Tilia Impact Ventures

🚀✨ Tilia Partners with Moonshot Platform for Moonshot Camp The Moonshot Camp kicked off this week! It began with an intimate chat about courage in the Lobkowicz Palace with President Pavel. He spoke about the importance of serving with humility (no ego!). We then spent the afternoon in Nelahozeves Castle, discussing the future of AI and enjoying an orchestral performance in the birthplace of Antonin Dvorak. The rest of the week takes us to Ostrava, where we'll explore themes of body, mind, leadership, and innovation at the Colours of Ostrava festival grounds. This partnership is a natural fit for Tilia. Our values perfectly align with Moonshot's focus on ambitious thinking and making a positive impact. We're also excited to announce that Andrew Gray will be joining their esteemed pool of advisors for their startup programs and challenges, specifically focusing on the climate area. Big thanks to Yemi A.D. and the Moonshot team for putting on what promises to be an amazing week! #moonshotplatform #youngleaders #positiveimpact 

🌍 Have you ever flambéed a bio tofu burger meat? Thanks to Andrew Gray who did a great job while pitching Tilia Impact Ventures as it was not easy!🔥 Key takeaways from his pitch: 1️⃣ There's a funding gap in the CEE region for climate, healthcare, and education. 🌱💉📚 2️⃣ This presents a huge opportunity given regional talent, a maturing ecosystem, and a global shift towards sustainability. 🌍 3️⃣ Tilia's team of founders and operators can support CEE entrepreneurs in tackling major global issues. 🚀 Kudos to everyone from Tilia Impact Ventures for being there with us -> Petr Vitek, Jan Korous, CFA & Matyáš Adam Michel #startupgrilling #ImpactInvestment #Sustainability

🔥 We've teamed up again with Startup Kitchen this year to cook up something hot for the Prague startup community ♨

We would love to meet you in Vienna at Lead Today. Shape Tomorrow #ltst2024 conference by Female Founders and #ImpactDays today and tomorrow (June 5-6). If you want to have a chat with us, please ping our team members Silke Horakova and Magdalena Radova directly! #ltst #femaleentrepreneurs #impactinvesting #togetherinimpact

🥩 Lab cultivated meat is now the same price as traditional meat! That is the massive news this week from our portfolio company BioCraft. Their cultivated meat ingredient is now able to be produced at the same price as pet food companies are paying for traditional premium meat. And better yet, Biocraft's meat ingredient is more nutritious than traditional meat and is free from antibiotics and growth hormones. 🌎 This is a world first milestone and marks the beginning of a new age in cultivated meat becoming commercially viable. Well done to Shannon Falconer Ph.D. and her wonderful team! 😻 🐶 💙

#DeltaGreen is harnessing the power of thousands of households to balance out the fluctuations in energy caused by renewables. Delta Green's solution paves the way for greener energy at cheaper prices - ie, big impact! We are excited to partner with David, Jan, Lukas and Prokop as they build something special. Thank you CzechCrunch for sharing the news. Credo Ventures | Purple Ventures | Petr Zahradnik | HAVEL & PARTNERS | Mavericks Legal https://lnkd.in/e3KxTXu6

🌎 #Tilia’sTravels – recapping recent events on the road with our team! 🌍 Andrew Gray took to the stage in #Warsaw at the Vestbee conference to discuss being data-driven investors. As he explained, “We are evidence-driven. We invest where we see a link between the company’s product and moving the needle on a global climate or social problem”. Petr Vitek and Kamilla Racz attended ChangeNOW in #Paris where Tilia was selected out of hundreds of funds to pitch to a select group of Limited Partners. Petr made the case why there’s big business in climate, education and healthcare and why we believe that the CEE region has the right ingredients to produce world-class companies over the coming decade. Petr also attended TechChill in #Riga where he was blown away by the Baltic founder spirit. And finally, we teamed up with Csongor Biás and the team from Startup Hungary in #Budapest, hosting a private brunch to bring together ecosystem leaders from across the whole region. It is inspiring to see the increasingly coordinated approach in unifying the pockets of brilliance into a single CEE startup scene. Bonus photo: Our Resident Expert Ryan Grant Little getting together with our Arbonics co-founder Kristjan Lepik in #Tallinn. Tilia’s travels don’t end there – meet us on the road in the upcoming weeks at #0100 Conference in our hometown of #Prague; Podim Conference in #Maribor; and of course at Latitude59 in #Tallinn 🗺

