Satgana
Venture capitalLuxembourg · Pre-Seed–Series A · 27 people tracked
Investment thesis
Satgana positions itself as an Earth Tech venture capital firm investing in the 'Future of Earth.' It backs founders developing technologies that rebuild the planetary systems underpinning human prosperity. Its geographic focus spans Europe and Africa, reflecting an emphasis on environmental and climate-oriented innovation.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 27 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesFounder mafia
2 people who came through Satgana went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 26 of 58 portfolio companiesCleantech ×10Climate Tech ×10Energy ×8AI & Machine Learning ×7Circular Economy ×6SaaS ×6Hardware ×4AgTech ×3
HQs:France×4Kenya×3United States×2Belgium×1Germany×1Denmark×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×5
Investments · 58 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12023 · 12 dated
AI-driven energy management systems for improved efficiency
Advanced AI logistics enabling zero-carbon deliveries
Enabling dairy producers to make alternative cheese without cows
Amini builds sovereign data infrastructure for the Global South, including agentic OCR and document intelligence, an API-first data interoperability layer, and modular micro datacenters.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureImpact & Social GoodNairobi, KE
Kate Kallot(Founder)Kate Kallot-Bucken(Founder)in
Co-investorsFemale FoundersSeraphim SpacePale Blue DotRaliCapSalesforce VenturesSuperorganism
Arda engineers plastic-free materials from spent grain sourced from brewers and distillers, using protein hierarchies and nontoxic chemistry.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechCircular EconomyNew MaterialsLondon, GB
Brett Cotten(CEO)inEdward TJ Mitchell(CTO)in
Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Entrepreneur FirstOyster Bay Venture CapitalSerpentine Ventures
ARK offers software for German municipalities to plan, track, and publicly display climate protection measures across departments, including BISKO-compliant greenhouse gas accounting without external consultants.
Climate TechGovTechSaaS
SaaS platform to reduce the climate impact of the aviation sector
Enabling clean mobility with battery swapping infrastructure
Producing animal-free bio-leather from breweries by-products
Brineworks develops an electrochemical Direct Air Capture system that uses electrolyzer technology and renewably powered intermittent operation to capture CO₂ at low cost.
CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
Co-investorsSeaX VenturesAiiM PartnersFirst MomentumKatapultNucleus CapitalPale Blue Dot
Sustainable production of chemical bioproducts
Chilli is a mobile app and social platform that lets users follow "impact creators", take quick actions (under 30 seconds) on causes such as climate justice, oceans, forests and human rights, and donate to fund creators' work.
Climate TechImpact & Social GoodSocial
Xavier Durand(Founder)inJulien Le Drogo(Founder)in
Co-investorsAFI VenturesNewfund Capital
The Sustainability platform for cities and municipalities
Empowering traditional energy firms to offer clean energy digital solutions
Clevergy provides a software platform for energy retailers and installers to manage customer relationships and centralize operations, offering energy advisory, self-consumption recommendations, home energy management (HEMS), advanced analytics, and features for energy communities and virtual power plants.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Co-investorsAxon Partners GroupBessemer Venture PartnersFloodgateGV (Google Ventures)Sequoia CapitalSoftTech VC+1 more
Climate activism app turning voice into immediate climate action
Ultra low-cost Direct Air Capture through cutting edge electrochemistry
Edda is an end-to-end software platform for venture capital and private equity firms that centralizes the investment process from deal origination to exit, combining dealflow and portfolio management.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsEIT Urban Mobility AcceleratorPanache VenturesPre-Seed to SucceedRadix VenturesSagona Capital, Inc.TLcom Capital+1 more
Full-stack refurbishment platform for electric bikes
Enabling a circular economy with an electronics refurbishment platform
Patented light filters enabling energy-efficient greenhouse farming
Bridging environmental data gaps with satellite and AI technologies
Estuaire provides environmental impact data for aviation, analyzing around 40 million commercial and business flight trajectories per year combined with weather, aircraft, and payload data to measure CO2, contrails, NOx, and aircraft lifecycle effects.
Paris, FR
Carolina Placencia(Founder)Maxime Meijers(Founder)
Co-investorsAFI Ventures
Exapto develops engineered biocomponents — novel patented metabolic pathways and enzymes — for industrial biomanufacturing, aimed at improving existing bioproductions and enabling access to chemicals that were previously unreachable from renewable resources.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechParis, FR
Reducing food waste with efficient global supply chains for farmers
Flox Intelligence uses AI to decode animal communication and guide wildlife away from danger, preventing collisions between animals and infrastructure without harming them.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechHardwareSyracuse, US
Sara Nozkova(Co-founder)Tomas Becklin(Co-founder)
Co-investorsGENIUS NYAlmi InvestTilia Impact PartnersTilia Impact VenturesUnconventional Ventures
Using AI to minimize food waste in the restaurant industry
Decentralized green ammonia production for sustainable agriculture
Infyos provides a platform that maps renewable energy supply chains beyond Tier 1 down to raw materials, identifying material, location, and factory-level risks and suggesting mitigations.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Co-investorsCarbon13Conduit ConnectETCapital
Intelligent home energy management for water and energy savings
Eliminating plastics from FMCG supply chains using IoT solutions
Kubik operates a circular economy model that turns urban waste, including plastic, into low-carbon building materials for industries such as cement, working with cities and municipalities to improve waste management.
