Planet A is a leading early-stage tech VC backing European founders tackling the world’s greatest systemic challenges.
We take a scientific approach to identify breakthrough solutions the world can’t afford to ignore across energy, resource mastery, neo-manufacturing, and critical infrastructure.
Investments include INERATEC, Makersite, C1, HIVED, traceless materials and 44.
As a small team with flat hierarchies, we live by our core values: excellency, transparency, trust, humbleness, conviction, and respect.
The Role You will join our Impact Team as an LCA expert, conducting independent environmental impact assessments of investment opportunities.
You will be working closely with our Investment Team, shaping investment decisions and supporting our portfolio companies.
You will report to the Head of Impact and work closely with our Senior Scientist.
What makes this role unique: Your LCA findings directly shape our investment decisions and portfolio strategy.
Your scientific rigor determines which deep-tech solutions we back and how we support them as they scale.
You will sit in due diligence calls and founder meetings with Europe's most ambitious deep-tech teams, gaining direct access to the real-world data that makes your impact work richer and more grounded.
Tasks LCA & Impact Assessment Independently scope, conduct, and interpret (consequential) Life Cycle Assessments of products and services across sectors, as part of the deal evaluation process Develop and apply scientific impact assessments and identify material risks in investment opportunities Gather, validate, and synthesize data from scientific sources, commercial databases, startups, and technical teams Work with the science and investment team to interpret findings and inform investment decisions Methodology & Research Contribute to the evolution of Planet A's impact assessment methodology Apply systems thinking to understand how solutions integrate within broader value chains, infrastructure, and.