Impact is at the
heart of everything
we do
Capitalism is broken –
and so is Venture Capital
The blind drive for wealth has led to collateral damages like the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and social inequality. Venture Capital has not evolved since the 1960s. VCs are still seeking to maximize financial returns while disregarding adverse effects on society and environment.
It’s time for a system upgrade: Impact Venture Capitalism
AENU drives systemic transformation in venture capital towards impact, accessibility and stakeholder-alignment. We are an impact technology fund aligned with Article 9 SFDR. Our focus is on early stage climate tech companies based in Europe.
Impact capitalism is a transformed capitalist system that optimizes for environmental and social wellbeing.
Impact
ESG
Our Impact Framework
Our state-of-the-art integrated impact framework helps us identify the type of global challenges we are striving to solve, the depth and breadth of the impact we are after, and the necessary alignment to ensure a long-term, sustainable journey with our portfolio companies.
The ESG Journey
ESG is not a one solution-fits-all. The product, stakeholders, geography and size of the company determine the materiality of sustainability focus areas. Yet, minimum safeguards have to be met to become compliant, especially as regulation continues evolving. At AENU, we partner with and accompany our portfolio companies in their evolving ESG journey.
Our commitment to
Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion
One of AENU’s pillars in our Theory of Change is to create real opportunities. We define real opportunities as an approach to human wellbeing that aims to level the playing field by focusing on three principles: diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
“The route to achieving equity will not be accomplished through treating everyone equally. It will be achieved by treating everyone justly according to their circumstances.”
— Paula Dressel, Race Matters Institute
DEI in Venture Capital isn't there yet