Circular EconomyClimate TechNew Materials
Kidus Asfaw(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsEndgame CapitalHalcyonKazana FundMo AngelsUnruly Capital
Mazi Mobility operates a network of battery-swapping stations in Nairobi that lets electric motorcycle riders exchange EV batteries in under two minutes, regardless of the motorcycle manufacturer.
CleantechEnergyMobility & TransportationNairobi, KE
Detecting and reducing methane emissions in the energy sector
MoPhones sells refurbished ("renewed") mobile phones as a lower-cost, quality-assured alternative to new devices, with support for repairs, upgrades, and budget changes.
Circular EconomyConsumerE-commerceFintechNairobi, KE
Sjoerd Nikkelen(Founder)
Co-investors4DX VenturesE4E Africa
Novek designs and develops IoT hardware and software aimed at removing single-use plastic from fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) supply chains.
Circular EconomyHardwareIoT
Co-investorsFuture AfricaMicrotractionNairobi Business Angel NetworkTimon CapitalMusha Ventures
Offshore pumped hydro for Long Duration Energy Storage at sea
Orbio Earth provides satellite-based methane emission data to financial investors and institutions, replacing traditional estimation methods used in the oil and gas sector.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Robert Huppertz(Founder)inJack Angela(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorInitialized Capital
Transforming plastic waste into affordable, low-carbon housing
Plentify makes intelligent controllers for home energy systems: HotBot manages geysers to reduce electricity use and detect leaks, while SolarBot optimizes solar and battery systems for greater self-consumption.
CleantechEnergyIoTCape Town, ZA
Jon Kornik(Founder)
Co-investorsE3 CapitalElevation VenturesThird Sphere
POSTX is a full-stack middle-mile logistics platform that helps operations teams plan, sequence, and run delivery routes using virtual sortation, pre-load planning, and trailer-to-driver assignment.
Climate TechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsHeartfelt Capital
Marketplace for affordable refurbished electronics in Africa
Forecasting grid evolution to help renewable energy developers and data centers secure optimal sites
AI-powered transparency tools for renewable energy and mobility supply chains
Co-investorsMusha Ventures
Scalable Direct Air Capture solutions for atmospheric CO2 removal
Sirona builds modular Direct Air Capture systems that use solid sorbents to remove CO2 from the air, then hands the captured CO2 to partners who inject it into basalt rock for permanent mineralized storage.
CleantechClimate TechHardwareBrussels, BE
Thoralf Gutierrez(Founder)
Co-investorsAFI VenturesSyndicate One
Sizable Energy develops offshore pumped hydro energy storage technology that uses reservoirs and reversible pump-turbines to store energy at sea.
CleantechEnergyHardwareSan Francisco, US
Manuele Aufiero(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardBruce Leak(Director)inPepe Carnevale(Director)
Co-investorsPlayground GlobalUnruly CapitalVerve Ventures
Creating sustainable protein from beer yeast using a circular model
Voltiris develops spectral filtering solar modules designed for greenhouse horticulture, transmitting the light frequencies crops need for growth while converting unused parts of the spectrum into renewable energy.
AgTechCleantechEnergy
Co-investorsSerpentine VenturesSICTIC
Wattnow provides an energy management system combining smart sensors, software dashboards, and predictive algorithms to monitor consumption in real time, detect waste, and reduce energy costs for businesses across sectors such as manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, telecom, and retail.
CleantechEnergyIoTTunis, TN
Co-investorsE3 CapitalLateral CapitalOcterra Capital216 Capital
Ilias Sousis(Founder)in
Co-investorsBrighteye VenturesMetavallon VCPoint Nine
Keeping wildlife out of critical infrastructure through real-world AI
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Chilli · wcti12.com · Jul 28, 2026
Brineworks · finsmes.com · Sep 22, 2025
Wattnow · outlierzventures.com · May 14, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Satgana made?
- Satgana has 58 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Satgana invest at?
- Satgana invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Satgana's typical check size?
- Satgana typically writes checks of $110K – $550K.
- What sectors does Satgana focus on?
- Satgana focuses on AgTech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Construction Tech, Energy, FoodTech, Impact & Social Good, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials.
- Where is Satgana located?
- Satgana is headquartered in Luxembourg, LU.
- Who does Satgana co-invest with?
- Satgana most often shares deals with AFI Ventures, E3 Capital, Serpentine Ventures, among 47 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamClimate Finance Forum 2023 - Romain Diaz - Satgana
ICFA - International Climate Finance Accelerator · Romain Diaz
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