Global Cleantech Capital
VC Fund
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Global Cleantech Capital is a VC fund in Amsterdam focused on Software and CleanTech. Global Cleantech Capital (GCC) is one of the most experienced private equity teams dedicated to clean energy investment.GCC invests in emerging value chains where inefficiencies can be exploited in pricing, supply, finance or delivery of clean energy products and services.They invest growth capital to enable companies to scale against thestrong demand for products and services in the clean economy: clean energy development and generation, energy storage, smart transport, energy and resource efficiency, community energy and financial solutions.They target high-growth companies across profitable clean energy value chains which deliver a differentiated value to end-users by experienced and entrepreneurial management teams.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 57%
Last updated:
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Industries Global Cleantech Capital invests in
Stages Global Cleantech Capital invests in
Countries Global Cleantech Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$4.5M
- Series A
- $7M–$33M
- Private Equity
- $9.9M–$153M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (21%)
- CleanTech 3 (21%)
- Energy 2 (14%)
- Sustainability 2 (14%)
- Renewable Energy 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (29%)
- Series A 3 (21%)
- Private Equity 2 (14%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (7%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 4 (29%)
- The Netherlands 3 (21%)
- Sweden 1 (7%)
- Denmark 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cheryl Perino
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Christie Franchi
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Emil Mahjoub
Non-Executive Employee
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Non-Executive Employee | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Jan van Veldhoven
Partner of Finance
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Partner of Finance | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Joris Vos
Partner of Legal and Tax
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Partner of Legal and Tax | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Goodwings
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Goodwings provides service by generating new revenue for social and envionmental changes through hotel bookings and contributions. | $2.9M / Seed / Apr 09, 2025 | |
Alquion
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Battolyser Systems aims to stimulate the development, production, and commercialization of battolyser technology and is looking for skilled and highly motivated people to join the team. The Company was founded in 2018 by dr. prof Fokko Mulder (Technical University of Delft) together with Kees Koolen (former CEO of Booking.com and former COO ofUber) and is led by CEO Mattijs Slee (previously Shell Hydrogen). The company has a unique patented technology that has the lowest production cost for green hydrogen in the market and does not require scarce materials. | $33.2M / Series A / Sep 12, 2024 | |
Carbyon
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Carbyon is a Netherlands-based company that develops direct air capture (DAC) technologies. The company's fuels help to replace fossil hydrocarbons with electrical batteries or hydrogen (H2), alternative energy carriers that are used to store renewable electricity and make major changes to transportation facilities, energy grids, and gastransportation networks, filters CO2 from the air and supply it in a purified form to make kerosene for aircraft, enabling existing fossil industry to re-use and repurpose these storage and transport facilities for renewable hydrocarbons. | $16.9M / Series A / Sep 03, 2024 | |
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Goodwings
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Goodwings provides service by generating new revenue for social and envionmental changes through hotel bookings and contributions. | $1.5M / Seed / Aug 21, 2023 | |
Crowdz
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Crowdz is the leader in modernizing the traditional Trade Finance industry by auto risk rating assets at the receivable level. Funders can gain valuable insights to make quick decisions that match their investment strategy. Crowdz has auto risk-rated $4.2b of receivables, and funders have financed over $93m utilizing Crowdz technology. Customersand investors include Citibank, Barclays, Meta, EG Funds Management, Techstars Ventures, and Bold Capital Partners, with over $28 million in investment raised to date.Assets sold to private equity. | $2.5M / Series B / Jun 25, 2023 | |
Coolset
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The integrated sustainability platform for mid-market companies. | $1.6M / Seed / Mar 20, 2023 | |
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Coolset
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The integrated sustainability platform for mid-market companies. | $1.6M / Pre-Seed / Mar 20, 2023 | |
Klimato
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We’re all-in on food – helping the industry reduce its environmental footprint through cutting-edge tech and science. | $4.5M / Seed / Mar 17, 2023 | |
Sustain.Life
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Sustain. Life's mission is to empower organizations across the world to actualize the wide-ranging benefits of sustainability. How? By building a platform that makes it simple for organizations to reduce and manage their environmental impact. | $3M / Seed / Nov 22, 2022 | |
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Crowdz
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Crowdz is the leader in modernizing the traditional Trade Finance industry by auto risk rating assets at the receivable level. Funders can gain valuable insights to make quick decisions that match their investment strategy. Crowdz has auto risk-rated $4.2b of receivables, and funders have financed over $93m utilizing Crowdz technology. Customersand investors include Citibank, Barclays, Meta, EG Funds Management, Techstars Ventures, and Bold Capital Partners, with over $28 million in investment raised to date.Assets sold to private equity. | $10.1M / Convertible Note / Apr 26, 2022 | |
| See all 14 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Global Cleantech Capital invest in?
Global Cleantech Capital invests primarily in Software, CleanTech and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Global Cleantech Capital's check size?
Global Cleantech Capital typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$4.5M at Seed, $7M–$33M at Series A and $9.9M–$153M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Global Cleantech Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at Global Cleantech Capital?
The team at Global Cleantech Capital includes Cheryl Perino (Partner), Christie Franchi (Partner) and Emil Mahjoub (Non-Executive Employee), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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