Who are we?

Vinci is a venture capital fund focused on investing in early-stage European technology companies driving the energy transition.

Investment criteria
We are interested in markets and technologies with a strong future growth outlook, excellent teams and innovation to disrupt existing business models. While we focus on Seed to Series B rounds, we require applied concepts with a non-experimental, physical proof of concept or early commercial traction, especially if there is no IP defensibility. We are predominantly looking for European companies in energy transition space.

Ticket size

€1–5M

Geography

Europe (selectively global)

Stage

Seed – Series B

Business Model

Hardware, Software, Hybrid

Role

Co-lead/ Follow

Our thesis is built around a simple belief: the energy transition will be constrained not by generation, but by storage and system intelligence. As power systems add more renewables, batteries are becoming critical infrastructure for balancing supply and demand. We focus on technologies across the Energy transition ecosystem, from grid-scale storage systems and long-duration storage to software that helps operate and monetize these assets. In parallel, we invest in energy software used by utilities, developers, and large energy users to manage batteries, optimize dispatch, aggregate distributed assets, and participate in electricity markets. Our goal is to back companies that make energy storage more deployable, more profitable, and easier to operate at scale.

How to get in touch?

Please contact us if you like our approach and feel that you fit our investment criteria

Our Portfolio
4000 +
Number of Startups Reviewed
10
Number of Investments
350 +
Jobs Created by Portfolio Companies
Stage
Seed to Series B
Testimonials Working with Vinci