Business angels join forces

Under the name Better Ventures, a new business angel club aims to invest primarily in sustainable start-ups.

30 experienced founders have joined forces to form the new business angel club Better Ventures. Together, they want to finance start-ups in the pre-seed and seed phase and advise new founders on building up their company. The business angels include, for example, Flaschenpost founder Stephen Weich, Everdrop founders David Löwe and Christian Becker and Ankerkraut founders Anna and Stefan Lemcke.

Kartenmacherei founder Christoph Behn, Cedric Duvinage and Tina Dreimann initiated Better Ventures. The focus is on start-ups that are sustainable and have an impact on people's lives. "We are looking for ideas that improve the world. Of course, this includes ideas that reduce CO2 emissions and plastic, but the topic is even more complex. For me, business models that benefit society are also sustainable, for example new products that enable parents to take better care of their children," said Behn in a Startbase interview back in February.

A mid-six-figure sum is to be invested per start-up. Better Ventures' portfolio already includes the manufacturer of sustainable cleaning products Everdrop and the transportation start-up Liefergrün.