FluoSphera
How we work
For 2026 we are seeking 10 innovative companies that best fit our mission. We fund each company with an initial investment of up to €3,000,000 to improve systems and products that positively impact both people’s lives and the planet, focusing on key areas such as air, water, energy, mobility, education, healthcare, food and agriculture, and the circular economy.
The application form takes 15-20 minutes to complete
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Assets Under Management
€62M
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Initial Ticket Size
up to €3M
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Target stage
Seed/A
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Investments
30
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Portfolio Companies
21
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Exits
4
Journal
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Soulmates Ventures leads £1.6M seed round in Rightcharge to accelerate Europe’s fleet electrification.
Soulmates Ventures has led a £1.6 million seed investment in Rightcharge, a London-based company simplifying EV charging payments for fleets across Europe. With 10× revenue growth, 0% customer churn over the past 18 months, and trusted clients such as Automobile Association (The AA), WJ, and VINCI Construction, Rightcharge helps businesses automate billing and reimbursements, reduce costs by up to 90%, and accelerate the shift towards sustainable mobility.
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Soulmates Ventures Among the Global Elite at the Global Sustainability Awards 2025
Soulmates Ventures has been named among the top five worldwide at the Global Sustainability Awards 2025 in London. The recognition in two categories highlights the fund’s role as one of the few Article 9 “dark green” funds in Europe and underscores that even a small and young VC from Prague can stand shoulder to shoulder with the world’s largest players.
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Transforming Cancer Diagnostics: How Better Medicine’s AI Is Changing the Game with Soulmates Ventures as Lead Investor
Soulmates Ventures leads a €1M pre-seed investment in Better Medicine, the Estonian healthtech behind the world’s first CE-certified AI tool for kidney cancer detection. With total funding nearing €6M, the company is accelerating its European rollout, preparing for FDA clearance, and expanding its AI platform to transform global cancer diagnostics.
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Beyond Borders: A New Gateway to Canada for Startups in Our Network
Soulmates Ventures has established a strategic partnership with the Toronto Business Development Centre (TBDC) to support startups expanding into Canada. A meeting with Canadian Minister of Economic Development confirmed strong government backing for innovation and international growth.
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How We Invest: The Strategy Behind Our €50M SFDR Article 9-Aligned Fund
Soulmates Ventures has launched a €50 million Article 9 SFDR-aligned fund, voluntarily meeting the EU’s highest standard for sustainable finance. Focused on eight key sustainability streams, the fund supports startups with measurable environmental and social impact.
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Soulmates Ventures leads investment in the British EdTech startup transforming how children engage with science and technology.
Twin Science & Robotics Secures CZK 37 Million for Global Expansion of STEM Education Prague, 26. August 2024 – The …
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We Have Tripled Our Investment in eAgronom. We Aim to Catch a Unicorn, Says Hynek Sochor
By Alena Dušková When evaluating startups, Hynek Sochor focuses on sustainability and whether they offer a product that customers cannot …
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All You Need to Know About Earth Day
Earth Day highlights our fight against the climate change and the importance of everyone's efforts to protect the planet since 1970.
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How ClimRisk Guides Better Climate Planning?
The newly launched ClimRisk web application delivers precise climate forecasts for the Czech Republic and Central Europe, as crafted by …
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Revolutionizing Security and Sustainability: Triumph of Unmanned Life at Mobile World Congress
In the bustling halls of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024, with over 101,000 unique in-person attendees from 205 countries and …
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Soulmates Ventures Awarded as the Best VC of the Year at the Central Europe
Soulmates Ventures clinched the Best VC of 2023 title at the Central European Startup Awards, recognized for its sustainability-focused investment strategy among innovators from 18 countries. This honor not only celebrates their commitment to sustainable business practices but also sets the stage for our participation in the global finals in Istanbul.
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eAgronom Secures Top Spot in CEE Climate Tech Deals
eAgronom’s Funding Round, where Soulmates Ventures participated as an investor, was ranked among the TOP 10 Climate-Tech Deals closed within …
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Climate change is not our only challenge
Climate change is not the only challenge we are experiencing right now. Based on our strategy at Soulmates Ventures, we …
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Soulmates Ventures launched the acceleration program with VOS.health, the rising star in the well-being market.
We at Soulmates Ventures are excited to announce the launch of our acceleration program with our portfolio startup and first investment of the 2023 Investment Cohort, VOS.health, as part of the new investment benefit we offer.
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Soulmates Ventures joins the charge as EU launches game-changing Green Deal Industrial Plan to revolutionize sustainability landscape.
