e and ACID compliance. Neo4j’s dynamic open-source community brings together over 250,000 developers, data scientists, and architects across hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and NGOs. Visit neo4j.com. | $325M / Series F / Jun 17, 2021 | |
Bitmovin
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Bitmovin is a young and dynamic multimedia company. Their principal expertise is in the domain of information and communication technologies for audio-visual networks, in particular for HTTP streaming services and embedded multimedia applications. Additionally, bitmovin provides consulting and standardization services, specifically towardsISO/IEC MPEG.Bitmovin multimedia is a spin-of company of the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, where most of their experts come from, and the ALICANTE EU FP7-ICT project. Together with the University they are still investigated in all kinds of research in the field of multimedia and especially in state of the art standardization at this sector e.g. ISO/IEC MPEG. Their highly skilled and motivated employees work in their offices in the Lakeside Science & Technology Park, Building B01.Bitmovin offers API-based products to help developers solve the most complex video problems with cloud native software that runs anywhere. The company was founded in 2013 by Stefan Lederer, Christopher Müller and Christian Timmerer.Bitmovin is based in San Francisco, CA, USA and Klagenfurt, Austria and privately owned. The company's investors include Atomico, Dawn Capital, YCombinator (YC S15), SpeedInvest and Constantia Industries. | $25M / Series C / Apr 20, 2021 | |
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Kandou AI
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KANDOU specializes in the design of high-speed, and pin- and energy-efficient chip-to-chip links, SerDes, and associated technologies.Demand for bandwidth in serial links has increased as industries require both high-quantity and high-quality information. KANDOU BUS has developed a unique approach to serial link design that increases the bit-rateand the reach for a given physical communications link and reduces the power consumption. As a result, more bits can be sent per unit of energy, or less energy can be used to achieve a given bit rate.Less energy means available power can be used for more speed, greater battery life, smaller dies or novel designs that shatter many of today’s constraints.Their team of scientists and engineers, based in Switzerland, the UK, and the US, is pushing the boundaries of serial links. | $36.3M / Series C / Nov 17, 2020 |
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FAQ
What does Climb Ventures invest in?
Climb Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Information Technology and Solar startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Climb Ventures?
The team at Climb Ventures includes Dominique Pitteloud (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) and Julien Monney (Co-Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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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