# Alex Gawley

> Alex Gawley is a seed investor at Zero Carbon Capital (Emsworth) backing Nuclear and Power Grid. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Zero Carbon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zero-carbon-capital)
- Location: Emsworth, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agawley

Alex Gawley is a seed investor at Zero Carbon Capital in Emsworth focused on Nuclear and Power Grid. Alex Gawley - Director @ Zero Carbon Capital

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nuclear | 1 | 33% |
| Power Grid | 1 | 33% |
| Clean Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Energy Storage | 1 | 33% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nuclear Turbine | Nuclear Turbines is an energy firm that is creating tiny modular nuclear technologies to make clean nuclear power more affordable than fossil fuels. | $20M | Seed | Jul 27, 2026 |  |
| Exergy3 | Exergy3 is an energy storage company that increases energy efficiency and reduces carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes. It is a spinout from the University of Edinburgh. | $13.5M | Seed | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Exergy3 | Exergy3 is an energy storage company that increases energy efficiency and reduces carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes. It is a spinout from the University of Edinburgh. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Sep 12, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Old College Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/old-college-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-enterprise) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Axeleo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axeleo-sas) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BAE Systems](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bae-systems) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bayern Kapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bayern-kapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Empirical Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/empirical-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Zero Carbon Capital

VC Fund · Hampshire, United States

Zero Carbon Capital is on a mission to accelerate the zero carbon transition through investment in pre-seed and seed climate tech companies in the UK and Europe. We are looking for scientific, hardware innovations and vision-aligned, ambitious teams that are addressing unsolved emissions areas of at least 0.5Gt of CO2e per year by 2050.

2 contacts available at Zero Carbon Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Gawley | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-gawley |
| Pippa Gawley | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pippa-gawley |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Gawley invest in?

Alex Gawley invests primarily in Nuclear, Power Grid and Clean Energy startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alex Gawley last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Gawley closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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