SPDG is a Family Enterprise recognized for its active and responsible role as one of the two major shareholders of the D'Ieteren Group, for its entrepreneurial vision in its diversification portfolio, and for its philanthropic involvement. Through SPDG Ventures we build platforms of innovative companies that are sustainably improving the future of cities, by making them healthier, safer, and smarter.

ENV supports entrepreneurs to develop new solutions for a sustainable future -people, planet, profit - by leveraging our financially driven VC setup with the reach and skills of the corporate investor EnBW. With an investment volume of 100 million euros, EnBW NewVentures offers startups access to professional investor expertise and a customer and supplier network in the areas of energy and infrastructure. The startups that we invest in engage and scale with EnBW in its transformation towards becoming a sustainable and digital infrastructure operator.

The Westly Group is one of the world’s larger venture funds focused on smart energy, mobility, and cities, with 13 of the world’s larger energy and auto companies as investors. Based in Silicon Valley, The Westly Group has had four portfolio companies go public on Nasdaq including Tesla Motors.

KfW is one of the world’s leading promotional banks. With its decades of experience, KfW is committed to improving economic, social, and ecological living conditions across the globe on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany and the federal states. To do this, it provided funds totaling EUR 77,3 billion in 2019alone; and of this, 38% went into measures for protecting the environment and combating climate change.