Munich-based VC firm Ananda Impact Ventures has announced a €73 million first close of its fifth Core Impact Fund, backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF), NRW.BANK, Investcorp-Tages, the Mercator Foundation, and more than 40 family offices across Europe.
- Founded in 2009 by Florian Erber and Johannes Weber, Ananda Impact Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, technology-driven startups across Europe addressing social and environmental challenges.
- The firm manages €270 million across five funds, typically investing between €500,000 and €10 million per company, and focuses on ventures that tackle systemic problems rather than isolated sectors. Its portfolio spans climate, healthcare, biodiversity, and social inclusion, with notable investments in NatureMetrics (biodiversity monitoring), Close Loop Medicine (personalized medicine), OroraTech (wildfire detection), and IESO Digital Health (online psychotherapy).
"We went out with the thesis that we should reflect the values of our founders, anti-consensus, anti-groupthink," he says. "By staying true to our core values, we have become differentiated in the market," claims co-founder Johannes Weber.
- With its fifth fund, which completed a €73 million first close, Ananda plans to continue backing early-stage founders developing scalable, technology-driven solutions to interconnected social and environmental challenges, using a systems-level approach that spans molecular to planetary-scale innovations. The firm is certified Level 2 under the Diversity VC Standard.
