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  1. 20 years of ETF Partners at the Natural History Museum!

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    What a night! Last Thursday, we celebrated 20 years of ETF Partners at the Natural History Museum – and we couldn’t think of a more fitting venue to mark this milestone! 🦕✨

    Surrounded by millions of years of natural history, we reflected on two decades of backing the innovators who are writing the next chapter of our planet’s story. From that first pioneering environmental tech fund in 2005 to tonight’s room filled with founders, investors, and changemakers – it’s been an incredible journey.

    The energy in the room was electric with new partnerships forming over a glass of wine. This is what happens when purpose-driven people come together.

    But here’s what struck us most: the optimism. Yes, the environmental challenges are immense. But the solutions? They’re here. They’re scaling. And they’re commercially viable.

    The founders in that room last night aren’t just building companies – they’re building the sustainable economy of tomorrow. And we’re just getting started.

    Thank you to everyone who joined us, from our earliest backers to our newest portfolio companies. Your belief in sustainability through innovation is what makes nights like this possible.

    Here’s to the next 20 years of backing brilliant minds who prove that saving the planet and building successful businesses aren’t mutually exclusive. 🌍

  3. 20 years of sustainability through innovation and ETF Partners is just getting started!

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    🎉 20 years of sustainability through innovation – and ETF Partners is just getting started! 🚀

    Today we’re proud to share our anniversary video celebrating two decades of backing entrepreneurs who prove that environmental impact and commercial success go hand-in-hand.

    Back in 2005, when venture capital was fixated on consumer tech, we took a different path. We launched Europe’s first environmental technologies fund before the market even had a name for what we were doing.

    Climate change isn’t a distant threat – it’s today’s reality demanding urgent innovation. The environmental challenges we face have never been more pressing, but neither has our capacity to solve them. Because the need is still the opportunity.

    Now? The intelligence layer is here. The infrastructure has been built. The deep tech has matured. And the most exciting phase is just beginning.
    From our pioneering first fund to today’s portfolio of game-changers cutting emissions, revolutionising energy, and building tomorrow’s sustainable economy – this is what happens when purpose meets progress.

    Watch our story. Share it with your network. Because the next revolution in sustainable innovation needs all of us.

    Here’s to the founders who dare to build differently. Here’s to the investors who back them. Here’s to the next 20 years of sustainable innovation and impact. 🌍

  4. ETF Partners joins 100 impact leaders at the House of Lords for London Climate Action Week!

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    🌍 Proud to join 100 impact leaders at the House of Lords for London Climate Action Week!

    Our founder, Patrick Sheehan, delivered a keynote on leadership in sustainable finance at yesterday’s impactful roundtable hosted by Baroness Manzila Uddin and organised by impowe at the House of Lord’s.

    Patrick shared insights from ETF Partners – The Environmental Technologies Fund 20-year journey as Europe’s original sustainability-focused VC, discussing how the “intelligence layer” is now enabling unprecedented environmental impact at scale.

    The discussions reinforced what we’ve seen at ETF Partners for two decades: the next revolution in sustainable innovation is already underway. The leaders gathered yesterday – from global banks to impact investors to climate innovators – demonstrate that addressing environmental challenges and building successful businesses aren’t mutually exclusive, they’re mutually reinforcing. This shared conviction across the room showed why now is the moment for ventures that deliver both commercial success and lasting positive impact.

    Thank you to Sunny Jiang and the impowe network for bringing together leaders from Citi, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, The Earthshot Prize, MSCI Inc., S&P Global, and many others committed to transforming wealth and power into measurable impact.

    As we mark our 20th anniversary this week, we remain committed to backing founders who marry profit with purpose. The intelligence layer that enables modern infrastructure isn’t just the future – it’s happening now.

  5. ETF Partners leads Look Up’s €50 million fundraising round!

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    We’re delighted to share the news that we have led Look Up’s €50 million fundraising round alongside Leadwind Global Pvt Ltd, Kfund’s early growth fund, the EIC Fund, as well as MIG Capital, Karista and Expansion.

    This new round represents one of the top 3 largest Series A rounds in European SpaceTech! 🚀

    The company’s globally deployed radar network, with the first unit already operational in Lozère, provides highly accurate data on all objects in orbit, including active and defunct satellites, upper rocket bodies, and hundreds of thousands of pieces of debris just a few centimetres in size.

    This comprehensive monitoring capability is essential for creating a sustainable space environment, supporting advanced services such as precise collision risk prediction, manoeuvre recommendations, and detection of abnormal activity or threats—all critical for enabling the peaceful and long-term sustainable use of space.

    Look Up’s innovative end-to-end approach to space safety combines its global ground-based radar network with real-time orbital analysis to address one of the most pressing sustainability challenges facing the space industry today: ensuring orbital environments remain viable for future generations whilst supporting the growing space economy.

    As Remy de Tonnac, Senior Partner at ETF Partners, notes: “We firmly believe that to enable a sustainable earth, we must ensure a sustainable space. By addressing the increasing risks of collisions and debris management, Look Up is creating a more secure orbital environment where satellites can safely operate and become insurable assets. This is a critical foundation for a sustainable space economy, balancing environmental responsibility and technological progress.”

    Congratulations to Michel Friedling (Gen. R.), Juan Carlos Dolado Pérez, Alban de Crémiers and the entire Look Up team on this significant milestone!

    Read more HERE.

  6. Shippeo joins the French Tech 120, the government’s annual selection of the fastest-growing and most promising tech companies in France

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    We’re delighted to congratulate our portfolio company, Shippeo, on securing a place in this year’s French Tech 120 cohort. This significant milestone highlights their remarkable journey in transforming global supply chain visibility.

