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European Circular Bioeconomy Fund
Venture capital · Bonn, Germany · Europe
ECBF is a venture capital firm focused on the bioeconomy and circular economy, investing in companies across sectors from food to industrial solutions. It provides flexible financing in syndicates with private and public investors and supports portfolio companies with sector expertise and a pan-European network.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture
In its own wordsbioeconomycircular economyagtechbiotechfoodtechsustainable materials
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Or find every investor that fitsEuropean Circular Bioeconomy Fund lists 21 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 60% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (46%), Food & Agriculture (18%) and Space & Defense (9%). It invests most often alongside Pymwymic, Capagro and Qbic.
Counts come from funding rounds that name European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not European Circular Bioeconomy Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 21. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 60% |
| Series B | 20% |
| Growth | 20% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 1 | 1 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 2 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 53th | 21 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 94th | 24% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 80th | 46% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 97th | 12 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 46% | 18% |
| Food & Agriculture | 18% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
| Climate & Energy | 3% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 3% | 5% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Pymwymic | 3 |
| Capagro | 2 |
| Qbic | 2 |
| Sofinnova Partners | 2 |
| APEX Ventures | 1 |
| Advisors.Fund | 1 |
| Agri Investment Fund | 1 |
| Ananda Impact Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers21100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare European Circular Bioeconomy Fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with European Circular Bioeconomy Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 2026 | Series A | |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Series A Led | |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Series C+ | |
| 17 Sept 2025 | Series B Led | |
| 4 Sept 2023 | Series A Led |
Round details for European Circular Bioeconomy Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in European Circular Bioeconomy Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
21 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amphistar develops, produces, and sells biosurfactants made from biobased waste and side streams for various applications | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Biosyntia produces nutrition and health products using natural ingredients and unique technology. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Doktar transforms agricultural operations with a holistic, data-driven approach. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ecoat develops and sells bio-based binders for the coatings and paints industry | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Ecorobotix develops and sells AI-powered precision agriculture technology, including sprayers that use artificial intelligence to detect and treat crops and weeds. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2025Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Elicit Plant develops solutions to help crop growers mitigate the effects of climate change and water scarcity on field crops. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Heura produces plant-based meat alternatives | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides virtual fencing for livestock. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| Nuritas discovers and decodes nature's hidden peptides to power the next generation of health solutions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| OroraTech provides a wildfire management platform that delivers insights and support for teams protecting forests, communities, and critical assets. | Climate & EnergyAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Packmatic helps companies find and source packaging suppliers and reduce packaging costs | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Paptic produces a bio-based, recyclable, reusable, next-generation packaging material made of renewable raw materials. | Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Sept 2023Series A | Page + round | |
| Protix provides insect-based solutions for feed and farming. | AI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs natural ingredients for food developers and chefs. | Food & Agriculture | Feb 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| The company designs life-inspired technologies and works with living agents and organic matter to reshape how things are made | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides real-time smart pest monitoring and forecasting services | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Vegdog develops and sells vegan dog food | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Wakuli sells coffee and related products online. | Food & Agriculture | Dec 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| The company develops and provides heating and sealing solutions for packaging and high-tech industries | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- ecbf.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 4 Sept 2023
- Companies checked
- 21
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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