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SHIFT is managed by New Balance Impact Investors (NBI). NBI manages early stage venture capital funds with a purpose. We work with a diverse and experienced team committed to accelerate innovation by supporting the creation of great companies. Next to SHIFT Invest NBI manages the Mainport Innovation Fund.

SHIFT is a venture capital fund that exclusively invests in innovative enterprises with a significant positive environmental impact potential. We believe innovation and entrepreneurship are necessary to help restore the balance between nature and society. As an impact investor, we take financial and impact risks that conventional investors are not able or prepared to take. In doing so, we contribute to the sustainability transition. We invest in promising environmental start-ups, providing them with access to growth capital, our network and 12 years of impact investment experience.

OUR USP's

Multi-stage fund
From pre-seed all the way to commercial success

Impact focused
Profound environmental impact expertise

Valuable partner network
Strong network with involved partners

Long-term support
Relatively long-term investor with pockets for follow-on investments

Strong track record
+ 12 years track record of hands-on investments in > 45 startups 

OUR TEAM

Guus Verhees

Managing Partner

Janneke Bik

Partner

Bram Ledeboer

Partner

Florentine Fockema Andreae

Partner

Thijs Gitmans

Partner

Koen Hooning

Investment Manager

Willem Poerink

Investment Manager

Bart Budde

Investment Manager

Jonas von den Driesch

Associate

Sophie Wevers

Analyst

Quint van Honk

Analyst

Sophie van Weede

Analyst

Barend Jaspers

Analyst

Heleen De Jonge

Impact Officer

Sabine van Es

Office Manager

Pim Brekelmans

Financial Controller

Sheila Struyck

Venture Partner

Alexandre Crosby

Venture Partner

Rard Rijcken

Venture Partner

Bart Raedts

Venture Partner

Tarique Arsiwalla

Venture Partner

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OUR MISSION STATEMENT

SHIFT has a fund-level impact mission to bring back the balance between nature and society by fighting climate change, loss of biodiversity and depletion of the resources of the planet. We do so by supporting and investing in innovative start and scale ups contributing to this mission in the themes: smart food & agriculture, green industries, energy transition and sustainable mobility and logistics. 

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IMPACT REPORT

We actively support our portfolio companies in making sure impact remains a top priority. We help formally integrate impact in policy and decision making and select follow-on investors that share the same commitment. To ensure our investment and incentives schemes are aligned with our impact mission, part of our team’s success fee is dependent on the funds environmental impact performance. We perform an annual in-depth impact monitoring process together with our portfolio companies and share impact results in our Impact Report. The impact results are also discussed with our Investment Advisory and Impact Committees to check-in on progress and flag potential areas for improvement and impact maximalization.

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