Top 50 CleanTech VC (Venture Capital) Funds in United Kingdom in November 2024

Investor	CleanTech United Kingdom investments
Par Equity	8
Parkwalk Advisors	8
IP Group	4
Oxford Science Enterprises	4
QVentures	4
NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance	3
Finance Yorkshire	3
True Ventures	3
Octopus Ventures	3
Kindred Capital	3
Green Angel Ventures	3
TrueSight Ventures	3
HG Ventures	3
Sky Ocean Ventures	3
Cambridge Angels group	3
Verve Ventures	3
Social Impact Capital	3
EIT Food	3
Acequia Capital (AceCap)	2
PortfoLion Capital Partners	2
Asymmetry Ventures	2
Astanor Ventures	2
ACE & Company	2
Crowdcube	2
Oxford Science Enterprises	2
Lowercarbon Capital	2
Climate VC	2
Jenson Funding Partners	2
Trousdale Ventures	2
Nesta	2
AgFunder	2
Carbon13	2
Sustainable Ventures	2
Transition	2
Entrepreneurs Fund	2
Embryo Ventures	2
Enterprise Ventures	2
Saltwater Capital	2
Torch Capital	2
The Conduit Connect	2
Ascension	2
SFC Capital	2
Lupa Systems	2
South Pole	2
Oxford Technology Management	2
Horizons Ventures	2
BGF Ventures	2
ArcTern Ventures	2
EnBW	1
Triple Point Ventures	1

Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Computer
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Artus — Artus is a revolutionary heating and air conditioning product. Applications include residential, commercial and high-precision environments.
iGii — Integrated Graphene enable better products with a revolutionary design for manufacture process producing the world's highest quality pure 3D Graphene Foam, Gii.
Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT) — NPT is a cleantech company that has developed a revolutionary process technology called REFNOVA. REFNOVA allows customers to converts non-food plant residues into sustainable products such as biochar, activated carbon, biofuel, biopolymers and biochemicals. Our products help customers replace fossil based products and enable decarbonisation.

Parkwalk is a London-based fund management firm. Parkwalk invests in UK technology companies that have IP backing and freedom to operate, generally spun out of UK universities. Their funds seek to generate capital gains for their investors, enhanced by the attractive tax relief provided by EIS. Parkwalk entered this investment sector in 2009,anticipating a wave of tax-efficient incentives launched by the UK Government to stimulate innovative emerging technology companies and thereby help drive economic growth.Parkwalk utilises academic, technology transfer, venture capital and personal networks developed over many years to gain access to the highest calibre deal-flow. In 2017 Parkwalk joined forces with IP Group plc, a leading intellectual property commercialisation company that is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IPO. As at March 2019 the combined group has net assets of £1.2bn.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Diffblue — Diffblue Cover uses next generation autonomous AI to automate unit testing so that Java development teams can build better applications faster
Evoralis — Utilise Our Innovative Enzymes to Efficiently Recycle Plastics Into High-Quality Raw Materials
Ikarovec — Ikarovec is developing novel gene therapies to treat major ophthalmic indications.

IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and createvalue out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Diffblue — Diffblue Cover uses next generation autonomous AI to automate unit testing so that Java development teams can build better applications faster
Microbiotica — Microbiotica is a developer of human microbiome therapeutics intended to discover and develop live bacterial therapeutics and biomarkers. The company's therapeutics identify gut bacteria linked to phenotype with unprecedented precision, enabling researchers to phenotype before testing of candidate bacteria in advanced human in vitro and invivo models.
MISSION Therapeutics — Deubiquitylating enzymes: multiple drug opportunities across therapeutic areas

Oxford Science Enterprises is the university-partnered venture firm. We work with the University of Oxford to build companies that create fundamental technologies: science-based businesses capable of tackling the planet’s toughest problems. We invest in life science, AI and software, healthcare, and deep tech to create companies taking onchallenges like nuclear fusion, quantum computing and developing treatments and cures for infectious diseases. Founded in 2015, we’ve raised over £600M to create a world-class technology ecosystem, and combine our deep experience with a network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector-experts to find co-investment, build businesses, and hire senior management talent.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

natcap — We support the world's leading companies to prioritise, measure and act on nature impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.
FluoRok — By employing our patented technology, we can produce fluorochemicals without the production of toxic and highly dangerous hydrofluoric acid
Iota Sciences — Discover automated single-cell handling tools and related services to accelerate your route to breakthrough discoveries in cell biology

QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

sqcdp — We work with manufacturing clients to make paper systems redundant, introducing smart, efficient systems to capture production data through your teams.
PORTAIRE — Bring your team together and simplify your work from product discovery to procurement.
Renewabl — Renewabl is the platform that allows companies to meet their decarbonisation targets quickly and efficiently by matching renewable energy certificates directly from hydro, wind and solar on a 24/7-hour basis.

