Look Up Ventures

What is Look Up Ventures?

Look Up Ventures is an investment fund that specializes in addressing the pressing issues of climate emergency and biodiversity loss by backing pragmatic and systemic solutions. With a focus on industries such as Software, Biotech, Hardware & Manufacturing, CleanTech, Human Resources, and DeepTech, they target investments across pre-seed to Series B stages. The fund’s investment ranges from a minimum of $500,000 to a maximum of $5,000,000, with a sweet spot of $2,500,000.

Look Up Ventures is comprised of seasoned founders, operators, and investors, including individuals like Tommy Ahlers and Nicolaj Reffstrup, who bring their extensive experience and networks in policy, science, corporate sectors, and sustainability to the table. Their investment thesis revolves around fast-scale potential and tangible real-world results, aiming to drive change and make decision-makers take notice of innovative ventures.

They invest in sectors that include Materials, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Transport, and Carbon Management.

Look Up Ventures' portfolio showcases a deep commitment to sustainability, featuring companies such as C16 Biosciences, Arkeon, and Sirona Technologies, which are pioneering solutions from creating palm oil alternatives using gas fermentation, to producing carbon-negative fabrics and textiles.

In addition, they support technologies like direct air capture, enzymatic recycling, and vertical farming automation with AI, signifying their holistic approach to combat climate change.

They pride themselves on speaking the unpleasant truth in change-resistant arenas and honor the goal of making a meaningful impact for the planet. Their ethos is one of collaboration and support for founders who share a similar vision of addressing environmental crises with innovative solutions.

What they say:

We are a mission-aligned team with extensive experience as founders, operators, and investors. We only invest in deeptech/hardware start-ups that contribute to significant positive impact on climate and biodiversity, either through direct tech application or as an enabler for other key parts of the ecosystem.

What we look for: We invest in deep tech and science-based start-ups at Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A to combat climate emergency and biodiversity loss. We invest in mitigation and adaptation technologies.

How we help: We leverage our background as operators, scientists and brand-builders by helping start-ups with:- building teams and organizations- optimizing impact performance- building brands and commercializing early- scaling and connecting to the ecosystem- connecting to future investors.. & we have a dedicated platform team to support you!