Ananda Impact Ventures

Ananda Impact Ventures is the leading impact venture capital fund with a pan-European investment remit, managing ca. €200 million in four Core Impact Funds, with backing from notable institutional and private investors. Ananda backs technology businesses committed to having a positive impact that answers the most pressing social and ecological challenges of our time, in a way that is both scalable and sustainable. The active portfolio includes Klim (Carbon Farming), Open Bionics (bionic prostheses for children), IESO Digital Health (online psychotherapy) and Ororatech (which uses satellite technology to combat forest fires).

Mascha Bonk

Investment Manager

Florian Erber

Founder and Managing Partner

Ferstl, Felix

Principal

Lennart Hergel

Partner

Felix Hilti

Associate

Alexandra Irrgang

Investment Manager

Mike Kennedy

Venture Partner

Klosterkemper, Bernd

Partner

Hannah Looks

Investment Manager

Peden, Zoe

Partner

Aline Vedder

Investment Manager

Johannes Weber

Founder and Managing Partner

42 past transactions

Dorm

Series A in 2023
Oneday’s mission is to create the next 1 Billion entrepreneurs in the world. As technology drives down the cost of starting a business, more people are launching a business than ever before. But 85% of these businesses are failing, and existing products are failing to help. We solve this issue by creating technology that automates large parts of the business launch process, and merging it with university integrations that allow our members to earn university credits as they build their businesses.

Nature Metrics

Series B in 2022
NatureMetrics is an award-winning technology start-up using cutting-edge genetic techniques to monitor biodiversity. Each species carries a unique genetic signature in all cells. When an organism's cells are shed into the environment (e.g. through excretion, mucous, saliva, gametes, or tissue breakdown) its genetic signature is also released. At NatureMetrics, we isolate these signatures from water or sediment samples - or from complex mixed-species samples of invertebrates - and use them to determine which species are present.

Mika

Series A in 2022
Mika is a digital platform that empowers cancer patients. It aims to help improve cancer patients' mental health and well-being. Mika was created in collaboration with leading research institutions. The company was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Resourcify

Venture Round in 2022
Resourcify is on a mission to enable a zero-waste future!!! Through the digitisation of daily operations, our recycling platform enables all businesses to manage, track, and improve their recycling while having less administration, and saving up to 40% of the costs compared to conventional waste management. Resourcify is trusted by thousands of the most leading companies & organisations around the globe including : Cargill, McDonalds, Hornbach, Johnson & Johnson, Edeka, Frankfurt Airport, UK Bonn, and more! Our award-winning recycling platform improves the approach to sustainability as a best practice and enhances the recycling processes to reduce waste.

ieso

Series B in 2021
Ieso Digital Health Ltd. specializes in providing online evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to individuals facing various mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression. The company's unique online service facilitates real-time communication between accredited therapists and patients through a secure virtual environment, where sessions are conducted via text. This approach not only mirrors traditional face-to-face interactions but also offers greater convenience for users. Ieso began its operations in the UK in 2000 and has since expanded into the US market, collaborating with Medicaid and commercial health plans to enhance access to mental health services. The company’s therapy model has demonstrated effectiveness, requiring fewer sessions to achieve recovery and showing improved outcomes compared to conventional therapy methods. Ieso serves a diverse clientele, including health providers, private individuals, and businesses, and is recognized for its rapid growth in the digital health sector.

Closed Loop Medicine

Series A in 2021
Closed Loop Medicine is the global leader in the development of single prescription drug plus digital therapy (DTx) combination products developed to optimise dosing on an individual level with linked behaviour therapy to improve patient outcomes. The company was founded by an experienced team of healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs and life scientists with experience of both drug and software development, as well as extensive health system innovation experience. The company has two products in development for hypertension and insomnia. It has further products in its pipeline for a wide portfolio of chronic diseases. The Company ensures that both patient and clinician are at the centre of its products design and development.

Caspar Health

Series B in 2021
Caspar Health enables people to regain their independence after an illness or accident by making digital rehabilitation broadly accessible. For everyone - independent of time and location! We set new standards for digital rehabilitation. With our digital rehabilitation platform and the healthcare professionals of our Caspar Clinic, we enable effective and result-oriented rehabilitation independent of time and location. We are a recognized provider of tele-rehabilitation aftercare through the German Pension Fund (DRV).

