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The Footprint Firm
Venture capital · Copenhagen, Denmark · Europe
The Footprint Firm is a Danish firm with two activities: an advisory practice that helps established companies, investors and public institutions turn sustainability ambitions into strategy and measurable business value, and an investment arm that backs founders building solutions for the transition economy. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Copenhagen.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsclimatesustainabilitygreen transitionimpactdecarbonisationbiodiversity
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Or find every investor that fitsThe Footprint Firm lists 22 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (27%), Industrial & Manufacturing (20%) and Space & Defense (15%). 67% of its companies are based in Denmark. It invests most often alongside Antler, 2080 Ventures and 4impact capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name The Footprint Firm, 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 The Footprint Firm's whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 22. 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 | 50% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 55th | 22 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 96th | 27% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 41th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 27% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 20% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 15% | 3% |
| Education | 15% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 5% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
| Climate & Energy | 2% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 2% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Antler | 2 |
| 2080 Ventures | 1 |
| 4impact capital | 1 |
| ACME Capital | 1 |
| Ananda Impact Ventures | 1 |
| Atlantic | 1 |
| Bain Capital Ventures | 1 |
| Basecamp Fund | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers22100%
- 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 The Footprint Firm 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 The Footprint Firm| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 8 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Series A | |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Seed | |
| 30 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for The Footprint Firm
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in The Footprint Firm's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
22 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops and applies bio-intelligence technology for the physical world, particularly in the bio-manufacturing industry. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Dynelectro designs and manufactures electrolyser units for hydrogen, ammonia, and e-fuel production | Industrial & ManufacturingEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Enerin manufactures industrial heat pumps, including the HoegTemp, which uses a reversed Stirling cycle to deliver steam and cooling. | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Nov 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Ento produces high-value feed for the agriculture industry using food waste and insect biology | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| FoodOp provides a platform for professional kitchens to plan, cost, and publish menus, order from suppliers, and report on food cost, waste, and CO₂e. | Food & AgricultureSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Legacy offers at-home sperm testing and sperm freezing services. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| GreenShift optimizes cloud computing by eliminating waste at the application layer | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Grums sells skincare and other personal care products | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Klimate helps businesses establish and implement carbon removal strategies through its platform and expert guidance. | Space & DefenseReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Kvasir Technologies converts plant biomass into a substitute for fossil fuel in a simple, sustainable and scalable way. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides on-device and on-premises artificial intelligence solutions for enterprises. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Nordic Salt Cycle recovers critical raw materials by industrializing molten salt processing | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Nov 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Octarine Bio develops and produces bio-based colourants for various industries using synthetic biology and enzyme technology | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Jan 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| PerfectSeason develops and sells food products with a focus on ecology and minimal processing. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| PerPlant develops and sells an AI-powered camera system for tractors to detect anomalies and optimize inputs in real-time. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Reel supplies electricity to energy-intensive companies and balances and trades energy for renewable energy producers. | EducationEducation | May 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| The company produces and sells a natural, non-toxic plant nutrient solution for climate-friendly crop agriculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| SemperCycle converts hard-to-recycle plastic waste into syngas and other valuable chemical feedstocks, such as methanol, for the chemical industry. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Søuld creates acoustic products made from eelgrass for indoor environments with comfortable acoustics | Space & DefenseReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Super6 is engineering the world's most advanced and accessible supercapacitors, unlocking high-power energy storage for a more sustainable world. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- thefootprintfirm.com
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 30 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 22
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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