About RidgeWe believe that anyone should be able to invest in assets that generate financial returns, while mitigating climate change.
The Ridge journey started in early 2022 when we posed a fundamental question to ourselves: How can we invest our own capital in a manner that maximizes positive impact? We were driven to allocate a segment of our portfolio toward impact investments, particularly those with a focus on climate impact. For years, we had been diligently researching the effects of our consumption, exploring strategies for mitigating its impact, and identifying companies to support. Our goal was to align our investment decisions with this same ethos, as we firmly believed that donations alone couldn’t address the majority of our most pressing global challenges. For us, genuine sustainability encompasses a sustainable business model.
After personally investing in projects around the world, we soon realized that this approach had limitations.
Our storyOur quest to find a platform for investment revealed that there were many others searching for the same opportunity, yet no platform to serve them. That’s when we made the decision to create Ridge.
Ridge is a fully digital investment platform, regulated in Germany, designed to simplify the process of investing in natural impact assets.
Our mission is to change the way we invest and make it effortless to invest in assets that yield financial returns while simultaneously addressing climate change and diversifying any investment portfolio.
The Team
Sascha Breuss
Sascha is a co-founder of Ridge. Prior to Ridge he was the MD and Founder of Jumia Advertising Group, as well as CEO at Zando & Rocket Internet South Africa.
Co-Founder
Martin Vogdt
Martin is a co-founder of Ridge. Prior to Ridge he was the CPO at JUMO. Before that he worked at several Rocket Internet portfolio companies across Asia and Africa.
Co-Founder
Sibyll Brüggemann
Angel investor and Advisor
Sibyll is the Marketing Director at Klarna AB. Prior to that she was the VP of Growth & Marketing at Breather and CMO at the Jumia Group.
Andrew Watkins-Ball
Andrew is an entrepreneur who has spent the last 25 years building businesses in Information Technology and Financial services.
Founding Investor
Nils Heise
Nils is a senior investment manager at Lombard Odier, where he shapes the European VC and impact fund of funds strategy. Prior to that he was a director at IH International Advisors.
Angel investor and Advisor
Fleur, Oxford-educated biochemist, co-founded Global Trader, after a career at JP Morgan and now leads Proof, an impact data intelligence company.
Advisor
Fleur Heyns