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Contrarian Ventures

13 employees

Hands-on, community-focused and founders vetted European early-stage investors committed to net-zero

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Software16
Information Technology13
Energy11
Logistics10
Big Data9
Renewable Energy9
Transportation7
E-Commerce6
Delivery6
Delivery Service6
Food Delivery6
Energy Efficiency6
Artificial Intelligence5
CleanTech5
Solar5
SaaS5
Analytics5
Drones5
Electric Vehicle4
Information Services4

Funding rounds participated in

$539K sweet spot round size

Most of their 35 investments are in rounds between $575K and $6.4M

Investor type

Venture Capital

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

Early-Stage
Startups
Private Equity
Energy
E-Mobility
Investments
Venture
Venture Capital

Date founded

2017

Investments made

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Ember raised $2.3M on April 5, 2023

Investors: Pale Blue Dot and Contrarian Ventures

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CHOOOSE raised $15M on January 13, 2023

Investors: Vinyl Capital, Sound Ventures, GenZero and Contrarian Ventures

V

Vianova I/O raised $6.4M on December 22, 2022

Investors: La Poste Ventures, Ponooc, RATP capital Innovation, XAnge and Contrarian Ventures

B

BeZero Carbon raised $50M on November 14, 2022

Investors: Quantum Energy Partners, Illuminate Financial, QIMA, Interactive Data, Norrsken VC, Hitachi Ventures, Molten Ventures and Contrarian Ventures

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Inbalance grid raised $791K on May 1, 2022

Investors: Contrarian Ventures

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Vianova raised $1.1M on November 15, 2021

Investors: RATP capital Innovation, Ponooc and Contrarian Ventures

Z

Zoomo raised $30M on November 15, 2021

Investors: ArcTern Ventures, Maniv Mobility, Clean Energy Finance Corporation, AirTree, Skip Capital and Contrarian Ventures

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Inbalance grid raised $1.7M on October 18, 2021

Investors: Contrarian Ventures

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PVcase raised $23M on October 5, 2021

Investors: Practica Capital, Elephant and Contrarian Ventures

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Urbio raised $2M on September 27, 2021

Investors: Third Sphere and Contrarian Ventures

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