Amsterdam’s Carbon Equity expands its investor base with leading German and Swiss family offices and industry leaders, strengthening its European climate-tech strategy.

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Amsterdam-based Carbon Equity,  an investment platform for financing climate solutions, has announced that three prominent German entrepreneurial families. They are

Aurum Impact

HQ: Munich

Founded in 2023, Aurum Impact is an impact investing firm, backed by the Goldbeck family and part of the Goldbeck Family Office. The firm specialises in investing in impact venture capital funds and startups. The company’s focus areas include circularity and materials, climate and energy, ecosystems, and business models that promote a stable and equitable society. 

Elemental Beteiligungs

HQ: Berlin

Elemental, founded by Marc Schmidheiny, operates as a venture capital firm that provides capital alongside strategic guidance to help entrepreneurs and businesses navigate the challenges of scaling. The VC’s portfolio primarily focuses on two sectors: Food & Beverage and Sustainability. 

2MS Hinderere

HQ: Grünwald

2MS Family Office is an investment platform focused on backing inspiring founders. Their diversified asset allocation spans private equity, venture capital, direct investments and real estate.

“The mindset is shifting: more and more German investors are treating Climate Tech as a core investment theme; not a niche, but a real lever for innovation, resilience, and competitiveness in Europe,” says Tessel Majtlis, International Business Development Manager, in a LinkedIn post.

Additionally, the Dutch investment platform also broadened its circle with several well-known entrepreneurs and industry leaders, including Feike Sijbesma (Darwin International), Theye Veen (SkyNRG), Bas Beek (CompaNanny), Johan Nieuwerth (Sqills), Marc Schmidheiny (DCM) and Arieh Mimran (TO VC), among others. 

“Having mission-aligned and helpful shareholders like yourselves is everything to the success of the company,” says Jacqueline van den Ende, CEO and co-founder of Carbon Equity, in a LinkedIn post. 

Early backers include 4impact capital, along with individual investors such as Pauline Wink and Edmond. H, Joost Van Meerbeeck (SUSTINVEST), Erik Schut (Enfuro Ventures), Kees van der Geer (Pollux Invests), and Robert-Jan van Ogtrop (Circle Economy), who have played a central role in guiding the company through its early challenges and growth milestones.

The announcement comes five months after Carbon Equity opened access for retail investors to invest in non-listed climate technology companies. 

Through the new Access to Climate Tech Fund II, individuals can participate starting from €20,000. 

The fund channels capital into climate-focused projects via private equity, infrastructure, and venture capital funds. This type of investment was previously limited to large-scale investors.

In April, the Amsterdam company announced the final closing of €105M for its Climate Tech Portfolio Fund III from 460 investors.

Since its founding in 2021, Carbon Equity has invested in 25 funds and made direct co-investments in several companies.

Recently, it raised €105M for the Climate Tech Portfolio Fund III, bringing its total capital raised to over €300M across nine funds.

Carbon Equity: Making climate investment accessible

Carbon Equity is a climate investment platform aimed at mobilising capital from private investors to address global challenges, starting with climate change. 

The platform provides access to climate-related VC and growth funds, allowing investors to build portfolios in climate tech companies, including those focused on renewable paraffin, mega batteries, and geothermal energy.

With commitments to 25 funds and multiple co-investments, Carbon Equity is an active investor in the climate technology sector.