Bart Budde studied Chemical Engineering at TU Delft and has published research in Energy Policy and Optical Materials, including a study on how additive manufacturing affects global energy demand, giving him a scientific background that's uncommon among venture investors. He also takes a hands-on role with founders, leading a workshop on how VC funding works and sharing practical advice on avoiding common fundraising mistakes, like keeping financial models simple and having clear hiring and scaling plans.
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Energy, Food & Ag, Transportation, Logistics, Climate
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SHIFT Invest has a dedicated Impact Committee of outside experts that has spent over a decade screening investments and sharpening companies' theories of change, ties part of its team's success fee to the fund's environmental impact performance, and uses the planetary boundaries framework to guide its sector strategies and map portfolio exposure. It also runs a dedicated Thematic Technology Transfer Fund with Dutch technical universities and TNO to commercialize deeptech from research institutions, invests across all stages from pre-seed to growth, and has brought in corporate investors like KLM, NS and Royal Schiphol Group specifically to help decarbonize mobility and logistics.
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