Future Positive Capital

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Updated: Jan 6, 2026 ·

About

Future Positive Capital invests in European companies that drive innovation to solve universal challenges on a planetary scale, focusing on sustainability and technology.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Feb 12, 2026	Tangible	$4.3M Seed	Pale blue dot	Aperture.co, MMC Ventures, Prototype Capital, SDAC Ventures, Unruly Capital
Jun 1, 2025	Aerones	$62.0M Series B	—	Change Ventures, Y Combinator, Jaan Tallinn, James Berdigans, Janis Krums, Mantas Mikuckas
Jan 1, 2025	Allara	$26.0M Series B	—	Addition, Forerunner Ventures, David Krane, GV, Hardware Club, Index Ventures, Proximo Ventures, #SecretFund, True Ventures, Clement Benoit, Fanny Surjana, Harold Mechelynck, Romain Afflelou, Thibaud Elziere
Sep 1, 2024	Cowboy	$4.0M Venture Round	—	50 Partners Impact, Addition, Hardware Club, Heartcore Capital, Index Ventures, Proximo Ventures, #SecretFund, Clement Benoit, Harold Mechelynck, Paulin Dementhon, Romain Afflelou, Thibaud Elziere
Nov 1, 2023	Walk15	$540K Seed	—	Change Ventures, Y Combinator, Jaan Tallinn, James Berdigans, Janis Krums
Feb 1, 2023	Future Fields	$11.0M Series A	—	468 Capital, Asylum Ventures, Bee Partners, BoxOne Ventures, Divergent Capital, GE Ventures, SOSV, Toyota Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Rob May
Jan 1, 2023	Relectrify	$9.0M Series A	—	At One Ventures, Creative Ventures, EDP Ventures, GE Ventures, GS Futures, Toyota Ventures, Union Square Ventures
Dec 1, 2022	Aerones	$32.0M Series A	—	Change Ventures, GE Ventures, Market One Capital, Toyota Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Jaan Tallinn, James Berdigans, Janis Krums, Mantas Mikuckas, Thomas Plantenga
May 1, 2022	Possible Finance	$20.0M Venture Round	—	GE Ventures, Golden Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Sweet Capital, Toyota Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Larry Braitman, Lawrence Braitman, Todd Rovak, Trevor Wright
Apr 1, 2022	Aerones	$9.0M Seed	—	Change Ventures, GE Ventures, Market One Capital, Toyota Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Jaan Tallinn, James Berdigans, Janis Krums, Kristjan Vilosius, Mantas Mikuckas, Martin Tajur, Thomas Plantenga
Apr 1, 2022	Anthropic	$580.0M Series B	—	Alt Capital, Browder Capital, Change Ventures, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Summit Partners, TCV, The Hit Forge, Y Combinator, Christina Cacioppo, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Immad Akhund, James Berdigans, Janis Krums, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Mantas Mikuckas, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen
Apr 1, 2022	Brilliant Planet	$12.0M Series A	—	Astanor Ventures, Rexhep Dollaku, FJ Labs, GE Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Molten Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Playground Global, Toyota Ventures, True Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Visionaire Ventures, Jeffrey Wilke, Raj Gollamudi
Feb 1, 2022	Facilio	$35.0M Series B	—	Addition, B Capital Group, Bora&Sons, Broadway Angels, Builders VC, CVS Health, Ali Tamaseb, Dragoneer Investment Group, Gradient Ventures, Hardware Club, Index Ventures, Proximo Ventures, PS Investments, #SecretFund, Aaron Patzer, Clement Benoit, Hana Besbes, Harold Mechelynck, Nimit Maru, Parker Harris, Ran Makavy, Romain Afflelou, Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Thibaud Elziere, Vivek Garipalli
Jan 1, 2022	Cowboy	$80.0M Series C	—	10100, 50 Partners Impact, Addition, BoxGroup, ENIAC Ventures, Founder Collective, M.G. Siegler, Hardware Club, Heartcore Capital, Index Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Proximo Ventures, #SecretFund, Staircase Ventures, Y Combinator, Ade Olonoh, Clement Benoit, Harold Mechelynck, Louis Beryl, MG Siegler, Paulin Dementhon, Romain Afflelou, Thibaud Elziere
Nov 1, 2021	SignalRank	$5.0M Seed	—	Altair Capital Management, American Express Ventures, Astanor Ventures, B Capital Group, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Coatue, Company Capital, CP Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, Founders Fund, Future Shape, Healthy Ventures, Insight Partners, Jigsaw VC, Mayfield, Molten Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Walden International, Zigg Capital, Aaron Peterman, Bart Swanson, John M. Mueller
