Contrarian Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to accelerating climate action by investing in bold climate tech founders across Europe and Israel. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, the firm operates a full-stack platform including the Energy Tech Summit and Climate50 community.
32% of their portfolio is in Climate & Energy. Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (54% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $18.3M (across 15 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
23
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
AB
Alessandro Bertino
CV Partner
DZ
Darius Zakaitis
CV Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
28 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Delfos Energy | Seed | — | Mar 2026 |
 Altrove | Seed | $10M | Nov 2025 |
 Sun.Store | Seed | $6M | Sep 2025 |
 Beebop | Seed | — | Sep 2024 |
| Altrove | Pre-Seed | — | Jul 2024 |
| DDecade Energy | Seed | — | Jun 2024 |
 Delfos | Seed | — | Jan 2024 |
 Metafuels | Seed | $8M | Dec 2023 |
| EEliq | Growth | — | Nov 2023 |
 BeZero Carbon | Series B | $50M | Nov 2022 |
 Satellite Vu | Series A | $21M | Mar 2022 |
 Ember | Series E | $23.5M | Dec 2021 |
 Zoomo | Series B | $60M | Nov 2021 |
 InBalance | Seed | — | Oct 2021 |
| Zoomo | Series B | $12M | May 2021 |
 Hepta Airborne | Seed | $2.4M | Feb 2021 |
 Bolt Bikes | Series A | $11M | Aug 2020 |
 Vianova | Seed | — | Jan 2020 |
| Bolt Bikes | Seed | $2.5M | Nov 2019 |
 Switchee | Seed | — | Jun 2018 |
| Altrove | Seed | $4M | — |
 Cariqa | Seed | — | — |
| BBeZero | Series B | $50M | — |
 Decade | Seed | — | — |
 Urbio | Pre-Seed | $2M | — |
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Last updated: 7 October 2026