OroraTech

Series A in 2021
OroraTech is a global intelligence-as-a-service company leveraging thermal data for a sustainable Earth. Their product, Wildfire Solution, powered by high-resolution thermal data from our proprietary and public space-based sensor system, is trusted worldwide for revolutionizing wildfire detection. Since 2022, OroraTech has established a comprehensive global monitoring network, delivering real-time situational awareness and prompt risk alerts. The cutting-edge system detects fires of any scale, day or night, ensuring timely action. Founded in 2018, OroraTech is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with operations in Canada and Brazil. With a dedicated team of over 100 experts, OroraTech is committed to delivering innovative solutions for a sustainable future. More information: www.ororatech.com

Klim

Seed Round in 2021
Klim enables farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture at scale by providing them financial support, knowledge, documentation tools, and a community via our digital companion for farmers. Klim-verified carbon removal credits, generated by Klim farmers, help companies to transition to net zero by offsetting their carbon emissions locally and with maximum impact and transparency.

Mika

Venture Round in 2021
Mika is a digital platform that empowers cancer patients. It aims to help improve cancer patients' mental health and well-being. Mika was created in collaboration with leading research institutions. The company was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Mika

Series A in 2021
Mika is a digital platform that empowers cancer patients. It aims to help improve cancer patients' mental health and well-being. Mika was created in collaboration with leading research institutions. The company was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

DrDoctor

Series A in 2020
DrDoctor's cloud-based patient management tools automate and virtualize processes and care, so that Doctors can focus on their patients, and that patients can engage as true partners in their care. The platform of the company allows users to access bookings, care plans, test results, and hospital information, as well as manage healthcare appointments online via mobile or text, allowing hospitals to transform the way they communicate with patients and putting patients in control of their healthcare. DrDoctor was established on July 1, 2012 in London, England by Tom Whicher.

EcoG

Seed Round in 2020
EcoG provides the OS for chargers and common IoT protocols on the charger in the field. With our open API architecture, we change the business model of EV charging by bringing the app economy onto charging infrastructure and make developing a service as easy as developing an app.

Media4Care

Series A in 2020
Media4Care developed special media services for the care of seniors with cognitive impairments. In 2013, the first multimedia activation program Media dementia was developed in collaboration with doctors, professors and therapists. Using Media dementia care staff should be supported in the activation and employment of people with dementia. The media offer consists of illness for just movies, songs and games that can be used via an interactive online library.

Doctor24

Private Equity Round in 2020
Doktor24 group of companies are able to serve all emerging individual and corporate customer needs in the following areas: allergology, internal medicine, dermatology, dietetics, otolaryngology, cardiology, gynecology, orthopedics, rheumatology, ophthalmology, urology, blood sampling without queuing, imaging diagnostics ( X-rays, ultrasound, mammography), complex health screenings (so-called managerial screening).

Caspar Health

Series A in 2020
Caspar Health enables people to regain their independence after an illness or accident by making digital rehabilitation broadly accessible. For everyone - independent of time and location! We set new standards for digital rehabilitation. With our digital rehabilitation platform and the healthcare professionals of our Caspar Clinic, we enable effective and result-oriented rehabilitation independent of time and location. We are a recognized provider of tele-rehabilitation aftercare through the German Pension Fund (DRV).

Mika

Seed Round in 2019
Mika is a digital platform that empowers cancer patients. It aims to help improve cancer patients' mental health and well-being. Mika was created in collaboration with leading research institutions. The company was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

voiio

Seed Round in 2019
A people first culture is at the core of profitable, resilient and innovative companies. This simple truth is the foundation of voiio´s success. We are the first all-in-one solution for companies that care about their employees physical, mental and emotional welfare. Our benefit platform provides a comprehensive range of digital, local/ regional and diversified offers for employees and their loved ones in the categories family & social life, mental & physical health as well as personal challenges & crises. The voiio proprietary match-making algorithm ensures that individual needs are catered to.

Open Bionics

Series A in 2019
Open Bionics make the Hero Arm, a multi-grip bionic arm for people with upper limb differences. Open Bionics mission is to make the most advanced bionic technology more accessible to the people that need it. The Hero Arm is the lightest bionic arm on the market, and the only one with a ventilated, adjustable socket and removable aesthetic covers. Wearers have a choice of the design aesthetic, including the official Disney Frozen, Iron Man, R2D2 and BB8 designs.

