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Junction Energy Transition Fund I

Geography: Belgium
Stage: Growth
Fund size: €115M
Focus: Climate & Sustainability, Energy Tech and Infrastructure Tech
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Junction Energy Transition Fund I

First close at €115M

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionBelgium

Funding StageGrowth

Industry Focus

Climate & Sustainability

Energy Tech

Infrastructure Tech

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Post-revenue climate-tech founder scaling energy transition solutions

energy transition

climate-tech

growth equity

buyout

net-zero

Bullish Signals

€115M dedicated energy transition fundexternal

Team cut 1M+ tons GHG emissionsexternal

8 investment professionals, 3 MDsexternal

Growth equity + buyout — rare comboexternal

Portfolio spans BE, AT, CH, PTexternal

Advisory board: ex-ELIA CEO, ex-tado CEOexternal

Built green suppliers, PV, storage, aggregatorsexternal

Moral urgency: Paris Agreement demands rapid GHG reductionexternal

75% of GHG abatements achievable by 2030 tech existsexternal

EU regulatory tailwinds: Renovation Wave, REPowerEU, 320GW solarexternal

Net-zero emissions 2050 achievable at net-zero costexternal

35M buildings renovation target EU 2030 waveexternal

10M tons renewable hydrogen production target 2030external

Optimism moral duty: scaling at pace neededexternal

66% EU electricity demand increase by 2050external

Every new EU building must be zero-emission 2030external

Triple renewable energy deployment for 2050 demandexternal

Contrarian Signals

Energy-only thesis — narrow scopeexternal

Belgium-headquartered, EU-centric dealsexternal

Seed & Series A explicitly excludedexternal

Founder Do's

Be post-revenue, beyond pilot stage

Operate in energy transition / net-zero

Seek €2M–€17M ticket sizes

Show scalable, stable go-to-market

Be ambitious about GHG impact at scale

Founder Don'ts

Don't apply if pre-revenue or seed stage

Don't pitch outside energy transition verticals

Don't expect ticket below €2M

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€115M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Pieter-Jan Mermans, Bruno Vanderschueren, Dirk Dewals

Pieter-Jan MermansManaging Partner

Bruno VanderschuerenManaging Partner

Dirk DewalsManaging Partner

Vincent GregoirPrincipal

Daan Van ParysPrincipal

William van MaelInvestment Manager

Barbara CousséeInvestment Manager

Ruben LorerInvestment Manager

Sandra TrittinAdvisory Board

Chris PeetersAdvisory Board

Toon BoutenAdvisory Board

Lieve CretenAdvisory Board

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