2150, the Urban Sustainability Technology Fund, today announces the final close of its oversubscribed flagship fund at €268m ($312m). Funding for the final close comes from new investors including Credit Suisse and a client advised by AIMS Imprint of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the Norwegian sovereign climate investment company, Nysnø as well as the BMW Foundation and Woven Capital, the investment arm of Toyota's Woven Planet Group. 

This final close comes six months after the first close of the fund, with the entire fundraise completed in just over twelve months. Since the first close in February 2021, the total footprint of real estate developed, built or managed by 2150’s investor base has more than tripled to 430 million square feet, which corresponds to an area over 25 times the size of Canary Wharf.  

2150 has made several important investments since launching and announcing the initial backing of CarbonCure Technologies, which lowers the CO2 footprint of concrete. Its latest investment in carbon accounting specialist Normative, which enables organisations to account for their full carbon footprint including their supply chain, reinforces 2150’s’ commitment to measurable objectives, and in backing tools to allow organizations to tackle the climate crisis.  

Other new investments made since the first close include Aeroseal (whose technology seals HVAC air ducts and building envelopes and significantly increases their energy efficiency), Nodes & Links (who deploys algorithms to allow sustainable infrastructure projects to be delivered on budget and on time) and (which electrifies the construction site and minimises harmful pollutants). At scale, 2150’s initial portfolio has the potential to mitigate over 1.6 Gigatonnes of CO2, or more than the annual emissions from Germany, UK, France combined and with the additional funding, 2150 bolsters the pool of capital at its disposal to build its debut portfolio of approximately 20 companies, each with the potential to become a Gigacorn, a commercially viable company able to mitigate or capture 1 gigatonne of CO2 per year.  

Launched in February 2021, 2150 is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies that seek to sustainably reimagine and reshape the urban environment. 2150 is investing across all layers of the urban environment, from new materials and automation in construction, to algorithms making buildings more efficient, to sensors and software that improve the health, safety, and productivity of its citizens, and the data and tools that help mitigate the carbon footprint of our cities. 

2150 is incubated and anchored by Northern European real estate private equity platform NREP, one of the world's most innovative and sustainable real estate fund managers and company builders, driven by making real estate and cities better. Alongside NREP, the fund was anchored by Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker, Novo Holdings and Denmark’s Green Future Fund in February of this year. 

Christian Jølck, Partner and co-founder at 2150, said:  “Many parallel technologies need to be deployed concurrently at scale within the next decade to fight our climate emergency. At 2150 we want to become a significant contributor to reaching The Paris Agreement and focus on the urban environment, which represents 70% of GHG emissions. We seek not only to be an investor, but also a facilitator of urban transformation through our platform with strategic investors likeCredit Suisse, the BMW Foundation and Woven Capital L.P. Finally, to drive this impact we are hiring a Head of Sustainability to help define the pathways towards sustainability and quantitatively track and report our impact, which currently is tracking at 1.6 GT CO2.” 
 

Jacob Bro, Partner and co-founder at 2150, said: “Our Investments into companies such as Carbon Cure,  Nodes & Links, Normative, Ampd, and Aeroseal indicate that we are well on our way to backing the technologies that will help make our future cities sustainable and resilient. Other technologies that we are currently focused on include heating and cooling of buildings, urban  air pollution, and novel sustainable materials, and we foresee that these will be major areas for investment in the years to come. We’re very grateful for the backing of all our LPs to help us achieve our mission of positively impacting the built environment to help safeguard the planet’s future.” 

Dr. Frank Niederländer, Board Member at the BMW Foundation said “Cities account for more than 70% of the world’s CO2 emissions, and are a critical area where technology and impact innovations are needed. BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt is proud to be a Limited Partner in the fund and see 2150 contribute to a global and sustainable transformation.” 
 
About 2150 

2150 is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies that seek to sustainably reimagine and reshape the urban environment. 2150’s investment thesis focuses on major unsolved problems across what it calls the ‘Urban Stack’, which comprises every element of the built environment, from the way our cities are designed, constructed and powered, to the way people live, work and are cared for. Find out more at www.2150.vc and follow us on twitter.  

About NREP 

NREP is a real estate investor that develops, operates, and innovates to improve the built environment, for the benefit of all stakeholders. NREP takes a long-term approach to value-creation across its main segments: Living, Logistics, Care, Offices and Technology. The company has more than 400 employees and manages 5.5 million square meters of real estate. Assets under Management is €12.5bn, with investments across Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Poland. NREP averages more than one investment per week and is recognized as a pioneer within sustainability, customer centricity and use of technology. For more information, visit www.nrep.com  

About the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt  

 The BMW Foundation promotes responsible leadership and inspires leaders worldwide to work towards a peaceful, just and sustainable future. Through its activities, the Foundation aims to advance the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. It encourages leaders to take their social and political responsibility to the next level. To that end, the foundation inspires leaders, providing them with a platform for personal and professional development, and connects them, across nations, regions and sectors, through the global Responsible Leaders Network. In the work area of invest, the foundation aims for a systemic transformation towards a sustainable and impact-oriented economic and financial system.