Munich — Munich-based early-stage inves­tor yabeo Impact has made an invest­ment in Wega­tech. yabeo is expan­ding its impact inves­t­ing busi­ness with its latest invest­ment in Wega­tech. The new invest­ment plat­form yabeo Impact focu­ses exclu­si­vely on compa­nies with a soci­ally or envi­ron­men­tally rele­vant focus and is aiming for an invest­ment volume of around 50 million euros for the Alter­na­tive Invest­ment Fund. P+P Pöllath + Part­ners advi­sed yabeoImpact on the transaction.

yabeo Impact’s invest­ment stra­tegy is aligned with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Deve­lo­p­ment Goals (SDGs). The focus here is on Clean­Tech, Agri­cul­tur­eTech and Food­Tech on the envi­ron­men­tal impact side, and on inclu­sion and educa­tion on the social impact side.

Wega­tech, based in Munich, Germany, plans and installs sustainable energy tech­no­logy for private house­holds, combi­ning photo­vol­taic systems, elec­tri­city storage, e‑charging columns and elec­tri­city-powered heat pump heating systems. Since its foun­ding, Wega­tech custo­mers have been able to save more than five million tons of CO2 and produce over 13.3 giga­watts of green elec­tri­city to date.

Advi­sor yabeo Impact: P+P Pöllath + Partners
— Chris­tian Tönies, LL.M. Eur. (Part­ner, Lead Part­ner, M&A/VC, Munich/Berlin)
— Dr. Sebas­tian Gerlin­ger, LL.M. (Coun­sel, M&A/VC, Munich/Berlin)
— Markus Döll­ner (Asso­ciate, M&A/VC, Munich)