We're thrilled to see the European Commission launch the Green Deal Industrial Plan, a series of strategies and initiatives aimed at increasing the competitiveness of Europe’s net-zero industries, supporting the EU’s transition to climate neutrality and in making sustainable technologies and products economically competitive with traditional products.
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Together with the International Sustainable Finance Centre we are opening Sustainability Hub Prague, a functional space for sustainability!
We are Sustainability Hub Prague. The first Czech hub with a unique focus on sustainability in research, entrepreneurship, financing and investing. We are building a functional environment, for the creation of ideas and solutions in the field of sustainability that helps to achieve positive results.
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Portfolio startups Stimvia (Tesla Medical) and Perfect-Air succeed in EU Climate-KIC program ClimAccelerator.
Portfolio startups Stimvia (Tesla Medical) and Perfect-Air have successfully completed the ClimAccelerator programme for sustainable projects, under the auspices of Europe's renowned EIT Climate-Kic.
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The number of exits of climate technology companies dedicated to sustainability has quadrupled in 4 years.
Climate tech company exits in key sectors increased to 104 last year from 24 in 2017, reports Silicon Valley Bank. The EIP Climate Tech Index grew 200% from 2017 to 2022, surpassing the Nasdaq by 70 points, aided by state climate policies.
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Up to 60% of investment in climate-tech flows into mobility. Yet this sector produces only 16% of emissions. Industry is the biggest emitter with 31%.
Mobility is the most heavily funded sector in climate technology despite not being a major emitter of greenhouse gases. Between 2013 and the first half of 2021, the global value of VC investment in this category was $132 billion, or 61% of all VC investments in climate-tech. Energy accounted for 15% of investment, food and agriculture 12% and industry, manufacturing and resource management 9%. We believe that the distribution of investment in the Czech Republic is similar.
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The war in Ukraine has permanently changed the startup environment, interest in investments has temporarily dropped by 37%.
The war is impacting Czech and global startups. Interest in investing has dropped by 37% since the conflict began. In February alone, the volume of investments dropped by almost a third. We believe that there will be recovery over time, but the market will change permanently. The biggest opportunities will be within sectors that have emerged to address current issues, with sectors that focus on sustainability and self-sufficiency becoming more attractive in particular.
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Developments and trends in the sustainability startup industry | 2022
This report serves as a summary of information, news, data and insights from the sustainable venture capital (VC) industry and startup environment.
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How can we switch from using Russian fossil fuels to being energy independent in Europe? We have to put the Green Deal back on the table, but revamp it.
While the people of Ukraine defend themselves against the Russian army, Europe is still withdrawing natural gas from rich reserves in Russia’s Siberia. With Putin holding this strategic material in his hands, it is much harder for the EU to effectively help Ukraine. What’s the solution? Europe needs to be energy independent through an updated Green Deal.
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Zero-Carbon Rail Without Locomotives? Former SpaceX Engineer Bets on Self-powered Space Tech.
Ex-engineers from SpaceX have developed a new concept of self-powered, electric and autonomous rail vehicles to decarbonize the freight industry, vehicles that operate in parallel and don’t require locomotives.
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What COP26 brought to our planet? Slight progress and hope for more constructive action to come.
The COP26 Conference in Glasgow didn’t bring us the certainty of keeping the Earth’s rising temperature at 1.5 C degrees, but it did give us signs of hope in other important areas. There was a promise made by these governments to come back next year with Paris-aligned near-term targets of stronger 2030 emissions reduction. Let’s dig down further into COP26 outcomes, to better understand the current situation.
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What are investors looking for when scouting sustainability startups?
Finding the right sustainability startups may seem difficult, particularly for investors in which this industry is new. There are a lot of things happening right now in this prospective industry, which means it is experiencing a huge investment and startup-launching boom.
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Startup Rivian IPO could become the biggest in the EV industry in history.
Rivian, one of the most serious competitors to the biggest producer of EV, Tesla, has attracted the attention of investors. And one of them is the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. The startup Rivian is now preparing its IPO, where the value of the company could rise to $50bn.
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Four green-tech unicorns that represent the sustainable industry.
Today, we will introduce you to 4 startups that are making a huge impact on the green & clean technology industry, as well as world sustainability. These are startups that have reached the magical boundary of $1B in market value, earning themselves the title of ‘green-tech unicorn’.
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Agriphotovoltaics, the synergy between solar panels and agriculture has the potential to solve 2 global problems.
