KfW Capital Awards presented for the first time

Manon Sarah Littek is "Best Female Investor". The venture capital fund "Extantia Capital" receives the award for "Best Impact Investor".

KfW Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), has presented the "KfW Capital Awards" in two categories. Manon Sarah Littek, who founded the impact fund Green Generation Fund together with serial founder Hanna Ensthaler, was named "Best Female Investor 2022". After an oversubscribed first closing, the fund has already raised 100 million euros from 30 investors. Littek's fund specializes in food and greentech companies. The prizewinner herself also sits on the supervisory board of Upfield, the world's largest plant-based food company. Littek completed her doctorate at the Free University in Berlin and studied at Oxford. She was then CEO of Katjesgreenfood and Managing Director of DLD Ventures, among other things.

The prize in the second category "Best Impact Investor" was awarded by the five-member jury to the venture capital fund Extantia Capital. According to the jury's statement, the investor only invests in start-ups that want to make a technological contribution to reducing CO2 emissions. "We want to find solutions that will be able to save 100 megatons of CO2 on day X in the future," says founder Sebastian Heitmann about his fund. In terms of returns, Extantia is on a par with conventional VC funds.

The KfW jury also wanted to set an example with the award categories and the award winners. "With the two chosen categories, we are highlighting the topics of diversity/gender and impact, which are still underrepresented in the venture capital ecosystem," says KfW Capital Managing Director Jörg Goschin. "We are very pleased to have two outstanding award winners with a signal effect.