SuperSeed Sustainability Policy (ESG)

Revised 5 September 2026. Reviewed annually.

Introduction

At SuperSeed, we believe in the transformative power of technology and entrepreneurship to deliver efficiency, productivity and sustainability for the betterment of our planet and society. Our mission is to back Europe’s best B2B entrepreneurs with capital and support to help them realise their global goals, thereby driving positive change and contributing to a sustainable future.

This sustainability policy outlines our commitment to integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into our investment and operational activities.

Vision and Mission

Our mission is to unlock more entrepreneurial talent to bring the best technology to the world, delivering the efficiency required to fulfil our promises to the planet and to humanity. Our mission revolves around three core principles:

1. Technology has the potential to empower humanity and set us free.
2. Efficiency is central to sustainability, as it enables the responsible deployment of resources.
3. Entrepreneurship is the driving force for developing and delivering impactful technology.

Impact and ESG Priorities

Our primary impact priority is resource efficiency. We aim to promote investments that enable customers to achieve more output with less input, optimising the production and delivery of goods and services without compromising our planet’s well-being. To improve our portfolio companies’ opportunity to achieve this, we look to make sure they are well run across the areas of governance, data privacy and other regulatory compliance.

Sustainability Goals and Targets

Our portfolio companies create their impact through what they do for their customers, by enabling more output from fewer inputs. We look for that effect when we invest, and we look for evidence of it as companies grow.

We do not set sustainability targets for our portfolio companies or ask them to report against a sustainability framework. Early-stage companies have one job, which is to build something customers want, and we do not believe diverting their attention from it serves anyone.

Investment Criteria and Benchmarks

We evaluate potential investments on two aspects:

1. Internal ESG performance. Prospective investee companies should manage the governance, data and regulatory risks that apply to their business.
2. External impact. Investee companies should deliver real resource efficiency for their customers.

ESG Integration and Risk Management

We integrate ESG factors into our investment decision-making process and risk management practices by assessing the following:

1. Quality and maturity of board governance
2. Data security, privacy, and data practices
3. Legal and regulatory compliance
4. Brand and impact alignment: we look to validate that firms deliver the impact they claim to deliver.

Engagement and Monitoring

We take board seats and investor consent rights in the companies we back. Boards meet quarterly, and monthly where a company is at a stage that warrants it. Governance is where we engage: the quality of the board, the decisions that need investor consent, and whether the company is meeting its legal and regulatory obligations.

Reporting and Disclosure

We do not operate a generic sustainability data collection programme across our portfolio. Where an investor in our funds requires specific sustainability reporting, we provide it to that investor directly.

Principal Adverse Impacts

We consider the adverse impacts a business may have on society when we decide whether to invest. This is a matter of judgement at investment committee rather than a scoring exercise. We have declined investments on these grounds, including business models that we judged to extract value from customers least able to bear it.

We do not report against the principal adverse impact indicators set out in the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. Those indicators are designed for companies that produce measurable environmental and social data at scale. Our investments are pre-seed and seed companies, typically with a handful of employees and no material operations, for which the indicators would produce numbers without meaning. We would rather say plainly what we consider than publish figures we do not believe.

Remuneration

Our remuneration is salary plus carried interest. Carried interest pays only on realised returns across the full life of a fund, which is typically ten years or more. Nobody at SuperSeed is paid for short-term performance, and no part of our remuneration rewards taking a risk whose consequences fall outside the period over which we are paid. That includes sustainability risks. Our remuneration policy is therefore consistent with the way we integrate sustainability risk into investment decisions.

How We Evaluate Sustainability Risks in Our Investment Decision-Making Process

At SuperSeed, we recognise the importance of integrating sustainability risks into our investment decision-making process to ensure long-term value creation for our investors and portfolio companies. Sustainability risks, defined as environmental, social, and governance events or conditions that could have a material impact on the financial performance of our investments, are essential to consider alongside traditional financial metrics.

Our approach to integrating sustainability risks includes the following steps:

1. Identification. During the initial screening and due diligence process, we assess potential investments for sustainability risks related to their operations, industry, and market context. This includes evaluating the investee company’s internal ESG performance and external impact on resource efficiency.
2. Assessment. We analyse identified sustainability risks to determine their potential impact on the investee company’s financial performance, growth prospects, and overall risk profile. This involves assessing the likelihood, magnitude, and timeframe of potential risks, as well as the investee company’s capacity to manage and mitigate them.
3. Integration. We incorporate the findings from our sustainability risk assessment into our overall investment decision-making process. This enables us to make informed decisions on potential investments, considering both their financial prospects and their sustainability risk profile.
4. Monitoring and engagement. Once an investment is made, we stay close to the company through our board seat and investor consent rights, which is where sustainability risks surface in practice.

By integrating sustainability risks into our investment decision-making process, we strive to create a resilient and high-performing portfolio that aligns with our commitment to promoting resource efficiency and delivering long-term value for our investors, portfolio companies, and society at large.