Exclusive: Swiss-US climate tech VC emerges from stealth with €18m first fund
24 mars 2026
05:00
Two prominent Swiss impact investors have raised €18m for Vitamin°C, a new early-stage fund targeting US and European climate tech startups.
Anchored by a wealthy family whose father invented the smoke detector, the firm has revealed its first investment – and, fittingly, it’s in wildfire tech.
"In every crisis, there's opportunity," founding partner Nathalie Moral tells Impact Loop.
Anchored by a wealthy family whose father invented the smoke detector, the firm has revealed its first investment – and, fittingly, it’s in wildfire tech.
"In every crisis, there's opportunity," founding partner Nathalie Moral tells Impact Loop.
Vitamin°C, co-founded by Nathalie Moral and Sophie Lamparter, has raised €18m in its first close as it looks to back climate tech startups on both sides of the Atlantic.
The fund is anchored by the Meili family office, run by brothers Martin and Daniel Meili whose father, Ernst Meili, invented the ionization chamber which became the foundation of the modern smoke detector.