Mercia Equity Finance is a regional investor that focuses initially on uncovering the hidden value. It uses both of its managed funds and its proprietary capital to invest across four distinct asset classes: venture, private equity, and debt, referred to as their 'Complete Capital Solution’. It aspires to be the first choice for investors,investees, and employees, and, by aspiring to be the first choice, they believe that Mercia will deliver superior returns for business owners, shareholders, and fund investors alike.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Suiso — Suiso is developing a breakthrough microwave-driven pyrolysis process which generates Hydrogen by decarbonising Natural/Bio Gas. Ventured backed and based in Sheffield UK, Suiso is a winner of the BEIS Low Carbon H2 Supply scheme. It plans to deliver shipping container sized Hydrogen generators, with a capacity to provide of up to 1,000kg ofHydrogen daily. A competitive benchmarking exercise, in the BEIS study, has confirmed that Suiso will have the lowest cost of H2 in a number of key H2 applications and lower Carbon emissions than grid powered electrolysis. By producing Hydrogen at the point of use, Suiso eliminates the expensive distribution costs incurred by large scale centralised H2 producers, one of the primary obstacles to the widespread adoption of Hydrogen. Suiso’s process reduces CO2 emissions by 97%+ versus steam methane reforming, utilizes 80% less energy than electrolysis and has very low equipment capital costs making it one of the most affordable Hydrogen production technologies. Suiso captures the Carbon in the Natural/Bio-Gas in the form of solid Carbon Black which has significant commercial value in the production of tyres, batteries, inks, other applications.
Envoke — The engagement Platform for your Virtual Instrument.
Invincibles Studio — Invincibles Studio creating high quality, successful soccer management games.

Finance Yorkshire is an investments company that provides seedcorn, loan and equity linked investments. At the start of 2017, Finance Yorkshire received funds from the Sheffield and Leeds City Regions to invest until the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) was operational. NPIF was launched in February 2017. Please click here for detailsFinance Yorkshire provides seedcorn, loan and equity linked investments, specifically to help small and medium sized businesses meet the gaps in the market for the funding they need for growth and development. Finance Yorkshire has been developed as a European JEREMIE* initiative and is capitalised by grants from UK Government, European Regional Development Fund and finance from the European Investment Bank. (*JEREMIE stands for Joint European Resources for Micro to medium Enterprises)Finance Yorkshire is supported by the Regional Growth Fund (RGF). The RGF has supported eligible projects and programmes raising private sector investment to create economic growth and lasting employment. It has invested £2.7 billion to help businesses in England to grow; and is expected to create or safeguard over 557,000 jobs by the mid 2020s.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Health Care, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ProvePiracy — ProvePrivacy helps organisations demonstrate data protection compliance under UK Data Protection legislation through a single integrated platform.
We Power Your Car — We Power Your Car are accredited, experienced electric vehicle charging experts. Shop home and commercial electric vehicle chargers today.
Music Factory Entertainment Group — Music Factory Entertainment Group is a music and media company that works in the music, events, and education sectors.

A Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on early stage technology startups. We invest in brilliant people who bring ideas that matter to life.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

SuppCo — SuppCo helps people find health supplements, manage supplement routines, and track their health.
Bluesky — Bluesky is a new social media platform.
HomeBoost — HomeBoost operates as a home energy platform.

We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Desia — Desia provides advanced AI applications for productivity, automation, and analytics for financial services.
NanoSyrinx — NanoSyrinx is an award-winning, discovery stage biotechnology company based in the UK. We are using synthetic biology approaches to develop protein nanosyringes as a completely novel modality for intracellular delivery of protein and peptide biologic drugs.
Stema — It serves as a platform for hiring engineers

A new model for Venture Capital where every founder we back becomes a co-owner of the fund

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Puraffinity — Puraffinity develops targeted materials for water treatment, focused on forever chemicals called PFAS. Our strategic intent is to provide 1 billion people with PFAS safe water by 2030
Dunia Innovation — Catalysing the energy transition.
Shift Bioscience — Explore cutting-edge simulation-guided cell rejuvenation techniques aimed at combating aging-related diseases.

