Regeneration.VC

Welcome to the family! We are incredibly excited to announce we have partnered with Sky to takeover management of a impact investment portfolio previously incubated by Sky and formerly known as ‘Sky Ocean Ventures’. 🏆 We’ve long admired this groundbreaking portfolio as an early exemplification of our circularity-driven thesis and have already co-invested in UK champions Greyparrot and Matter. 📍 This is a big step for us to expand our European presence, and we are humbled to be able to support this exceptional cohort of founders and companies already delivering top venture performance. 👀 Across our three fund portfolios, Regeneration now counts nearly forty companies driving meaningful environmental and economic outcomes within consumer industries. Check out the portfolio to see the latest additions!

Nature Coatings enters the beauty industry with biobased carbon black. We are very excited about their launch in Walmart and selection as finalists in the Cosmetics & Toiletries Allē Awards. Traditional carbon black in cosmetics contains carcinogenic organic contaminants and has an unjustifiably high carbon footprint. Congratulations to Nature Coatings and Jane Palmer 💪

🗽 Fresh from our New York team, today we are launching a summer internship program focused on impact investing and planetary boundaries with our partner Sustainable Investing Research Initiative (SIRI) at Columbia University. The program connects top graduate talent from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and other graduate programs with leading VC investors and their portfolio companies. 📌 Register by February 15, 2025 🔹If your firm is interested in participating, use this form: https://lnkd.in/g-3WCjQJ 🔹If you are a Columbia University student, use this form: https://lnkd.in/gvjQX56Y “We have been working with Greta and the Regeneration team for more than a year now, and they have been a very special partner to SIRI. We are super excited to launch with them this first-ever Regenerative Systems VC Internship Program here at SIPA and Columbia. In today’s world, it is essential to educate and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs and investors to work towards planetary and human health. This impact VC summer internship program aims to do exactly that. We very much look forward to continue expanding our partnership with Regeneration.VC in the future.” Caroline Flammer Ph.D. | Founding Director of SIRI, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics, and Columbia SIPA’s Vice Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs "When I learned about the Sustainable Investing Research Initiative at SIPA, I had to connect with Professor Caroline— and this is how everything started. Their work on system-level investing pushing for a deeper understanding of complex systems is critical in our work as venture investors, and so is bridging academia with real-world change. I am pleased to create this opportunity for students who want to work for something that gives back more than what you put in. Excited for everything else to come with Caroline at SIRI and my broader engagement with Columbia.” Greta Bertozzini | Regeneration.VC Associate

CES 2025 News! 💡 New product launch from our portfolio company Ambient Photonics Lenovo launched a Self-Charging Bluetooth Keyboard with Ambient Photonics groundbreaking tech that allows it to charge through indoor ambient light instead of using disposable batteries. This product won Lenovo a spot on the How-To-Geek's Best of CES 2025 Keyboard award. Partnership after partnership, Ambient advanced photovoltaic cells are demonstrating that light technology, when harvested effectively, works and is definitely more convenient to consumers than changing batteries. The keyboard will launch this Spring 2025. #CES2025

Regeneration.VC is thrilled to welcome Narina Mnatsakanian as Partner and Chief Impact Officer. Narina is a true pioneer who has been championing sustainable and impact investing for nearly two decades including key roles with the United Nations and leading asset managers. Most recently she was Head of Impact Investing at UBS Asset Management where she led the development of impact framework, and advanced listed and private markets impact strategies. Prior to UBS, Narina worked at Van Lanschot Kempen as Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing and portfolio manager of the Kempen Global Impact Pool, an Article 9 multi-asset impact fund of funds. Narina will be based in Amsterdam joining officially on February 1 and will work closely with our growing international team and portfolio companies. We also extend our gratitude and congratulate Katie Hoffman who is leaving Regeneration.VC to take on a new role as General Partner at SOSV. Katie has played a key role in building Regeneration.VC and our rigorous impact measurement framework and we look forward to our continued collaboration. “We are truly excited and honored to welcome impact visionary Narina Mnatsakanian as Partner and Chief Impact Officer of Regeneration.VC. A very special thank you to Katie Hoffman, a catalyst in our firm and impact strategy, and the very best for an exciting new chapter with our friends at SOSV. ” Michael Smith, Regeneration.VC Co-founder and General Partner #impactinvesting #circulareconomy #consumerclimatech

Don't miss the The Impact At Scale Podcast With Zal Dastur interviewing our Amsterdam based partner Martijn Lopes Cardozo If you would like to have answers to these questions: ❤️🔥 How do you get attention when pitching a VC? 🪴 Where is climate VC heading and how does Regeneration.VC operate? ♻️ What is the role of circular economy and consumer brands? 🗺️ What are the underserved market and white spaces? 💲 What are some of the new evolving business models? Then this is the episode for you. For the full episode, please find the links in the comments. #circulareconomy #impactinvesting #podcast

