# Nick de la Forge

> Nick de la Forge is a seed investor at Planet A Ventures (Berlin) backing Software and Solar. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Planet A Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/planet-a-ventures)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 70%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-de-la-forge
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nickdelaforge
- Website: https://x.com/nickdelaforge

Nick de la Forge is a trained industrial engineer and entrepreneur and spent his career in deep-tech, focussing on the intersection of blockchain, artificial intelligence, IoT and dedicate his entire time to the GreenTech revolution. He is the Managing Partner of Planet A. He previously worked at Top Tier Impact as Member. He attended TechnischeUniversität Braunschweig.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Solar | 2 | 20% |
| Analytics | 2 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 20% |
| Supply Chain Management | 2 | 20% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 40% |
| Series A | 4 | 40% |
| Series B | 2 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 3 | 30% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 20% |
| Finland | 1 | 10% |
| Philippines | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mondra | Mondra are technology disruptors and innovators, spearheading a movement to unlock the impact of the world’s global supply chains and help companies make changes that will have a real impact for future generations.We are the technology vanguards in the environmental space, bringing facts and data into the limelight, which would have otherwiseremained hidden due to it being unavailable, incomparable and/or outdated. We use innovative ideas such combining satellite data and technology to close data gaps to report the true impact of what the current food supply chain is doing to our environment and the world we live.Without knowledge, facts and data there can be no change. Mondra is now the change at the forefront of bringing Deep Tech, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning together with science, to help lead change to save the environment. | $13.3M | Series A | Oct 23, 2025 |  |
| Makersite | Product life cycle management involves making design decisions based on multiple criteria including cost, compliance, sustainability, and risk. Unfortunately, the data and expertise required to make these decisions are siloed. This protracts the process of innovation and increases its complexity. Today, the market solves this problem withvertical applications like PDM, ERP, CAD, EHS, SCM, etc. These mostly remain siloed due to the enormous costs of integration and keeping data synchronized. Therefore, analyses typically require exporting data to aggregation tools e.g. BI or excel before being used for analyses in specialist decision support applications. Results are typically delayed, some taking as much as 9 months, and therefore provide little support during the design process. Makersite provides results instantly and simultaneously across key product criteria.Makersite combines external and internal data sources to create a digital twin of a product in design. Artificial intelligence and our graph-based data model allow for ingesting, representing, and connecting heterogeneous data easily. Its native applications use ground-breaking algorithms to support analysis and decision making based on multiple criteria simultaneously including should-costs, regulatory compliance, life cycle impacts (LCA), supply chain risk, etc. Our API-first architecture allows for easy integrations into existing IT infrastructures thereby supporting systems and processes with richer, fresher, and more timely product data.This allows engineers to understand and improve their designs from the perspective of their regulatory compliance, environmental impact, supply risk, and cost of production, simultaneously. Companies can get results up to 40x faster than traditional methods while making their products better. | $70.4M | Series B | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| HIVED | HIVED is a sustainable parcel delivery business for the 21st century. From the middle to final mile, we are revolutionising the post-purchase experience, building solutions that reduce waste and provide unparalleled visibility and insight to shippers and recipients alike. | $42.4M | Series B | Jul 03, 2025 |  |
| PULSETRAIN | Pulsetrain is the only company with a driving Multilevel demonstrator. Tech that moves, not just talks. AC Multilevel for construction machines. Ultra-high-power DC for next-gen vehicles. Game-changing. Let’s roll. | $6.7M | Seed | Mar 19, 2025 |  |
| Podero | Podero's aim is to create software that controls energy devices, such as batteries, electric cars, and heat pumps, in order to lower CO2 emissions, create new revenue streams for utilities, and lower consumer electricity bills.Podero's objective is to make it possible to coordinate the largest fleet of devices in the world by utilizingtrade algorithms, software automation, and machine learning forecasts to move energy use to the most economical and sustainable times. | $5.7M | Seed | Feb 06, 2025 |  |
| HIVED | HIVED is a sustainable parcel delivery business for the 21st century. From the middle to final mile, we are revolutionising the post-purchase experience, building solutions that reduce waste and provide unparalleled visibility and insight to shippers and recipients alike. | $12.4M | Series A | Apr 27, 2023 |  |
| Sunhero | Sunhero delivers custom-built solar panel solutions. Sunhero offers consumers a hassle-free method of installing customised photovoltaic solar systems on their homes, be that either purchasing outright or renting for a 20 year period. | $10.7M | Series A | Mar 13, 2023 |  |