🕚Here’s a flashback to an exciting and bold VC fund launch from 2023. 💸 In Q3 2023, Praha, #CzechRepublic based venture capital firm Tilia Impact Ventures successful raised €26m at first close of its second fund, with backing from the European Investment Fund (EIF)'s InvestEU programme, Česká spořitelna and Czech business leaders including Libor Winkler, Zbynek Frolik, Ondrej Bartosš, Jan Barta, Tomáš Vala, and Václav Kurel, amongst others. The Fund is targeting €32m over the next 12 months. 🌍 Central and Eastern European (#CEE) region, with a focus on #Slovakia, #Poland, #Hungary, #Romania, #Austria and #Balkans and #Baltics. 💡 The VC is sector agnostic, but impact driven. #Seedstage companies with a focus on #ESG including across #climatetech, #edtech and #healthtech. Initial tickets of €300k to €1.5m equity/convertible debt. 📈 ‘Founded in 2018, Tilia Impact Ventures has a track record of supporting social and environmental change including investing in Arbonics, The NOLD, RepairSys , Munch, BLISKO (formerly The Village Network), DeafCom, Cyrkl, DOT Glasses, MIWA Technologies, a.s. and Datlab s.r.o. 💭 “We are investing in technologies and business models that can transform entire industries and systems, rather than just provide temporary benefits.” - Andrew Gray, General Partner of Tilia Impact Ventures 💭“Our region is long known for its technical talent. But more recently we are seeing a wave of entrepreneurs who are putting their minds towards solving some of the most pressing environmental and social challenges of our time." - Petr Vitek, General Partner of Tilia Impact Ventures 🗞️ Bojan Stojkovski The Recursive https://lnkd.in/eht9xT-C 👏 For the #AudaciousInvestors unleashing innovation and empowering tomorrow🚀 Andrew Gray I Petr Vitek I Silke Horakova I Pavel Petrek I Magdalena Radova I Jan Korous, I Kamilla Rácz I Kamila Husáková I Cécile Sevrain I Philipp Haydn I Ryan Grant Little I Team Tilia Impact Ventures … #venturecapital #vc #funds #startups #entrepreneurs #funding #tech #entrepreneurship #technology #innovation #fund #venture #un #sdg

Our #ResidentExpert program is our way of extending the Tilia family with experienced founders and domain experts in order to best serve our Founders. We couldn't wish for a better fit for this challenge than Ryan Grant Little. Ryan is an impact and climate tech founder turned advisor and investor. His work focuses on removing animals from the supply chain and reducing climate impact. When we asked Ryan what he wanted to be written in his bio, he didn't mention the multiple founder exits, his prolific investment track record or his successful podcast series. He just wanted us to mention his charity CanadaHelps (which has facilitated more than $3 billion to Canadian charities in 25 years!). That speaks a lot for his character and it's the reason why we feel so privileged to have him in the family. Welcome, Ryan!

🌍 Happy Earth Day! 🌱 Today, we celebrate our planet and our commitment to back innovations and technologies which contribute to better outcomes for the planet and its people. At Tilia, our mission is clear—we invest in purpose-driven early-stage companies from the Central and Eastern Europe region and support founders to make a positive impact on People & Planet. This Earth Day, and every day, we reaffirm our dedication to that mission. By investing in and empowering impactful startups, we're driving meaningful change. These startups are at the forefront of developing groundbreaking technologies, from circular economy, agrifoodtech, energy transition and mobility to carbon capture and biodiversity, all the verticals falling under our “Planet” theme - and the potential for positive environmental impact is immense. Thanks to our heroes Cyrkl, MIWA Technologies, a.s. , RepairSys , Munch, The NOLD, Arbonics, BioCraft  for making the change for our planet and nature happen! Let's continue to champion these innovations and work together towards a more sustainable future for our Planet & People! 💚 👊 #EarthDay #ImpactInvesting