# Craig Douglas

> Craig Douglas is a seed investor at World Fund backing Battery and Information Services. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [World Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/world-fund)
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-douglas-47524047

Craig Douglas is a seed investor at World Fund focused on Battery and Information Services. Craig Douglas is the Founding Partner World Fund. Craig Douglas attended Durham University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Battery | 2 | 33% |
| Information Services | 2 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| Big Data | 1 | 17% |
| Chemical | 1 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 67% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anaphite | Anaphite is a manufacturer of electrodes by replacing energy-intensive wet processes with scalable, low-carbon dry-coating technology. | $931.2K | Series A | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Anaphite | Anaphite is a manufacturer of electrodes by replacing energy-intensive wet processes with scalable, low-carbon dry-coating technology. | $13.9M | Series A | Sep 27, 2024 |  |
| ENOUGH | ENOUGH is a technology spin-out company from the University of Strathclyde established to develop and commercialise novel patented technology which transforms the production economics for the meat-free food product mycoprotein by integrating the production within existing bio-refinery operations producing bio-ethanol and animal feed (DDGS). Thisgives integrated fermentation production of Food, Fuel and Feed. ​ | $43.9M | Series C | Aug 17, 2023 |  |
| Cylib | Cylib provides technology for recycling lithium-ion batteries into usable raw materials, turning battery waste and production scrap into materials like lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, and manganese for reuse in battery and industrial supply chains. Their proprietary process focuses on the holistic recovery of all battery components, utilizingwater-based methods to minimize chemical use and reduce environmental impact. Cylib operates an integrated end-to-end recycling workflow that includes discharge, material separation, and refinement for reintegration into manufacturing processes. The company’s approach supports circular material flows and aims to strengthen supply chains for battery producers and related industrial partners. | $8.6M | Seed | Feb 15, 2023 |  |
| Minibems | Minibems is a demand management system for complex heating systems that enables improved efficiency and fuel cost savings thanks to intelligent control and monitoring technology, paired with integrated billing. |  | Seed | Sep 17, 2019 |  |
| Limejump | Limejump is a next generation, technology-driven utility providing aggregation, Power Purchase Agreements, PPA, trading and supply services to their customers. Limejump's technology empowers businesses and generators to become active energy market participants, generate new revenue streams and contribute towards a greener energy future.Limejump connects customers with National Grid’s demand response programmes where generators are paid to ramp up or ramp down their energy export and businesses are compensated to shift or reduce their energy usage to help restore grid balance. | $3.9M | Series A | Jul 26, 2017 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Elbow Beach Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elbow-beach-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [10x Founders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-founders) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ACF Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-cofund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AXA Investment Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axa-investment-managers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Wire Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-wire-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About World Fund

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

World Fund is a European Climate Tech VC fund investing in startups that contribute to solving the climate crisis. It focuses on the key emitting sectors Energy, Food & Agriculture, Manufacturing, Buildings, and Transport. World Fund aims to fill two significant investment gaps for climate tech: when tech goes from lab to market and when itleaves the pilot stage to scale. World Fund will invest from Seed to Series B stage.World Fund was established by Daria Saharova, Danijel Višević, Craig Douglas, Christian Kroll, and Tim Schumacher.

5 contacts available at World Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Craig Douglas | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-douglas |
| Daniel Valenzuela | Head of IR & Impact | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-valenzuela-eba4 |
| Danijel Visevic | General Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danijel-visevic |
| Daria Saharova | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daria-saharova |
| Jan Schierle | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-schierle |

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## FAQ

### What does Craig Douglas invest in?

Craig Douglas invests primarily in Battery, Information Services and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 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 Craig Douglas last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Craig Douglas closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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