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December 5, 2023

Vanagon Ventures launches new climate software fund — and is bullish on carbon credit opportunities

Vanagon’s launch is somewhat anachronistic: the flurry of new climate tech funds has cooled significantly in the latter half of this year

Freya Pratty

3 min read

Vanagon Ventures, a new Munich-based VC firm, has reached the first close of its first fund, at “around 20%” of its €30m target. The firm plans to back climate software solutions and has already made 10 investments. 

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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