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Contrarian Ventures
Contrarian Ventures is a founder-first, climate-focused early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017. We back the boldest climate tech founders at the pre-seed and seed stages — before it's obvious, before it's crowded. We operate as a full-stack climate platform: first cheque, long-term partner, ecosystem builder. Headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, with a pan-European and global investment scope. Fund I: €13M (2017). Fund II: €100M (2022).
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# Contrarian Ventures
> Contrarian Ventures is a founder-first, climate-focused early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017. We back the boldest climate tech founders at the pre-seed and seed stages — before it's obvious, before it's crowded. We operate as a full-stack climate platform: first cheque, long-term partner, ecosystem builder. Headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, with a pan-European and global investment scope. Fund I: €13M (2017). Fund II: €100M (2022).
## About
- [About Us](https://www.cventures.vc/about-us/): Our story, team, and mission — backing climate tech founders since 2017 with two funds raised and a full-stack platform built for founders to win.
- [Manifesto](https://www.cventures.vc/manifesto/): Our 18-point operating philosophy — founder-first, no bureaucracy, conviction-driven, long-term aligned, and genuinely contrarian.
- [Climate Opportunity & ESG](https://www.cventures.vc/climate-opportunity/): Our ESG integration framework, impact return model, SFDR disclosures, and the UN SDGs we invest behind (primarily SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy).
## Funds
- Fund I (2017): €13M. Returned in full via a single investment (Dragon/PVcase).
- Fund II (2022): €100M. Impact-linked return model — portfolio impact KPIs directly tied to fund economics.
## Investment Focus
Contrarian Ventures invests at pre-seed and seed stages in climate tech companies across Europe and beyond. Investment themes include:
- Renewable energy (solar, wind, flexibility, storage)
- Carbon markets and measurement
- Sustainable mobility and EV infrastructure
- Building decarbonisation
- Advanced materials and critical minerals
- AI-powered climate and energy tools
We look for founders with climate and impact in their company's DNA from day one — building breakthrough technology that is economically superior, scalable, and reshaping industries.
## Portfolio
- [Portfolio Overview — Founders Page](https://www.cventures.vc/founders/): Full list of portfolio companies with founder profiles, stage, geography, and mission.
### Active Portfolio
- [Altrove](https://www.altrove.ai/): Designs, synthesizes, and manufactures alternatives to critical materials at scale. Reduces material development time by 90%. France. Partnered at Pre-Seed, 2024.
- [Beebop](https://www.beebop.ai/): Power Orchestration platform integrating residential and commercial assets into wholesale energy markets. Targets 20%+ energy cost savings and 1BN+ tons CO2 reduction yearly. Belgium. Partnered at Seed, 2024.
- [BeZero Carbon](https://bezerocarbon.com/): Independent carbon ratings agency. 650+ carbon projects rated across all sectors including direct air capture, biochar, and regenerative agriculture. UK. Partnered at Seed, 2021.
- [Bees&Bears](https://www.beesandbears.com/): Embedded finance platform for climate hardware — enabling installers to offer customers instalment purchases for solar, storage, heat pumps, and EV chargers. Scaled monthly transaction volumes 50×, secur
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