Catalyst for sustainable and social progress.

Investing today, for our future well-being

StartGreen is one of the largest impact fund managers in the Netherlands. Since 2006, together with impact entrepreneurs and investors, we have been building a climate-neutral, fossil-free and circular society, less dependent on energy and raw materials from abroad and in which everyone can participate to their full potential.

StartGreen at a glance

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StartGreen's Impact Domains

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We believe in sustainable energy

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We believe in equality and equal opportunities

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We believe in a circular and local economy

Our funds

StartGreen finances impact businesses and energy projects with both loans and risk capital. We do this through various funds:

Dexter Energy: AI-powered forecasting and trade optimisation services for renewable energy and batteries

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Tala builds sustainable, modular homes from wood and other bio-based materials, which are almost 100% circular. CO₂ savings + contributing to a housing shortage solution = positive impact on people and nature.

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This powerful energy storage system at the Bomhofsplas floating solar park in Zwolle helps to relieve and stabilise the electricity grid.

Thirona is developing AI technology for automated analysis of medical scans.

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Atlantic Therapeutics aims to improve the quality of life for people through medical devices, by restoring and strengthening their pelvic health.

Our cutting-edge medical electrospinning research and development equipment, MediSpin® XL platform and application development services enable our customers to realise their superior fibre-based medical devices.

The Fabricant is the world's leading digital fashion house and a pioneer in the digitisation of the fashion industry.

RE:BORN Walden aims to make emotional, environmental and economic impact by tackling obsolete properties and transforming them into function-free buildings.

Weerribben Dairy is the market leader in the dairy shelf of organic specialty shops. It is one of the few farms that produce dairy in an artisanal way on the farm.

With every phone they make, Fairphone gets closer to its goal of making the electronics industry fairer and more sustainable.

ChainCraft develops mixed culture fermentation technologies to produce sustainable biobased chemicals

MUD Jeans produces sustainable jeans with 40 per cent recycled cotton.

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Thirona provides advanced artificial intelligence-based lung analysis to MedTech, pharmaceutical and CRO companies worldwide.

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Dexter offers AI-based forecasting-as-a-service to reduce imbalance on the power grid. This allows power companies to save 35 per cent on imbalance costs.

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The Bomhofplas is one of the largest floating solar farms in Europe. It supplies 7,200 Zwolle households with green electricity.

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NextKidney has developed a portable artificial kidney. This device allows kidney patients to perform haemodialysis themselves; wherever they want, whenever it is most convenient for them.

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Innovative expertise

Our experienced team of experts is often the first to identify themes in the market that require financing. Together with our investors we develop innovative new funds and financing options. To promote impact outside StartGreen, our experts are happy to share their knowledge, including through blogs:

  • Flexibility as a foundation: why BESS protects us against geopolitical and fossil risks

    Expert blog by Guus Bronkhorst – Geopolitical tensions are leading to higher and more volatile energy prices. This also changes the business case for battery energy storage systems (BESS). Systems that offer flexibility — and demand and [...]

  • Citizens keen to be part of energy transition

    Expertblog - 22 August 2024 Wind farms are playing a crucial role in the energy transition. Crowd financing platform Invesdor, which was founded in 2012 by StartGreen as Oneplanetcrowd, has already raised two [...] this year.

  • With more manure digesters, we can meet green gas targets

    Expertblog - 27 June 2024 There is a lot of interest in manure fermentation. Logical, because livestock farmers can use their manure to produce green gas ánd earn nice money from it. In [...]

Impact news

With our experience, market knowledge, track record and network, we guide impact companies during their growth. Through the latest news - on our website, LinkedIn page and our newsletter - keep you informed about our funds and the impact we are making with them:

  • Energiefonds Overijssel lanceert Energiekansen-leningen en ontvangt €20 miljoen financiering van BNG

    Energiefonds Overijssel (EFO) heeft officieel de Energiekansen-leningen gelanceerd: een nieuwe toegankelijke financieringsvorm voor maatschappelijke organisaties en MKB-bedrijven in Overijssel die hun gebouwen of energievoorziening willen verduurzamen, of willen investeren in [...]

  • Flexibility as a foundation: why BESS protects us against geopolitical and fossil risks

    Expert blog by Guus Bronkhorst – Geopolitical tensions are leading to higher and more volatile energy prices. This also changes the business case for battery energy storage systems (BESS). Systems that offer flexibility — and demand and [...]

  • Flexible financing accelerates circular ambitions in Overijssel

    In an interview with TwenteVisie, Radboud Dood (Investment Manager of Energiefonds Overijssel) provides insight into how flexible and carefully structured financing contributes to the acceleration of circular projects in the [...]