Kompas VC

Start-up co-founded by Mike Hanrahan acquired for $100m. The sale of the sustainability-reporting start-up to US-based Workiva follows the $75m sale of another company he co-founded in 2022

Again captures carbon dioxide and converts it into chemicals. It raised €39.4 million in a Series A co-led by GV and HV Capital, with funding planned for additional facilities.

Space-based radar delivering global, real-time 3D terrain intelligence at scale

Vision-AI platform that automates warehouse operations to reduce errors, delays, and inefficiencies

The company is building a team of investors and operators focused on manufacturing and the built environment.

The company combines investing expertise with operator experience and partners with founders in manufacturing and the built environment.

The company backs founders addressing emissions, productivity, and resilience in industry. It has €300 million in AUM and invests in technology for manufacturing and the built environment.

KOMPAS VC invest in breakthrough technologies transforming manufacturing and the built environment—industries at the heart of emissions, productivity, and resilience challenges. Smart capital for a more sustainable, secure, and efficient future.

The company’s privacy policy outlines how it collects, uses, and protects personal information.

Icelandic startup Treble Technologies raises $18 million in a Series A2 round led by Paladin Capital Group, with returning investors KOMPAS VC, Frumtak Ventures and the European Innovation Council Fund participating. Its platform simulates operating environments and generates labeled synthetic audio to train robots’ onboard AI, with users able to upload blueprints and customize virtual spaces using Python. Treble says its pre-packaged datasets can reduce speech-recognition model error rates by 38%.

Sep 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article

Kompas VC raises a €160 million second fund to back early-stage startups addressing industrial competitiveness in a fragmented global market. The firm focuses on physical-world businesses working on decarbonization, productivity, and risk management, and plans to lead early-stage rounds with €3 million to €5 million checks. Partner Sebastian Peck says cultural and regional differences can limit the addressable markets for some otherwise scalable products.

Apr 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Material Evolution raises £15 million ($19 million) in a Series A round to scale production of its low-carbon cement. Its alkali-fusion process uses industrial wastes and feedstocks at ambient temperatures, avoiding fossil-fuel-fired kilns; the company says its cement has an 85% lower carbon footprint than Portland cement. Kompas VC leads the round, with Norrsken VC, Circle Rock, and strategic investor SigmaRoc participating.

Jun 2023 · TechCrunchNews article