Expert 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 [...]

  • Pension funds, pay attention to your constituents

    Expertblog - 18 April 2024 The gender investment gap is as yawning as it was a decade ago. Simone Brummelhuis, partner and fund director of Borski Fund, believes pension funds and government [...]

  • How is Borski Fund helping to close the funding gap for female founders?

    Expertblog - 11 April 2024 Besides co-founder of StartGreen Capital, Laura Rooseboom is co-founder and partner of Borski Fund. This fund improves access to capital for growth companies with [...]

  • StartGreen sees opportunity in grid congestion

    Expertblog - 19 March 2024 Grid congestion is a hot topic, especially in the world of impact investing. On the one hand, we are keen to accelerate the energy transition, on the other [...]

  • The SaveGarant Fund helps entrepreneurs become more sustainable

    Expertblog - 4 January 2024 Since last June, StartGreen has been managing the SaveGarant Fund. Entrepreneurs looking to make their premises more sustainable can turn to the fund for financing. Noura Hzami, Investment [...]

  • Molten salt is the future of nuclear power

    Expertblog - 2 October 2023 Nuclear energy is often the subject of heated debate. Some see it as an indispensable component in the energy transition, while others see too many objections. [...]

  • 'More focus is needed now on a circular economy'

    Expertblog - 11 July 2023 StartGreen wants to help build a sustainable economy. That is why our funds invest in three impact areas: the Energy Transition, Diversity and Circularity. 'There is a lot of social attention [...]

  • Struggling with impact and ESG reporting? You are not the only...

    Expertblog - 3 July 2023 'Good - far from perfect - but we are working on it and showing progress every year'. That's how Dylan Perales, Sustainability Lead at [...]

  • Innovative financing enables renewable energy projects

    Expertblog - 6 June 2023 StartGreen is financing the construction of a large solar park near Almelo. This financing is possible partly because charge point operator Allego is guaranteed [...] for the next ten years.

  • StartGreen helps make hydrogen projects 'bankable'

    Expertblog - 17 February 2023 Hydrogen seems to be the magic word in the energy transition. But what exactly can we do with it? What are the opportunities and what are the caveats? Michiel Hickey, [...]

  • 'Here you can learn super much about sustainable investing'

    2 February 2023 Arthur Jongejans has just successfully completed his internship at StartGreen as an Impact Investment Analyst. In this blog, he talks about what he has been doing over the past six months [...]

  • 'We must not exclude segments'

    1 November 2022 StartGreen funds within three impact domains: circular economy, diversity & inclusiveness and energy transition. Coenraad de Vries, co-founder and Managing Partner of StartGreen is convinced that [...]

  • 'With our value creation model, we help impact companies grow'

    Expertblog - 8 September 2022 Bertrand van Leersum, Investment Manager at Borski Fund, describes how the Value Creation Model enables StartGreen to assess investment propositions as well as impact entrepreneurs [...]

  • 'StartGreen is such a diverse company, you don't run out of things to learn here easily.'

    30 June 2022 Flo Schepers is a trainee at StartGreen. She has a great affinity for Africa, women entrepreneurs and sustainability, so feels like a fish in [...] at StartGreen.

  • Project finance, indispensable tool for energy transition

    Expertblog - 12 May 2022 Investment Manager Jakoba van der Mei is an expert on project finance. In this blog, she explains what is involved [...]

  • 'Energy innovations are essential for transition success'

    Expertblog - 7 March 2022 Radboud Dood is Investment Manager for Energiefonds Overijssel. His expertise is investing in CO2 reduction innovations. In this blog, he explains [...]

  • Renewable energy innovations and challenges

    Expertblog - 18 January 2022 Investment Manager Nienke Rijpstra is constantly looking for new opportunities and solutions in the field of solar energy for Energiefonds Overijssel. In this blog [...]

  • Internship at Borski Fund: from lead to portfolio company

    4 January 2022 Febe van den Bergen completed a 4-month internship at Borski Fund. After completing her Bachelor of Business Administration at Erasmus University, Febe chose to [...]

  • Sustainability desire must not break down due to lack of time or knowledge

    Expertblog - 15 December 2021 Joost Vlot is Investment Manager for Energiefonds Overijssel. His expertise is property sustainability. In this blog, he describes how he addresses sustainability wishes of property owners [...]

  • How do you make and keep a crowdfunding platform state-of-the-art?

