Berlin \u2014 The new WORLD FUND VC aims to invest \u20ac350 million to support foun\u00adders who are using tech solu\u00adti\u00adons to fight the climate crisis and help decar\u00adbo\u00adnize the planet. \u2014 A team led by YPOG part\u00adners Fabian Euhus and Helder Schnitt\u00adker provi\u00added compre\u00adhen\u00adsive legal and tax advice to the World Fund (WF World Fund Manage\u00adment GmbH).<\/p>\n
With more than 60 inves\u00adtors, inclu\u00adding current and former Euro\u00adpean tech foun\u00adders, the World Fund was initia\u00adted by global search engine Ecosia<\/strong> and focu\u00adses on tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies that can reduce carbon emis\u00adsi\u00adons in areas such as energy, trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion, food and agri\u00adcul\u00adture, manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring and buil\u00addings. The World Fund invests in early- and growth-stage compa\u00adnies with the highest climate perfor\u00admance poten\u00adtial (CPP), focu\u00adsing on emis\u00adsi\u00adons reduc\u00adtion poten\u00adtial of at least 100 mega\u00adtons of CO2 emis\u00adsi\u00adons per year in indus\u00adtries such as energy, trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion, cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion, food and agri\u00adcul\u00adture. To assess and measure CPP, the World Fund has deve\u00adlo\u00adped its own metho\u00addo\u00adlogy in exch\u00adange with Project Draw\u00addown, with Crane and with TU Berlin.<\/p>\n The manage\u00adment team consists of part\u00adners Tim Schu\u00adma\u00adcher<\/strong>, inves\u00adtor and entre\u00adpre\u00adneur, VC inves\u00adtor Daria Saha\u00adrova<\/strong>, sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity inves\u00adtor Craig Douglas<\/strong>, and climate tech thought leader Dani\u00adjel Visevic <\/strong>. The World Fund has set a goal of cutting two giga\u00adtons of emis\u00adsi\u00adons by 2040 \u2014 equi\u00adva\u00adlent to four percent of all global emis\u00adsi\u00adons. With this commit\u00adment, the World Fund puts the health of the planet at the center of every decis\u00adion it makes, because climate return is an early indi\u00adca\u00adtor of finan\u00adcial return. From compa\u00adnies deve\u00adlo\u00adping alter\u00adna\u00adtive prote\u00adins to energy storage solu\u00adti\u00adons and smart char\u00adging infra\u00adstruc\u00adture as a service, the World Fund targets breakth\u00adrough compa\u00adnies that have the poten\u00adtial to become market leaders. The need for venture capi\u00adtal in climate tech\u00adno\u00adlogy is over\u00adwhel\u00adming: a recent study by the German Energy Agency found that Germany alone needs \u20ac22.7 billion to achieve a posi\u00adtive climate impact by 2030.<\/p>\n About World Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n The first closing of the World Fund is plan\u00adned for the first half of 2022; the fund has alre\u00adady star\u00adted with initial invest\u00adments. His motto: We back entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs buil\u00adding climate tech for a rege\u00adne\u00adra\u00adtive world. www.worldfund.vc<\/p>\n Consul\u00adtant World Fund: YPOG<\/strong> About YPOG<\/strong> Berlin \u2014 The new WORLD FUND VC aims to invest \u20ac350 million to support foun\u00adders who are using tech solu\u00adti\u00adons to fight the climate crisis and help decar\u00adbo\u00adnize the planet. \u2014 A team led by YPOG part\u00adners Fabian Euhus and Helder Schnitt\u00adker provi\u00added compre\u00adhen\u00adsive legal and tax advice to the World Fund (WF World Fund [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1368,1369,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-venture-capital-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDr. Fabian Euhus (Co-Lead\/\u00adCor\u00adpo\u00adrate, Struc\u00adtu\u00adring), Partner
\nDr. Helder Schnitt\u00adker (Co-Lead\/\u00adTa\u00adxes), Partner
\nLenn\u00adart Lorenz (Regu\u00adla\u00adtory), Partner
\nJoel El-Qalqili (Struc\u00adtu\u00adring, Impact & ESG), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Partner
\nStefa\u00adnie Nagel (Corpo\u00adrate, Regu\u00adla\u00adtory), Associate
\nAnto\u00adnia von Treu\u00aden\u00adfeld (Impact & ESG), Associate
\nDr. Fried\u00adrich W\u00f6hlecke (Taxes), Associate<\/p>\n
\nYPOG is a specia\u00adlist tax and commer\u00adcial law firm, opera\u00adting in the core areas of corpo\u00adrate, funds, liti\u00adga\u00adtion, tax, tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, IT\/IP and nota\u00adrial services. The YPOG team advi\u00adses a wide variety of clients. These include emer\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies and family-run medium-sized enter\u00adpri\u00adses as well as corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons and private equity\/venture capi\u00adtal funds. YPOG is one of the leading addres\u00adses for venture capi\u00adtal, private equity and fund struc\u00adtu\u00adring in Germany. The firm and its part\u00adners are natio\u00adnally and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally ranked by JUVE, Best Lawy\u00aders, Legal 500, Focus, and Cham\u00adbers and Part\u00adners. Today, YPOG employs more than 70 expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced lawy\u00aders, tax advi\u00adsors, tax specia\u00adlists and a notary in three offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Colo\u00adgne. www.ypog.law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"