The Revent Newsletter - Spring 2025
Dear Reventors & Friends,
2025 is already shaping up to be an exciting year at Revent. From launching our second fund to publishing new research and doubling down on one of our most important themes: empowerment, to big wins in our portfolio and new faces on the team, it's been a great journey, and weโre thrilled to bring you along for whatโs next.
As always, if you know an outstanding founder building in climate, health, or empowerment, send them our way, weโd love to meet them!
Now, onto the latest from our world:
๐ Revent Fund II Has Launched
Weโre incredibly proud to launch Revent Fund II! This โฌ100M fund is our next step in backing founders who are building companies that are both big and important in climate, health, and empowerment. Fund II builds on everything weโve learned so far and doubles down on our belief that companies can generate exceptional financial returns while driving the key transitions required to build a healthier, fairer, and a more resilient future for the next generations. We're here to support the next wave of entrepreneurs who want to shape the world and make it better for everyone. You can read more about it here.
๐ New Impact Report & The Real Value Framework
Our 2024 Impact Report is live and it's full of insights. Weโre now tracking performance across 20 portfolio companies, with standout metrics including a 2.96x impact multiple, 1.2 million tonnes of COโ avoided, and over 790,000 lives improved.
This year also marks the launch of our Real Value Frameworkโa breakthrough methodology for translating human and natural capital into financial terms. Powered by a proprietary translation factor database, the Real Value framework helps us quantify the societal upside of solving big problems, unlocking clearer investment theses and impact visibility.
โ Empowerment: An Underrated Opportunity
๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ and itโs time we gave it center stage. At its essence, empowerment means expanding agency: helping people gain the tools, rights, and confidence to shape their futures.
We see huge potential in:
๐ธ Financial Empowerment: building resilience through smarter financial tools
๐ฉโ๐ป Labour Empowerment: enabling inclusive re-skilling in the age of AI
๐๏ธ Societal Empowerment: restoring trust and capability in institutions
These areas are filled with founders building solutions securing societal health and we are here to back them.
๐งฌ Portfolio Highlights
Avelios successfully raised $30 million in a Series A, led by Sequoia Capital. Their continued success is a testament to the growing demand for their technology in the healthcare space. More details here.
Powernaut develops a software platform that connects energy assets like batteries, heat pumps, and EVs with energy traders, enabling real-time grid balancing, cost reduction, and dynamic tariffs through a value-based flexibility fee model. Read more here.
We've recently made three investments that we plan to reveal in the coming months. These include a game-changing photovoltaic self-consumption solution, a comprehensive digital platform for PV installers, and a Berlin-based startup streamlining energy-efficient renovations for residential buildings
Stay tuned for more good news to comeโฆ
๐ Meet the New Reventors
Oana joined us as Head of Community, bringing deep experience from Point Nine, where she supported founders navigating early-stage growth. Sheโs passionate about building vibrant, supportive ecosystems for impact-driven entrepreneurs.
Julia, our VP of Finance & Operations has a passion for building scalable finance functions that enable founders to focus on growth. With a background in finance advisory at KPMG, she transitioned into venture as the CFO at Atlantic Labs, where she built and scaled the finance function from the ground up. Julia later worked at CoCo Finance as an interim CFO, helping startups navigate financial and operational challenges.
Albert, our new Head of Impact is no stranger to rolling up his sleeves for high-impact work. Before Revent, he was the third hire at Sourceful, where he built a platform to decarbonize e-commerce supply chains. Heโs also spent time researching energy and climate transitions, always looking for ways tech can drive positive change.
Weโre thrilled to have them onboard!
๐ฃ Join the Tribe
Our portfolio companies are looking for top talent to help scale their impact. A few standout roles:
Data Scientist @ Forward Earth
Customer Success Manager @ Granular
Senior Product Designer @ Tomorrow
Weโve got open positions, check out the Revent Job Board!
๐ฑ Into the Wild
Franca moved to Paris! Revent just got a little more French ๐ซ๐ท (and a lot more croissants). If you're building in France, sheโs your go-to and weโre excited to grow our presence there.
Otto will be at Hinterland of Things on June 5, 2025, in Bielefeld, exploring how family-owned businesses, startups, and VCs can collaborate to unlock innovation. Reach out if youโre there!
We're heading to HLTH Europe from June 16 - 19, 2025, in Amsterdam, to dive into the future of health and care. If you're around, weโd love to meet.
Lauren is joining SuperReturn International from June 2 - 6, 2025, in Berlin, to talk about capital, community, and building lasting impact in venture.
Thatโs it for nowโthank you for being part of our journey. We canโt wait to share more updates soon!
P.S. Rare footage below: all three Revent partners in one frame, holding wine instead of pitch decks, smiling into the same direction and pretending the wind wasnโt working against their hairstyles ๐.
