Wind Capital

Overview

Wind Capital is a conviction-led venture capital firm investing in early-stage European deeptech startups addressing climate challenges. Founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneurs Thierry Vandewalle and Xavier Gury, the firm focuses on sectors such as circular manufacturing, sustainable food and clean water systems, energy efficiency, sustainable construction, and new materials. Wind Capital's mission is to support startups using technologies like decarbonization, AI, and robotics to create practical solutions for essential service industries, ensuring they thrive in a climate-challenged world. Over the past decade, Wind Capital has invested in 90 companies worldwide, generating more than $4.6 billion in value creation. The firm recently closed its first €90 million for Wind II, a debut climate tech fund targeting early-stage European deeptech startups tackling the climate crisis head-on. This fund aims to invest in 30 startups, with ticket sizes varying from €500,000 to €5 million. Wind Capital's investors include institutional players such as Bpifrance, BNP Paribas, Sopra Steria, and over 120 successful entrepreneurs to date. The final closing of the fund is expected to take place in 2025, with room for new strategic investors who wish to bring their value-add to this exceptional journey. Wind Capital's investment strategy goes beyond capital, providing active support and engagement to its portfolio founders, helping them navigate market challenges and drive growth. The firm's approach is characterized by swift, intuitive decisions, trusting in the ideas and abilities of entrepreneurs to drive market disruption with pioneering solutions for a sustainable future. Wind Capital's commitment to sustainability and positive climate impact is evident in its investment focus and the success of its portfolio companies in addressing global environmental challenges. Wind Capital's recent activities include the launch of Wind II, a €130 million fund that has exceeded expectations, reaching €90 million at its first closing. The fund is designed to fuel the development of highly innovative solutions across Europe's vital services and infrastructure industries, with a particular emphasis on climate adaptation and resilience. The firm's founders, Vandewalle and Gury, have a track record of launching and exiting multiple companies, including WCube, a data agency sold to Publicis in 2007. Leveraging their earnings, they founded Wind Capital I, a €23 million evergreen fund, characterized by the active support and engagement provided to its portfolio founders. Wind Capital's investment thesis covers sectors such as circular manufacturing, sustainable food and clean water systems, energy efficiency, sustainable construction, and new materials. The firm's strategy involves partnering with entrepreneurs who are reimagining the way we eat, move, and live, creating smarter, more balanced systems that support both people and the planet. Wind Capital's approach is to find, fund, and power European innovators who are shaping the future with solutions that meet humanity's needs without compromising the planet. The firm's results speak volumes, with over 90 companies powered and 27 successful exits in the past 10 years. Wind Capital's commitment to sustainability and positive climate impact is evident in its investment focus and the success of its portfolio companies in addressing global environmental challenges. Wind Capital's recent activities include the launch of Wind II, a €130 million fund that has exceeded expectations, reaching €90 million at its first closing. The fund is designed to fuel the development of highly innovative solutions across Europe's vital services and infrastructure industries, with a particular emphasis on climate adaptation and resilience. The firm's founders, Vandewalle and Gury, have a track record of launching and exiting multiple companies, including WCube, a data agency sold to Publicis in 2007. Leveraging their earnings, t

Investment Focus

• Early-stage deeptech startups addressing climate challenges
• Focus on sectors such as circular manufacturing, sustainable food and clean water systems, energy efficiency, sustainable construction, and new materials
• Commitment to sustainability and positive climate impact
• Innovative solutions with scalability and business models to shift hard-to-abate sectors
• European market focus, with investments in countries including France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria

Portfolio Companies