OCTAVE Capital

Pioneers in deploying venture capital into high impact agrifood tech since 2014, we back ambitious teams that are reconnecting and strengthening the link between human health and the health of the planet through innovative technology. Clay Capital was founded with the belief that food is both the cause of, and remedy to, some of today’s most urgent challenges: environmental degradation, societal inequity, and human health. We see these issues as interconnected.In Europe and Asia especially, there is a generation of entrepreneurs motivated to tackle the $12 trillion market opportunity that lies in restoring and reconnecting human and planetary health - and who have a toolkit fit for purpose: from farmers and chefs, to biotechnologists, computational biologistics, plant scientists, computer engineers and multidisciplinary teams merging these skillsets. There is no single silver bullet; transforming a system that has supported humanity in its evolution from Nomadic to Agrarian, and been the seed that rooted and grew societies around the globe, will not happen overnight. Therefore, there’s an urgent need for both transitional solutions and revolutionary new infrastructure. We aim to back both, and enable a healthier food system to co-exist with a healthier planet within our lifetimes. Clay Capital invests to strengthen and refocus how materials are produced and consumed through innovation to have sustainable, nutritious, and circular outcomes. This context presents us with unrivalled opportunities for smart investing - investments that address urgent issues today, for a better tomorrow.

Profit and purpose can be a virtuous cycle. Solving humanity's biggest problems can provide superior financial returns. Tech-enabled companies can have significant impact at scale BUT Tech companies and impact investors largely live in different worlds. Avesta can bridge these worlds to harness the tech world toward positive impact. Areas of Focus We invest in tech-enabled companies whose positive impact is aligned with their business. We prioritize (but are not limited to) diverse entrepreneurs. Stage: pre-seed or seed; Typically raising $750K to $4M in the round. ClimateSustainable Agriculture Energy Efficiency Clean Energy Carbon Sinks Clean Manufacturing Circular Economy Green Buildings OpportunityEducation Financial Inclusion Future of Work Health Access & Affordability Housing Entrepreneurship Development What we offerTypical investments of $150K to $500K per company Best-practice based coaching to help founding teams optimize their impact, and align it with their business Unique mix of experiences that help companies bridge both the VC and impact worlds Connections to our broad network of investors and partners interested in impact-oriented tech startups

We look for startups to address global climate and UN Sustainable Development goals in the following areas: Low carbon mobility solutions Sustainable Energy & Resource Optimization: We're looking for companies that can help power our societies with cleaner energy and optimize our resource utilization to hand over our beautiful earth to the next generations. Sustainable Food & Agriculture: We look at solutions that enable a regenerative and carbon-negative economy, such as alternative protein, ag innovation, carbon sequestration, and blue economy. Sustainable production and heavy industry: We support innovative technologies and solutions eliminating carbon from society in industry, such as alternative plastics, sustainable materials, and processing Decarbonized built environment: We support innovations that contribute to energy efficiency, low carbon construction, and end-use. Integrated Solutions: Further holistic decarbonization efforts such as carbon capture, circular economy, climate risk, insurance tech, green finance, behavioral change, consumer B2B+B2C solutions including carbon accounting, reporting, and more Vectors Impact Pledge We are dedicated to supporting companies that can create a positive impact in solving global challenges. We encourage our portfolio companies to sign the Vectors Impact Pledge, which they quantify their current positive impacts and their long term impact goals

