# Clara Barby

> Clara Barby is a venture - series unknown investor at Bridges Fund Management backing Electric Vehicle. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bridges Fund Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridges-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/clarabarby

Clara Barby is a venture - series unknown investor at Bridges Fund Management in London focused on Electric Vehicle and Autonomous Vehicles. Clara has focused her career on investing in innovative high-impact businesses – most recently on the management team of AyurVAID Hospitals, an India-based healthcare chain and Acumen Fund portfolio company. Clara previously worked for Acumen Fund’s Capital Markets team in New York where she played a lead role in designing an innovative investmentvehicle and later co-led the Acumen energy portfolio in India. Before Acumen, Clara worked in Bogota, promoting socially responsible investment.At Bridges Ventures, Clara takes the lead on the fund’s IMPACT strategy throughout the investment cycle - from defining the strategy and process for selecting impact investments, to engaging with portfolio companies to create additional value through environmental and social factors, to tracking and reporting results to our investors and other stakeholders. In addition to growing impact through our own funds, Clara works on Bridges’ efforts to promote the growth of the wider sustainable and impact investment sector.Clara holds a BA (Hons) in Greats from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Electric Vehicle | 1 | 100% |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ABB E-Mobility | ABB's E-Mobility division remotely diagnose, cure infrastructure and update in-house developed software with EV charging technology. | $358.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 01, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Beyond Net Zero](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beyond-net-zero) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Porsche Automobil Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/porsche-automobil-holding) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bridges Fund Management

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Bridges Fund Management was founded in 2002 with the vision that hands-on investment and entrepreneurial talent can be used to address some of the challenges facing their society, as well as drive sustainable growth.Bridges' investment strategy is to focus on opportunities where investments can generate investor returns through helpingmeet pressing social or environmental challenges – be it backing businesses that generate jobs in underserved markets, or building environmentally friendly care homes for the elderly to sustain an ageing population, or providing flexible financing for innovative community transport models.In pursuing this strategy over the last twelve years Bridges have innovated a range of investment vehicles across three main fund types – Sustainable Growth Funds, Property Funds and Social Sector Funds - and they are building a strong track record of financial and societal returns.

5 contacts available at Bridges Fund Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Clara Barby | Partner, Head of Impact+ | — |
| Philip Newborough | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philip-newborough |
| Ben Purvey | Associate | — |
| Brian Trelstad | Partner, US Sustainable Growth Funds | — |
| Dimithri Gunasinghe | Analyst, Sustainable Growth Funds | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Clara Barby invest in?

Clara Barby invests primarily in Electric Vehicle and Autonomous Vehicles startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Clara Barby?

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### When did Clara Barby last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Clara Barby closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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