Berlin · Pre-Seed–Series A · 26 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Planet A invests in early-stage European technology companies, backing deeply technical founders working to shift systems rather than build incremental features. The firm targets startups solving the world's most significant systemic challenges, investing from pre-seed through Series A with initial investments. Its geographic focus spans Europe, from London to Zurich and beyond.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 24, 2026.
Team · 26 people
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Planet A Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 27 of 28 portfolio companiesClimate Tech ×13AI & Machine Learning ×12Cleantech ×11Energy ×6Impact & Social Good ×6Advanced Manufacturing ×5Data & Infrastructure ×5Deep Tech ×5
HQs:Germany×7United Kingdom×2Austria×1Belgium×1European Union×1Finland×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×83 founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 19 founders with education data
King's College London ×3Technical University of Munich ×2WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×8Engineering ×8Economics ×4Computer Science ×2Design & Architecture ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 24 founders with career history
Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London ×2Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / University of Karlsruhe (TH) ×2Nucleus Capital ×2
8 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 24 with degree data)
Investments · 28 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22024 · 22023 · 12022 · 16 dated
Carbon.one develops green methanol production technology to help hard-to-abate industries transition away from fossil fuels as part of a circular carbon economy.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyNew MaterialsLeuna, DE
Co-investorsMaersk GrowthSquareOne
44.01 is a carbon removal company that mineralizes CO₂ by using natural processes to permanently convert captured carbon dioxide into rock.
CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
Talal Hasan(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAir Liquide Venture Capital (ALIAD)Alumni VenturesBascom VenturesBasecamp FundBreakthrough Energy VenturesClimate Investment+8 more
Aris Machina builds an agentic operating system and AI tools for manufacturing, using a semantic model that unifies design, process, and quality data to help engineers and shopfloor operators accelerate R&D and production.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Peter Carlsson(Founder)inSiddharth Khullar(Founder)in
Co-investorsSNÖ Ventures
Arsenale builds an end-to-end biomanufacturing platform that combines micro-scale bioreactors, AI software, and large-scale fermentation infrastructure for precision fermentation at industrial scale.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Massimo Portincaso(CEO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsbyFoundersCDP Venture CapitalRiello Investimenti SGR S.p.A.
AUAR builds robotic MicroFactories that deploy directly onto live construction sites to produce housing, working alongside homebuilders in the construction industry.
Construction TechPropTechRobotics
Mollie ClaypoolinGilles Retsinin
Co-investorsOxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)PT1Shadow VenturesUnruly CapitalSemantic Ventures
ECAIR provides financing tools for energy renovation projects, letting installers and renovation companies turn a quote into monthly loan payments and offering products for MaPrimeRénov' advances, works credit, and CEE premium collection.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyFintech
Co-investorsKima VenturesÜbermorgen VenturesVoyagers
GA Drilling develops drilling tools intended for energy projects.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Igor Kocis(Founder)in
Co-investorsNeulogy VenturesUnderground VenturesExtantia Capital
Gigaton builds AI-powered control systems for energy-intensive industries to autonomously optimize operations and reduce costs and carbon emissions.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechNew Materials
Co-investorsClean Growth FundSemapa NextAlbionVCUCL Technology Fund
HIVED is the UK's first parcel delivery company designed for e-commerce, operating with a focus on sustainable and technology-enabled delivery methods.
CleantechE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainUK, GB
Murvah Iqbal(Founder)inMathias Krieger(Founder)in
Co-investorsEka VenturesEverywhere VenturesGlobal BrainMaersk GrowthMarunouchi Innovation PartnersNordicNinja+3 more
INERATEC produces synthetic fuels and chemicals from CO₂ and renewable hydrogen using microstructure technology, offering e-SAF, e-diesel, and other drop-in ready fuels and chemical products for energy and manufacturing industries.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyNot stated on page, DE
Tim Boeltken(Founder)inPfeifer Peter(Founder)in
Co-investorsEmerald Technology Ventures AgENGIE New VenturesHG VenturesHonda Innovations Silicon ValleyPiva CapitalWIND Ventures+3 more
Makersite provides a product compliance solution that maps supplier composition declarations (FMD, IPC, CoC) to bills of materials and automates compliance checks against regulations such as REACH, RoHS, SCIP, and PFAS.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Neil D'Souza(Founder)in
Co-investorsHitachi VenturesSE VenturesTransLink CapitalHitachi, Ltd.
Mondra creates digital twins of food products and supply chains to help retailers and suppliers predict risks, optimize sourcing, and reduce environmental impact across their operations from farm to consumer.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechFoodTech
Jason Barret(CEO & Founder)Tom Holden(Chief Product Officer)in
Co-investorsAlbionVCGreen Circle Foodtech VenturesPeakBridge VCPonderosa VenturesSwisscom Ventures
One-Five provides data-driven packaging solutions through Quartermaster, a platform that uses predictive analytics to match materials to customer opportunities and optimize packaging design performance.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyData & InfrastructureNew MaterialsSaaSHamburg, DE
Martin Weber(Founder and CEO)inClaire Hae-Min Gusko(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAuxxoBlue Horizon CorporationBtomorrow VenturesGGFGreen Generation FundRevent+1 more
OptimL appears to provide decision intelligence and data services for real estate professionals including property owners, investors, portfolio managers, asset managers, and transaction managers.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureImpact & Social GoodPropTech
Co-investorsBitStone CapitalKOMPAS VCInnovation Endeavors
Paleo develops plant-based protein products designed to replicate the taste and qualities of animal meat, addressing sustainability in food production.
