Investing in early-stage technology companies driving building innovation and energy transition
We finance and support startups and scaleups that enhance building intelligence, energy efficiency, safety, and comfort. As an open-ended ‘evergreen fund,’ we focus on long-term value and impact.
We serve as an ecosystem for our investors and portfolio companies, offering the expertise, network, and capital necessary to help you achieve your goals.
Value Proposition & Investment focus
Our Smart Building Technology definition
Ecosystem
Current investments
About us
Open ended
Focus on long term value & impact
No high pressure exits
From pre-seed to growth
Ticket sizes from 500K€ to 3M€
Eager to enter into VC syndicates
European investment focus
Sweetspot: Benelux, Nordics, DACH
Companies outside Europe if they have a European focus
Worldwide ecosystem network
To strengthen our portfolio companies
with other companies, incubators, universities
SMART
If it adds to:
Energy efficiency & sustainability
Health & comfort of living
Safety & security
BUILDING
All asset classes, from apartment to airport
Includes industrial, warehousing, commercial
Also building clusters (e.g. for microgrid, heat networks)
TECHNOLOGY
Focus on software: front-end, middleware, edge. Hardware can be part of the solution, but software is the distinguishing factor
Machine learning / AI
Sensors, actuators, components
Many buzzwords: IoT, IIoT, AIoT, BMS, NILM, BIM, AMR, CRE, IWMS, BMS, IAQ, IAM, EHSQ (to name a few)
Besides the financial investments we strongly believe in building an Ecosystem that adds value to the fund.
Ecosystem principles
Network of cross-industry players
Share know-how within Aconterra, investors and portfolio companies
Connect portfolio companies with clients, suppliers & investors
Soft approach: we support and encourage
Potential to co-work with other portfolio companies
We finance and support ‘Smart Building Technology’ companies
Aconterra Fund is a focused ‘Smart Building Technology’ venture capital fund. We finance and support European early-stage companies that make buildings more intelligent and energy efficient, safer and better to live or work in.
As an open ended ‘evergreen’ fund, Aconterra aims for long term value and impact while creating an ecosystem for its investors and portfolio companies.
Aconterra Fund, based in Antwerp – Belgium, started its operations in 2019 and has 30M€ assets under management to start with. It’s the first smart building tech VC.
It is managed by Aconterra Capital Partners, an independent Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) registered with the FSMA (the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority)