# Pirate Impact

> Pirate Impact is a VC fund in Berlin backing EdTech and Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pirate-impact/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pirateimpact
- Website: https://www.pirate.io/

Pirate Impact is a Family office with focus on stage-agnostic direct investments in climate-tech & social impact companies in the EU & US.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.8M–$13M |
| Series C | $47M–$106M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 2 | 20% |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| E-Learning | 2 | 20% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 20% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Series C | 2 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 20% |
| Angel | 1 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 3 | 30% |
| Denmark | 2 | 20% |
| Spain | 1 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ferry Heilemann | Founder and Managing Partner | 19 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ferry-heilemann |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Minimum | MINIMUM LTD provides carbon accounting software that measures and manages greenhouse gas emissions across Scope 1, 2, and 3. The platform ingests activity and spend data from systems such as energy meters, travel tools, and finance platforms to build audit-ready inventories. Emissions factors and methodologies align to common standards, withoutputs structured for disclosures like CDP and TCFD. Features include supplier data collection, reduction planning, and progress tracking against science-based targets. Dashboards, workflows, and exports support internal reporting and external assurance. Services include onboarding support and climate reporting assistance for organizations. | $13M | Seed | Jul 29, 2022 |  |
| zolar | With the zolar online configurator, homeowners can customise the components of their PV system to suit their individual requirements and receive personal assistance from one of our solar energy experts at the same time. zolar’s extensive network of local partner companies takes care of the installation on site. The Berlin-based start-up employsaround 200 employees across Germany and pursues the vision of installing a PV system on every roof in the world in order to make private households more independent from the mains grid. The dovetailing of energy generation, electricity storage and mobility allows customers to design electrified and smart households. As a next green energy company, zolar enables its customers to become energy providers for their own four walls, neutralise their carbon footprint and, in turn, make an effective contribution to climate protection. | $105.8M | Series C | May 19, 2022 |  |
| Labster | Labster develops a platform that offers virtual laboratory simulations based on mathematical algorithms for students' e-learning.It is an internationally-focused company dedicated to the development of pioneering online tools for teaching science globally. Labster's primary product is an easily scalable online platform for teachingbiotechnology that has been demonstrated to improve learning significantly over standard methods as well as substantially reduce costs. It is dedicated to bringing life science teaching to life. We think every day about the big picture of science education. The Labster platform is a 3D virtual learning environment based on a Virtual Lab. Labster includes molecular 3D animations, quiz questions, and background theory that engages students in an immersive, game-like multimedia experience. Structured around cases that explore both theory and experimental processes, our virtual labs offer advanced, unified scientific teaching solutions at a fraction of the cost of traditional labs.Labster was co-founded in 2011 by Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde and Michael Bodekaer in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark. | $47M | Series C | Apr 04, 2022 |  |
| XFuel | XFuel is a fuel company that provides green and clean fuels to distributors and consumers. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Palma de Mallorca, Baleares. |  | Seed | Mar 25, 2022 |  |
| XFuel | XFuel is a fuel company that provides green and clean fuels to distributors and consumers. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Palma de Mallorca, Baleares. | $9M |  | Mar 25, 2022 |  |
| XFuel | XFuel is a fuel company that provides green and clean fuels to distributors and consumers. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Palma de Mallorca, Baleares. | $9M | Seed | Mar 25, 2022 |  |
| Voltfang | We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network. |  |  | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| Voltfang | We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network. |  | Angel | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| Edurino | Edurino is an e-learning platform that introduces digital learning responsibly and playfully for children aged 4-8. The platform gets kids started with digital learning and gets them ready for school. Children are invited to explore the world of learning through play by the company, which combines physical toys and a digital learning app. Whilekids learn through play, parents can monitor each child's progress in learning and set limits on how much time they spend on screens. When the allotted screen time has passed, the app independently signals the end of play and turns off the device. As a result, the learning journey can be tailored to each child's developmental stage. | $3.8M | Seed | Feb 16, 2022 |  |
| Responsibly | Responsibly is a supplier data platform for responsible procurement. We provide a one-stop-shop for responsible supplier data across a wide variety of data providers, to make it easier for you to source responsibly. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 20, 2021 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Pirate Impact invest in?

Pirate Impact invests primarily in EdTech, Software and E-Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series C 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.

### What is Pirate Impact's check size?

Pirate Impact typically joins rounds of $3.8M–$13M at Seed and $47M–$106M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Pirate Impact participates in.

### How do I contact Pirate Impact?

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### Who are the partners at Pirate Impact?

The team at Pirate Impact includes Ferry Heilemann (Founder and Managing 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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