KOMPAS VC

KOMPAS is an early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv. We fund breakthrough innovations that accelerate the digital transformation and decarbonisation of the building and manufacturing industries. KOMPAS invests €1.0 – 5.0 million in Seed and Series A rounds with continued support throughout the company’s entire lifecycle. We partner with exceptional founders who disrupt the way buildings are designed, built and managed. We strive to eliminate emissions from building and manufacturing activity, reduce energy consumption, promote sustainable building materials, eliminate waste and support a circular economy. We invest in digital technology and automation to make industrial processes from procurement to manufacturing more efficient. We operate with purpose whilst delivering strong financial returns to our investors.

Sebastian Peck

Founding Partner

Andreas Winter-Extra

Partner

28 past transactions

Epoch Biodesign

Series A in 2025
Epoch Biodesign focuses on creating natural solutions to address climate challenges through the development of innovative enzymes. By integrating insights from nature with expertise in computational and biological sciences, the company enables the biorecycling of plastic waste into everyday chemicals. Their enzymatic process is tunable, allowing for efficient conversion of unrecyclable plastics into low-carbon alternatives. Epoch Biodesign's approach not only facilitates the recycling of plastic waste but also enhances the discovery and development of products using complex proteins, positioning the company as a significant player in advancing sustainable practices in waste management.

Nala Earth

Seed Round in 2025
Nala Earth provides data and tools that enable businesses to better understand and connect with the natural world.

Findable

Series A in 2024
Findable is a software-as-a-service platform that specializes in automating document workflows through artificial intelligence and machine learning. Launched in 2020, the platform is designed for building owners, operators, and general contractors, enabling them to minimize manual tasks and enhance the quality of their documentation. By automatically organizing both existing and new files, Findable ensures a consistent and efficient sorting process, which is crucial for compliance, sustainability, and effective facility management. The platform aims to unlock the value of building documentation, making it more accessible and aiding in the proper use, service, maintenance, rehabilitation, and due diligence of building assets.

Treble

Series A in 2024
Treble Technologies develops advanced wave-based sound simulation products tailored for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. The company specializes in acoustics design software that enables the creation of visually accurate and realistic virtual acoustics. By streamlining the processes of importing, exporting, and reconfiguring models, Treble's solutions help reduce risk and ensure that designs meet regulatory and certification requirements. Their technology is applied across various sectors, including automotive, building design, immersive reality, and artificial intelligence. Through its innovative platform, Treble empowers studios and artists to lower costs, mitigate risks, and enhance client engagement while delivering high-quality designs.

Optiml

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Optiml specializes in real estate investment and renovation planning by providing a digital solution that empowers asset management to achieve sustainability goals while maintaining profitability. The software analyzes critical building data, including energy consumption and occupancy patterns, to identify improvement areas. It automates adjustments to building systems, such as heating and lighting, to minimize energy waste without compromising occupant comfort. By offering AI-powered workflows, Optiml helps real estate professionals understand their current asset status, optimize investment strategies, and plan targeted renovation actions. The company's scalable software addresses challenges like inadequate data and manual workflows, enabling users to adapt to changing regulatory and market conditions for long-term compliance.

Again

Series A in 2024
Again operates as a developer of advanced emission control technology that transforms carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and proteins through a proprietary bacterial process. The company captures CO2 emissions from industrial facilities within a bioreactor, where the bacteria convert the greenhouse gas into products like feed for poultry and aquaculture. This innovative approach not only helps clients reduce their environmental impact but also allows them to avoid costly emission taxes. As a pioneer in carbon negative manufacturing, Again is positioned to meet global demand for sustainable chemical solutions while actively contributing to the fight against climate change.

Prewave

Series B in 2024
Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, that specializes in developing machine learning solutions for supply chain risk management. Founded in 2017, Prewave's platform utilizes advanced data analytics to analyze social media data, allowing businesses to monitor for potential supply chain anomalies. By predicting upcoming risk events, the platform helps companies enhance their logistics networks and identify sustainability challenges. Through its innovative approach, Prewave aims to provide organizations with insights that enable them to proactively address risks within their supply chains.

Vizcab

Series A in 2024
Vizcab, based in Lyon, France, specializes in developing software solutions aimed at addressing low-carbon challenges in the building sector. The company offers a data-driven platform that allows designers and builders to import 3D models from digital mock-ups, create a comprehensive database of architectural and technical alternatives, and explore various design options through data visualization techniques. This platform is designed to facilitate creativity and collaboration around shared energy and carbon objectives. In addition to its software offerings, Vizcab provides consultancy services and conducts research projects for leading industrialists and designers in the construction industry, focusing on environmental assessment, energy efficiency, and the application of big data in building design.

