Momentum Play Ventures

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VCMatch tracks Momentum Play Ventures as an investor focused on Climate/Cleantech, Energy, and Manufacturing companies, Series B and Growth rounds, Netherlands, Estonia, and Europe markets, and $100k to $5m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$100k to $5m

Stages

Series B, Growth

Focus Areas

Climate/Cleantech, Energy, Manufacturing

Geography

Netherlands, Estonia, and Europe

Investment Thesis

Momentum’s investment philosophy is impact-first and long-term: they invest to create “lasting value” that goes beyond financial returns by prioritising sustainability, equality and progress and by working alongside founders to transform markets for the benefit of people, the environment and future generations. They commit capital, expertise, network and time as co-investors — taking shared risk and aiming for multi-year horizons (“Investment horizon of at least 6 years, often longer”) rather than short-term exits.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Momentum Play Ventures is most relevant for founders raising Series B and Growth rounds in Climate/Cleantech, Energy, Manufacturing, and Biotech, especially across Netherlands, Estonia, and Europe, with public check-size signals around $100k to $5m.

Focus statement

Momentum "co-invests in companies that tackle the greatest challenges of our time," with a sector focus on pioneering climate solutions and redefining leisure experiences — spanning biocommodities, leisure, life sciences, clean water and advanced lighting (nanomaterials & LEDs). They back companies with ambition to grow internationally and a (potential) market-leading or strong competitive position.

Value Add

Co-invests with its own capital and takes meaningful stakes — described as a "skin in the game" philosophy; they "always share in both the risks and the rewards."
Explicit long-term time horizon and patient capital: "Investment horizon of at least 6 years, often longer" and the principle "Patience with Purpose."
Clear impact-first mandate: "We believe in investing for impact, where returns are a means to enable innovation, drive growth, and create positive change."
No-nonsense commercial structures: "No hidden fees or complex structures—100% impact-focused."
Willingness to back large, capital-intensive scale-ups and lead follow-on rounds — evidenced by hands-on majority investments and large Series B commitments (example: Momentum Global Ventures completing a Series B of €200 million in Perpetual Next and additional multi‑tens‑of‑millions follow-on capital).
Operator-style support: they invest "not only our capital, but also our expertise, network, and time," indicating active partnership beyond passive financing.
Sector-specific engineering & industrial scale capability: active involvement in complex projects (e.g., torrefaction/biomethanol production sites, construction of large reactors and multiple production facilities) rather than only early-stage software plays.