| The Upright Project | A Helsinki-based company building a quantification model to measure the net impact of businesses. | $5.3M | Seed | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| Makersite | Product life cycle management involves making design decisions based on multiple criteria including cost, compliance, sustainability, and risk. Unfortunately, the data and expertise required to make these decisions are siloed. This protracts the process of innovation and increases its complexity. Today, the market solves this problem withvertical applications like PDM, ERP, CAD, EHS, SCM, etc. These mostly remain siloed due to the enormous costs of integration and keeping data synchronized. Therefore, analyses typically require exporting data to aggregation tools e.g. BI or excel before being used for analyses in specialist decision support applications. Results are typically delayed, some taking as much as 9 months, and therefore provide little support during the design process. Makersite provides results instantly and simultaneously across key product criteria.Makersite combines external and internal data sources to create a digital twin of a product in design. Artificial intelligence and our graph-based data model allow for ingesting, representing, and connecting heterogeneous data easily. Its native applications use ground-breaking algorithms to support analysis and decision making based on multiple criteria simultaneously including should-costs, regulatory compliance, life cycle impacts (LCA), supply chain risk, etc. Our API-first architecture allows for easy integrations into existing IT infrastructures thereby supporting systems and processes with richer, fresher, and more timely product data.This allows engineers to understand and improve their designs from the perspective of their regulatory compliance, environmental impact, supply risk, and cost of production, simultaneously. Companies can get results up to 40x faster than traditional methods while making their products better. | $18M | Series A | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| Makersite | Product life cycle management involves making design decisions based on multiple criteria including cost, compliance, sustainability, and risk. Unfortunately, the data and expertise required to make these decisions are siloed. This protracts the process of innovation and increases its complexity. Today, the market solves this problem withvertical applications like PDM, ERP, CAD, EHS, SCM, etc. These mostly remain siloed due to the enormous costs of integration and keeping data synchronized. Therefore, analyses typically require exporting data to aggregation tools e.g. BI or excel before being used for analyses in specialist decision support applications. Results are typically delayed, some taking as much as 9 months, and therefore provide little support during the design process. Makersite provides results instantly and simultaneously across key product criteria.Makersite combines external and internal data sources to create a digital twin of a product in design. Artificial intelligence and our graph-based data model allow for ingesting, representing, and connecting heterogeneous data easily. Its native applications use ground-breaking algorithms to support analysis and decision making based on multiple criteria simultaneously including should-costs, regulatory compliance, life cycle impacts (LCA), supply chain risk, etc. Our API-first architecture allows for easy integrations into existing IT infrastructures thereby supporting systems and processes with richer, fresher, and more timely product data.This allows engineers to understand and improve their designs from the perspective of their regulatory compliance, environmental impact, supply risk, and cost of production, simultaneously. Companies can get results up to 40x faster than traditional methods while making their products better. |  | Seed | May 25, 2021 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Future Back Ventures by Bain & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-back-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hitachi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hitachi-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KOMPAS VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kompas-fe2f) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pale blue dot](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pale-blue-dot-3a83) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Partech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Translink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/translink-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Planet A Ventures

VC Fund · Hamburg, Germany

Planet A Ventures is a greentech venture fund looking to support European solutions for a sustainable future. Planet A Ventures has an in-house science team that calculates life cycle assessments to determine a startup's impact. Their scientists have the authority to veto investments if the impact is not significant and quantifiable. Planet AVentures invests in European green tech start-ups that are making a significant positive impact on the environment while also building scalable businesses.

4 contacts available at Planet A Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fridtjof Detzner | Co-Founder / General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fridtjof-detzner |
| Lena Thiede | Co-Founder/ Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lena-thiede |
| Nick de la Forge | Co-Founder / General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-de-la-forge |
| Tobias Seikel | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tobias-seikel |

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## FAQ

### What does Nick de la Forge invest in?

Nick de la Forge invests primarily in Software, Solar and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nick de la Forge last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nick de la Forge closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 10 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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