Adaptability is crucial for solar panels, necessary for various shapes, locations, materials, and angles. It's a key focus in renewable resource R&D, leading to solutions like Agriphotovoltaics.
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The story behind green technology.
We have talked about green technology many times before, but something we haven’t really talked about is what green technology actually is. Now we want to remedy this, by showing you all of the possibilities inside the term ‘green technology’.
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How can investors improve their investment decisions based on ESG concept?
Yes, in the past there was a theory that said ‘when you invest in a good thing for the environment, it usually means a loss on investment’. This is not true anymore – the Coronavirus pandemic has proved that ESG assets can have a positive impact, and can also be economically sustainable. Which is important now more than ever.
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Soulmates Ventures’ Year 2020.
The year 2020 was nothing less than an extraordinary, and extremely weird, year that brought to us a kind of life that we had never experienced before. What the year 2020 brought to us? We had to adapt to a new environment.
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Zero Mass Water – Promising technology that can change the way we generate water.
This promising new technology works in a similar way to solar power but, instead of generating electricity, generates water and could revolutionize the water generation industry. The start-up behind the technology, Zero Mass Water, is attracting attention from investors like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos or Michael Bloomberg, but is the technology efficient enough to be economically profitable?
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The current situation of auspicious carbon pricing system.
It has become clear that carbon prices need to be raised if we are to hit our climate neutrality goals. To achieve this goal, major emitters in the manufacturing, buildings and transport industries need to switch from using fossil fuels to the clean energy sector. According to a new report, carbon prices need to be at least tripled in order to make this switch happen in the EU.
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Humanity transitions towards renewable energy.
For the first time in history, renewable energy sources – wind and solar – took the biggest share of new energy generation last year. This could be a sign of a huge shift not only in the energy sector but everywhere where electricity is in demand. Bloomberg released a detailed study.
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40% of plants are at risk of extinction. Genome editing may fix it.
The diversity of plant species is declining and according to estimates 40% of plants around the world are facing possible extinction. One of the answers that can reverse this situation could be genome editing, a practice that many people are afraid of.
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Sweden’s new EV charging system concept.
Looking broadly at the electric vehicle (EV) industry, the main issue is the batteries, even though companies like Tesla pour millions of dollars into innovative battery technologies. A new EV charging system concept called Sweden’s Evolution Road project could be a game changer.
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Three agri-food tech start-ups with breakthrough technology.
Read about 3 Agri-food tech start-ups that innovated a breakthrough technology in their fields of specialty.
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The concept of the circular economy.
The circular economy is a loop concept of waste being reused as an input for future business operations. By applying the "reuse, reduce, repair, refuse and recycle" philosophy, companies can drastically reduce their carbon footprint and resource consumption.
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Alternative protein industry set a new funding record.
The alternative protein sector is experiencing a huge boom in investments as consumers are looking for healthier and environmentally-friendly choices in their food habits. The investors are feeling the opportunities that the sector has to offer.
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Shall we go back to future with green farming to reach a global-scale sustainable agriculture?
Venture with us into a land of green fields surrounded by mighty forests with plenty of healthy animals living in their natural habitat and take a deep breath of fresh and clean air. Take a journey with us and learn about green farming.
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How can new trends in the sustainable food and farming industry help us combat future pandemics?
Since Covid-19 has spread across the world, sustainable businesses and industries are helping the world fight the virus while developing …
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Soulmates Ventures: Who we are.
Soulmates Ventures is a green-investing accelerator company designed to help businesses dominate their market.
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#ChranimTebe – FaceMask Challenge to increase public health and decrease spreading of Covid-19.
We encourage all of you: Stay home, work from home and, when you go outside or absolutely have to be around people, wear a face mask. Even a homemade face mask can prevent you from spreading the virus, whether you feel healthy or not.
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A Circular Vision for Sustainable Growth with economic potential $4.5 trillion.
Shifting to the circular economy could release $4.5 trillion in new economic potential by 2030. How Companies are Building a New 21st Century Economy?
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Forget Business Strategies, Fix this and Things in 2020 Will Finally Accelerate.
So do you know what you can do in 2020 to improve yourself and grow so you can build a better team and a better company? Embrace uncomfortable situations.
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Don’t Destroy Your Chances of Raising Capital with Lack of Readiness.
Most meetings with investors don't results in securing deals, but rather in disappointment in the face of the founder. Fix it!
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From Filthy Trash to Green Renewable Products.
Driving the Circular Economy by Converting Waste to Everyday Goods.
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