Starquest Capital
Impact investorParis · Seed–Growth · 14 people tracked
Investment thesis
Starquest Capital invests in disruptive green technology to accelerate decarbonization and environmental resilience. It runs three strategies: a Biodiversity Fund (€3–15M) backing venture, growth, and buyout companies focused on ecosystem preservation and restoration; a CCR-Fund (€500K–5M) for seed-to-LBO companies developing climate adaptation and natural disaster prevention solutions; and a Protect fund (€3–20M) for Series A–C companies scaling technologies across energy, mobility, agriculture, industry, and advanced materials that cut greenhouse gas emissions and conserve natural resources. The firm positions itself as an active, operationally involved investor driving value creation alongside its portfolio.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 14 people
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What they invest in
from 18 of 29 portfolio companiesCleantech ×11Climate Tech ×6Energy ×5AgTech ×4Circular Economy ×4Deep Tech ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3FoodTech ×3
HQs:France×14United States×1
Investments · 29 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAldoria develops space surveillance technology for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Traffic Management (STM), serving governments, space agencies, institutions, and commercial satellite operators.
Deep TechDefense TechSpace Tech
Romain Lucken(Co-founder)Damien Giolito(Co-founder)
Next-generation energy-efficient, low-carbon air conditioners.
Ultra-light solar panels enabling photovoltaic production on rooftops unsuitable for conventional panels.
HELIUP develops and manufactures lightweight photovoltaic panels for rooftops of commercial, industrial, and logistics buildings, reducing weight by 60% compared to conventional panels while maintaining performance standards.
CleantechEnergyHardwareAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FR
End-to-end energy efficiency platform for commercial buildings covering audit, installation, monitoring and financing.
Hydroclimat develops climate solutions that convert climate data into actionable information, drawing on a team of scientists, data engineers, and climate and water resource specialists.
CleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureDeep TechSaaS
Dr. Magali Troin(Co-founder)Dr. Adrien Lambert(Co-founder)
Leakmited offers Twin, a digital twin platform that unifies asset, technical, and budget data for local authorities managing drinking water and sanitation networks, letting them build and update multi-year investment plans (PPI), simulate renovation scenarios, and generate work and subsidy files.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechGovTech
Les Nouvelles Fermes operates urban aquaponic farms that grow vegetables, herbs, and raise fish together, selling ultra-fresh local produce within about 30km of Bordeaux, France.
AgTechCircular EconomyFoodTechBordeaux, FR
OliKrom develops color-intelligence materials with programmed color-change properties for industrial applications, including detection of overheating, impacts, hydrogen leaks, corrosion, wear indicators, anti-counterfeiting solutions, and adaptive coatings against solar heat.
CleantechDeep TechNew Materials
Pioneer in reducing on-shelf food waste by redistributing to vulnerable consumers.
Plug-and-play urban micro-methanizers converting organic waste into energy under new French waste regulation.
Tryon Environnement collects food biowaste and converts it into bioresources using its Modul'O units.
Circular EconomyCleantechClimate Tech
Ubees provides smart pollination services for regenerative agriculture, deploying connected, monitored beehives on farms to improve crop yields, biodiversity, and climate resilience.
AgTechClimate TechIoTNew York, US
JEAN-CHARLES MORISSEAU(Director)ARNAUD LACOURT(Executive Officer, Director)
Technology that captures landfill methane emissions and purifies above 99% for direct gas grid injection.
Waga Energy develops the WAGABOX technology, which upgrades landfill gas into biomethane as a renewable alternative to fossil natural gas.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Phenix operates an anti-waste platform in France that helps retailers and manufacturers redistribute or resell their unsold food and non-food goods through a network of over 3,000 partner charities, with digital tools for donation traceability, CERFA generation, and regulatory compliance (loi Garot, loi AGEC).
Circular EconomyFoodTechImpact & Social Good
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Starquest Capital invest at?
- Starquest Capital invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What is Starquest Capital's typical check size?
- Starquest Capital typically writes checks of $530K – $21.2M.
- What sectors does Starquest Capital focus on?
- Starquest Capital focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Circular Economy, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, EdTech, Energy, Enterprise Software, FoodTech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, Media & Entertainment, Medical Devices, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, PropTech, SaaS.
- Where is Starquest Capital located?
- Starquest Capital is headquartered in Paris, FR.
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