Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Contrarian Ventures
Contrarian Ventures

149 Followers

Home

About

Published in Climate50

·Pinned

Welcome to Climate 50

The most up to date, comprehensive, and insightful annual global climate VC ranking — Dear Climate Community! We’re Contrarian Ventures, an early-stage sustainable energy transition focused VC fund. We take climate and community seriously. We’re the founders of Climate 50 — the most up to date, comprehensive and insightful global climate VC ranking for the climate community. …

Climate Change

4 min read

Welcome to Climate 50
Welcome to Climate 50
Climate Change

4 min read


Published in Contrarian View

·Pinned

SPAC Mergers as a Catalyst for Energy Tech Exits

The energy tech sector historically is one where exit activity does not show obvious growth or could be described as exploding. But does the current global socioeconomic environment provide a perfect storm to change that? …

Technology

4 min read

SPAC Mergers as a Catalyst for Energy Tech Exits
SPAC Mergers as a Catalyst for Energy Tech Exits
Technology

4 min read


Apr 27, 2021

Rebranded & Refreshed

Welcome to Contrarian Ventures 2.0 — Dear Climate Community! This post is important to us. But it’s also kinda long. So if you’re short on time here’s TL;DR: We decided to refresh our visual identity and get a cooler website as the old felt clunky; We ran a structured “beauty contest” to find the best service…

Venture Capital

6 min read

Rebranded & Refreshed
Rebranded & Refreshed
Venture Capital

6 min read


Published in Contrarian View

·Updated Apr 20, 2021

Contrarian Ventures Leads an Investment in a Mobility Data Platform Startup Vianova

Seed round investment of €1.8m led by Contrarian Ventures and RATP Capital Innovation to help cities build their post-Covid transport systems — Investment into Vianova Cities are becoming more populated each year, driving the demand for mobility services. In the past few years, cities saw an unprecedented rise of new urban mobility solutions, such as e-scooters and last-mile delivery services reshaping urban mobility. …

Technology

5 min read

Contrarian Ventures Leads an Investment into Vianova — a Paris Based Mobility Data Platform
Contrarian Ventures Leads an Investment into Vianova — a Paris Based Mobility Data Platform
Technology

5 min read


Published in Contrarian View

·Oct 31, 2020

Global Grid Inspection Startup Technology Landscape

Infrastructure maintenance is a challenge. Even more, it is a growing one, as the way we use the infrastructure is changing rapidly, driven by the sustainable energy transition. …

Technology

4 min read

Global Grid Inspection Startup Technology Landscape
Global Grid Inspection Startup Technology Landscape
Technology

4 min read


Published in Contrarian View

·Sep 24, 2020

Global Carbon Management And Emissions Reduction Technology Startup Map

Presently, there is no single standard by which to measure environmental, social and corporate governance. And most of the time today each company has a unique strategy in how they implement it into their operations. This creates a real challenge to any company in first figuring out what the principle…

Technology

3 min read

Global Carbon Management And Emissions Reduction Technology Startup Map
Global Carbon Management And Emissions Reduction Technology Startup Map
Technology

3 min read


Published in Contrarian View

·Sep 22, 2020

Contrarian Ventures Co-leads an Investment in Eliq — a Customer Engagement Platform

The team at Eliq has raised EUR 5 million Series A funding round to scale their advanced customer engagement platform and expand into a wider array of offerings for utility customers in Europe. Contrarian Ventures co-led the round with Inven Capital. Existing investors followed-on in the round as well. The…

Technology

5 min read

Contrarian Ventures co-leads an investment in advanced customer engagement platform for utility…
Contrarian Ventures co-leads an investment in advanced customer engagement platform for utility…
Technology

5 min read


Published in Contrarian View

·Jul 21, 2020

Global Hydrogen Startup Map

If you are someone who has been in the midst of the popular energy debate for at least a few decades, the so-called hydrogen revolution is by no means a new concept for you. Is it not merely a more flashy cousin of solar energy that has boomed since the…

Energy

3 min read

Global Hydrogen Startup Map
Global Hydrogen Startup Map
Energy

3 min read


Published in Contrarian View

·Apr 28, 2020

Contrarian Ventures Leads an Investment in Intelligent EV Charging Startup In Balance Grid

We are pleased to announce a 950.000 euro investment in intelligent electric vehicle charging solutions company Inbalance grid. We were joined by a number of investors in the seed round to help the company launch its platform. …

Venture Capital

6 min read

Contrarian Ventures leads an investment in intelligent and sustainable EV charging solutions…
Contrarian Ventures leads an investment in intelligent and sustainable EV charging solutions…
Venture Capital

6 min read


Published in Contrarian View

·Apr 20, 2020

Global Energy Storage Startup Map

If you are interested in content like this, subscribe to our Bye, Fossil Fuels! Newsletter! We are living at an age when managing one’s impact on the environment is not an option anymore. …

Energy

2 min read

Global Energy Storage Startup Map
Global Energy Storage Startup Map
Energy

2 min read

Contrarian Ventures

Contrarian Ventures

149 Followers

Investors backing European early-stage tech champions in the Energy and e-Mobility.

Following
  • Greylock

    Greylock

  • Scott Galloway

    Scott Galloway

  • European Investment Fund (EIF)

    European Investment Fund (EIF)

  • First Round

    First Round

  • Henry Ward

    Henry Ward

See all (57)

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech