StartGreen and ASN Impact Investors join forces to fund next phase energy transition in the Netherlands.

11 February 2025

We are very proud to announce that StartGreen Capital is now an official investment advisor of ASN Impact Investors. We join forces to finance the next phase of the energy and circular transition and help the Netherlands achieve its climate goals faster!

First step: taking over portfolio management ASN Energy & Innovation Fund.

The cooperation starts with the ASN Energy & Innovation Fund. For that fund, we will take over portfolio management as investment advisor. The ASN Energy & Innovation Fund, with a portfolio of several hundred million, invests in technology essential for the energy system of the future, such as energy storage, charging infrastructure, circular production, sustainable mobility and energy-efficient buildings. StartGreen and ASN Impact Investors invite project developers, entrepreneurs and consultants to contact them about the new financing opportunities via the fund page.

Energy transition requires local investment.

The advance of clean energy sources like solar and wind is so far advanced in the Netherlands that the energy transition is entering the next phase. This new phase calls for local investments in the right place at the right time. In the generation, distribution and storage of energy, and in all new ways of using energy in mobility, production and the built environment.StartGreen Capital and ASN Impact Investors together focus on the projects that move the transition forward.

More funding solutions, including for innovations and earlier stages.

The collaboration with StartGreen Capital allows investors in ASN Energy & Innovation Fund to contribute to taking the energy transition in the Netherlands further. At the same time, through StartGreen, ASN Impact Investors offers sustainable entrepreneurs and project developers broad access to project equity, junior debt and senior debt. As a result, they can count on flexibility and customised financing solutions, also in the early stages of projects.

The joining of forces combines StartGreen Capital's deep expertise in the Dutch energy transition and circularity market with ASN Impact Investors' 30-year experience as a pioneer in impact investing.

Advancing new innovations. scaling up proven solutions.

Coenraad de Vries, Co-founder and Managing Partner StartGreen Capital: "From now on, we can better and more broadly support entrepreneurs and project developers nationwide with appropriate funding for the countless regional and local projects that the energy transition so desperately needs. For the next phase, it is essential to get new innovations off the ground and help scale up already existing proven solutions."

San Lie, Director of ASN Impact Investors: "We are constantly looking for partners with whom we can drive sustainable transitions in the Netherlands. With StartGreen Capital, we have found a partner that shares our values and has the right expertise and a strong network. Together, we can increase our impact and realise our sustainable ambitions."

About the ASN Energy & Innovation Fund.

ASN Energy & Innovation Fund, with a portfolio of several hundred million, is committed to innovative projects that accelerate the energy and circular transition in the Netherlands. The fund focuses on a wide variety of technologies essential for the next phase of the energy transition. Previously, the fund invested mainly in solar and wind projects under the name ASN Groenprojectenfonds.

More information on this fund can be found at the fund page.

Looking for funding?

We have the ambition to issue many millions in project finance every year. We therefore expressly invite project developers, entrepreneurs and consultants active in energy transition, clean industry, circular economy, sustainable construction and mobility to contact us about the new financing opportunities that arise thanks to the cooperation with ASN Impact Investors.

Go to the fund page and discover the financing possibilities.