Green Angel Syndicate is the only UK angel investment syndicate specialising in the fight against Climate Change and Global Warming.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

heata — heata supports people living in fuel poverty, It enables companies to significantly reduce their carbon footprint while saving families up to £450 per year on their energy bills. It is a ground-breaking green distributed compute network that uses computation waste heat to heat people's homes' water.
Zedify — Are you looking for sustainable delivery solutions? Reduce your carbon emissions for urban last mile deliveries with our amazing cargo-bike shipping services.
PES Technologies — PES Technologies has created technology that powers a game-changing soil health analysis tool, allowing farmers and agronomists to make the best decisions for their farms as quickly as possible.

TrueSight Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in pre-seed and seed deals.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

Laced — Discover the latest sneaker releases with Laced. The UK and Europe's authentic sneaker marketplace, discover coveted styles from Nike, Air Jordan, Yeezy, New Balance and more. Buy and sell now with Laced.
Cordless — Bridging the gap between voice and text
Kashmir Intelligence — Cloud Beating, on-prem AI Infrastructure - powering downstream operations for enhanced efficiency, cost savings, and security.

Partnering with innovative, high-growth companies that support a sustainable future in materials, infrastructure, environmental solutions and industrial systems.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Renewable Energy
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

ZwitterCo — ZwitterCo is revolutionizing water & wastewater treatment with cutting-edge membrane technology, along with providing sustainable, high-efficiency solutions.
Puraffinity — Puraffinity develops targeted materials for water treatment, focused on forever chemicals called PFAS. Our strategic intent is to provide 1 billion people with PFAS safe water by 2030
PinPoint Analytics — Bring your construction estimating process into the 21st century! We deliver comprehensive insights into every project line item with real-time pricing data, leveraging hundreds of factors including weather patterns, market conditions, and historical trend analysis.

Sky Ocean Ventures is a bold new creation that will support breakthrough thinking and invest in promising new ideas that will help turn off the plastics tap.They

Investment focus

CleanTech, Sustainability, Packaging Services
Seed, Funding Round, Grant
United Kingdom, Chile, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Xampla — Xampla: Drop-in replacements for single-use plastic, eliminating plastic pollution. Biodegrade quickly & safely. Named world's most promising cleantech co.
Circulor — Circulor is a leader in bringing traceability to complex industrial supply chains. We help customers to demonstrate responsible sourcing, to monitor inherited emissions from the supply chain and to underpin their circular economy ambitions. We help procurement and sustainability professionals see and manage what was previously invisible.
Naturbeads — Naturbeads creates biodegradable, sustainable and cost competitive cellulose microbeads to replace currently used microplastics.

The Cambridge Angels are a group of high-net worth investors who have proven experience as successful entrepreneurs in internet, software, technology and bio-technology. Members invest in and mentor high quality start-up and early-stage companies in these sectors in the Cambridge (UK) area and throughout the UK.Typical funding requirements thatthe Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £50,000 to £500,000 - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have received more than £1m in funding from their Members over several funding rounds.Their Members have been responsible for a large number of the “Cambridge Phenomenon” success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

xWatts — xWatts is an intelligent energy management software that reduces energy costs and emissions in commercial buildings.
Qureight — Pioneering data curation to solve complex diseases
Monument Therapeutics — Monument Therapeutics is a biotechnology company intended to develop drugs to treat serious diseases of the central nervous system.

Verve Ventures has invested in more than 140 science and technology startups. We support visionary and resilient entrepreneurs from day one and are a reliable partner for the entire journey. We typically invest EUR 1-3m in early as well as later stage rounds of European high tech startups.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Switzerland, Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

Otoqi — Otoqi is a vehicle delivery platform that develops connected services and logistics solutions for the automotive professionals.
Puraffinity — Puraffinity develops targeted materials for water treatment, focused on forever chemicals called PFAS. Our strategic intent is to provide 1 billion people with PFAS safe water by 2030
Somagenetix — Somagenetix is a new firm that wants to be a leader in gene therapy by developing first-in-class treatments for phagocyte-related illnesses. Somagenetix's mission is to use genetically modified phagocytes to treat patients suffering from immunodeficiency, neurodegeneration, and cancer with brain metastases.

We are the earliest investors in mission-driven founders until their companies are attractive to top-tier VCs.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Nanotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Quell — An immersive first-person fitness game you can play anywhere - Quell is the future of fitness gaming.
Tiamat Sciences — Animal-free proteins derived from plants. Affordable, scalable, flexible. Join the protein revolution and help to shape a more sustainable future.
Dextrous Robotics — Dextrous Robotics is a robotics company that develops AI-enabled warehouse robots. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

EIT Food is a European Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), which was set up to transform our food ecosystem. By connecting consumers with businesses, start-ups, researchers and students from around Europe, EIT Food supports innovative and economically sustainable initiatives which improve our health, our access to quality food, and our environment

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, AgTech
Grant, Seed, Funding Round
The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Notpla — We are a combination of designers and chemists, engineers and entrepreneurs. We’re hard to define because what we’re doing hasn’t been done before. We create advanced packaging solutions that disappear, naturally.
3D Bio-Tissues — 3D Bio-Tissues (3DBT) is a biotech startup spun-out from Newcastle University in 2019. Our ambition is to produce bio-equivalent tissues for clinical and cellular agriculture. We apply novel bio-inspired manufacturing processes to generate complex structures.
BioBetter — BioBetter is a foodtech company that develops plant-based platforms for the production of complex growth factors used in cultivated meat. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Israel.

