KOMPAS VC
Breeltevej 18, Hørsholm, Hovedstaden, 2970, Denmark
Overview
KOMPAS is an early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv. We fund breakthrough innovations that accelerate the digital transformation and decarbonisation of the building and manufacturing industries. KOMPAS invests €1.0 – 5.0 million in Seed and Series A rounds with continued support throughout the company’s entire lifecycle. We partner with exceptional founders who disrupt the way buildings are designed, built and managed. We strive to eliminate emissions from building and manufacturing activity, reduce energy consumption, promote sustainable building materials, eliminate waste and support a circular economy. We invest in digital technology and automation to make industrial processes from procurement to manufacturing more efficient. We operate with purpose whilst delivering strong financial returns to our investors.
- Total investments
- 32
- Lead investments
- 14
- Investments · 12mo
- 9
- Active investors
- 4
Sector focus
- Financial Services
- Impact Investing
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Array Labs
Participated · Equity · Jul 2026
Array Labs is preparing to launch what it describes as the world's first coordinated fleet of radar satellites to provide high-resolution, continuously updated intelligence worldwide, operating day or night and through clouds. The company has validated core formation-flying and multistatic radar technologies and has secured competitive R&D contracts with DARPA, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force. Array is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., and is backed by investors including Y Combinator, Catapult Ventures, Kompas VC, and Washington Harbour Partners. In July 2026 Array raised an additional $21 million in an oversubscribed strategic round anchored by Mitsubishi Electric, which also entered a partnership with Array to develop maritime and aircraft tracking services for defense and security customers in the Asia-Pacific region. The company positions this strategic capital to advance its technology and commercialization efforts, though specific financial metrics and revenue figures were not disclosed in the announcement.
- Timefold
Participated · Series A · Jun 2026
Timefold offers a scheduling optimisation platform that enables software teams to embed vehicle routing, field-service dispatch and workforce scheduling capabilities via APIs. Its technology combines AI-powered software with deterministic optimisation algorithms to handle operational constraints like skills, SLAs, labour regulations, travel times and last-minute disruptions. The platform is used by enterprises and software vendors to automate complex operational decisions and create compliant, fully staffed schedules. Timefold reported a fourfold increase in annual recurring revenue in 2025, reflecting strong commercial adoption. The company plans to expand in the U.S. and scale its platform to become the default infrastructure for scheduling optimisation. It aims to support software builders in deploying and operating optimisation models at enterprise scale.
- Epoch Biodesign
Participated · Equity · Mar 2026
Epoch Biodesign develops enzymatic processes that depolymerize pre- and post-consumer plastic and textile waste into monomers, recovering more than 90% of desired monomers through a cascade of enzyme treatments. The company sources industrial enzymes rather than using live microbes and captures dyes as a separate byproduct to be treated independently. Its current commercial focus is nylon 6,6, a high-strength synthetic fiber used in apparel, airbags, carpets and other applications, with plans to adapt the platform to other plastics over time. Epoch is building a demonstration-scale facility near Imperial College London and plans a commercial-scale plant expected online in 2028 with capacity targeted at 20,000 metric tons per year of monomer. The company was founded and is led by CEO Jacob Nathan and has secured strategic investor support including Lululemon through its recent $12 million funding round.
- Optiml
Led · Seed · Feb 2026
Founded in 2022 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, Optiml offers a Real Estate Decision Intelligence (REDI) platform that continuously guides hold, sell, invest, and cap-ex decisions for large real-estate owners and their advisers. The software blends proprietary decision algorithms—built on more than a decade of ETH research—with finance and governance tooling to create transparent, auditable recommendations at the portfolio level. By ingesting structured and unstructured data from existing systems, it produces investment-committee-ready decision records that factor in individual building conditions, local regulations, budget limits, and net-zero targets. The company reported more than €2 million in contracted annual recurring revenue (ARR) during 2025 and has signed clients such as Patrizia, Catella, Empira, CTP, and Longevity Partners. Optiml’s product roadmap includes deeper functionality and expansion into additional geographies. The newly raised capital will fund these initiatives over the next two years.
- Backslash Security
Led · Series A · Feb 2026
Backslash Security is a Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity company focused on protecting AI-driven software development environments. Its platform plugs into modern IDEs and coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini Code Assist, and GitHub Copilot, giving security teams visibility, governance, and real-time protection over AI-assisted coding activities. The product also vets and monitors Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to ensure AI-generated code complies with organizational security and regulatory requirements. By embedding security controls directly in the developer workflow, Backslash aims to let enterprises adopt AI coding tools without increasing risk exposure. The company plans to deepen the platform’s capabilities and expand its go-to-market reach in the United States and Europe. Funds are earmarked for hiring additional R&D talent and scaling sales operations to meet rising demand from large enterprise customers. The company is led by CEO Shahar Man, and former CyberArk CRO Ron Zoran has joined the board as an independent director.