# Richard Barker

> Richard Barker is a seed investor at Counteract (London) backing Real Estate and Construction. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Counteract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/counteract)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-barker-78b97428/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=uk

Richard Barker is a partner of Counteract.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real Estate | 1 | 100% |
| Construction | 1 | 100% |
| Building Material | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Concrete4Change | Concrete4Change is an R&D company developing technology to utilize and permanently mineralize CO2 in concrete. The company has won awards including the United Nations (UN) Most Innovative Net-Zero Technology - The Climate Challenge Cup at COP26 in Glasgow and the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Award.Concrete4Change is on a mission toremove 2 billion tonnes of CO2 emission in the concrete industry by 2040 - utilizing concrete as the safest form of CO2 sink in the world and turning one of the world's biggest emission problems into an emission solution | $3M | Seed | Nov 01, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Goldbeck](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ortwin-goldbeck-holding-se) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Zacua Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zacua-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Counteract

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Counteract is combating the climate crisis through insight, investment and invention in carbon removal.We offer engineer and scientist entrepreneurs the financial and strategic support to turn fresh ideas into self-sustaining businesses with the potential to capture or store greenhouse gases at global scale.Counteract are seeking answers acrossall fields of emissions removal technology, including (but not limited to) enhanced weathering, blue and soil carbon, direct air capture, afforestation/reforestation and sequestration. Our focus is on the earliest stage of a company’s life - research, prototyping, market development - to prove new theories and unlock new pathways in this vital space.

3 contacts available at Counteract.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Shebbeare | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-shebbeare |
| Matt Isaacs | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-isaacs |
| Richard Barker | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-barker-faf4 |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Barker invest in?

Richard Barker invests primarily in Real Estate, Construction and Building Material startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Richard Barker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Barker closed in Nov 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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