Arbor Education

Venture Round in 2018
Arbor helps schools tranform the way they work, saving teachers time and improving student outcomes. The company has two products, a Management Information System to automate school workflows, saving teachers time, and benchmarking analytics to identify areas of concern and reduce time to intervention.

hometouch

Seed Round in 2018
hometouch is Europe's leading home care marketplace connecting families looking for home care to professional carers nearby. They are backed by Passion Capital, Rocket Internet's GFC and the UK government. Their goal is to build the trust engine for social care, and revolutionise a staid and inefficient industry that is crying out for digital disruption. hometouch was founded by Dr Jamie Wilson, a former NHS dementia specialist, with the mission of fighting the progression of neurodegenerative conditions and supporting people through exceptional brain health focused care. Over three million people in the UK are living with some form of age-related cognitive impairment – and that number is getting bigger every year. It’s one of the worst health crises of their time. They believe their brain health focused care will change how they think about dementia and cognitive decline – not as an inevitable consequence of aging, but something that can be managed and minimised through careful attention to brain health.

Xperiome

Series A in 2018
Raremark builds online communities in rare, medical conditions so patients and their families can learn from the experiences of others like them, participate in clinical trials, and share their experience of new treatments. The company's vision is a world in which all rare conditions are treated.

mobileJob

Seed Round in 2018
mobileJob offers tools and solutions that enable businesses to recruit candidates and manage their recruitment process through their mobile phones. mobileJob enables businesses to advertise job opportunities through social media networks and conduct interviews through mobile phones, text messages, and online platforms. It provides businesses with tools that enable them to record, manage, and track applications and candidates. mobileJob was founded by Steffen Manes and Kai Daniels in 2014. It is based in Berlin, Germany.

Careship

Series B in 2018
Careship helps families find the right caregiver for their loved ones so that they can age at home with joy. Fueled by convenience, quality and best-in-class user experience, It is combining technology with a human touch to increase the quality of life of parents and grandparents. Careship was established in 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

ieso

Venture Round in 2017
Ieso Digital Health Ltd. specializes in providing online evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to individuals facing various mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression. The company's unique online service facilitates real-time communication between accredited therapists and patients through a secure virtual environment, where sessions are conducted via text. This approach not only mirrors traditional face-to-face interactions but also offers greater convenience for users. Ieso began its operations in the UK in 2000 and has since expanded into the US market, collaborating with Medicaid and commercial health plans to enhance access to mental health services. The company’s therapy model has demonstrated effectiveness, requiring fewer sessions to achieve recovery and showing improved outcomes compared to conventional therapy methods. Ieso serves a diverse clientele, including health providers, private individuals, and businesses, and is recognized for its rapid growth in the digital health sector.

Company Bike Solutions

Venture Round in 2017
company bike solutions (cbs) offers bikes and e-bikes to employees of medium and large sized companies through leasing contracts. Employees of these partner companies can lease one or more bikes through a service portal based on a master agreement with cbs. cbs then delivers the ordered bikes directly to the customer’s workplace. The partner company increases its employer branding and reputation through a cost-neutral mobility, health and sustainability offering. The bikes can be used as desired and not only for cycling to work.

ResQ Club

Venture Round in 2017
ResQ Club is a Finnish company connecting sustainable restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores with consumers that appreciate eating affordable quality food. ResQ partners can drastically reduce their food waste with their proprietary location-based mobile and web service, as it enables consumers to find and rescue surplus food in their proximity. Every meal purchased via ResQ is one less meal thrown away, helping their urban communities to waste less and be more sustainable. They are on a mission to reduce food waste to zero at restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores. It's estimated that 10% of the already produced food in restaurants ends up in the trash instead of hungry mouths. On a global scale, this equals 11 million tons of food wasted every year.

Arbor Education

Venture Round in 2017
Arbor helps schools tranform the way they work, saving teachers time and improving student outcomes. The company has two products, a Management Information System to automate school workflows, saving teachers time, and benchmarking analytics to identify areas of concern and reduce time to intervention.

Repositive

Series A in 2017
Repositive Ltd offers a platform that enables individuals to access and share human genomic data. The company’s platform includes features for the discovery of available data, making users’ data visible to the research community, managing users’ data sources, and initiating data collaborations. Its platform also integrates methods for secure data sharing and a mechanism for privacy-preserving data access. Repositive Ltd was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Talea

Seed Round in 2017
Talea's goal is to achieve a higher quality of life for all those involved in care. People in need of care, relatives and carers should be able to free themselves from worry, stress and guilt. Interaction and coordination should be improved. In addition, we are committed to making communication with payers, physicians and pharmacies easier.

