About This Fund
Axeleo Green Tech Industry I (GTI I) is a venture capital fund dedicated to backing industrial deep-tech startups at the forefront of Europe's ecological transition. Managed by Paris-based Axeleo Capital, the fund reached a first close of €125 million in November 2024, against a target of €250 million, and has been awarded the Tibi label — France's national recognition for funds backing technology innovation — in acknowledgment of its contribution to a sustainable European industrial ecosystem.
GTI I focuses on post-research-and-development companies preparing to launch their first production facilities and initial commercialization phases. The fund targets four core sectors of the green economy: Energy, including renewable energy production and storage systems; Chemicals and Materials, covering biomaterials and plastics recycling; Agriculture and Food, addressing bio-based fertilizers, pesticides, and food innovation; and Mobility, supporting electric motors and the decarbonization of aviation and maritime transport. The fund plans to make 15 to 20 lead investments across Europe, with ticket sizes ranging from €3 million to €10 million per company.
The initial LP base includes Bpifrance, Veolia Group, and Crédit Mutuel as anchor institutional and industrial partners, complemented by Axeleo Capital's network of strategic investors aligned with the green transition. The first portfolio company announced was Sweetch Energy, a French pioneer in osmotic renewable energy generation. GTI I represents Axeleo Capital's largest fund to date and builds on the firm's established track record as a specialist backer of deep-tech and industrial innovation startups in France and across Europe.