Berlin – While working at SMP, members of the YPOG team advised Revent Capital (Revent) on the structuring of its impact-focused venture capital fund "Revent Ventures I" with a target volume of 50 million Euro. Among the anchor investors are Benjamin Otto, who already co-financed the two well-known German funds e.ventures and Project A, as well as other prestigious entrepreneurs and investors from Berlin, such as Verena Pausder (Fox & Sheep), Sascha Konietzke (Contentful), Max Tayenthal (N26) Luis Hanemann (e.ventures), Benjamin Roth (Urban Sports Club) and Florian Heinemann (Project A). Going forward, Revent intends to attract additional institutional investors to back its impact-focused venture capital fund. The Revent team received comprehensive legal and tax advice from a team led by Stephan Bank.
"With Revent, another VC fund with an impact focus enters the European stage, aiming to show that profit and purpose can not only be combined, but that attractive returns can be achieved particularly through socially responsible actions and business activities," says Stephan Bank. "Although the market is still rather young, there is a rapid growth, and investments with an impact focus are becoming more and more important. We are very pleased that we were able to accompany Revent on the launch of its first fund generation and are closely following further developments in the field of impact investing," adds Joel El-Qalqili.
Revent
Revent is an early-stage investor with an impact focus, dedicated to tackling environmental and social challenges. To this end, Revent invests in the course of Pre-Seed to Series A financing rounds across Europe, primarily in the areas of ClimateTech, EdTech as well as Digital Health and in companies which have a clear purpose in addition to profit. Revent, based in Berlin with an additional office in London, was founded in 2020. The founding partners of the fund, whose portfolio companies include Tomorrow Bank, Sylvera, Tomorrow and Net Purpose, are a quartet consisting
Advisors Revent:
Dr. Stephan Bank (Structuring/Lead) Partner
Lennart Lorenz (Regulatory), Partner
Jens Kretzschmann (Tax), Partner
Joel El-Qalqili (Structuring/Regulatory), Associated Partner
Dr. Florian Wilbrink (Structuring), Associate
YPOG stands for You + Partners of Gamechangers. As a leading law and tax firm, YPOG supports founders, investors, companies and funds in Germany and internationally in bringing visionary ideas to life in the tech ecosystem and dynamic future markets.
YPOG advises on the structuring of venture capital and private equity funds, financing rounds and complex transactions, as well as on regulatory and tax matters relating to digital assets and financial innovation. As a strategic partner, YPOG develops practical solutions of the highest legal standard.
The firm combines legal and tax expertise with legal tech, digital workflows and AI-based systems to provide efficient and scalable advice.
YPOG and its professionals are regularly recognised by JUVE, Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Leaders League. More than 380 lawyers, tax advisers, tax specialists, one notary and business professionals work for YPOG across its offices in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich.
Further information: www.ypog.law/en/ and www.linkedin.com/company/ypog
