About This Fund
Axeleo Capital Green Tech Industry I is the debut climate and industrial technology fund raised by Axeleo Capital, an independent French venture capital manager that has expanded its platform from B2B enterprise software into the green economy. The fund represents Axeleo Capital's strategic entry into deep industrial technology, targeting European startups at the critical transition from laboratory to first commercial factory, addressing the capital gap between research grants and scaled manufacturing investment.
The fund focuses on financing the first commercial factories of European industrial startups dedicated to the ecological transition, investing across four impact-driven verticals: energy technologies including novel renewable energy sources and storage systems; chemistry and advanced materials including biomaterials and plastics recycling; agriculture and food systems including bio-based fertilizers, pesticides, and food innovation; and sustainable mobility including electric motor technologies and decarbonization of air and sea transportation. Axeleo targets 15 to 20 investments across Europe with lead ticket sizes ranging from EUR 3 million to EUR 10 million, focusing on founders with proprietary technology and a credible path to scaled industrial production.
Axeleo Capital Green Tech Industry I announced a first close at EUR 125 million in November 2024 against a total target of EUR 250 million. Anchor commitments came from the Révolution Environnementale et Solidaire fund (Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale), Bpifrance via the Fonds National de Venture Industriel as part of France's Plan France 2030 industrial policy, and the Veolia environmental services group. The fund is actively fundraising toward its EUR 250 million target, making it one of the largest dedicated industrial climate tech vehicles raised in France.