Contrarian Ventures

Contrarian Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Vilnius, Lithuania, with additional offices in London and Amsterdam. The firm specializes in pre-seed, seed, and growth capital investments, primarily targeting the energy sector and e-mobility. Its investment focus includes smart grid technologies, energy efficiency, big data analytics, energy storage solutions, e-car infrastructure, smart home innovations, customer support e-services, distributed generation, renewable energy solutions, and virtual power plants. While Contrarian Ventures prefers to invest globally, it places a particular emphasis on European-based companies.

Nityen Lal

Venture Partner

Past deals in Lithuania

Inbalance grid

Series A in 2021
Inbalance grid develops charging infrastructure that is built on a cluster system with a master and slave design concept, where the majority of the components are off the shelf and managed by In Balance grid software.

PVcase

Series A in 2021
The unique tool that automates 3D terrain based solar engineering, so you not only save time, but also get much better precision

Inion software

Seed Round in 2020
Control and monitoring solutions for solar plants and other industries.

Inbalance grid

Seed Round in 2020
Inbalance grid develops charging infrastructure that is built on a cluster system with a master and slave design concept, where the majority of the components are off the shelf and managed by In Balance grid software.

Inion software

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Control and monitoring solutions for solar plants and other industries.

Thrust

Seed Round in 2019
Aerodiagnostika Ltd. develops multifunctional fixed-wing drones for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights. It offers technical support and periodic check-up for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The company offers aerial diagnostics services, artificial intelligence based analytics, and customized automated inspection services using UAVs that allows collection of diverse data. Additionally, the company organizes individual and group training sessions for UAV operators using their drones. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Vilnius, Lithuania.

LastMile

Pre Seed Round in 2019
We provide a layer to launch e-commerce and delivery service for the retailers. 1. E-commerce - retailers have access to our platform with mobile apps and webpage to sell their products on. 2. Delivery service - express (one-hour), same-day or scheduled delivery and pickup from the store. 3. Mobile solutions - In-store product scanning and skipping checkout lane solution for app users and our gig-workers. Benefits for retailers: 65x lower investment; 2x cheaper costs per order delivery; One-hour delivery service; Added value with in-store mobile solutions and data insights; Visibility; New customers; Superfast onboarding - from scratch to market in few days!

PVcase

Pre Seed Round in 2018
The unique tool that automates 3D terrain based solar engineering, so you not only save time, but also get much better precision

CHRG Network

Pre Seed Round in 2018
CHRG Network is software platform for EV charging that connects all charging stations into a single network, enabling owners to share and monetise their charging stations. Driver App allows to find, book, and pay for access to charging stations.

Thrust

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Aerodiagnostika Ltd. develops multifunctional fixed-wing drones for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights. It offers technical support and periodic check-up for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The company offers aerial diagnostics services, artificial intelligence based analytics, and customized automated inspection services using UAVs that allows collection of diverse data. Additionally, the company organizes individual and group training sessions for UAV operators using their drones. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Vilnius, Lithuania.