LUMO Labs

We are a conviction-led VC , backing deeptech that serves both humanity and the planet. We partner relentlessly: We understand the sacrifices required to achieve your goals. We are 100% committed to advising and supporting our founders, through good times and bad. We dare to innovate: We tirelessly seek game-changing innovators and new ways to support them. We boldly invest where others fear to tread. We propel positive change: We tirelessly seek game-changing innovators and new ways to support them. We boldly invest where others fear to tread. We provide stellar support for startups and stellar returns for investors.

With over two decades of Australian investment in building capability in research and universities, Australia now enjoys some of the most extraordinary talent and globally leading minds. This talent is creating knowledge and has the capacity of solving some of the big problems of our time but if we can’t take this know-how and intellect into the world, then this brilliance is lost and the opportunity we have will remain just that – an opportunity. As business builders and investors, Significant has been taking up this challenge for nearly two decades. Working in collaboration with universities, researchers and state governments, we, as a collective group have a track record in translating this knowledge bank into technology, into products, into services and ultimately into businesses that: Have become global companies Re-shaped markets Solved sustainability problems Created jobs and New career pathways for Australians Significant has the capacity to create high value niche modern manufacturing industries and exports for Australia and are extremely proud of their achievements. Significant leads by example to show that Australia can commercialise its inventions, that sustainable globally competitive businesses can be created in Australia, and that early-stage investment can create immense value for investors, demonstrating that through action Significant is able to attract more capital to invest in this important space and is be able to shift the mindset (read the AFR article) that Australia is great at innovation but not at execution. Backing Australia Our vision is a country that backs its researchers for the intellectual capital advantage they provide. Our mission is to back this talent, entrepreneurs and innovators to take these ideas and concepts to the world and create its own self-funding eco-system that results in the formation of new industries. Through our 4-way all-encompassing unique eco-system, our university investor partners provide us with access to the ‘very earliest’ investment opportunities possible, opening the door to concepts, ideas and innovations well before other venture capital funds. Our investment approach We invest in applied technologies that address high-impact global niche markets and will bring about social, environmental or economic change. Every potential investment must have a pathway to being a sustainable business and contributing impact to the UN Sustainable Development Goals either through the technology or through their business model. We look for technologies that provide a market advantage that is hard to replicate. They will have emerged either from researchers who have had long well-funded R&D cycles or innovators who have deep domain specialisation in an industry and so know their market problem exceptionally well. We are sector agnostic driven by the thematics that arise from the core capabilities of our partner universities and the innovations we uncover. The accelerators Strong market-fit and early industry engagement are imperative. We seek to accelerate the path to market dramatically by sourcing early adopters to validate the market need and aim to achieve market traction within 12-24 months. Our ability to find these early adopters is a key part of Significant’s initial due diligence.

Launched by Twinkl Educational Publishing, TwinklHive is a business accelerator that equips mission-led founders with the tools they need to have a meaningful impact. We offer tech start-ups a customisable cash investment, mentorship, access to services and residency, helping them to break into and succeed within the technology sector. Our experienced Sheffield-based team is passionate about building a community of sustainable and successful start-ups and a community of motivated entrepreneurs.

Our network of venture studios provides the rescue capital, expertise and support that startups need to thrive. Rescue Capital We collaborate with founders and investors to revitalize promising early-stage startups that have not yet reached their potential. We can deploy capital discreetly and within days - then incubate teams in our network of studios for hands-on support. New Venture Creation Our venture studio teams work alongside entrepreneurs and seasoned executives to prototype, validate, seed and launch startups addressing human and planetary needs in various industries. New venture concepts are created in-house and in partnership with universities, investors, and experts. What Makes Us Different Human + Planetary Health: We build and invest in companies that improve human and planetary health – because they’re inextricably linked. A majority of our investments are earthshots, not moonshots. Rescue Capital: We provide capital to good companies facing challenges raising seed and Series A funding in this difficult market. And we do it discreetly. Our team brings decades of venturesome turnaround experience to our portfolio. We co-create and execute winning strategies for long-term value. Collaborative Network: We are the first and only network of venture studios across the U.S. All of our studio teams and portfolio companies collaborate on everything from GTM to hiring and beyond. Patient Capital: Backed by a family office, we understand growth can take time. We can also bring in like-minded family offices and top-tier VCs for subsequent growth capital. Portfolio Ownership: We provide founding team with meaningful equity in both their business and in all studio portfolio companies. Founding teams often receive anti-dilution protection up to Series A funding. Opportunity Zones: Our studios are in economic opportunity zones near research universities and concentrations of talent. This creates tax benefits for founding teams working in our locations.

Norrsken VC is one of Europe’s leading and largest impact focused early-stage VC funds. We were born out of Norrsken Foundation – a non-profit foundation founded in 2016 by Niklas Adalberth, co-founder of Klarna, with the belief that entrepreneurs building rapidly scalable businesses are our best bet to solving the hardest and biggest problems of our time. Norrsken VC operates independently, but shares the same values and mission with the Norrsken Foundation - we want to enable the next impact unicorn – a company that has a positive effect on one billion lives. When you become part of Norrsken VC - you join Europe’s largest ecosystem for impact tech entrepreneurs. We invest in highly motivated people whose innate drive is to create a positive impact. Partnering up with us means, amongst many things, that you’ll receive support from educated and experienced people, a wide-span network, along with a community of like-minded people. We’ve built unicorns and babycorns and invested in early-stage start-ups for decades. Now we spend our time helping up-and-coming visionaries reach our unified goals to build a more sustainable now.

RRW invests in outstanding European Tech companies. We promote their international take-off by providing significant financial firepower and game changing hands-on support in Europe & the US. Backing EU talents in the US Red River West was created to bring active support to outstanding European Tech Companies that have something unique to bring to the US market and transform them into US and Global successes. Within the team, we all share a track record of building and backing start-ups which became global leaders through EU to US expansion. We see our mission of backing European talents into US and Global successes as of strong impact. Europe is indeed home to a talented, driven pool of highly educated engineers and creative entrepreneurs. But the unfamiliarity with the US market means that too many promising European start-ups do not realize their full potential. US success doesn’t just mean bigger scale and more capital: translating Europe-based talent into US success requires expertise, commitment, and a deep understanding of the different business cultures. Narrow, hands-on portfolio strategy In the way we operate as investors and partners, we fully align with the success of the entrepreneurs we back. We have indeed a narrow portfolio strategy : we invest in only circa 10 companies per fund. It makes it possible for our team to dedicate plenty of time to the success of each entrepreneurs and truly provide game-changing hands-on support on both continents. This approach is really unique in VC and those differentiated foundations have been driving and fuelling our operating and ESG approach since day 1. Real-world impact We see our mission of backing European talents into US and Global successes as of strong impact by design. Europe is indeed home to talented and driven pool of top engineers and creative entrepreneurs, but they too often miss the familiarity needed with the US to scale globally. Additionally, we believe the Tech segments & models we invest in present huge opportunities to serve ESG global concerns, therefore investing in founders that care about their impact is one of our 5 core investment criteria. We have integrated environmental, social and governance best practices in numerous aspects of our own organization, including our proprietary sourcing platform. Bringing support on three ESG pillars Our latest fund RRW II Growth is classified under Article 8 of SFDR regulation, as a financial product that promotes, among other things, environmental or social characteristics. We decided to focus our efforts on three ESG subjects: Ethical Technology People Well-being Carbon Reduction We are convinced that those challenges fully align with our performance as a leading EU to US Tech investor; and this is our differentiated narrow portfolio strategy and operating DNA that allows us to act as dedicated and impactful partners on those three ESG pillars.