Investors in Deep Tech

We are the Europe's largest independent electricity transmission system operator, representing an Italian excellence with around 6,000 professionals dedicated daily to the safety of the national electricity system. We manage the Italian national electricity transmission network at high and extra-high voltage, with approximately 75,000 km of lines, over 900 electrical substations across the Italian territory, and 30 interconnections abroad. We have a public service role, crucial to ensuring the country's electricity supply and enabling the entire Italian electricity system to function: we conduct grid planning, development, and maintenance activities, as well as ensuring a 24/7, year-round balance between electricity supply and demand. With the skills acquired managing the Italian grid, we invest in new market activities through innovative energy solutions and international projects. Through Terna Plus, the Group company responsible for developing new businesses across the globe, we are active in Chile, Peru, Brazil and USA. We offer international operators access to the extensive technological know-how we have consolidated in the management of complex systems, transmission.

Aureli Ventures is at the forefront of blockchain innovation, shaping the future standard of the digital world. With a commitment to driving transformative change, we invest in and support groundbreaking technologies that harness blockchain's potential across diverse sectors. Our mission is to pioneer innovations that redefine the digital landscape, establishing new norms and advancing global adoption of blockchain technology.

Mätch VC is a recently established, network-oriented venture capital fund based in Stuttgart. The team is comprised of entrepreneurs, family businesses and investment professionals. Mätch VC's investment strategy is focused on technology-based startups in the fields of industrial deep tech, sustainability, and enterprise software. Investment opportunities offered by Mätch VC can reach ticket sizes of up to €1 million in the (pre)seed phase. Mätch VC benefits from a broad network of entrepreneurs, hidden champions, and investment professionals, enabling it to identify and support the next generation of founders in Europe. Through the close connection to the NXTGN innovation platform, Mätch VC is expanding its network to include universities, institutions, and other family businesses.

Our mission is to unlock the power of deep tech & speed up their transfer from lab to market to help solve our most pressing world issues. Hello Tomorrow was created in 2011 by a group of individuals convinced that science and technology need to form part of a toolkit of solutions to change our industries, sustain a growing population and help solve global crises. Building a collaborative ecosystem that leverages the power of deep technologies to tackle world challenges.

HighTechXL is a venture-building accelerator for high-tech startups. We build deep-tech ventures that solve grand societal challenges. We merge the unique skills of our global ecosystem with deep tech and entrepreneurship to build deep-tech ventures that tackle grand societal challenges.

Creative Valley is a network of startup incubators that welcomes entrepreneurs and project leaders in new technologies. Creative valley helps entrepreneurs and bearer of innovative projects through a complete range of tools: from the help of entrepreneurs to the host of companies, since their birth to their full development in France and worldwide. Creative Valley offers a network of venues and infrastructures.

RESPOND is the first accelerator that pushes for the transformation towards a regenerative economy and promotes responsible leadership. RESPOND promotes new ways of doing business, systemically. We drive technological and business model innovation to accelerate the transition towards sustainability and regeneration across different sectors and industries.

Product Studio. Early stage product strategy & acceleration. SURFnCODE is a builder of products and companies. We partner with hand-picked founders of early-stage companies whose missions we believe in to create new products and scale teams into standalone businesses. We are hands-on co-founders that care about the details.

PoliHub the business incubator of the Politecnico of Milan managed by Politecnico di Milano Foundation. The place to go for Innovators in Deep Tech. Our mission is to promote, leveraging the entire Politecnico ecosystem, the growth of new startups in the fields of science and technology to produce a strong incremental economic value and generate new opportunities for researchers, entrepreneurs, partner companies, and investors.

LUMO Labs is an impact-driven multi-stage VC Fund. LUMO's purpose is to improve the quality of life and well-being of individuals and for medium- and long-term relief of the ever-increasing strain on (public) healthcare, social welfare and the planet. The Fund invests in Europe and has a focus on Emerging & Disruptive and deep tech software technologies ( AI, Data, Blockchain, IoT, Digital security and AR/VR) and invests in ambitious purpose-driven companies that solve problems within one of the following UN SDGs; Sustainable cities & Communities, Climate Action, Health & well-being and Quality Education.

Deeptech.eu is a venture capital firm focused on European deeptech startups showing early signs of global market potential. They invest in companies across various sectors, excluding life sciences, that have initial customer traction. The firm's unique approach involves validating opportunities through customer feedback and consulting with international later-stage investors to ensure promising ventures receive appropriate funding from the start. This strategy helps Deeptech.eu make informed investment decisions and addresses the challenge many deeptech startups face in finding investors who understand their complex propositions.

D2 Digital Ventures operates with Fund I closed at $10 million and targets an AUM of $50 million for Fund II. The fund typically invests between $200,000 and $500,000 per company, focusing on industry leaders with valuations exceeding $500 million. Potential exit strategies for investors include share appreciation in the private market, IPO (subject to lock-up periods), and sales to strategic investors. D2 Digital Ventures targets companies offering on-demand services that transform daily routines, micro-mobility solutions (such as kick-sharing and car-as-a-service), e-learning platforms for lifelong education, cybersport initiatives, fintech innovations in digital assets, applied artificial intelligence projects, and deep-tech scientific inventions encompassing new materials and technologies. The fund's investment sectors encompass a broad spectrum, emphasizing innovation and transformative impact across diverse industries.