    This recognition highlights the company’s impressive growth in the real-time transportation visibility sector. Founded in Paris in 2014, the company now tracks shipments in over 150 countries across USA, EMEA, APAC and LatAm, establishing itself as a world leader in supply chain visibility.

    Lucien Besse, COO and Co-Founder of Shippeo shared his thoughts, stating: “Being recognised by the French government’s French Tech programme is a great testament to our continued growth. Shippeo is now firmly established as a world leader, with shipments tracked from the USA to EMEA and from APAC to LatAm. La French Tech’s support will definitely help accelerate that growth even further.”

    We’re proud to support Shippeo’s mission to bring transparency and sustainable impact to the global logistics sector and look forward to their continued success!

    Read more HERE.

  7. ETF Partners’ CFO, Leanne England, recognised as one of The Drawdown’s 25 Operational Leaders for 2025!

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    We’re delighted to announce that Leanne England, Chief Financial Officer at ETF Partners, has been honoured as one of The Drawdown’s 25 Operational Leaders for 2025. 🎉

    This recognition highlights excellence in private equity and venture capital operations, celebrating professionals who have demonstrated leadership and innovation in their field. Recipients are selected through a peer nomination process, with final selection made by The Drawdown’s editorial board alongside an expert panel of senior industry professionals.

    Congratulations to Leanne on this well-deserved accolade, which reflects her outstanding leadership and significant impact within the industry. 🎉

    Read more HERE.

  8. ETF Partners Newsletter – Issue #50

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    The latest edition of the ETF Partners Newsletter is here, and what a fulfilling few weeks it has been!

    From leading a €26M investment in Amber Electric to launching a new series of fascinating interviews on our Sustainability Talks podcast to announcing our upcoming 20th anniversary with a flagship whitepaper – the past few weeks have been full of momentum and milestones.

    We’re excited to share the latest updates from across our portfolio and the broader ETF Partners.

    Highlights from our team:

    ♻️ We led a €26M Investment in Amber Electric!
    ♻️ Our Partner, Tomer Strikovsky, spoke at the Climate Impact Flagship Summit in London!
    ♻️ ETF Partners – The Environmental Technologies Fund turns 20 this year! We’ll soon release a flagship white paper exploring the road ahead for European sustainability and impact investing.

    Highlights from our portfolio:

    ♻️ Tomorrow and shipzero were included in the Sifted 100: DACH & CEE Leaderboard for 2025.
    ♻️ Open Cosmos CEO Rafel Jorda Siquier shared his vision for space innovation at Downing Street
    ♻️ Fairly Made® Made deepened its collaboration with Versace, setting new standards for sustainable fashion
    ♻️ Basemark expanded into Japan with a new strategic partner
    ♻️ GenPhoenix CMO, Elyse Winer, was featured in Forbes on the intersection of culture and brand

    New Episodes of Sustainability Talks!

    🎙 Mathias Boissonot on building regenerative business models
    🎙 Ben Goldsmith on biodiversity and the future of rewilding
    🎙 Pavan Sukhdev on measuring what truly matters in ESG

    Read the newsletter in full HERE.

  9. ETF Partners leads a €26M investment into Amber Electric – the company supporting global utilities as they enable their customers to optimise and monetise their home batteries and EVs

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    🔋 We’ve just led a €26M investment into Amber Electric – the company supporting global utilities as they enable their customers to optimise and monetise their home batteries and EVs.

    Already a market leader in Australia, where it enables over 40% of the automated residential batteries on the grid, Amber Electric is expanding globally, with co-founder Christopher Thompson relocating to Europe to support key customers, E.ON and Ecotricity!

    How does it work? Their software platform automates the charging of home batteries and electric vehicles (EVs) to take advantage of cheap renewable energy at various times of the day. Critically, they also allow consumers to sell energy back to the grid when demand and prices rise.

    Amber helps customers pay less and earn more.

    As Rob Genieser, our Managing Partner, puts it: “Amber Electric is redefining how utilities and consumers interact with energy. Their technology not only optimises energy usage but also enables greater integration of renewables, paving the way for a more resilient and sustainable energy system. We want to back leaders driven by a strong sense of purpose, and Amber’s founders have demonstrated their commitment to transforming global energy markets for the better.”

    Australia’s energy grid offers a glimpse of Europe’s future, with one in three households generating solar power and rooftop solar now exceeding coal generation. Amber has proven this model works at scale, and we’re backing them to bring it to European households.

    Congratulations to Christopher Thompson and Dan Adams on this milestone – and thanks to our co-investors Square Peg, Gentrack Ltd (Global), Rubio Impact Ventures, and Breakthrough Victoria for joining us on this journey.

    Read the full announcement HERE.

  11. Fairly Made renewing and strengthening their partnership with Versace

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    Congratulations to our portfolio company, Fairly Made® on renewing and strengthening their partnership with Versace.

    Fairly Made®’s partnership with Versace demonstrates how sustainability, innovation, industrial operations, and technology can work together to drive meaningful change from within established fashion houses. Fairly Made’s approach recognises that in fashion, knowing where materials come from represents both a significant challenge and a fundamental responsibility.

    As the team at Fairly Made® puts it: “Renewed, reinforced, and ready to go further.” This continued collaboration will scale traceability and impact measurement to new heights within the luxury fashion sector.

    We’re pleased to support companies building the next chapter of sustainable fashion—one driven by impact, built on transparency, and fuelled by innovation.

    Read more HERE.