# Investing For Purpose

> Investing For Purpose is a VC fund backing Machinery Manufacturing and Retail. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Athens, Greece
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://investing-for-purpose.com/

Investing For Purpose is an Initiative to promote impact investing.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $117k–$2.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $135k–$344k |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $192k–$5.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Machinery Manufacturing | 2 | 22% |
| Retail | 1 | 11% |
| Travel | 1 | 11% |
| Tourism | 1 | 11% |
| Internet | 1 | 11% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Greece | 6 | 67% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anne Nijenhuis | Founder & Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anne-nijenhuis |
| Markos Komondouros | Founder & Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/markos-komondouros |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Perceptual Robotics | Perceptual Robotics creates intelligent automation for wind turbine inspections and more.Utilizing an intelligent Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV), Perceptual Robotics provides existing inspection engineers with a new, cost-effective inspection tool that increases the number of inspections, and quality, whilst minimising health and safety risks.‘Dhalion’, known as an intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle, provides inspection engineers with a new, cost-effective inspection tool which minimises inspection time and health and safety risks. The company has received funding from Innovate UK’s ‘open’ programme for innovative businesses with high-growth potential.At the press of a button, a wind turbine inspection is carried out in minutes. Throughout the flight Dhalion is equipped to take evasive manoeuvres if necessary.Dhalion is an autonomous inspection platform for wind turbines.At the press of a button, Dhalion allows existing O&M teams to complete wind turbine inspections in minutes rather hours with increased inspection quality.The path is optimised for optimum coverage, reliability in weather and consistent data acquisition. Throughout the flight, Dhalion minds its surrounding and deals intelligently with obstacles and unexpected situations. The inspection data are then automatically distilled to useful information about position, size, and severity of defects on the tower and blades. It can identify lightning strikes, cracks, erosion and delamination as well as highlight anything out of the ordinary. The consistent data capture allows for long term analytics from data mining massive amounts of information to inform O&M decision making. | $5.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 28, 2026 |  |
| SolidWatts | SolidWatts enable the electrification of power-hungry industrial processes that require heat to fulfill a process. | $2.3M | Seed | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| CLEAN i.T | CLEAN i.T operates a booking platform for on-demand professional cleaning services. It features an all-inclusive and transaction-based online application that enables customers to order cleaning services and pay online. Its booking tool calculates the total price and provides time estimates for any services selected. | $484.3K | Seed | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Protio | Protio is proptech startup reinventing the process of buying & selling real estate. | $1.1M | Seed | May 16, 2025 |  |
| Staramaki | Staramaki produces and manufactures organic drinking straws made from natural wheat stems. | $815.5K | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 27, 2025 |  |
| Orbito Travel | Orbito travel, a comprehensive online travel platform, empowers travellers with mobility disability or reduced mobility. | $134.5K | Pre-Seed | Jun 10, 2024 |  |
| Dataphoria | Dataphoria is a data science and analytics company that measures, optimizes and communicates its sustainability transition accurately. | $343.8K | Pre-Seed | Oct 09, 2023 |  |
| Staramaki | Staramaki produces and manufactures organic drinking straws made from natural wheat stems. | $192.5K | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 15, 2023 |  |
| FlexThis | FlexThis is an online marketplace that rents bikes for any duration to minimize transportation pollution. | $117.4K | Seed |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Loggerhead Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loggerhead-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Helidoni Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helidoni-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Almanac Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/almanac-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [COREangels Climate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coreangels-climate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Envolve Entrepreneurship](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/envolve-entrepreneurship) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Investing For Purpose invest in?

Investing For Purpose invests primarily in Machinery Manufacturing, Retail and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Greece. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Investing For Purpose's check size?

Investing For Purpose typically joins rounds of $117k–$2.3M at Seed, $135k–$344k at Pre-Seed and $192k–$5.3M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Investing For Purpose participates in.

### How do I contact Investing For Purpose?

Public channels for Investing For Purpose include 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 Investing For Purpose?

The team at Investing For Purpose includes Anne Nijenhuis (Founder & Partner) and Markos Komondouros (Founder & Partner). 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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