KOMPAS VC, a specialist early-stage venture capital firm, recently closed its €150 million Fund II. The creative consultancy has offices in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, and Copenhagen. This new fund will focus on backing startups that are developing technologies to accelerate decarbonization, enhance productivity, and safeguard enterprises against global risks. The firm is looking for new innovations all over Europe, the US, and Israel with plans to invest in a portfolio of up to 25 companies. KOMPAS VC is further strengthened by industrial experts from three of Europe’s largest manufacturers. Collectively, they bring the right capital and strategic support to highly ambitious founders.

Investment Focus

KOMPAS VC focuses on early-stage companies developing industrial technology solutions that decarbonize industries while enhancing productivity. These solutions equally address the imperatives for safeguarding businesses against a swathe of global threats. The company’s primary mission is to identify advanced technology solutions that address the major problems facing America’s manufacturing sector. They become active partners in these innovations to help create a better built environment.

"To build the resilience our industrial partners will need in the coming years, they must harness today’s breakthrough opportunities in artificial intelligence, robotics, material science, and synthetic biology. This will allow them to manage risks better and improve their productivity growth, improving their decarbonisation profile. We have the capital and risk appetite to back ambitious founders who develop these much-needed industry solutions, and help them scale." - Talia Rafaeli

Strategic Partnerships and Industry Insights

A primary differentiator for KOMPAS VC is our unique, deep connection to industry. The firm’s partners have decades of experience, gained at the highest levels from major manufacturers throughout Europe. This background provides them with unique perspectives into the industrial sector’s needs and challenges. It’s this expertise that gives KOMPAS VC a competitive advantage in evaluating the most promising technologies and supporting founders to develop and scale the best industry solutions most effectively.

"The insights we derive from our industry network provide important impulses for our investment selection and help us understand when new technologies are ready for adoption. This gives us a real edge in the market." - Sebastian Peck

That’s why KOMPAS VC collaborates so closely with industry partners. Through this collaboration, they’re finding the most promising technology solutions that will advance the manufacturer’s sector and the built environment. This uniquely collaborative approach very much informs and affects their investment decisions. It helps them to provide unique resources to the founders they invest in.

Leadership Perspective

Andreas Winter-Extra and Talia Rafaeli, the partners at KOMPAS VC, have a multilevel trove of expertise. They highlight the unique role of technological innovation in helping achieve a more sustainable and resilient industrial sector.

"We are witnessing a global shift in the geopolitical and regulatory order across continents, which has created significant vulnerabilities and increased the pressure to innovate" - Talia Rafaeli

Unlike many consulting firms, their investment stops being financial. It is dedicated to spurring innovation that drives both greater economic opportunity and environmental stewardship. By supporting companies that are developing cutting-edge solutions, KOMPAS VC aims to drive meaningful change and build a more sustainable future.

"Technological advances can create more sustainable products, services, and business models. Innovation is essential to striking the delicate balance between economic prosperity and reducing the harmful externalities that threaten our future" - Andreas Winter-Extra