# World Fund: portfolio, investments and team

> World Fund is a vc firm based in Germany. 7 investments on record, 3 in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/world-fund (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# World Fund

Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 7 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $1.1M, Jan 2024 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Renewables Environment Greentech

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**75%** of best year **3** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **114** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$10M** Cheque size, as they say **$200K – $10M** Rounds led **5 of 7** Mostly in **United Kingdom, 86%**

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## World Fund highlights

- 01 3 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 5 rounds

## What they do

> World Fund is a European VC backing entrepreneurs who build climate tech that can save at least 100Mt CO2e emissions per year. We invest from Seed to Series B stage. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $200K – $10M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Renewables Environment Greentech
- **Based in:** Berlin, Germany
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2026** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[QuantumDiamonds](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantumdiamonds)** Series A · DE · TechCrunch **$17M** *Led*
- **May** **[Barocal](https://millionrounds.com/company/barocal)** Seed · GB · Ventureburn **$10M** *Led*
- **2025** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[Anaphite](https://millionrounds.com/company/anaphite)** Series A · GB · Elbow Beach **$1.9M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[NZN](https://millionrounds.com/company/nzn)** Seed · GB · Kibo Invest **$6.6M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[NetZeroNitrogen](https://millionrounds.com/company/netzeronitrogen)** Seed · GB · Firms' own news pages **$6.7M** *Led*
- **May** **[Space Forge](https://millionrounds.com/company/space-forge)** Series A · GB · TechCrunch **$30M** With 6 others
- **2024** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Anaphite](https://millionrounds.com/company/anaphite)** Series A · GB · Elbow Beach **$13M** *Led*

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named**

DV **Danijel Visevic** Managing Director of the Managing Limited Partner i Filing they signed

DS **Daria Saharova** Managing Director of the Managing Limited Partner i Filing they signed

TS **Tim Schumacher** Managing Director of the Managing Limited Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **14** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 2 we have independently watched raise

Investor Portal Meetiqm

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$1.1M**

raised in Jan 2024

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque

Led 5 of 7 rounds **71%**

- **Said size:** $200K – $10M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *4*
- Seed said *3*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Ananke](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ananke) 2
- [Azolla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/azolla-ventures) 2
- [Kibo Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kibo-invest) 2
- [Zero Carbon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zero-carbon-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as World Fund. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Ananke** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ananke)[**Azolla Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/azolla-ventures)[**Kibo Invest** Family office **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kibo-invest)[**Zero Carbon Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zero-carbon-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies World Fund put money into.

[**QuantumDiamonds** $17M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantumdiamonds)[**Barocal** $10M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/barocal)[**Anaphite** $1.9M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/anaphite)[**NetZeroNitrogen** $6.7M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/netzeronitrogen)[**Space Forge** $30M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/space-forge)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming World Fund in the title, and 2 more that mention it.

- [EU-Startups Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/eu-startups) 25 Apr 2024 · 22 min Episode 66: Tim Schumacher - General Partner at World Fund: Decarbonizing The Global Economy With [Tim Schumacher](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-schumacher) Mentions [World Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/world-fund) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [EU-Startups Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/eu-startups) 16 Jul 2026 · 35 min The Fund Selling Climate to Skeptics Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Tech.eu](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tech-eu) 9 Dec 2022 · 23 min 🎙️ The Drive at Five with Dan Taylor and Robin Wauters - Episode 18 Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about World Fund

### What does World Fund invest in?

World Fund invests most often at Series A and Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Renewables, Environment and Greentech.

### How active is World Fund?

7 investments on record, 3 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 5. The most recent was in Jul 2026.

### What has World Fund invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: QuantumDiamonds (Series A, Jul 2026), Barocal (Seed, May 2026) and Anaphite (Series A, Dec 2025).

### How big are World Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M. It says it writes cheques of $200K to $10M.

### Does World Fund lead rounds?

Yes: it led 5 of its 7 investments on record (71%).

### Where does World Fund invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (86%) and Germany (14%).

### Is World Fund investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 3 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does World Fund invest alongside?

Most often Ananke (2 rounds together), Azolla Ventures (2 rounds together) and Kibo Invest (2 rounds together).

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