Partners in Clime

The firm operates as a general-partner collective. Managing Partners Kai Blisch and Yannick Frank lead the group alongside five additional GPs — Anne Geiger, Jens Schmelzle, Steffen Abel, Till Augner, and Tobias Rieker — who jointly source and diligence deals using their own entrepreneurial networks.

Because all seven partners are current or former operators, the firm leans heavily on founder referrals from within the European green-tech ecosystem. It does not market a dedicated sourcing team; its model depends on the partners' personal networks and the inbound interest generated by its hands-on mentoring offer.

No. The firm describes itself as a collective, not a fund, and does not publish a fund size, vintage, or LP structure. Its terms of €100k+ checks with 'founder-friendly' provisions and direct mentoring indicate an angel-style syndicate rather than an institutional blind-pool vehicle.

The firm targets companies that achieve both ecological impact and standalone economic viability — what it calls 'polar bears.' It explicitly rejects the unicorn growth model in favor of sustainable unit economics and environmental additionality, filtering out ventures built on fabricated value propositions.

The firm invests exclusively in green tech and climate solutions. It is unlikely to back ventures in general SaaS, consumer marketplaces, or enterprise software unless the product directly enables decarbonization, biodiversity protection, or resource efficiency — the website portfolio shows no positions outside climate verticals.