I invest in tomorrow’s businesses. They are sustainable and profitable.
Invest in green impact startups
One of the most effective ways to pave the way for sustainable business practices is to invest in climate startups and businesses that pioneer new platforms, products and services. These businesses are ultimately commercial, but much better for planetary health.
Tomorrow’s capitalism is commercial, environmentally responsible, profitable, ethical, social, transparent and shows a great deal of leadership.
Direct investments
Agrain
Delicious flour, granola and snacks made from mashed grain, a by products from beer and whiskey making otherwise discarted.
Nossa Data
Making it easy to track and report your ESG to all the different standards
Planera
Finally a personal hygiene company that is green. Planera makes pads that disintegrate when flushed out.
Voyagers Climate-Tech Fund
An initiative by David Rowan to unite a group of entrepreneurs, investors and smart people working on everything from nuclear fusion to plant-based meats. We are planning to back 60 early-stage climate-tech startups recommended by our network. The Fund typically invests $100k as the first cheque, any geography.
1: How we make things (manufacturing creates 31% of global greenhouse-gas emissions). New materials, cleaner production, waste minimisation, carbon capture.
2: How we plug in (electricity contributes 27%). Generation, storage and distribution of low-carbon alternatives to fossil fuels.
3: How we grow things (agriculture is 19%). Meeting growing food demand yet boosting soil & crop resilience, cutting fertiliser use, non-animal food sources.
4: How we get around (transportation contributes 16%). Low-carbon fuels, green transport, infrastructure.
5: How we live (construction & buildings use contributes 7%). Greener construction processes, energy efficiency, cleaner industrial processes.
Indirect investments
Coop Invest - I sit on the board and investment committee. We invest 100m DKK in future foods and technology -
Innofounder - I chair the Innofounder program at Innovationsfonden. We give around 130m DKK in grants to promising startups each year -
Rockstart Agrifood and Rockstart New Energy (around 300 mil DKK). I’ve been on the board of Rockstart for years and been part of the transitioning to a micro VC. Today we’ve made a new structure without an overall board and I function as an advisor to the CEO-
Businesses that work with nature, not against it.
Green companies aren’t just the ones that reduce or track CO2, they include all the companies that produce tomorrow’s version of a platform, product or service. All products, in all industries, will be replaced by a green alternative.
My areas of interest are those that support biodiversity, nature conservation and the future of living, such as
Green urban living and urban biodiversity such as vertical farms, green roofs etc.
Sustainable material usage and companies that turn waste into assets, for example in interior design products.
Production that protect forests, biodiversity and natural resources, such as alternative income streams for forest owners and products from certified wood
Ocean preservation products and methods
Sustainable platforms
Co-living and micro-living products and platforms
Rockstart Agrifood and Energy
Through my board position in Rockstart I get to be closely involved with our two funds in Energy and Agrifood. The newest fund, the Energy fund was launched in 2020, shortly after the 2019 launch of Rockstart Agrifood Fund, 1 which has invested in around 20 interesting new technologies in farming and food production. Together the two funds invest around €50M in new green technology startups.
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