NVIDIA stole the show on the first day of CES in Las Vegas! Our portfolio company Greyparrot is part of the NVIDIA inception program and was recently featured in their technical blog. The blog describes how NVIDIA powers the Greyparrot Analyser to identify around 90 types of waste materials on conveyor belts in under 60 milliseconds. This cutting-edge accuracy is made possible by machine learning object detection models trained on tens of millions of waste images for real-time analytics. Greyparrot’s vice president of engineering James Paterson describes: "In a large facility with many machines, it can take hours to notice a jam—and that’s money literally going down the drain and into landfills. We’re helping facilities improve throughput and quality, enabling them to process more waste while producing higher-purity products.” #Regeneration #Wastemanagement #AI

Since Trump’s reelection, there has been much debate on the impact on climate tech and impact investing and the role of Europe. Please listen to this EUVC podcast with our General Partner Michael Smith discussing this together with Hampus Jakobsson with Pale blue dot and Tobias Seikel with Planet A Ventures hosted by Andreas Munk Holm. Topics covered are: 🌎 Adapting to uncertainty: How portfolio companies are navigating mistrust and unpredictability while focusing on solving real business problems 🇨🇳 Lessons from China: Insights into China’s strategic focus on solar, EVs, and battery production, and how Europe can adopt similar multi-decade planning while fostering cross-border unity 🎲 The role of big bets: Reflecting on the fallout of Lilium and Northvolt, the group emphasizes the importance of learning from failures and continuing to back transformative projects in Europe 📈 Stimulating growth: What an ideal EU stimulus plan could look like, from collaborative cross-border energy grids to dual-use strategies between defense and green tech. We would love to hear your reflections! (See the link in the comments) #Regeneration #circulareconomy #geopolitics

As we close out the year, our overwhelming feeling is that of gratitude: 💚 Gratitude for all the world changing founders and teams in our portfolio 💜 Gratitude for the investors in our first and second fund that have put trust in us including in the launch of Fund 2 ❤️ Gratitude for our growing team, who have put heart in sole in Regeneration.VC including new Partners Jamie & Martijn 🧡 Gratitude for all our partners, co-investors many who made it to the first #Reassembly and our AGM at NY Climate Week We are very much looking forward to what’s to come in 2025. For now wishing everybody a happy, healthy, relaxing and regenerative holidays! #Regeneration #happyholidays

We are so thrilled to officially welcome Dr. Amanda Parkes as a Regeneration.VC Advisor. Dr. Amanda is a fashion scientist with over 20 years of experience in fashion innovation, sustainability, biofabrication, wearable technology, interaction design, and smart materials - spanning research, development, and product commercialization for start-ups and major tech and fashion companies. As the founding scientist and Chief Innovation Officer of our portfolio company PANGAIA, she worked to build the material science company and fashion brand. Previous career highlights include roles as the Chief Innovation Officer of FTL · Future Tech Lab, an investment fund focused on sustainable material innovations, the Chief of Technology and Research at fashion tech incubator Manufacture NY, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University Department of Architecture, teaching biomaterials, Lecturer at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Founder of fashion tech studio Skinteractive, and co-founder of Bodega Algae, a microalgae biofuels company. Amanda received a PhD & M.S. in Tangible Media from the MIT Media Lab, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and a B.A. in Art History from Stanford University. She is an international speaker & lecturer, including TED Conferences, COP, CES, World Economic Forum, World Biomarkets Summit, Vogue Innovation Prize, and The New York Times International Luxury Conference. She has been named to the The Business of Fashion 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry, Vanity Fair’s 8 Wildest Women of Silicon Valley, The Glossy 50: Fashion’s Digital Front Runners, a Verizon Pioneer of Humanability and one of Alleywatch’s 10 Most Influential People in Fashion Technology.  “Dan, Michael and the Regeneration team have crafted a truly insightful investment thesis, understanding the challenge and purpose of commercializing the best breakthrough innovations as a critical component in the infrastructure to fight climate change. I am delighted to join such a visionary team and contribute in the journey toward rebalancing our relationship with natural systems." Dr. Amanda Parkes, Regeneration.VC Advisor "It has been a great pleasure working with and getting to know Amanda over the past four years, and I am thrilled to welcome her to the Regeneration family as an Advisor. Her experience, knowledge, and guidance will be invaluable to our investment process and growing portfolio." Dan Fishman, Regeneration.VC Co-Founder & General Partner