Ananda Ventures is a venture capital firm that specializes in impact investing, focusing on companies that aim to generate social and environmental impact alongside financial returns. The firm typically invests in European early-stage companies in sectors such as health, education, sustainable living, and digital solutions.

Ananda Impact Ventures is the leading impact venture capital fund with a pan-European investment remit, managing ca. €200 million in four Core Impact Funds, with backing from notable institutional and private investors. Ananda backs technology businesses committed to having a positive impact that answers the most pressing social and ecological challenges of our time, in a way that is both scalable and sustainable. The active portfolio includes NatureMetrics(biodiversity monitoring & assessment), Close Loop Medicine (personalised medicine), OroraTech (wildfire detection & monitoring from space) and IESO Digital Health (online psychotherapy). Ananda is certified as a Level 2 firm under the Diversity VC Standard. Let’s drive more impact, together. At Ananda, we are always looking for exceptional founders creating the game-changing impact companies of tomorrow. Submit your pitch here: https://bit.ly/submityourpitch If you want to read more about how we measure impact, read our Impact Report here: https://bit.ly/anandaimpact2021

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🗞️ Have you heard the news? Quantistry has just raised €3M in funding to accelerate the discovery of new sustainable materials 🌱 

Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dHjzMEYV

Also, they're currently seeking a Chief of Staff to join their visionary team 🔥  
If you know someone who would be perfect for the role, don't hesitate to let them know or tag them in the comments!

#chiefofstaff #jobopportunity #quantum #AI #innovation #sustainability 


🔥 Welcome to the Ananda family, Quantistry!

Quantistry, has raised €3M in funding to accelerate the design and discovery of new sustainable materials with #Quantum and #AI!

👨‍🔬 In this critical time when industries are under increasing pressure to find greener alternatives, Industrial R&D faces many challenges, including high costs, fragmented expertise, and slow innovation.

⚛ By leveraging quantum-based simulations, multiscale modeling, and AI-driven insights, Quantistry’s #chemical #predictions minimise the need for physical experiments, reducing toxic waste, cutting CO2 emissions, and saving energy and water. Their chemical simulation platform enables rapid testing of hundreds of thousands of systems to explore the material space, offering unprecedented benefits to industries seeking #sustainable solutions. 🌱 

We are thrilled to announce that we led Quantistry Investment Round with contributions from notable co-investors, Chemovator the business incubator of BASF, IBB Ventures, and a Family Office. This funding will accelerate Quantistry's efforts to transform chemical R&D and discovery of new materials, promoting sustainable futures across several fast-growing industries.

Our Investment Manager, Alina Bassi, said: "We believe that Quantistry has a key role to play in the future of new sustainable materials, using quantum chemistry, chemical simulations and AI. Ananda brings our knowledge and networks from the chemical industry and that of scaling software, to support Quantistry in their growth towards an ever-growing impactful organization.”

👏 Congratulations to Marcel Quennet, Arturo Robertazzi, Stefan Kupferberg, and the rest of the team on this successful round.

For more information on Quantistry head to www.quantistry.com

cc: Zoe Peden, Hanna Fedchyshyn, Jonty Corrin, Giulia Piu, Florian Erber

#venturecapital #impactinvesting #funding  #researchanddevelopment 
#SustainableMaterials

"If you act with kindness and respect, you can make tough decisions without hurting anyone" 💛 

In her recent interview with Gründerszene and Nina Anika Klotz, our Investment Manager, Alina Bassi, talks about her transition from engineer to entrepreneur to investor and how this has made her into the person she is today.  

Read the full interview here:   https://lnkd.in/gtcqHm_p

We love working with you, Alina! 💛 

#ImpactInvesting #VentureCapital #Entrepreneurship #Advice #Mindset 

🎉 Happy International Women's Day 2024! Today we want to celebrate the incredible female founders in our portfolio changing the world for the better:
🐠 Kat Bruce (NatureMetrics)
🛰 Daria Stepanova (AIRMO)
💊 Windi Muziasari (Resistomap)
⚖️ Kerstin Michels (voiio)
🦾 Samantha Payne MBE (Open Bionics)
🌱 Nina Mannheimer (Klim)
We love working with you!

📣 We also want to give a big shout-out to the amazing women at Ananda who make up more than 50% of our team: Zoe Peden, Hannah Looks, Alina Bassi, Mascha Bonk, Giulia Piu, Hanna Fedchyshyn, Sabine Scherer, Karla Schönicke, Beatrix Wiedemann, Andrea Strigl, Olivia Matondo, Kimberly Richter

#internationalwomensday #iwd2024 #femalefounders #womeninVC
#genderdiversity

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