SFV Core Fund Grant

About this grant

SFV Core Fund is a venture capital fund backing founders building category-defining infrastructure technology companies addressing the critical bottleneck in modern infrastructure development. The fund focuses on the historic cycle of infrastructure spend driven by the energy transition, AI compute, and national security concerns, recognizing that technology is essential to build more infrastructure with fewer resources given labor shortages and rising costs. The fund operates across three interconnected infrastructure sectors: Urban Infrastructure (supporting operations of cities and buildings), Energy Infrastructure (improving generation, transport, and storage of energy), and Industrial Infrastructure (catalyzing resilience through manufacturing and supply chain optimization). SFV invests from Seed to Series B stage, targeting companies that develop technology solutions when the technology is ready but the market is just waking up, positioning early-stage bets to become operating standards for global industries.

Eligibility

The fund invests in early-stage technology companies (Seed to Series B) building category-defining infrastructure technology in the urban, energy, and industrial sectors. Applicants must be operating in Europe and North America. The fund backs founders whose technology addresses critical infrastructure challenges in energy transition, AI compute infrastructure, or national security-related infrastructure needs.

How it's scored

SFV evaluates investments based on the readiness of the technology and market timing, backing founders when technology is ready but market adoption is nascent. The fund appears to assess the potential for portfolio companies to become operating standards in their industries. Investment decisions are informed by deep sector expertise and understanding of customer needs, facilitated by the fund's strategic partnership with PATRIZIA, a leading European real asset platform with 26 offices and 55 billion in assets under management.

Key requirements

• ✓Company must operate in urban, energy, or industrial infrastructure technology
• ✓Must be building category-defining infratech solutions
• ✓Must be based in or operating in Europe or North America
• ✓Founders should be building scalable, venture-scale businesses

Recent past awardees

Knowing who's won the last rounds tells you whether you're in the strike zone.

• Hived
• Class 3 Technologies
• Bedrock Energy
• AZX
• Attributes
• Bricklane
• Carbonfuture
• GBuilder

Funder contact

The notice names a programme contact you can speak to before applying.

Frequently asked questions

Who can apply for SFV Core Fund?

Eligibility covers organisations in EU, NORTH-AMERICA; startup, sme. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.

Relevant sectors

About this sector

Industrial decarbonisation funding helps heavy industry cut emissions through electrification, fuel switching, process change and efficiency. Support is often capital-intensive and tied to a specific site, with feasibility studies leading to larger deployment calls. Applicants need emissions baselines, engineering studies and a plan to keep production running during the change.