“Ours can be the first generation to end poverty and the last generation to address climate change before it is too late.”
Ban-Ki Moon,
Former United Nations Secretary-General
impACT NOW Climate
impACT NOW Capital is launching a € 2M seed fund in Lisbon to back Portugal based climate action driven startups by leveraging our background in founding, advising and investing in 50+ impact companies delivering over 10x MOIC.
A fund managed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs
Local-to-Global Opportunity
WHY PORTUGAL
Strong business and living fundamentals
– Excellent infrastructure and services
– 25th Best Country for Business in 2019
– 5th Favourite Startup Hub by Founders
– High quality of life at competitive cost
Cost efficient talent
– Top business and technical schools
– 82% of founders with MSc or PhD
– Average engineer salary at $ 29k
– High foreign language speaking
Booming startup ecosystem
– Host of Web Summit
– 7 Unicorns valued at over $ 38B
– € 1.1B invested in 114 deals in 2021
– Over 30 incubators and 30 accelerators
- IBERIA AS A GATEWAY TO EUROPE
- AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA THROUGH CPLP NETWORK
Investment Thesis
Focus
Climate Action
SDG 13
Stage
Pre-Seed
Seed
Geography
Portugal Based
Global Scope
Leading
25% Leading
Direct Investments
Co-Investing
75% Co-Investing
Top European VC Funds
Value Added
Mentoring + Business Development
Fundraising + Exit
Investment Criteria
01 People
Team with the proper mix of technical and management skills, coachable, ambitious and purpose-driven.
02 Finance
Consistent business model, potential to scale, current revenues and identified path to profitability.
03 Innovation
Execution of original ways to create value to the market and apply existing or new technologies.
04 Impact
Meaningful, measurable and attributable positive impact created towards mitigating the climate crisis.
“I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic, and act as if the house was on fire.”
Greta Thunberg,
Social and Environmental Activist
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