Planet A is an investment fund partnering with European green tech startups that have a positive impact on our planet while building scalable businesses globally. The venture capital firm’s mission is to contribute to an economy within the planetary boundaries. Planet A supports innovation in four key areas: climate mitigation, waste reduction, resource savings and biodiversity protection.
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IPAF Rating
The IPAF successively assesses two dimensions of the impact potential of financial products. First, it assesses the (maximum) impact potential of financial products based on impact mechanisms they supposedly apply (in relation to communicated elements in marketing documents). Those impact mechanisms are the ones widely documented by academic research: Grow new/undersupplied markets ; Provide flexible capital ; Engage actively ; Send (market and nonmarket) signals. Second, it evaluates the implementation of that impact potential based on the intensity with which financial products action the various impact mechanisms in connection to success factors documented by academic research. At the end of the scoring process, the IPAF delivers an Impact Potential Score.
The Impact Potential Score is then transformed into an Impact Potential Rating that goes from A (products with highest impact potential) to G (products with lowest impact potential).
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Country availability
European Union - ISIN
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Product category
Find the definitions we used for the product categories in the glossar.
Venture Capital funds - Thematic focus
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Type of investor
According to Section 1 of Annex II to Directive 2014/65/EU an investor is considered to be a qualified or professional client when he or she possesses the experience, knowledge and expertise to make his or her own investment decisions and properly assess the risks that it incurs.
According to the same directive, retail investors, are clients who do not fall within the scope of the definition of a qualified or professional client. In other words, a retail investor is considered to have less literacy and less money to invest.
Qualified Investor - Min investment amount
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Sustainable Development Goals
7. Affordable and clean energy9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure11. Sustainable cities and communities12. Responsible consumption and production13. Climate action15. Life on land