Christoph Grobbel

Serial Entrepreneur, Investor & Board Director | Terra, South Pole, Ex-McKinsey | IMAGINE Leader

📍 Switzerland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 19 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2026
VC🌍 SwitzerlandInvested this quarter
6
Total investments
2
Early stage
1
Mid stage
3
Late stage
19y
Years active

Portfolio

6 investments · sorted by recency
All investments
Early stage
Mid stage
Late stage
Board Member
Jul 2026
We are a Foundation working to grow, protect and manage the Magnolios Nature Reserve in Yarumal, Colombia. We leverage carbon finance, biodiversity credits, ecotourism and donations.
Investor
Jun 2025
Pflanzen für alle Daumenfarben feey ist der Schweizer Pflanzen-Onlineshop für ein grünes Zuhause. «Pflanzen sind cool, aber sie sterben immer» – diesen Satz bringst du mit feey nie wieder über deine Lippen. Wir sind dein Onlineshop für ein grünes Zuhause. Durch unsere veredelten Pflanzen machen wir dein Zuhause nicht nur schön, sondern feeynomenal! Als begeisterte Pflanzenfans tun wir alles für unsere grünen Schützlinge. Durch umfassenden Content und Support stellen wir sicher, dass sie sich auch bei dir wohl fühlen werden. Tauche ein in unsere Welt und kreiere deinen Dschungel!🌱
late stageRetail
Investor
May 2024
𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦. It empowers users to monitor & compare the sustainability performance of any company (𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚.𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦.𝐜𝐨𝐦), discover insights from the 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 (1,500+ climate ministers, scientists and CEOs), stay updated with unlimited industry news. Welcome to a community of 500,000+ sustainability leaders in over 110 countries.... and our journey is just beginning! 🏆 illuminem has been selected by AngelList as a 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞, by StartupItalia as Top Innovator and #2 Most Esteemed Startup of Italy, and by Startup Geek the #1 Startup in Venice 🌱 Proudly backed by 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 and many climate leaders around the world 📣 Publish your insights among our Sustainability Thought Leaders! 💡 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, to receive weekly the top sustainability news & insights for your industry! Welcome to the future of information on illuminem.com/newsletter
Investor
Nov 2022
An early stage venture capital investment company backing entrepreneurs, who understand that climate change mitigation is not only the responsibility of our generation but also the potentially biggest business opportunity of our time.
Investor
Mar 2022
Urban Connect is a multimodal mobility platform for companies that enables shared, climate-neutral mobility. We offer companies an ecosystem of low-emission, shared vehicles - from e-bikes, e-scooters and e-cargo bikes to e-cars - all of which can be booked via an (award-winning) app. The platform also enables the simple integration of existing vehicle fleets and public transport ticketing in collaboration with SBB. All of this can be bundled into an intelligent mobility budget and thus have a positive impact on employees commuting behaviour. The data can be measured in order to manage utilisation efficiently. In this context, we assist companies to find an optimised, sustainable and cost-efficient mobility mix for their employees.
Board Member
Jul 2007
South Pole is the worlds leading carbon asset developer and climate consultancy. Since 2006, South Pole has been a trusted partner and advisor to governments, public sector organisations, and leading businesses on their decarbonisation journeys. South Pole serves over 1,000 clients across the world, and its global team of experts has helped many Fortune 500 businesses implement comprehensive strategies that help build resilience and turn climate action into long-term business opportunities. In line with its mission to deliver climate impact at scale, South Pole has used the power of markets to help channel climate finance to over 850 projects in more than 50 countries across the globe. To date, these projects have helped reduce over 200 million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions, accelerated low-carbon transformations across several sectors, and provided measurable benefits to communities vulnerable to climate change. The business is supported by world-class investors, including Temaseks GenZero, Lightrock, Corisol, and Salesforce Ventures. South Pole is a social enterprise recognised by the World Economic Forums Schwab Foundation, and committed to becoming a B Corp globally across all of its local entities.
Experience · 10 entries
All (10)
Investments (6)
Founder (3)
Board (2)
2026
Board Member
Jul 2026
We are a Foundation working to grow, protect and manage the Magnolios Nature Reserve in Yarumal, Colombia. We leverage carbon finance, biodiversity credits, ecotourism and donations.
2025
Co-Founder & Director
Sep 2025
Investor
Jun 2025
Pflanzen für alle Daumenfarben feey ist der Schweizer Pflanzen-Onlineshop für ein grünes Zuhause. «Pflanzen sind cool, aber sie sterben immer» – diesen Satz bringst du mit feey nie wieder über deine Lippen. Wir sind dein Onlineshop für ein grünes Zuhause. Durch unsere veredelten Pflanzen machen wir dein Zuhause nicht nur schön, sondern feeynomenal! Als begeisterte Pflanzenfans tun wir alles für unsere grünen Schützlinge. Durch umfassenden Content und Support stellen wir sicher, dass sie sich auch bei dir wohl fühlen werden. Tauche ein in unsere Welt und kreiere deinen Dschungel!🌱
late stageRetail
Chairman, CFO & Co-Founder
Jan 2025
Empowering Business for Climate and Nature
2024
Co-Founder
Nov 2024
Will carbon credits scale again? Yes, if we address the paradoxes. "How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress." (Niels Bohr) Cover image by https://www.flickr.com/photos/sameer0406/
Show all 10 entries ↓
Investment activity
2007–2026 · 6 investments
2007120222202412025120261
Recent (last 2 years)Earlier