KRING is a venture studio and family of impact funds. In 2016 we created our first commercial fund, KRING Speedbooting 2016 which was followed by our 2019 and 2022 funds. The KRING icon builds on the fundamental values of our work. The circular form references our holistic thinking that has always been a part of the KRING core DNA. This also reflects in the synergy between the companies in our funds. Closely connected, we co-create sustainable solutions for the benefit of the whole. Together, we co-create a positive future Our starting point is simple: social / societal / customer-experienced problems that can be solved digitally and data-driven (information enables) in new business models and structures together with leading corporates. 18 years of experience: KRING has a history of entrepreneurship dating back to 2003 3 commercial funds: In 2016 we created our first fund, our second in 2019. Now we’re active with our third +30 co-creation projects: We have spun out more than 30 digital driven co-creation projects 20 companies created: 20 of our co-creation projects became companies over the years With a focus on SDG3 & SDG7 Our approaches gather and drive forces of positive change towards health (SDG3) and environmental (SDG7) issues through new business models and partnerships (co-creation). Good health and well-being: Finding the sweet spot within Health & Well-being between problem spaces and enablers Affordable and clean energy: Because we’re the first generation to feel the consequences of climate change and the last with a chance to do something about it We work and co-create with leading corporates Our open and trust-based culture of cooperation has led us to build an extensive network that enables us to provide value and build successful impact ventures. Our unfair advantage. And we have extensive records of industry expertise KRING is a group of people with shared values and a passion for changing the world and we’re further enhanced by our unique partner team and board of serial entrepreneurs with consulting and industry expertise.

Investing at the intersection of purpose and profit. We back founders tackling the biggest global challenge of our time: helping humanity get to a more sustainable planet. All firms evolve with time. But some things at Amasia are unchanging:Substance is our style: We bring a depth of curiosity, passion, and thoughtfulness to everything we do and every company we support. Few and focused: We make a small number of investments every year so we can bring the focus and engagement our founders need and deserve. A worldview that involves the world: We bring global experience and networks to growing global companies. Founder responsible: We approach every relationship with candor and respect - we will always speak plainly. We invest in companies that help us get to a safer and more sustainable planet.Using a nuanced framework designed around behavior change, we:invest in founders with global ambitions… …at the Seed to Series B stage… …across the United States, Southeast Asia, India, Europe and Latin America. We facilitate their growth with access to:global markets, global best practices, and global knowledge. Behavior change is our investment framework. We have built a framework for thinking about behavior change that informs how and where we invest. We call it the “4 Rs of Behavior Change." Each category is guided by a fundamental question that seeks answers across sectors and geographies R1 Review How do we help consumers, corporations and governments make better data-driven decisions about climate and sustainability? Examples in this category include climate intelligence companies such as Clarity and carbon footprint companies such as Joro. R2 Renew How can we turbocharge the shift in views on consumption towards re-use and recycling? In this category, we look for companies that encourage people to buy less stuff, like the community trading platform Isthmus. R3 Rethink How do we help build the infrastructure required for a dramatic expansion in remote services? This category includes companies that contribute to both sustainability and convenience, including remote work technologies like Dialpad and remote learning platforms like Skillshare. R4 Rebuild How do we help make supply chains for consumer consumption far less wasteful? In this category, we focus on companies like Treedots, which helps reduce food waste, and Super, which simplifies supply chains for consumer goods.

First dedicated fund investing in the Circular and Bio-Based Industries in Europe. As the first venture capital fund exclusively dedicated to the (circular-) bioeconomy, ECBF aims to catalyze the transition towards a sustainable future. Together with passionate and visionary entrepreneurs, we speed up the shift from a fossil-based to a circular bio-based economy and contribute to achieving the European Green Deal goals to make Europe climate neutral by 2050. For this purpose, we build pan-European market leaders by investing EUR 300m in growth-stage companies with high potential for innovation, favorable returns, and sustainable impact. In syndicates with private and public investors, we are offering flexible financing tools from equity to mezzanine. What is bioeconomy about? Bioeconomy is the transition from a fossil-based economy to a bio-based economy. This means that in the future we will have to rely on renewable biological resources to meet our needs for food, materials and energy. Therefore, it is our task to support innovative ideas that contribute to the creation of a sustainable future. An European Initiative The European Union (EU) intends to strengthen Europe's leading position in the circular bioeconomy. In 2017, the European Investment Bank (EIB) published a study stating that companies and projects in the European bioeconomy lack financing in the growth phase. This funding gap is affecting the transformation process in Europe from a linear to a sustainable circular economy. To address this gap, the EU has allocated EUR 100 million to establish a market-oriented European Growth Fund. At the end of 2018, the EIB launched a tender for the fund project. In a competitive process, the EIB selected the ECBF Management GmbH. ECBF's ESG guidelines, which guide the fund's investments, ensure that Europe's transformation to a more sustainable economy is supported.