Paris-based enterprise capital agency 360 Capital simply introduced the primary closing of its €140 million local weather tech fund, 360 LIFE II. The brand new fund goals to succeed in its goal of €200 million by participating key industrial companions and institutional buyers. On the helm of 360 LIFE II might be companions Cesare Maifredi, Alexandre Mordacq, Alessandro Zaccaria and Thomas Nivard.
A2A, as anchor investor and industrial companion, has allotted €40 million, persevering with the trail initiated with the launch of 360 LIFE I in 2020 — the place it served as the one investor with a dedication of €25 million. This initiative additional extends the Group’s funding technique, devoted to advancing new applied sciences within the round economic system and vitality transition.
CDP Enterprise Capital, via the Worldwide Fund of Funds and the Inexperienced Transition Fund – PNRR, which makes use of sources allotted by the EU below the NextGeneration EU initiative, has dedicated a complete of €44 million as a monetary anchor investor to help the
institution of the brand new fund.
The fund additionally contains, at closing, De Nora as anchor investor and industrial companion with a dedication of €10 million and Bpifrance as institutional companion.
360 LIFE II goals to put money into pan-European Sequence A and B startups centered on three key areas: vitality transition (e.g. renewable vitality, vitality storage, hydrogen), round economic system (e.g. waste discount, blue economic system, pure useful resource safety) and concrete sustainability (e.g. air pollution discount, web – zero options, good infrastructure)
Cesare Maifredi, Accomplice at 360 Capital, commented: “Multidisciplinary deeptech startups supply the finest likelihood to ship really transformative options to local weather change. At 360, we’ve spent over a decade making daring investments in frontier applied sciences, by no means shying away from {hardware} or advanced engineerin g challenges. We’re proud to again visionary founders main the ecological transition via breakthrough improvements. Investing in these sectors requires strong experience, which is why we collaborate with industrial companions like A2A and now De Nora. This new fund represents one other alternative to pair our pursuit of sturdy monetary returns with a tangible dedication to constructing a sustainable and resilient future.”
Established in 1997, 360 Capital has constructed a fame as a pioneering enterprise capital agency inside Deep Tech and Local weather Tech domains. With a portfolio that features excessive – development firms like Exotec (France’s first industrial unicorn), Preligens (acquired by Safran), and Alsid (acquired by Tenable), the agency has accomplished 28 exits since 2018. With workplaces in Paris and Milan, 360 Capital has a portfolio of over 60 firms and a workforce of over 25
professionals.
With the funding in 360 LIFE II, A2A confirms its collaboration with 360 Capital and strengthens its function as a key participant within the Italian and European innovation ecosystem, aiming to help new startups within the local weather tech sector, in step with the objectives of the 2035 Industrial Plan centered on ecological transition as a alternative for sustainable competitiveness. By investing in 360 LIFE II and dealing intently with the 360 Capital workforce, De Nora goals to establish and improve disruptive applied sciences within the local weather tech sector, creating industrial and R&D synergies, and additional strengthening its contribution to the i nnovative development of the sectors by which it operates.
