How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world
Kompas VC is adapting its investment strategy to navigate a fragmented global landscape marked by cultural and political divisions. The firm has launched a new €160 million fund to focus on startups addressing industrial competitiveness and sustainability. With a keen eye on regional differences, Kompas aims to capitalize on emerging opportunities while acknowledging the challenges posed by varying market dynamics.
- ▪Kompas VC has developed a regionally sensitive investment strategy to address global fragmentation.
- ▪The firm has launched a new €160 million fund to support startups in manufacturing, supply chains, and sustainability.
- ▪Kompas focuses on the physical world and aims to invest in decarbonization, productivity, and risk management.
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The world today is riven by cultural differences, political divisions, and geopolitical disputes — a challenging environment for any investor hunting for startups that can grow large enough to deliver venture-scale returns. Kompas VC, which operates out of offices in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Berlin, and Barcelona, has developed a regionally sensitive strategy to help it navigate, and invest in, this fragmented world. And it’s putting fresh capital toward this approach with a new €160 million fund ($187.5 million), the firm told TechCrunch. “We see the world really falling into three main spheres of economic activity, of political activity — the U.S., Europe, and China,” Sebastian Peck, partner at Kompas VC, told TechCrunch.
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