Vidia News January 2026
Building Momentum into the New Year
Even as the broader market environment remains challenging and geopolitical uncertainty persists, commercially superior climate solutions continue to scale across Europe. This is particularly true across the energy transition, where economic logic and technological maturity increasingly outweigh political noise. At Vidia, we are focused on scaling platforms and building partnerships that can capture this momentum, contributing to a more resilient and sustainable European economy. As we enter 2026, we do so with new portfolio additions, a strong pipeline, and an unwavering focus on operational value creation.
Looking back on 2025, I am proud of what our team has achieved. We delivered on our ambition to acquire and scale market-leading climate solution providers across the energy transition and circular economy value chains. Over the year, we completed four strategic acquisitions across the DACH region and the Nordics: ABEKA, Tectus, GEO-NET, and Hoffmann+Voss. I am particularly excited that ABEKA joins Vidia Climate Fund I as our first platform investment in Sweden. ABEKA is a highly specialized grid infrastructure business with a clear focus on designing, building, and commissioning the infrastructure that enables electrification and industrial decarbonization. We are proud to partner with founder and CEO Håkan Oscarsson and his team as ABEKA enters its next independent growth phase following its carve-out from Bravida.
Beyond portfolio expansion, 2025 was also a year of deepening our operational impact. Across our platforms, we continued to drive value creation initiatives aimed at scaling climate impact alongside financial performance. Our investments in 2025 exhibit an average impact return potential of more than 10,000 tons of CO₂e avoided per year per EURm invested over the holding period. This reinforces our conviction that impact and financial return potential are mutually reinforcing when built on proven, scalable business models in industries experiencing long-term tailwinds.
We also continued to strengthen our team to support Vidia’s growth. We have hired Giovanni Russo as Partner and Head of Italy to address the succession needs of Italy’s climate solution entrepreneurs going forward. I am also delighted to announce Nicholas Held’s promotion to Principal in our Investment Team, recognizing our excellent collaboration over the last eight years and his critical role as part of Vidia’s founding team.
Building on the momentum of 2025, we enter 2026 with optimism. The need to scale proven, economically superior climate solutions across electrification and the circular economy continues to grow, and Europe’s transition will be shaped by those who can deliver real progress on the ground. With a strong pipeline, a portfolio built around mission-critical value chains, and a proven value creation approach, we remain fully committed to delivering attractive financial outcomes alongside measurable climate impact.
Thank you for being part of our journey as we power progress into 2026.
Johanna Struthmann
Founder & Managing Partner
Vidia Highlights 2026
Partnership with ABEKA
ABEKA El & Kraftanläggningar AB (“ABEKA”) is joining Vidia Climate Fund I, following its carve-out from Swedish installation group Bravida Holding AB. ABEKA is a highly specialized electrical grid services and project management provider. The acquisition adds a dedicated grid expansion platform of high systemic relevance to Vidia’s energy transition strategy.
Promotion
Nicholas Held
Investment Principal
We are excited to announce the promotion of Nicholas Held to Principal in the Investment Team. Nico has been working alongside Vidia’s Managing Partners for the past eight years and was part of the founding team of Vidia. His contributions have been instrumental in shaping Vidia’s investments and driving our continued growth.
Thank you, Nico, for your dedication and commitment from the very start – we look forward to the journey ahead.
New Joiner Alert
Anna May
Value Creation Associate
We are excited to welcome Anna May as new Value Creation Associate at Vidia. Anna brings hands-on experience in strengthening organizational value creation through strategic initiatives from McKinsey & Company, where she worked across various sectors, particularly the energy sector. During her degree in Chemistry, her research focused on polymer recycling as well as special materials. At Vidia, Anna will play a key role in driving value creation initiatives across our portfolio.
Anna – welcome to the team!
Vidia Perspective
How Climate Investors Should Approach Fossil Fuel Industry Decarbonization
Decarbonizing the fossil fuel value chain through incremental efficiency or leakage-abatement measures fails to deliver net-positive climate outcomes because the dominant source of emissions lies in the downstream use of fossil fuels themselves. For climate investors, credible mitigation therefore requires system boundaries that encompass the full life cycle and prioritizes the rapid displacement of fossil fuel assets rather than prolonging their economic viability.
Investments whose financial success is materially collinear with the success of the oil and gas value chain create inherent impact conflicts and should generally not be counted toward climate mitigation goals, with limited exceptions for retrofits outside the fossil fuel industry. A disciplined, impact-driven framework that draws a clear red line against fossil fuel dependence, while allowing nuanced treatment of declining or non-critical exposures, enables investors to avoid impact-conflicting incentives, manage asset-stranding risk, and align portfolio returns with an accelerated fossil fuel phase-out.
We are hiring
We are always looking for outstanding, purpose-driven talents to join the Vidia team. Get in touch to become an integral member of our investment, operations or impact team.
Head of HR Vidia / Portfolio Companies
(m/f/d) Full-time, Location: Munich
Office Manager
(m/f/d) Full-time, Location: Munich
Investment Manager
(m/f/d) Full-time, Location: Munich
Portfolio M&A Manager
(m/f/d) Full-time, Hybrid, Location Munich
Operations Manager / Director
(m/f/d) Full-time, Hybrid,
Location: Portfolio Sites / Munich
Portfolio Working Student
(m/f/d) Part-time, Hybrid,
Location: Munich / Portfolio HQ
Investment Criteria
We look for leading companies with a proven business model offering climate positive products or services.
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