WF World Fund Management
World Fund is a Berlin-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that backs European climate-tech startups with the potential to save at least 100 megatonnes of CO2e; it was incubated by and first backed by the search engine Ecosia and closed its debut fund at 300 million euros in 2024.
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1 fund tracked, 23 portfolio companies (22 active · 1 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
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23 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund WF World Fund Management has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
World Fund IVC2021 · 5yr€300M22 active · 1 realized
Unrealized
22 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| PropTech |  Germany | 2023 | |
| ClimateTech |  United Kingdom | 2024 | |
| ClimateTech | United Kingdom | 2026 | |
| ClimateTech | Germany | 2023 | |
| ClimateTech | Germany | 2023 | |
| Energy | Germany | 2025 | |
| FoodTech | United Kingdom | 2023 | |
| E-commerce | Germany | 2024 | |
| FoodTech |  Netherlands | 2023 | |
| AI/ML | Germany | 2022 | |
| Energy |  Switzerland | 2025 | |
| Deep Tech |  Finland | 2022 | |
| FoodTech | Slovenia | 2021 | |
| ClimateTech | United Kingdom | 2024 | |
| AgTech |  United States | 2025 | |
| AgTech | United Kingdom | 2025 | |
| FoodTech | Germany | 2024 | |
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2026 | |
| ClimateTech | Germany | 2022 | |
| Aerospace & Defence | United Kingdom | 2021 | |
| Fintech | United Kingdom | 2022 | |
| Aerospace & Defence | Germany | 2024 |
Germany· Entry 2023United Kingdom· Entry 2024United Kingdom· Entry 2026Germany· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2025United Kingdom· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2024Netherlands· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2022Switzerland· Entry 2025Finland· Entry 2022United Kingdom· Entry 2024United States· Entry 2025United Kingdom· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2026Germany· Entry 2022United Kingdom· Entry 2021United Kingdom· Entry 2022Germany· Entry 2024Realized
1 exit| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClimateTech | Germany | 2022 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – |
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About WF World Fund Management
WF World Fund Management GmbH, operating under the brand World Fund, is a European climate-tech venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Daria Saharova, Tim Schumacher, Danijel Visevic and Craig Douglas. It is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with additional offices in Munich, Cologne and Amsterdam. In March 2024 it closed its debut vehicle, World Fund I, at €300 million, the largest first-time fund in European climate venture capital history, which constitutes essentially the firm's full assets under management as of December 2024. The firm operates one institutional fund vehicle to date, structured as a closed-end venture fund designed to make 25 to 30 substantial investments.
Investment thesis
World Fund invests exclusively in decarbonisation technologies, backing early- to growth-stage European startups whose technology can save at least 100 megatons of CO2-equivalent emissions per year. Sector focus spans energy, food and agriculture, manufacturing, materials, mobility and computing. Geography is Europe. The firm reserves more than two-thirds of fund capital for follow-on investments to bridge Europe's later-stage funding gap. Its limited partner base is institutional, anchored by the European Investment Fund alongside KfW Capital, the German Wachstumsfonds, BPI France, NRW.BANK and several pension funds and corporates. The value-creation lever is a proprietary science-based Climate Performance Potential methodology, built with TU Berlin and climate-research partners, that quantifies and steers each investment's emissions impact.
Recent activity
Recent investments include Cylib in battery recycling and circular materials, IQM in quantum computing, Planet A Foods in sustainable food, Space Forge in in-space manufacturing and materials, and Barocal and Lithosquare in climate hardware. No exits have been recorded, as World Fund I is a 2024-vintage debut fund with no realisations on record. The platform continues to deploy across European decarbonisation technologies in energy, food and agriculture, manufacturing, materials, mobility and computing. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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