Found Energy

Seed Round in 2024
Found Energy is a renewable energy company engaging in turning aluminum into a renewable energy carrier. It recovers aluminum waste from landfills and uses a carbon-free process to produce hydrogen on-demand for less than $0.50 per kilogram of hydrogen and at five times the volumetric energy density of liquid hydrogen.

ecoworks

Series A in 2023
Ecoworks GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in climate-neutral renovations and modernizations for apartment buildings. The company focuses on the renewal of facades, roofs, windows, and basement insulation, utilizing industrial prefabrication and digital processes to efficiently modernize multi-family houses of up to four floors within a few weeks. Ecoworks also provides net-zero modernization services, enabling the generation of carbon dioxide-free heat and electricity through solar panels installed on roofs. Their offerings include planning, construction management, and the implementation of meters for electricity and heat, allowing property owners to meet tenants' energy needs while promoting environmental sustainability.

Vizcab

Series A in 2023
Vizcab, based in Lyon, France, specializes in developing software solutions aimed at addressing low-carbon challenges in the building sector. The company offers a data-driven platform that allows designers and builders to import 3D models from digital mock-ups, create a comprehensive database of architectural and technical alternatives, and explore various design options through data visualization techniques. This platform is designed to facilitate creativity and collaboration around shared energy and carbon objectives. In addition to its software offerings, Vizcab provides consultancy services and conducts research projects for leading industrialists and designers in the construction industry, focusing on environmental assessment, energy efficiency, and the application of big data in building design.

Material Evolution

Series A in 2023
Material Evolution is a manufacturing company focused on decarbonizing the cement industry through innovative technology. It specializes in producing smart and sustainable concrete that significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, the company transforms material chemistry to create a sustainable cement replacement sourced from hyper-local waste streams. This low-capital expenditure, low-energy manufacturing process allows the construction industry to adopt a more sustainable alternative to traditional ordinary Portland cement, helping businesses meet their environmental goals effectively.

Helios

Convertible Note in 2023
Helios is a technology company that develops novel technologies to ensure viable and sustainable life on earth and beyond. From Moonshot to Earth Impact: Helios began as a space technology company with the bold mission to extract oxygen from the moon, with the challenge to enable the separation of oxygen from lunar minerals in extreme environments, where zero emissions are not an option but a necessity. Helios efforts resulted in a breakthrough zero-emission process for metal production, applicable also on Earth – known as the Helios Cycle™. Enabling Zero-Emission Iron Production: the Helios Cycle™ revolutionizes iron production. It produces iron from iron ore using mostly thermal energy, emitting only oxygen. This eco-friendly method requires significantly less energy, cuts costs, minimizes environmental impact, and maximizes existing resource utilization. Beyond Iron: the Helios Cycle™ doesn’t stop at iron. It extends to other critical elements—silicon, copper, nickel, and lithium—offering a greener path for resource extraction. Helios has evolved from its lunar origins to focus on green steel innovation. Through partnerships and collaborations, Helios aims to impact the steel industry.

Prewave

Series A in 2023
Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, that specializes in developing machine learning solutions for supply chain risk management. Founded in 2017, Prewave's platform utilizes advanced data analytics to analyze social media data, allowing businesses to monitor for potential supply chain anomalies. By predicting upcoming risk events, the platform helps companies enhance their logistics networks and identify sustainability challenges. Through its innovative approach, Prewave aims to provide organizations with insights that enable them to proactively address risks within their supply chains.

CyanoCapture

Funding Round in 2023
CyanoCapture is a biotechnology firm focused on advancing carbon capture through genetic engineering and synthetic biology. The company aims to make biological carbon capture a scalable and affordable solution for industries. By utilizing bacteria that secrete valuable compounds, CyanoCapture offsets the costs associated with carbon capture, while the remaining biomass is converted into graphite, sustainable biocrude, and syngas. This innovative approach enables rapid scaling of carbon capture capabilities, addressing the limitations of current mechanical and chemical methods.

Tynt

Venture Round in 2023
Tynt Technologies, founded in 2020 and based in Boulder, Colorado, specializes in the development of innovative window solutions aimed at reducing glare while preserving unobstructed views. The company's smart window technology enhances visual and thermal comfort for occupants and significantly decreases energy consumption related to lighting and HVAC systems. By focusing on energy efficiency, Tynt's products help customers lower their overall energy use and carbon emissions, all while maintaining privacy and aesthetic appeal.

BeamUP

Convertible Note in 2023
BeamUP operates an automated design and lifecycle management platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to enhance IT infrastructure, energy consumption, physical security, and facility management. By analyzing millions of data points related to building assets, workforce, standards, and system design, the company's software provides targeted solutions aimed at reducing costs, ensuring compliance, and optimizing operational efficiency. This technology supports architects and engineers in various tasks, including new construction, retrofits, compliance, remediation, and maintenance planning, ultimately improving the management and performance of building projects.

StructShare

Seed Round in 2023
StructShare is a technology company based in Austin, Texas, that focuses on improving the construction supply ecosystem through a data-driven procurement platform. The company develops material management software that streamlines the purchasing process for building materials via a cloud-based solution. By automating purchasing and material handling workflows with artificial intelligence and smart algorithms, StructShare enhances communication and business transactions between contractors and suppliers. This platform empowers both parties by providing greater control over procurement, ultimately saving time and reducing costs in the construction industry.

fruitcore robotics

Series B in 2022
fruitcore robotics is a robotic system that leverages intelligent software and innovative mechatronics.

