Re:Invest in Nature is a brand-new EU event bringing together investors with start-ups, projects, and SMEs active in the field of nature and biodiversity.
The event aims to increase the visibility of budding nature tech and nature-based solutions initiatives and to facilitate connections with investors, public funding bodies, and corporate stakeholders.
The event has ended.
Wednesday, 3 June
- 09:30 – 10:00Pitch Category 1 │Nature-Positive Production Systems
Pitching companies:
- 10:00 – 10:30Pitch Category 2 │Nature for Risk Reduction
- 12:00 - 12:30Pitch Category 3 │Nature Intelligence & Measurement
Pitching companies:
- 12:30 – 13:00Pitch Category 4 │Nature as a Financial Asset
- 13:00 – 13:20Awards Ceremony
Target Participants
This event welcomes a diverse array of participants, including:
- Projects, Start-ups & SMEs: Participants engaged within our four specified categories.
- Investors & Venture Capitalists: Seeking sustainable ventures that promise both environmental impact and financial returns.
- Public Funding and Financing Instruments: Encompassing EU programmes and national agencies dedicated to the advancement of environmental sustainability.
- Corporates: Companies aiming to establish green partnerships to bolster their sustainability efforts.
Categories
- Nature-Positive Production Systems
Start-ups focused on incorporating nature into the production processes of food, materials, or commodities, ultimately regenerating ecosystems while generating revenue from products, yields, or associated services.
Examples
- Regenerative agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries tools
- Agroforestry & silvopastoral systems, kelp cultivation
- Bio-based / nature-derived materials
- Circular land-use & invasive species valorisation
- Farmer-facing solutions
Investor profiles
- Agri-food & bioeconomy VCs
- Corporate strategic investors
- Supply-chain sustainability funds
- Impact investors
- Nature for Risk Reduction
Solutions aimed at developing ecosystems as protective infrastructure, effectively mitigating natural hazards and climate or water-related risks, including flooding, drought, storms, heatwaves, wildfires, landslides, and avalanches.
Examples
- Flood mitigation (wetlands, river restoration)
- Coastal protection (reefs, mangroves, dunes)
- Urban heat reduction (trees, green corridors)
- Fire & drought resilience (landscapes, water retention, smart irrigation…)
- Mitigation of mountain-specific hazards (landslides, rockfalls, avalanches…)
- Nature-based infrastructure for cities
Investor profiles
- Infrastructure & resilience funds
- Insurance-linked investors
- Public–private partnership capital
- Municipal & sovereign funds
- Nature Intelligence & Measurement
Cutting-edge solutions in data, monitoring, and analytics that render nature measurable and manageable. These technologies support improved decision-making, ensure compliance, and provide financial insights, including Mechanisms for Reporting and Verification (MRV).
Examples
- Biodiversity monitoring (eDNA, acoustics, drones…)
- Satellite & AI ecosystem analytics
- Nature data platforms (TNFD, CSRD)
- Digital twins of landscapes and ocean environments
- Decision-support tools for land & nature
Investor profiles
- Early-stage climate & deep-tech VCs
- Data & SaaS investors
- Corporate sustainability buyers
- Philanthropic & catalytic capital
- Nature as a Financial Asset
Innovative business models that monetise ecosystem services by transforming restored or protected nature into tradable credits or natural capital assets.
Examples
- Carbon credits (forest, soil, blue carbon)
- Biodiversity credits / habitat banking
- Water quality & watershed credits
- Reef insurance, resilience bonds
- MRV platforms only when tied to credit generation
- Project developers aggregating land at scale
Investor profiles
- Natural capital funds
- Carbon & biodiversity market investors
- Corporate offtake buyers
- Blended finance / DFIs