We are a leading early-stage investment platform. We are at the center of a global ecosystem that attracts and fuels the technical founders and product teams building the next wave of global businesses.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Sloyd — 3D modeling has never been easier. Select a generator, tweak it, done. Generate with realtime in the Sloyd Webapp or SDK.
Legion Health — Legion Health is building the infrastructure for health care organizations to scale their virtual mental health offerings.
ExpressionEdits — Redefining the status quo of protein expression

Portfolion is a CEE-focused multi-stage investor with a flexible fund structure that allows it to back companies from or before 1st client until the end of their journey. The fund manager has backed some of the CEE region’s most successful companies including SEON, Novakid, Tresorit, Packhelp, and Starschema.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Big Data
Series A, Seed, Series B
Hungary, Poland, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Mindgram — Mindgram is a science-based platform and mobile app for complete mental wellness.
Renewabl — Renewabl is the platform that allows companies to meet their decarbonisation targets quickly and efficiently by matching renewable energy certificates directly from hydro, wind and solar on a 24/7-hour basis.
Pactum — Pactum autonomous negotiations help companies unlock hidden value. Our AI negotiates non-strategic supplier contracts on a massive scale.

Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TransCrypts — We all have that file box where we throw all our important documents. Our goal at TransCrypts is to make that box digital and have all the documents secured through the blockchain. We currently offer industry leading privacy and security standards on our file storage and sharing platform and have solutions for individuals all the way to enterprises.
Reforged Labs — Make every creative a hero creative.
SFA Therapeutics — SFA Therapeutics is a development-stage bio-pharmaceutical startup company focused on a new advancement in the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease - the use of microbiome-derived metabolites as drugs.

Astanor Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on entrepreneurs regenerating the food, blue ocean economy, and agriculture sector. The firm targeting technology-enabled companies across the agri-food value chain, leveraging disruptive technologies to bring about a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, trusted, and ultra-fresh. Itrings together capital, deep sector knowledge, and a strong network of entrepreneurs, impact investors, technologists, scientists, farmers, chefs, policymakers, and food lovers to give rise to a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted, and delicious.Astanor Ventures was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Investment focus

Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Digestiva — Digestiva develops the nutritional, sensory, and physiological properties of food and feed proteins with targeted biocatalysts.
Switch Bioworks — Switch Bioworks engineers symbiotic microbes to produce sustainable nitrogen fertilizer under the control of precise genetic circuits.
Monarch Tractor — Monarch Tractor offers a tractor platform that combines mechanization, automation, and data analysis to enhance farmer’s existing operations, alleviate labor shortages, and maximize yields.The company is dedicated to eliminating diesel fuel and replaces harmful chemicals with mechanical solutions, so its tractor impacts the environment exactly asintended, without side effects. Its platform utilizes hardware and machine learning to identify and eliminates plant ailments and estimate yields.

ACE & Company (“ACE”), founded in 2005, is a global investment group specialized in private investments with total assets of over $1.6 bn across three investment strategies and investment solutions. With headquarters in Geneva and offices in London, New York, and Cairo, ACE’s global presence brings the company in direct contact with sourcingpartners, investment firms, as well as entrepreneurs and provides investors unparalleled access to a network of opportunities. ACE’s passion is for finding investment opportunities where we have an advantage through many years of relationship building, a carefully developed position of knowledge in the sectors which we are active, and a culture of efficiency to gain first mover’s advantage. ACE’s purpose is to offer investors a long-term and collaborative investment approach that values honesty, transparency and rigorous execution, so that our strategies not only provide unique access to value accretive, risk-managed deals, but fosters what we consider our bedrock—trust.ACE’s progress has been marked by a globally respected track record since the Company was founded in 2005. In the last four years we have increased our total assets by fivefold and in 2017 received the Swiss Financial Supervisory Authority (FINMA) authorization.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Roofr — The complete sales toolbox for roofers. From roof measurement reports to project-winning proposals.
DePoly — DePoly is a spin off out of the LSMO lab at EPFL- Valais that has developed a novel technology allowing for the chemical recycling of PET plastic back to its main two components ethylene glycol (EG) and terephthalic acid (TPA). Our approach turns low valued materials (PET waste) into high-valued chemicals like TPA creating a circular economy. Weexpect this process to generate revenue from chemically recycling PET to TPA/EG, which can be sold back to industry to make new virgin PET plastic and allowing for a sustainable source of TPA and EG on the market.
PatientPoint — PatientPoint is a leading digital health company that connects patients, healthcare providers and life sciences with health information at key moments of care.

