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October 26, 2021

Europe’s biggest climate VC just came out of stealth with a €350m fund

World Fund will work closely with tree-planting search engine Ecosia, one of the fund's LPs.


Eleanor Warnock

4 min read

Some of the World Fund team at the 2020 German Startup Awards. Credit: Sylvie Gagelmann

Europe is the fastest-growing region for climate tech in the world. And the sector has just gotten another tailwind as a Berlin-based team today launches the region’s largest climate tech fund. 

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Eleanor Warnock

Eleanor Warnock is an advisor to VC firm Bek Ventures, and writes a newsletter on tech and writing. She was previously Sifted’s deputy editor. Find her on X and LinkedIn

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