Sustain.Life

Seed Round in 2022
Sustain.Life is a sustainability management software provider focused on helping organizations effectively reduce and manage their environmental impact. The platform offers a range of tools designed to assist companies in operating sustainably, including data collection and automation, science-based target setting, and business scenario planning. By enabling users to analyze and track their sustainability progress, the software allows businesses to measure their environmental and social governance performance against industry and regulatory benchmarks. Sustain.Life aims to empower organizations worldwide to realize the extensive benefits of sustainability through streamlined processes and actionable insights.

Makersite

Series A in 2022
Makersite offers a cloud-based product data management tool tailored for the global manufacturing industry, focusing on product sustainability, cost, and compliance. The platform addresses challenges in product life cycle management by integrating data from various sources, which traditionally remain siloed, complicating innovation and delaying decision-making. By providing instantaneous analysis across key product criteria, Makersite enables companies to make informed design decisions more efficiently. Its use of artificial intelligence and a graph-based data model allows for seamless integration of diverse data, supporting real-time decision-making regarding regulatory compliance, environmental impact, supply chain risk, and production costs. With an API-first architecture, Makersite easily integrates into existing IT systems, improving the quality and timeliness of product data. This approach allows companies to achieve results up to 40 times faster than conventional methods, ultimately enhancing product quality and sustainability.

Prewave

Series A in 2022
Prewave GmbH is a technology company based in Vienna, Austria, that specializes in developing machine learning solutions for supply chain risk management. Founded in 2017, Prewave's platform utilizes advanced data analytics to analyze social media data, allowing businesses to monitor for potential supply chain anomalies. By predicting upcoming risk events, the platform helps companies enhance their logistics networks and identify sustainability challenges. Through its innovative approach, Prewave aims to provide organizations with insights that enable them to proactively address risks within their supply chains.

Findable

Seed Round in 2022
Findable is a software-as-a-service platform that specializes in automating document workflows through artificial intelligence and machine learning. Launched in 2020, the platform is designed for building owners, operators, and general contractors, enabling them to minimize manual tasks and enhance the quality of their documentation. By automatically organizing both existing and new files, Findable ensures a consistent and efficient sorting process, which is crucial for compliance, sustainability, and effective facility management. The platform aims to unlock the value of building documentation, making it more accessible and aiding in the proper use, service, maintenance, rehabilitation, and due diligence of building assets.

Sustain.Life

Seed Round in 2022
Sustain.Life is a sustainability management software provider focused on helping organizations effectively reduce and manage their environmental impact. The platform offers a range of tools designed to assist companies in operating sustainably, including data collection and automation, science-based target setting, and business scenario planning. By enabling users to analyze and track their sustainability progress, the software allows businesses to measure their environmental and social governance performance against industry and regulatory benchmarks. Sustain.Life aims to empower organizations worldwide to realize the extensive benefits of sustainability through streamlined processes and actionable insights.

Modulize

Seed Round in 2022
Offsite construction (OSC) platform powered by calculation and design automation Prefabrication and modular construction allow us to reduce time, cost and waste in construction projects. To unlock the full potential of prefabrication, Modulize will enable simplified information extraction from complex 3D building models. With its component extractor, contractors can process models to automatically turn relevant parts of the model into tenders to be shared with manufacturers. In addition, we are developing generative design and optimisation algorithms that will enable designers and manufacturers to seamlessly collaborate to maximise the use and benefit of prefabrication and modular design. In particular, Modulize will enable design-manufacturer fit by linking manufacturers and customers based on manufacturing capacity and capability, as well as compliance with local rules and regulations. Prefabrication and modular construction allow us to reduce time, cost and waste in construction projects. Our solution, Modulize, will unlock prefab adoption through 1) automated component extraction from 3D models and 2) generative design and optimisation algorithms that let designers, contractors and manufacturers maximise the use and benefit of prefabrication.

Minut

Series B in 2022
Minut is a computer software company that specializes in product design, hardware, electronics, software, IoT, and smart home. Its technology helps individuals to keep their house secure and manage their house security using their smartphones. The company was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Malmö, Skane Lan.

Viridian Analytics

Seed Round in 2022
Viridian Analytics provides advanced sustainability information software designed for financial institutions, corporations, and governments. The company focuses on indexing global environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data, leveraging military-grade intelligence, big data, and artificial intelligence technologies. This innovative approach helps investors and financial stakeholders address critical information gaps when incorporating ESG metrics into their decision-making processes. By enabling clients to effectively reduce risk and identify new business opportunities, Viridian Analytics supports the pursuit of a competitive advantage in the evolving landscape of sustainable investment.

Tynt

Seed Round in 2021
Tynt Technologies, founded in 2020 and based in Boulder, Colorado, specializes in the development of innovative window solutions aimed at reducing glare while preserving unobstructed views. The company's smart window technology enhances visual and thermal comfort for occupants and significantly decreases energy consumption related to lighting and HVAC systems. By focusing on energy efficiency, Tynt's products help customers lower their overall energy use and carbon emissions, all while maintaining privacy and aesthetic appeal.
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