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced investor, we make it simple to buy and sell shares in Europe's most exciting high-growth businesses.

Investment focus

FinTech, Food and Beverage, Financial Services
Equity Crowdfunding, Convertible Note, Seed
United Kingdom, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Mintos — Mintos is a platform that provides retail investors with an accessible way to build wealth through loan-based investments. Through their platform retail investors can invest in a diversified way in income-producing assets to build wealth in the long term. They implement environmental, social, and employee matters, respect for human rights,anti‐corruption, and anti‐bribery matters within their remuneration policy practices and other internal company documents.
ThinkSono — ThinkSono is a company at the cutting edge of medicine and technology.
Rematch — Rematch is a video editing application that allows users to edit, record, and share videos and highlights of the game.

Oxford Science Enterprises is the university-partnered venture firm. We work with the University of Oxford to build companies that create fundamental technologies: science-based businesses capable of tackling the planet’s toughest problems. We invest in life science, AI and software, healthcare, and deep tech to create companies taking onchallenges like nuclear fusion, quantum computing and developing treatments and cures for infectious diseases. Founded in 2015, we’ve raised over £600M to create a world-class technology ecosystem, and combine our deep experience with a network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector-experts to find co-investment, build businesses, and hire senior management talent.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

natcap — We support the world's leading companies to prioritise, measure and act on nature impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.
FluoRok — By employing our patented technology, we can produce fluorochemicals without the production of toxic and highly dangerous hydrofluoric acid
Iota Sciences — Discover automated single-cell handling tools and related services to accelerate your route to breakthrough discoveries in cell biology

Lowercarbon Capital backs kickass companies slashing CO2 emissions, sucking carbon out of the sky, and buying us time to unf**k the planet.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Renewable Energy, Energy
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Storio Energy — Storio Energy is an AI-powered energy efficiency technology platform that provides renewable energy.
Pacific Fusion — Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy.
Matter Intelligence — Matter Intelligence is creating the most detailed map of the world using first-of-a-kind sensors to understand our planet like never before

Climate VC helps to find, foster and fund innovative startups to have a global and gigatonne-scale impact on the climate.

Investment focus

Environmental Consulting, Manufacturing, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kita — Parametric insurance products that remove carbon delivery risk from buyers and sellers in the voluntary carbon market
CUR8 — CUR8 is committed to establishing a global market for carbon reduction. Carbon removal methods include increased rock weathering, direct air capture, forests, construction, soil, biomass, oceans, and new technologies.
Preoptima — Real-time whole life carbon (WLC) analysis from concept to demolition

Invest in Jenson EIS & SEIS Funds whilst supporting Growth Capital schemes accessing a diverse Portfolio, which is deploying this tax year.

Investment focus

Software, Marketplace, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

RezKit — RezKit is a travel booking systems helps shopkeepers and online retailers can operate efficiently and profitably thanks to a wide variety of instruments at their disposal.
Yond — Yond is taking a risk by integrating social commerce into the core of the travel booking process, with the goal of completely changing the travel industry.
Peach Worlds — The Only No-Code Builder for Extraordinary 3D Websites. Empowering designers to create stand out and premium 3D Sites without any coding.

Trousdale Ventures is an innovative VC firm in search of companies that are designing the future of health, happiness, and productivity.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Chile

Portfolio highlights

Notpla — We are a combination of designers and chemists, engineers and entrepreneurs. We’re hard to define because what we’re doing hasn’t been done before. We create advanced packaging solutions that disappear, naturally.
Pacific Fusion — Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy.
Impulse Space — Economical and nimble last-mile space payload delivery

We bring bold ideas to life to change the world for good.

Investment focus

Health Care, Education, Non Profit
Grant, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Anaphite — A breakthrough nanomaterial
Martee’s — Martee’s revolutionizing workplace nutrition with a fully managed, self-serve healthy meals and snacks solution.
Renewabl — Renewabl is the platform that allows companies to meet their decarbonisation targets quickly and efficiently by matching renewable energy certificates directly from hydro, wind and solar on a 24/7-hour basis.