AgTechBiotechCircular EconomyClimate TechFoodTechImpact & Social Good
Hermes Sanctorum(Co-founder & CEO)inAndy de Jong(Co-founder & Board Director)in
BoardLieven De Smedt(Chairman of the Board)
Co-investorsGimvSiddhi Capital
Phlair develops direct air capture (DAC) technology built around its Hydrolyzer process for energy-efficient generation of acid and base, designed to be compatible with intermittent renewable solar power.
CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
PaulSteffenMalte Feucht(Founder)in
Co-investorsVerve VenturesAtlantic LabsCounteractExtantia CapitalUnion Square Ventures (USV)
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Podero provides an integrated SaaS platform that enables utilities to optimize, control, and trade connected device fleets including electric vehicles, solar inverters, batteries, and heat pumps.
CleantechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaS
Chris(Co-founder & Engineer)Moritz(Co-founder & Software and Hardware Expert)
Co-investorsPUSH VenturesSystemiq CapitalPale Blue DotSYSTEMIQ
Pointfive provides a cloud cost optimization platform that surfaces actionable findings across infrastructure such as EKS, RDS, S3, Snowflake, and Lambda, showing each opportunity's owner, risk profile, remediation path, and savings estimate.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNew York City, US
Alon Arvatz(Co-founder & CEO)inGal Ben David(Co-founder & CPO)inAmir Hozez(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsAccelEntrée CapitalIndex VenturesSnowflake VenturesVesey VenturesClimentum Capital+4 more
Project Eaden develops plant-based meat products using advanced food science techniques, targeting consumers who want sustainable protein alternatives without compromising on taste.
AgTechBiotechFoodTechImpact & Social Good
David(Co-Founder Tech)Jan(Co-Founder Commercial)
Co-investorsDeepTech & Climate FondsFoodLabsCreandumHappiness Capital
Pulsetrain develops next-generation battery technology and power electronics systems for electromobility and energy storage applications.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyHardwareMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsVsquared VenturesAnanda Impact Ventures
Staer builds physical AI and spatial intelligence software for warehouses, using cameras mounted on carts, forklifts, or fixed stations to create a live semantic map that tracks goods, locations, stock levels, and operational issues in real time.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
Johan Gyllenspetz(Founder)Peter Neubauer(Founder)inYubin Kuang(Founder)in
Co-investorsLDV Capital
The Landbanking Group develops solutions to assign economic value to nature and improve land-use decision-making through scientific and technological approaches.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechImpact & Social GoodInnsbruck, AT
Leonidas Kaloudis(Founder)Sonja StuchteyinMartin Stuchteyin
Co-investorsBONVENTUREWessel ManagementVanagon
Traceless manufactures thermoplastic natural polymer-based materials that serve as plastic substitutes, operating the world's first industrial-scale production facility for these materials.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechCircular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsHamburg, DE
Anne Lamp(CEO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsSWEN Capital Partners
Unwritten builds climate and nature risk software for private investors, portfolio companies, and advisors, using AI to map client data to a "climate digital twin" and generate reports, disclosures, and data exports.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechFintechLondon, GB
Amos Wittenberg(Founder)in
Co-investorsMMC Ventures
Upright provides an AI-powered platform that quantifies real-world environmental, social, and governance impacts for investment portfolios by analyzing product-level business activities against scientific research.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureFintechImpact & Social GoodHelsinki, FI
Co-investorsButterfly Ventures
WILDPLASTIC collects "wild" plastic waste from regions without formalized waste management, recycles it into granulate, and uses that material to make consumer products such as trash bags.
Circular EconomyConsumerImpact & Social GoodHamburg, DE
Christian Sigmund(Founder)in
Co-investorsPurpose Ventures
Yaak develops a Spatial Intelligence Kit that can be paired with physical assets in construction and material handling to enable autonomous operation through AI learning from observed tasks.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeep TechRobotics
Co-investorsbyFoundersForward Venture CapitalMaki.vc
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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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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Carbon · energy.gov · Aug 14, 2026
Gigaton · pulse2.com · Jun 8, 2026
Pulsetrain · ionanalytics.com · Jun 1, 2026
Mondra · eu-startups.com · Feb 18, 2026
ECAIR · leadsontrees.com · Dec 3, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Planet A Ventures made?
- Planet A Ventures has 28 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Planet A Ventures invest at?
- Planet A Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Planet A Ventures's typical check size?
- Planet A Ventures typically writes checks of $540K – $5.4M.
- What sectors does Planet A Ventures focus on?
- Planet A Ventures focuses on Deep Tech, Impact & Social Good, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Planet A Ventures located?
- Planet A Ventures is headquartered in Berlin, DE.
- Does Planet A Ventures lead rounds?
- Planet A Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Planet A Ventures co-invest with?
- Planet A Ventures most often shares deals with AlbionVC, byFounders, Maersk Growth, among 66 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamThe Role of Planet A Ventures for a sustainable future | Nick de la Forge
Better Worlds · Nick de la Forge
How Science-Based Impact Investments Are Saving Our Planet with Lena Thiede, Planet A Ventures
SRI360 Podcast · Lena Thiede
#14 mit Planet A Ventures Gründer Fridtjof Detzner
Disrupting Minds · Fridtjof Detzner
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