Unconventional Ventures
Luganovej 20, København, Hovedstaden, 2300, Denmark
Overview
Unconventional Ventures is a Nordic early-stage investment firm that invest in: 1) Scalable impact tech 2) at the Pre-seed/seed stage, 3) Founded by underrepresented founders: women, LGBTQ, POC 4) Targeting global market opportunities We believe that underrepresented founders represent one of the biggest market opportunities today, and by targeting these founders we can access the following investment opportunities;
- Total investments
- 16
- Lead investments
- 9
- Investments · 12mo
- 8
- Active investors
- 11
Sector focus
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Boldr
Led · Series A · Aug 2026
Boldr develops a software and hardware platform—including smart thermostats and connected controls—that gives HVAC contractors visibility and control over installed residential heating and cooling equipment. The company partners with contractors and supply houses (including Bosch-owned Source 1 and Daikin) to deploy and service controls rather than selling directly to homeowners. Its platform is designed to coordinate HVAC systems and eventually batteries, EV chargers and solar to provide flexible capacity to the power grid during periods of high demand. Boldr is initially focused on residential and light commercial HVAC, with plans to expand into central HVAC systems and additional distributed energy assets. The company has raised an oversubscribed $3.2M seed round and a $5M pre-Series A to fund product development and North American distribution expansion.
- Visibuilt
Led · Seed · Jul 2026
Visibuilt, founded in 2023, develops visiBINDER, a fermentation-produced mycelium binder designed as an alternative to fossil-derived bitumen and cement for paving and infrastructure. The company says its process can bind aggregate at near-room temperature, potentially reducing energy use and manufacturing emissions versus conventional asphalt production. Visibuilt has moved beyond the lab with industrial testing partnerships with NCC and Munck Asfalt, a strategic development partnership with Denmark’s leading concrete paver manufacturer IBF to create visiPAVER, and trials with Copenhagen Municipality. The startup is headquartered at the Alfa Laval Innovation House near Copenhagen and runs labs and pilot facilities at the Danish Technological Institute, employing roughly 18 people. Its near-term plans, supported by the €3.34 million seed raise, are to scale production capacity, validate the solution at larger scale, and expand its technical and commercial team. Visibuilt still faces regulatory hurdles, including the lack of an EU standard for non-oil asphalt binders and the need for CE marking before broader road deployment.
- Digiclean
Led · Seed · Jun 2026
Digiclean builds a plug-and-play platform that continuously measures cleaning bath chemistry and automates chemical dosing to replace manual sampling and operator-based adjustments. The system aims to optimise use of chemicals, water and labour while improving traceability, reducing unplanned downtime and supporting regulatory compliance. The platform is deployed at more than 20 industrial sites in Sweden, including customers such as Volvo Group Trucks, SKF and Parker Hannifin. The company was founded by Charlotte Stigen Låstberg and Andreas Låstberg and is headquartered in Sweden. Digiclean recently raised €2.5 million in a seed round to fund further product development and commercial expansion into European industrial markets.
- AIRMO
Participated · Seed · Mar 2026
AIRMO is a Berlin- and Luxembourg-based space-tech startup developing an active greenhouse-gas monitoring instrument that pairs a SWIR imager with micro-LIDAR, miniaturised for use on small satellites. The system delivers roughly double the accuracy of existing solutions and can spot methane leaks as small as a car from orbit. Today AIRMO’s technology is already flown on drones and aircraft for commercial monitoring missions across Europe, Central Asia and the MENA region, serving energy majors such as Uniper, Total and ESCE. Backed by the European Space Agency, the company plans its first satellite launch in 2027 to enable continuous, global methane surveillance of millions of energy assets. Proceeds from its recent seed round will also fund expansion of its airborne operations and the establishment of a local MENA presence. While revenue figures are not disclosed, the fresh capital strengthens AIRMO’s balance sheet as it transitions from pilot projects to scaled commercial deployments.
- Flox Robotics
Participated · Seed · Feb 2026
Flox Intelligence builds ‘physical AI’ platforms that combine real-time sensing, embedded systems, bioacoustics, and applied wildlife science to influence animal behavior and keep wildlife away from critical infrastructure. Its first commercial product, Edge, evolved from KTH Royal Institute of Technology research and has been field-validated for five years in harsh, low-connectivity environments. The system is already deployed at airports, rail corridors, roads, industrial sites, and agricultural and urban settings, logging more than 60,000 wildlife events across 27 species and demonstrating measurable reductions in wildlife presence. Current customers and partners include the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gerald R. Ford International Airport, WWF, KWS Group, Boliden, and Alstom. Each deployment feeds data back into a growing biodiversity intelligence layer, strengthening future implementations and creating a non-lethal wildlife dataset. With new funding, the company plans to accelerate commercial rollouts across the U.S. and Canada and meet rising international demand. Flox Intelligence operates from a growing New York headquarters and positions itself as a scalable, less-than-lethal alternative to traditional fencing, pyrotechnics, and culling methods.