AgFunder invests in impactful companies that can positively transform the world's food system. Founded in 2013, AgFunder manages a portfolio of over 50 companies across four funds from offices in Silicon Valley and Singapore. Through its media platform AFN, it has built a global ecosystem of over 90,000 subscribers.

Investment focus

Agriculture, AgTech, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Eion — Eion removes atmospheric CO2, permanently and verifiably, with enhanced rock weathering on soil
Wittaya Aqua — A better approach to aquaculture management
Cargill Hong Kong — Cargill Hong Kong is an agricultural technology service provider dedicated to optimizing food production and supply chain management with sophisticated agricultural technologies, resulting in increased sustainability and efficiency in agricultural production.

Carbon13 is the venture builder for the climate-emergency

Investment focus

Sustainability, Environmental Consulting, Biotechnology
Pre-Seed, Seed
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Infyos — Infyos helps battery players overcome opaque and high-risk supply chains through supplier visibility and risk identification.
Materials Nexus — Accelerating change to net-zero materials
Pattern Project — Manny - Digital Twin and AI for On-Demand Garment Manfacturing

Welcome to the home of Climate Tech. We are a full service ecosystem empowering sustainable start-ups to scale through community, investment, innovation and workspace.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Biotechnology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Israel, Luxembourg

Portfolio highlights

PlantSea — PlantSea manufactures and develops sustainable products using seaweed and aquaculture materials. It offers bioplastics items as biodegradable alternatives. PlantSea is based in Gaerwen, England.
Uplift360 — Uplift360 is a greentech startup working in advanced material circular economy (redesign, reuse, regenerate and recycle), uniquely focused on the defence and security sector.
Danu Robotics — Danu Robotics manufactures AI guided robotic systems for sorting recyclable waste - highly accurate, modular multi-arm systems that retrofit into existing MRF operations and collates EPR data.

Transition, a new climate tech venture capital firm that focuses on Seed and Series A startups recently launched.

Investment focus

Software, Environmental Consulting, CleanTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Heat Geek — Heat Geek offers expert advice on all aspects of the heating industry. Browse our knowledge hub online now.
Reel Energy — Reel empowers all companies to procure renewable electricity that makes a real difference for the climate.
Electricity Maps — Electricity Maps provides actionable electricity carbon data. We help companies effectively reduce their emissions, while differentiating their offerings.

Entrepreneurs Fund provides early stage and growth financing alongside active support to entrepreneurial teams. Their current areas of investment focus are Life-sciences, Water, Materials and Automotive Technology.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

OptiNose — Optinose is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on creating and bringing to market innovative products for patients with diseases treated by ear, nose, and throat (ENT) and allergy specialists.
Realeyes — Realeyes is the leader in ad testing for the attention economy. Our AI measures audience attention and engagement to inform creative performance and media efficiency.
General Fusion — General Fusion is developing fusion energy: a clean, safe, abundant and on-demand approach to generating electricity.

Embryo Ventures is a London-based venture firm that backs exceptional founders building transformational companies.

Investment focus

CleanTech, SaaS, Retail Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

OSSTEC — OSSTEC is bringing advanced technology to the operating room with metal 3D printed bone healing implants. The orthopaedic implants emulate natural bone structure and address high failure rates of existing implants, keeping patients who suffer with osteoarthritis healthy, active and enjoying life.
STAXY Ltd — STAXY is creating a sustainable future for travel by providing corporates and organisations with a mobility-as-a-service platform that enables employees and communities access to low-cost and convenient modes of transport.
Gladys — Discover Gladys, the easiest and cheapest way to find trusted local Carers and Helpers in your community. Get 5* care and support to your door.

Mercia Asset Management provides equity and debt to UK businesses with growth ambition. We are your investment partners from scale-up to exit.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Funding Round, Seed, Post-IPO Equity
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Concepta PLC — Concepta PLC is involved in the development of products and a platform, which targets the personalized mobile health market with a focus on women’s fertility and unexplained infertility.
Plant Impact — PlantImpact is a biostimulant company proud to be part of Croda Plc, the name behind high performance ingredients and technologies that are relied on by industries across the world.
Blue-i Event Technology — Blue-i Event Technology specialising in the supply of Audio Visual Services to the events industry.

Saltwater is a holding company for owned and operated businesses as well as investments, founded by Ryan Graves.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, CleanTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Pachama — Harnessing AI to drive carbon capture and protect global forests
Emitwise — Empowering enterprises to achieve their Scope 3 reduction targets with accurate primary emissions data, powering procurement to decarbonise.
NoCap — Emerging artists, are you ready to take your career to the next level?