    Expertblog - 16 November 2021 StartGreen makes impact with a team of over 40 experts. These are not just specialists in venture capital and impact investing. Maartje Asscheman, for example, [...]

  • Energiefonds Overijssel bikes the 'Hell of Twente' with relations

    12 October 2021 Energiefonds Overijssel organised a bike ride last month with the ominous name 'The Hell of Twente'. Investment Associate Eva Post reports. [...]

  • Involving citizens in energy transition must and can be done

    Expert blog - 22 September 2021 Investment manager Nienke Rijpstra describes in this blog how StartGreen can help both developers and civic initiatives set up a new energy project. [...]

  • Why Van Lanschot invests in Borski Fund

    31 August 2021 Susan Leerkes, commercial director of Van Lanschot Kempen, explains in this blog why this independent wealth manager invests in Borski Fund. [...]

  • Success is in the mix

    Expertblog - 17 August 2021 Karel Asselbergs, Director of Participations, argues in this blog that StartGreen can make a real impact by thinking in 'and...and', rather than in 'or...or'. [...]

  • The SFDR: annoying obligation or promising tool?

    Expertblog - 3 August 2021 Dylan Perales, Sustainability Lead at StartGreen, describes in this blog what the regulation of sustainability disclosures means for StartGreen and its investors. [...]

  • How green is energy from biomass?

    Expert blog - 21 July 2021 Anouk Blüm, director of finance for StartGreen, explains in this blog what StartGreen considers true green biomass. [...]

  • Blog 3. From start-up to scale-up: lessons for entrepreneurs and investors

    12 July 2021 On to the grand finale I have been working towards in this blog series. Now that we know what results 7 years of impact investing have produced, it is [...]

  • Blog 2. The results of 7 years of impact investing

    June 22, 2021 At PDENH, we were able to close a series of no less than seven parallel follow-on investments in Q1 2021. Therefore, in this second blog, I take you [...]

  • Laura Rooseboom at Future Business Live on EU green action plan

    16 June 2021 If you love change, this is your time. Our own changemaker Laura Rooseboom was a guest at Change Inc's Future Business Live last Monday to [...]

  • Impact Report StartGreen Capital 2020 published

    10 June 2021 We have published our Impact Report for 2020. In a year that also went differently from expected for us, we are nevertheless proud to report that [...]

  • A look back at 7 years of investing & scaling up: 1. From mergers & acquisitions to impact investing

    19 May 2021 With the biggest motivation to do more than just 'deals'-as before in my M&A career-I started working seven years ago [...]

  • Wanted: starters with 0-2 years of work experience for Sustainable Finance traineeship

    10 May 2021 Are you a changemaker who believes in diversity, sustainability and a circular economy? And do you want to help build the transition to a sustainable future by [...]

  • Pension funds and government have role to play to close innovation gap

    3 May 2021 The FD recently headlined that the government no longer has a role to invest in start-ups, there is enough money for all young companies. In this [...]

  • Forecast finance: the future for SMEs lies in looking ahead

    20 April 2021 Creating possibilities and seizing opportunities is what entrepreneurs are eminently good at. [...]

  • My 5 maxims for impact investing

    22 March 2021 Attention to climate change has grown enormously in recent years. An old generation has woken up and a new one has emerged. One that is more and [...]

  • From corona hurdles to opportunities with the StartGreen Sustainable SME Fund

    3 November 2020 The corona measures mainly hit the engine of the Dutch economy: SMEs. [...]

  • Working together to limit VC investment dip

    1 April 2020 The first emergency financial measures, including the NOW are a reality. An ambitious, progressive and valuable package. But insufficient for startups. In China, VC investments are [...]

  • What does the Water Board mean for the citizens of Overijssel?

    18 March 2019 On 20 March 2019, besides the provincial council elections, there will also be elections to the Water Boards. Then you can choose which party you think can make decisions [...]

  • The power of crowdfunding in the sustainable transition

    09 September 2017 Crowdfunding and sustainability connect seamlessly, argues Coenraad de Vries, co-founder of Oneplanetcrowd: "Sustainability is a complex transition, which can only succeed by [...]

  • Striving for sustainable and financial returns

    14 October 2018 Offering green businesses a sustainable future through investment and/or crowdfunding. StartGreen Capital deals with this. Managing partner Laura Rooseboom talks about [...] on the Top Names programme.