Mealsaver

Seed Round in 2016
EatUp offers a portal for the delivery of food from selected restaurants.

BrightSpark

Convertible Note in 2016
BrightSpark embraces technology to deliver the benefit of one-to-one numeracy support to classrooms across the UK.

ieso

Venture Round in 2015
Ieso Digital Health Ltd. specializes in providing online evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to individuals facing various mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression. The company's unique online service facilitates real-time communication between accredited therapists and patients through a secure virtual environment, where sessions are conducted via text. This approach not only mirrors traditional face-to-face interactions but also offers greater convenience for users. Ieso began its operations in the UK in 2000 and has since expanded into the US market, collaborating with Medicaid and commercial health plans to enhance access to mental health services. The company’s therapy model has demonstrated effectiveness, requiring fewer sessions to achieve recovery and showing improved outcomes compared to conventional therapy methods. Ieso serves a diverse clientele, including health providers, private individuals, and businesses, and is recognized for its rapid growth in the digital health sector.

Media4Care

Seed Round in 2015
Media4Care developed special media services for the care of seniors with cognitive impairments. In 2013, the first multimedia activation program Media dementia was developed in collaboration with doctors, professors and therapists. Using Media dementia care staff should be supported in the activation and employment of people with dementia. The media offer consists of illness for just movies, songs and games that can be used via an interactive online library.

Little Bird GmbH

Venture Round in 2014
Interactive software solutions for more effective and transparent allocation of childcare slots.

Insane Logic

Seed Round in 2014
MyChoicePad was created by Insane Logic. Chief Juggler, Zoe Peden was a former senior manager at The Makaton Charity and she formed a partnership with software developer, Andrew Jackman. Together they came up with the idea for MyChoicePad.

Essex Social Impact Bond

Venture Round in 2012
Over the past two years Social Finance, with the support of the Big Lottery Fund, has worked with four Local Authorities including Essex County Council (ECC) to explore the feasibility of using the Social Impact Bond mechanism to fund intensive prevention programmes for vulnerable adolescents in or at the edge of care. Essex County Council is the first local authority to award a Social Impact Bond contract. Social Finance has been awarded a contract by Essex County Council to deliver a Social Impact Bond to provide therapeutic support and improve outcomes for adolescents at risk of going into care. Essex County Council is the first local authority to commission a Social Impact Bond in Children’s Services. The Social Venture Fund invested £ 250,000 in a combination of equity and loans, together with the main Investor Bridges Social Enterpreneurs Fund LP and Big Society Capital Limited. In addition, the Charities Aid Foundation, King Baudouin Foundation and the Barrow Cadbury Trust are invested. The total capital requirement amounts to 3.1 million GBP. The Social Venture Fund will use its knowledge about the structure of Social Impact Bonds to assess and support comparable results-oriented and evidence-based models in continental Europe can.

Kinderzentren Kunterbunt

Venture Round in 2012
Children's centers Sundries Germany currently operates more than 30 day nurseries and crèches. More more than 1,000 children receive a daily dose of a second home - almost like mom and dad. 360 employees work in Germany for the welfare of the children and the parents.

vitabook

Seed Round in 2012
vitabook helps above all the seriously and chronically ill as well as people in need of nursing care. It provides users with their own personal health account and helps avoid dangerous combination of medications.

DEUTSCHLAND RUNDET AUF

Venture Round in 2011
GERMANY ROUNDS ON is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting social projects in Germany, which allows anyone, voluntarily and without being asked when paying at the checkout to round up the final amount to a maximum of 10 cents and donate them. Every cent donated will be forwarded transparently and 100% sustainable social projects in Germany. Thus, all with just a few cents to contribute something to the solution of social problems in Germany.

auticon

Seed Round in 2011
auticon is the first German company to exclusively employ autistic people as software testers and offer their services (Software-Tests) on the free market. This innovative approach gives the client the advantage of special high-quality workmanship.

VerbaVoice

Venture Round in 2011
VerbaVoice the first and only provider offering writing and sign language interpreters mobile and online! Switch simply live text or DGS live video on the iPhone, the laptop, netbook, tablet PC or smartphone.
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