Aug 1, 2021	Wild Earth	$23.0M Series A	—	At One Ventures, Big Idea Ventures, Lionheart Ventures, SOSV, Lori Greiner, Peter Bodenheimer
Jun 1, 2021	Maroo	$830K Seed	—	Acrobator Ventures, Astanor Ventures, Atomico, Broadway Angels, Darco Capital, Davidovs VC, Felicis Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Founders Fund, Hack VC, Jlabs, Kleiner Perkins, Molten Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Plug & Play Ventures, Silicon Valley Connect, Soma Capital, Theory Ventures, TQ Ventures, Unconventional Ventures, Y Combinator, Anil Stocker, Chafic Kazoun, Colin Carrier, Gabriel Jarrosson, Ido Leffler, Ilya Golubovich, Ilya Kondrashov, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Lin, Loic Le Meur, Manish Patel, Ron Pragides, Sam Shank, Shervin Pishevar
May 1, 2021	Cervest	$23.0M Series A	—	Astanor Ventures, Draper Associates, Molten Ventures, NFX, Outrun Ventures, Passion Capital, Point Judith Capital, Errol Damelin, Paul Forster
May 1, 2021	Anthropic	$120.0M Series A	—	Boldstart Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Change Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Piva Capital, SOSV, Y Combinator, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, James Berdigans, Janis Krums, Mantas Mikuckas
Mar 1, 2021	Detail	$2.0M Seed	—	Acadian Ventures, Accel, Air Street Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Balderton Capital, Bedrock Capital, Bling Capital, BoxGroup, Cambrian Ventures, Change Ventures, Connect Ventures, Conversion Capital, Emergence Capital, Episode 1 Ventures, Extantia Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Hyper, Indeed.com, JLL Spark, Kearny Jackson, Kompas VC, mExpand Family Office, MMC Ventures, monashees, Oak HC/FT, Salesforce Ventures, SBK Tech Ventures, Slack Fund, SNR, Social Capital, Soma Capital, SV Latam Fund, TY, Ulu Ventures, World Fund, Y Combinator, Alexander Ljung, Andrus Purde, Arthur Kosten, Christian Vollmann, David Rosenberg, Eric Nadalin, Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss, Garrett Koehn, Gokul Rajaram, Jaan Tallinn, James Berdigans, Janis Krums, Mantas Mikuckas, Märt Kelder, Othman Laraki, Roger Bamford, Sam Altman, Tony Jamous, Vinay Hiremath
Aug 1, 2020	ANA Therapeutics	$5.0M Seed	—	A Capital, Album VC, AME Cloud Ventures, Chloe Sladden, Atomic, Balderton Capital, CASC Ventures, Change Ventures, Cisco Investments, Compound, First Round Capital, FTAC Ventures, General Catalyst, Golden Ventures, Green Generation Fund, Grit Ventures, Hardware Club, Helium-3 Ventures, Incite Ventures, Kickstart Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matter Venture Partners, Mayfield, Next47, Northpond Ventures, Offline Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Polaris Partners, Reach Capital, Refactor Capital, Sandbox Industries, SOSV, SV Angel, Team Builder Ventures, Tencent Holdings, Tet Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Y Combinator, Apoorva Ruparel, Ben Davenport, DJ Patil, Eric Feng, George Godula, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Jaan Tallinn, James Berdigans, Janis Krums, Justin Mateen, Mantas Mikuckas, Oliver Friedrichs, Peter Preston, Rob May, Stefan Ciecierski, Vishal Rao
Jul 1, 2020	Cowboy	$27.0M Series B	—	10100, 50 Partners Impact, Addition, BoxGroup, ENIAC Ventures, Founder Collective, M.G. Siegler, Hardware Club, Heartcore Capital, Index Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Proximo Ventures, #SecretFund, Staircase Ventures, Y Combinator, Ade Olonoh, Clement Benoit, Harold Mechelynck, Louis Beryl, MG Siegler, Paulin Dementhon, Romain Afflelou, Thibaud Elziere
Jun 1, 2020	Aerones	$2.0M Seed	—	3one4 Capital, Addition, AngelList, Change Ventures, DFJ, Foundry Group, General Catalyst, MUFG Innovation Partners, NFX, Hans Tung, Quiet Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Team Ignite Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Y Combinator, Brad Bao, Evan Moore, Jaan Tallinn, James Berdigans, Janis Krums, Mantas Mikuckas
Apr 1, 2020	Dendra Systems	$12.0M Series A	—	AIIM Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, At One Ventures, Lionheart Ventures, Peak State Ventures, Tensility Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Eric Wu, Mike Hennessey, Sunil Paul
Jul 1, 2019	Cervest	$4.0M Seed	—	Astanor Ventures, Draper Associates, Point Judith Capital

