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DeepTech & Climate Fund

DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF)

Status

Status not published

Rolling; pitch decks submitted via the online form.

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Amount
€50,000,000

Fund volume 1 Mrd. EUR. Investments of 5–50 Mio. EUR per company, with a sweet spot of 5–10 Mio. EUR. Financed by the German Zukunftsfonds and the ERP special fund.

Funder

DeepTech & Climate Fonds GmbH (Zukunftsfonds / ERP-Sondervermögen)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling; pitch decks submitted via the online form.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Series A and beyond; deep tech and climate ventures with long development cycles and high capital needs. Germany and Europe. Focus areas: industry, computing, climate, life science.

How to apply

  1. Submit a pitch deck through the DTCF online form. — link
  2. Screening and meetings with the investment team.
  3. Due diligence and investment decision, typically alongside co-investors.

What you will need

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://dtcf.de/

"5-50 million"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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