Investors in Lean

Westerly Winds is an emerging growth stage venture firm strategically positioned between the USA and the UK. Specializing in backing visionary founders and companies poised to shape the 'new economy', Westerly Winds provides comprehensive support in financing, business development, stakeholder management, and strategic planning. They work closely as partners with executive teams, offering around-the-clock assistance to strengthen critical business functions. Their portfolio includes impactful companies such as Carbon Clean, Elvie, Leaselock, and Aquabyte, demonstrating a commitment to innovative technologies and solutions across diverse sectors.

We invest between 50k€-150k€ to startups along with access to our extensive network and know-how. We work together with an extended group of Pipedrive Angels who have the option to also join the investments we make which can bring the total amount invested up.

Grid.vc is an early-stage venture capital company that focuses on new and emerging start-up and growth enterprises working with the energy sector and its customer interfaces. Grid.vc has access to electricity and power grids as well as power plants. We have possibility to offer pilot projects to startups and give industry insight with decades of energy sector expertise.

Enagas Emprende is a corporate venture capital that invests in startups and innovative technologies in the energy transition sector with a specialization on renewable gases, sustainable mobility, energy efficiency, digitalisation, and cleantech. Enagas Emprende was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

We are a part of the Qemetica – a modern chemical holding, one of the industry leaders in Central and Eastern Europe. Its main shareholder is Kulczyk Investments - a global investment group specializing in building value of companies representing various industries. We invest globally in early-stage ventures related to ChemTech, New Materials, Circular Economy, AgroTech, and CleanTech.

PGNiG Ventures is a venture capital fund fully owned by Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA, the leader of Poland’s natural gas market. In our investment activity, we focus on companies that offer unique products or services, are in possession of exceptional know-how, have a robust business model in place, are run by a strong management team and make every effort to become leaders in their respective markets.

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures is providing comprehensive renewable energy solutions across the globe. We believe in improving energy performance and competitiveness and transforming these solutions into the most economic, sustainable and accessible options for our clients, investors, governments and, of course, users. We believe that the use of renewable energy is the key to our future. The transformation of the energy market, and the increasing shift towards sustainability, will positively impact mankind at all levels, socially, environmentally and economically.

Environmental problems are growing much faster than solutions and only bold, future-oriented, world-changing, and even crazy sounding innovations have the power to reverse the unfortunate future of our society or our place on this planet. Our mission is to save our future on this planet by accelerating bold green innovations.

Helen Ventures invests in the most innovative and transformative startups in the energy, e-mobility, circular economy, decarbonization, and digital solutions space. We accelerate the growth of early and growth stage companies by developing world class solutions in collaboration with our customers and industry experts. Helen Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Helen Ltd., an energy company making the possibilities of a new energy era accessible to all.

UNIQA Ventures is the Venture Capital arm of UNIQA Insurance Group AG, a leading insurance carrier in Central & Eastern Europe and a pioneer in Corporate-backed Venture Capital in Austria and CEE. Based in Vienna, Austria, the firm is investing in outstanding business models driven by strong teams and a clear vision to shape the future of key industries. Investment areas are the future of Health, Mobility, Intelligent Home and FinTech/InsurTech as well as enabling technologies such as IoT, Blockchain, ML/AI.

TotalEnergies Ventures is the venture capital arm of Total. As part of Total's commitment to a better energy future, TotalEnergies Ventures is focused on finding, funding and fostering high-potential start-ups which will contribute to creating a low carbon future. Current areas of interest include Renewables, Distributed Energy, New Mobility, Energy Access, Energy Storage, Bio-Plastics, Circular Economy, Carbon Capture and Hydrogen.

Prequel Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on European supply chain startups in their respective pre-seed stages. They aim to support great entrepreneurs to transform global supply chains towards more sustainable, resilient, and transparent value chains.