SHIFT Invest
SHIFT Invest is an impact venture capital fund focused on innovative enterprises with significant positive environmental impact potential. It backs early-stage companies that aim to help restore the balance between nature and society, combining financial support with impact expertise and a long-term partnership approach. The fund invests across themes such as smart food and agriculture, green industries, energy transition, and sustainable mobility and logistics. It positions itself as an active investor that can support startups and scale-ups from pre-seed through commercial success, using its network, sector knowledge, and follow-on capital to help companies grow. Core Values Environmental impact : SHIFT’s mission is to fight climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion by investing in solutions that create measurable positive environmental outcomes. Long-term partnership : The fund describes itself as a reliable, relatively long-term investor that supports companies over time and reserves capital for follow-on investments. Professional rigor : SHIFT emphasizes an analytic, professional approach, including in-depth research, due diligence, and structured investment processes. Innovation and entrepreneurship : The firm believes disruptive innovation and ambitious founders are essential to driving the sustainability transition. Unique Aspects Multi-stage impact fund : SHIFT Invest says it can invest from pre-seed all the way to commercial success, which gives it flexibility across company maturity stages. Strong environmental focus : Unlike generalist venture funds, it invests exclusively in businesses with significant positive environmental impact potential. Large early-stage impact platform : Known news reports that SHIFT III raised a total of €70 million, making it the largest Dutch seed and early-stage impact investor at the time of that announcement. Independent fund management : The fund is managed by New Balance Impact Investors (NBI), which oversees the day-to-day management of the venture capital funds and aims to bring in leading corporates and institutions as platform partners.