Torch Capital is a brand-focused investment firm built to shepherd the next generation of truly great mission driven consumer companies.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Aerflo — Aerflo a transportable method of carbonating sparkling water.
Anam — Anam is the developer of real-time AI personas for brands to increase consumer interaction..
Solace — Connect with expert patient advocates who can help you navigate the healthcare system and solve any medical problem, no matter what you need.

We source & connect the most promising high growth impact investing opportunities to mission-aligned investors. Read all about our The Conduit EIS Impact Fund.

Investment focus

Software, CleanTech, Internet
Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Heatio — Heatio provides affordable renewable energy to homeowners.
Nebu~Flow — Nebu~Flow develops the next generation of nebulisers to enable the delivery of life changing treatments.
Concert Bio — Concert Bio helps businesses manage their microbiome. We combine monitoring with analytics to develop interventions that improve the microbiome that matters to you. Our pilot program for CEA growers is currently live and accepting partners, see website for details.

Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders.Run by an experienced and diverse team of successful entrepreneurs, we have been relentlessly dedicated to finding the UK’s best Seed-stage startups since 2014.Ascension benefits from the active industry connections essential forthe sourcing and development of deal-flow and due diligence. The team has co-invested with the UK’s leading angels and VCs, key to securing follow-on funding as the portfolio businesses move to their next stage of growth.We believe in building an inclusive, community driven brand that can benefit the wider UK tech ecosystem and strive to work with conviction, integrity, humour, and humility.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
Linq — The safest way to send intimate content
Concert Bio — Concert Bio helps businesses manage their microbiome. We combine monitoring with analytics to develop interventions that improve the microbiome that matters to you. Our pilot program for CEA growers is currently live and accepting partners, see website for details.

Discover the UK's leading SEIS Fund, offering tax-efficient investments in innovative startups. Join thousands of savvy investors and raise capital for your business with SFC Capital.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Nesti — An AI-first generative video platform that enables sales teams to deliver 1,000s of personalised outreach videos, on dynamic buyer landing pages, at scale.
Cytix — Cytix is a vulnerability management software platform and cluster of dedicated pentesters to help you identify & resolve Vulnerabilities. Reach us & get a free trial of tool.
Soil Benchmark — Independent software creating Soil Management Plans that tick all the right boxes for SAM1.

Lupa Systems is a private investment company founded in 2019.

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Notpla — We are a combination of designers and chemists, engineers and entrepreneurs. We’re hard to define because what we’re doing hasn’t been done before. We create advanced packaging solutions that disappear, naturally.
Synthetaic — Synthetaic is a Delafield, Wisconsin-based company that grows large and high-quality datasets sufficient for machine learning. The company is able to extend AI into industries where data constraints have prevented previous applications of the technology. By focusing specifically on synthetic image data, which is more challenging to produce thancolumnar data, Synthetaic is able to address particularly high-stakes use cases.Through a collaboration with the University of Michigan, Synthetaic is developing a real-time tumor classification AI system that would assist surgeons in identifying what type of brain cancer is present while performing surgery. By combining high-fidelity 3D modeling and novel generative AI with germane, integrated modeling workflows, they deliver an end-to-end pipeline that ensures ultra-high accuracy.Synthetaic was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Delafield, WI, USA.
Rebellion Defense — Rebellion Defense helps our defense and national security agencies unlock the power of data across all domains. With our products, they can understand complex data, make better decisions, and act more quickly than ever before.

South Pole is an investment firm.

Investment focus

CleanTech, Renewable Energy, Environmental Consulting
Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Renewabl — Renewabl is the platform that allows companies to meet their decarbonisation targets quickly and efficiently by matching renewable energy certificates directly from hydro, wind and solar on a 24/7-hour basis.

Oxford Technology's SEIS fund and EIS fund enable private investors to access high growth technology startup opportunities and support UK innovation. SEIS and EIS tax reliefs offer downside protection, whilst gains can be tax free.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

OxCan — Enabling curative cancer treatment through early detection
CryoLogyx — Assay Ready Cells - Discover CryoLogyx's advanced cryopreservation solutions, optimized for cell-based assays in drug discovery. Simply thaw with cell culture medium, and they are ready for use within 24 hours post-thaw.
Metacarpal — Metacarpal design upper-limb prosthetics without compromise. We aim to make the most robust, functional hand prosthesis that people love wearing because it works so effectively and looks so beautiful. Be proud to show your artificial side!

