Copenhagen-based The Footprint Firm has accomplished the ultimate closing of their €76 million enterprise fund Footprint Fund I, aiming to put money into 30 early-stage DeepTech firms inside the inexperienced transition in Northern Europe.
Footprint Fund I has already invested in 20 startups. The fund is backed by North-East Household Workplace, EIFO, Realdania, Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker, TryghedsGruppen, Lauritzen Fonden, Nordea-fonden, Novo Holdings, and Velliv Foreningen.
“The closing of Footprint Fund I displays a powerful alignment with traders who worth disciplined investing, deep sustainability experience and long-term partnership. The dialogues we’ve had all through the fundraising course of have helped sharpen each our platform and our ambitions. This positions us properly as we proceed to scale our funding actions and put together for future funds constructed on the identical built-in mannequin,” stated Jakob Mathias Wichmann, co-founding associate & Managing Accomplice of the Footprint Fund.
Latest 2025–2026 exercise exhibits continued capital deployment into local weather, affect and DeepTech funding automobiles adjoining to The Footprint Agency’s focus.
In Germany, Munich-based Ananda Impact Ventures reached a €73 million first shut for its fifth affect fund. The UK has seen larger-scale fundraises, together with London-headquartered 2150, which closed €210 million for its second fund targeted on climate-driven city methods, and Future Energy Ventures, which raised €205 million for Fund II to again vitality transition and digital vitality applied sciences throughout Europe.
Southern Europe has additionally remained energetic, with Barcelona-based SC Net Zero Ventures launching a €210 million ClimateTech fund targeted on industrial decarbonisation, whereas the Netherlands’ Rubio Impact Ventures closed €70 million for its third impact-linked fund.
On the earlier finish of the spectrum, Munich-based Vanagon Ventures secured €20 million to focus on pre-Seed DeepTech and AI startups.
Taken collectively, these automobiles symbolize roughly €788 million in disclosed capital shifting by means of local weather, affect, vitality and DeepTech-adjacent funds throughout 2025–2026.
In opposition to this backdrop, The Footprint Agency’s €76 million Footprint Fund I sits inside a broader European sample of mid-sized, specialist funds offering early-stage capital for the inexperienced transition, complementing bigger local weather funds.
“With Footprint Fund I, we’re doubling down on our mission to speed up what is critical,” stated Anna Søndergaard, co-founding Accomplice and CEO at The Footprint Agency. “The long run value constructing won’t arrive by likelihood, it should be ventured into. Europe has the expertise, analysis depth, and industrial base wanted to construct category-defining local weather options, and we need to contribute to the success of those groups with funding, ecosystem assist and our experience and community.”
The Footprint Agency was based in 2019 as a number one Danish sustainability technique advisory and enterprise capital agency. The Footprint Agency advises non-public firms, traders, public establishments and analysis establishments incl, amongst others, Altor Fairness Companions, Axcel, Danske Financial institution, EQT, Lundbeck, Polaris Personal Fairness and Ørsted.
With the brand new fund, The Footprint Agency strengthens its position as a catalyst for research-based and scalable sustainable innovation. The investments deal with applied sciences and enterprise fashions that may be realised at industrial scale and contribute to the worldwide inexperienced transition.
Present funding tickets vary from €500k to €2 million, with 20 startups already receiving fund, together with Reel Vitality, Kvasir Applied sciences, Nordic Salt Cycle, FoodOp, and Rock Flour Firm.
The Footprint Agency additionally particiapted in Octarine Bio’s recently covered €5 million round to to advance its sustainable colour platform.
“The synergies between our advisory enterprise and The Footprint Fund I are already seen. Our enterprise mannequin permits us to speculate considerably extra hours and experience into all funding levels than the standard VC-setup. That’s precisely what is required within the sustainable innovation area, which provides deep environmental, regulatory and transformational necessities to the basic investor toolbox. We’re assured that that’s the best way to make sure each very important affect and wholesome returns,” says co-founding Accomplice Christian Sparrevohn.
Footprint Fund I invests in areas akin to biotechnology, vitality, AI and local weather know-how, round manufacturing, the constructed setting, CO₂e discount, and meals methods.
The fund is supported by The Footprint Agency’s crew of 45 specialists, who work actively with the portfolio firms in areas together with commercialisation, regulation, scientific validation, scaling, and partnerships.
“At Novo Holdings, we make investments with a long-term perspective in firms that search to deal with advanced challenges whereas delivering sustainable returns. The Footprint Agency’s Fund I has an built-in method, combining early-stage capital with sustainability and industrial experience. Supporting robust, regionally anchored funding platforms is a crucial a part of our technique.
“We see a continued want for affected person capital to assist the inexperienced transition, and we imagine this funding gives a significant platform for backing early-stage firms with the potential to create each affect and long-term worth,” says Sophia Heyde, Vice President, Planetary Well being Investments, Novo Holdings.
