Imtiyaz Basharat 伊迪

Europes First Cheque Fund | We support and partner with the most ambitious pre-seed startups from Europe and European founders abroad, often as their first investor. (The APX portfolio is now managed by HEARTFELT)

Planet A is a venture capital fund supporting European green tech startups that have a significant positive impact on our planet. Our mission is to promote an economy within the planetary boundaries by supporting innovation in four key areas: climate mitigation, waste reduction, resource savings and biodiversity protection. At Planet A we rely on rigorous scientific impact assessments to inform investment decisions and empower founders to manage and improve their impact. We’re the first European VC with an in-house science team that calculates life cycle assessments to quantify the impact of a startup. Our scientists hold the power to veto investments if there is no significant positive and quantifiable impact.

Were on a mission to power 10 million people in green jobs in 10 years. To reach net-zero, the world needs to decarbonise homes, roads and energy systems - dramatically transforming the physical infrastructure of the world. This creates both a bottleneck and opportunity around the skilled workforce needed to deliver the infrastructure - with millions of good, green jobs being created globally in areas like retrofit, solar installation and EVs. We help people discover, get trained and get into employment for these jobs - launching careers that are good for peoples wallets and good for the planet.

Columbia Lake Partners is an experienced team of investors providing growth loans to European technology companies. At CLP we have extended credit and managed portfolio relationships of greater than €500 million to over 75 companies. We fund €2-€20 million and we will partner with others to write larger cheques. We invest from a long-term committed fund and have $300 million of financing capacity. Our experience through the ups and downs of the past decade has taught us that no company has a straight path to success. Because of this, our approach is to take a "light touch"​ with no board seats, light covenants and standard reporting.

Europes First Cheque Fund | We support and partner with the most ambitious pre-seed startups from Europe and European founders abroad, often as their first investor. (The APX portfolio is now managed by HEARTFELT)

Planet A is a venture capital fund supporting European green tech startups that have a significant positive impact on our planet. Our mission is to promote an economy within the planetary boundaries by supporting innovation in four key areas: climate mitigation, waste reduction, resource savings and biodiversity protection. At Planet A we rely on rigorous scientific impact assessments to inform investment decisions and empower founders to manage and improve their impact. We’re the first European VC with an in-house science team that calculates life cycle assessments to quantify the impact of a startup. Our scientists hold the power to veto investments if there is no significant positive and quantifiable impact.

Were on a mission to power 10 million people in green jobs in 10 years. To reach net-zero, the world needs to decarbonise homes, roads and energy systems - dramatically transforming the physical infrastructure of the world. This creates both a bottleneck and opportunity around the skilled workforce needed to deliver the infrastructure - with millions of good, green jobs being created globally in areas like retrofit, solar installation and EVs. We help people discover, get trained and get into employment for these jobs - launching careers that are good for peoples wallets and good for the planet.

Columbia Lake Partners is an experienced team of investors providing growth loans to European technology companies. At CLP we have extended credit and managed portfolio relationships of greater than €500 million to over 75 companies. We fund €2-€20 million and we will partner with others to write larger cheques. We invest from a long-term committed fund and have $300 million of financing capacity. Our experience through the ups and downs of the past decade has taught us that no company has a straight path to success. Because of this, our approach is to take a "light touch"​ with no board seats, light covenants and standard reporting.

The Venture Cooperative is a free educational program and inclusive community that makes Laconias investments, processes, and learnings accessible for the next generation of early stage investors. The first of its kind, this structure expands financial access into the asset class and sheds light on the inner workings of a venture firm. . Members financially share in our success, participate in our investment processes, share expertise within our community, and collaborate with early stage founders. Apply for our next cohort here: https://bit.ly/3e0VPjm