Investing in the deep science and technology that can propel humanity towards a radically better future.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Notpla — We are a combination of designers and chemists, engineers and entrepreneurs. We’re hard to define because what we’re doing hasn’t been done before. We create advanced packaging solutions that disappear, naturally.
Medal — Gamers live here. Medal is the best way to record, clip, edit, and share your gaming clips and videos. Clip, Edit, Share, and Relive your gaming moments.
ZeroAvia — ZeroAvia is producing the world's first practical zero emission aviation powertrain, initially targeting 20-seat airplanes to start replacing dirty jet fuel in regional transport

In this venture capital deep-dive, we look at the rise of VC funding, and the pros and cons of raising investment from venture capitalists.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Funding Round, Series B, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Gaussion — Gaussion is revolutionising batteries by utilising magneto-electrochemistry.
Orbex Space — Founded in 2015, Orbex is Europe’s leading private launch services company, focused entirely on supporting the needs of the small satellite industry.Orbex has developed one of the most advanced, low carbon, high performance micro-launch vehicles in the world. They launch customer satellites into polar and sun-synchronous low Earth orbits from aunique, modern launch location in the heart of the European continent.They offer a flexible core launch service and a wide suite of supporting services that make life easier for customers. Their European location means shorter supply lines, easier communications and reduced operational costs. Their advanced launch vehicle means higher reliability, more flexible mission profiles and a regular, scheduled launch service.
Echion Technologies — Echion Technologies is a spinout from the University of Cambridge Engineering Department, using proprietary battery active materials to develop next-generation Li-ion batteries.

ArcTern Ventures is a venture capital fund that provides early-stage capital to cleantech companies.The privately-backed venture capital fund provides early-stage capital to companies developing breakthrough ideas in the cleantech sector. The Fund has developed a unique early-stage investment model through its partnership with MaRS, one of thelargest innovation centers in the world.

Investment focus

Energy, Software, Renewable Energy
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Liminal — Advanced battery inspection and metrology with ultrasound and machine learning
Cyclic Materials — Cyclic Materials has created the first circular supply chain for rare earth elements with the goal of helping the world transition to an environmentally responsible future.
King Energy — King Energy enables commercial-scale solar at shopping centers and office buildings, bringing financial benefit to property owners

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG – their name points to their roots and their engagement in the region. Their predecessor companies started delivering electricity – and thus as a consequence industry and growth – to Baden-Württemberg over one hundred years ago. Today, they are one of the largest energy supply companies in Germany and Europe. Witha workforce of around 21,000 employees, they supply electricity, gas, water and energy-related products and services to 5.5 million customers.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Information Services, CleanTech
Funding Round, Seed, Corporate Round
Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Hubject — Hubject, founded in 2012, offers an "eRoaming" platform which aims to connect up EV charging stations and unify overall charging infrastructure for better mapping and easier payment solutions.
Meter friends — Meter friends produces intelligent measuring systems (smart meters) and helps save energy.
Ben Fleet Services GmbH — Ben Fleet Services is the infrastructure provider for the mobility of the future. We were founded by EnBW AG and the Berlin-based company builder Bridgemaker and we want to revolutionize the service market for all fleet vehicles. With digital interfaces, our flexible and comprehensive range of services is efficiently integrated into ourcustomers' existing systems.Our product portfolio includes all services required for the care and maintenance of fleet vehicles , i.e. on-site cleaning, damage and condition documentation, smart-repair, relocation, as well as charging and refueling.

Triple Point Ventures is an early stage VC based in London, investing in promising start-ups across multiple sectors including ecommerce, AI, platforms and wider tech. TP's team offers entrepreneurs something a bit different - a fusion of funding and operational expertise, helping investee companies fulfil their growth plans at speed whileensuring teams themselves reach their full potential as they expand.Triple Point has funded many companies, including Skin Analytics, LendInvest, Contis Group, Capital on Tap, Payment Sense, Flatfair and MWS Technology. Several TP-backed companies have featured in start-up charts such as The Sunday Times Tech Track 100. TP recently began raising its second £30 million venture fund to invest in early stage companies who are addressing identified challenges in the B2B or B2B2C world.Triple Point Ventures is the venture capital arm of the wider Triple Point Investment Management group. The Triple Point Group manages over £1.5 billion in assets across multiple strategies including debt, infrastructure, real estate and venture capital. The group was established in 2004 as a UK venture capital trust manager and has continued to provide strong risk-adjusted returns to investors throughout this time.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Nory AI — Revolutionise your restaurant with Nory's restaurant management software. Streamline operations, boost profits, and enhance decision-making in one platform.
trumpet — Create beautiful, personalised, trackable and interactive digital sales pods in a few clicks with trumpet
Visibly — Visibly developing technology to bring about the change our built environment requires by providing businesses with the tools they need to reduce the industry's skills gap and ensure our infrastructure can meet the needs of the population.