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Leadership Team

Key people at Future Positive Capital.

Leadership Team

Key people at Future Positive Capital.

Deep Dive

Future Positive Capital is a Paris-based venture capital firm that invests primarily in early-stage technology companies applying advanced technologies to address large-scale global challenges, particularly in sustainability, climate tech, health tech, robotics, and biotech. Their mission is to back startups that offer breakthrough solutions with measurable societal and environmental impact, blending financial growth with positive global outcomes. They typically invest between €500K and €3M in seed and Series A rounds, focusing on companies with proven product-market fit and aiming for transformative improvements, such as 100x advancements over existing technologies. The firm actively supports founders by aligning incentives around long-term financial success and societal impact, contributing to a startup ecosystem that prioritizes innovation for universal challenges[2][3][5].

Founded in 2016 by Sofia Hmich, Future Positive Capital has evolved with a strong European focus, especially in France and the UK, while seeking scalable global solutions. The firm’s origin is rooted in the recognition of accelerating global challenges—climate change, demographic shifts, and systemic disruptions—and the simultaneous emergence of entrepreneurs capable of creating exponential technological solutions. This vision drives their investment thesis, which integrates market, social, environmental, innovation, and human values into a holistic valuation approach. Early traction has come from backing companies like Ouihelp, Brilliant Planet, and Sweetch Energy, which address issues from ecosystem restoration to supply chain transparency[2][4][6].

Core Differentiators

Holistic Investment Model: Combines financial, social, environmental, innovation, and human value to assess and support portfolio companies.
Focus on Breakthrough Technologies: Prioritizes companies with proprietary scientific assets and solutions that create new markets or serve overlooked demographics.
Active Founder Engagement: Maintains ongoing dialogue and board involvement, setting “Positive Goals” as non-financial milestones tied to carried interest.
Sector Expertise: Deep focus on climate tech, health tech, robotics, biotech, and sustainability-driven innovations.
European Roots with Global Ambition: Strong presence in Europe with a strategy to scale solutions worldwide[2][3].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Future Positive Capital rides the convergence of accelerating technological innovation and urgent global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality. The timing is critical as exponential advancements in AI, robotics, synthetic biology, and clean energy technologies open unprecedented market opportunities aligned with sustainability goals. The firm leverages these macro trends—demographic shifts, regulatory changes, and evolving consumer preferences—to back entrepreneurs who redesign systems and rethink economies. By doing so, Future Positive Capital influences the broader ecosystem by fostering companies that not only generate financial returns but also drive systemic change toward preferable futures[5][6][7].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Future Positive Capital is positioned to deepen its impact by scaling investments in breakthrough technologies that address urgent planetary and societal needs. Trends such as AI-driven climate solutions, synthetic biology for sustainable materials, and robotics for health and environmental monitoring will likely shape their portfolio evolution. Their influence may grow as they continue to refine their impact measurement methodologies and strengthen founder partnerships, potentially becoming a leading force in venture capital that integrates sustainability and technology at its core. This aligns with their founding vision of being a tipping point where entrepreneurial audacity meets the complexity of global challenges, charting courses toward futures we aspire to live in[3][5][6].

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Core Differentiators

Holistic Investment Model: Combines financial, social, environmental, innovation, and human value to assess and support portfolio companies.
Focus on Breakthrough Technologies: Prioritizes companies with proprietary scientific assets and solutions that create new markets or serve overlooked demographics.
Active Founder Engagement: Maintains ongoing dialogue and board involvement, setting “Positive Goals” as non-financial milestones tied to carried interest.
Sector Expertise: Deep focus on climate tech, health tech, robotics, biotech, and sustainability-driven innovations.
European Roots with Global Ambition: Strong presence in Europe with a strategy to scale solutions worldwide[2][3].