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Bright Future Club
Impact investorCologne · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Bright Future Club is an impact-focused VC that invests very early, aiming to close the gap between business angels and institutional investors and help founders through the 'Valley of Death' between first traction and scaling. The firm positions itself as a hands-on co-pilot to founders, leveraging a community of mentor advisors, entrepreneurial investors, and family-business LPs. Its thesis centers on the belief that impact scales only when ideas win economically, directing capital toward market-viable solutions that regenerate the planet and build resilience. Portfolio companies are evaluated against UN Sustainable Development Goals, with measurable outcomes such as CO2 savings.
Source: firm website, verified Nov 8, 2026.
Team · 3 people
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Entrepreneur with years of experience researching and advising in impact investing, and an M&A consultant with broad industry knowledge. He is described as the face of the Club and the architect behind Bright Future Club.
Philipp Behr leads product and investments at Deep Tech Momentum and serves as an investment syndicate lead at Bright Future Club. He also works as a venture scout at EWOR and has an academic background in business psychology.
A networker and entrepreneur himself, as well as a philanthropist, serving as a Venture Partner in the Bright Future Club.
What they invest in
from 1 of 3 portfolio companiesCircular Economy ×1Cleantech ×1Energy ×1
HQs:Germany×1
Investments · 3 tracked
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Shit2Power builds a patented containerized system that converts dewatered sludge on-site into electricity, heat, and phosphorus-rich mineral ash through drying and thermochemical gasification.
Circular EconomyCleantechEnergyBerlin, DE
Nina Heine(CEO & Co-founder)inDr.-Ing. Fabian Habicht(CTO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsGF BRYCK Ventures
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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Bright Future Club invest at?
- Bright Future Club invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Bright Future Club focus on?
- Bright Future Club focuses on Circular Economy, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Data & Infrastructure, Energy, Impact & Social Good, Marketplaces, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Bright Future Club located?
- Bright Future Club is headquartered in Cologne, DE.
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