Sky Ocean Ventures
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
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
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
- Fund size:
- $25M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Sky Ocean Ventures invests in
Stages Sky Ocean Ventures invests in
Countries Sky Ocean Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$5.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- CleanTech 5 (56%)
- GreenTech 2 (22%)
- Biotechnology 2 (22%)
- Manufacturing 2 (22%)
- Sustainability 2 (22%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (33%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (22%)
- Grant 1 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (11%)
- Series A 1 (11%)
Country
- United Kingdom 5 (56%)
- Chile 1 (11%)
- Finland 1 (11%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeremy Darroch
Group Chief Executive Officer
|
Group Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circulor uses blockchain and AI to cut the cost of traceability and due diligence in raw materials supply chains. Its pioneer customers include car manufacturers, EV battery manufacturers, commodity traders, and miners who collectively want to pioneer more effective approaches to responsible sourcing.Circulor was founded in 2017 and isheadquartered in London, England. | $19.8M / Series A / Jun 10, 2021 | ||
| Naturbeads, a company working to manufacture a replacement to the ocean-polluting microbeads that are found in many personal and home care products and paints. Naturbeads proposes a biodegradable alternative to plastic microbeads that could mitigate micro plastic pollution in the oceans and soil. The technology to create the cellulose microbeadswas developed at the University of Bath by Professors Janet Scott and Davide Mattia from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies in 2017 | $162.1K / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2020 | ||
| Xampla creates plant protein material for commercial use. Our next generation material performs like synthetic polymers, but decomposes naturally and fully, without harming the environment. | $2.5M / Seed / Apr 29, 2020 | ||
| Notpla is a sustainable packaging start-up that develops a material derived from seaweed and plants. The company's products include a coating for takeaway boxes, film, paper made from seaweed pulp, and a rigid plastic alternative, also made from seaweed. Notpla was founded in 2014 and is based in London, England. | $5.2M / Seed / Jan 20, 2020 | ||
| Sulapac brings solutions to the global plastic waste problem with biodegradable packaging innovation.Sulapac combines luxury, sustainability, and unlimited design possibilities. Sulapac packages can be manufactured using injection molding, extrusion, and blow molding techniques. Sulapac has comparable properties to plastics and by using Sulapacbarrier coatings water, oil, and oxygen barrier properties can be further improved. | $16.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 11, 2019 | ||
| CuanTec are a Scottish based blue biotech company making compostable, antimicrobial bioplastic from waste of the fisheries industry, providing an environmentally responsible alternative to polluting packaging.CuanTec are using a circular economy solution where waste from processing of the fisheries industry is put to good use. Cuantec extractschitin from marine waste, langoustines caught in the pollution free waters of the North Atlantic. Our chitin is obtained biologically, thanks to harmless bacteria, in a low-energy process with minimal wastage, and at a high yield providing a very high-quality product. Our chitosan is obtained thanks to an innovative sustainable process, using less energy and 5 time less sodium hydroxide than the current chemical process. | Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 03, 2019 | ||
| Business model focused as distribution channel of basic need products in bulk. Revolving around retail sale through dispenser machines in returnable packaging, reducing prices, responding to the problem of lack of liquidity in low-income families that cannot buy higher volume formats, combating poverty tax, further reducing the environmentalpackaging impact.Algramo aims to establish a wholesale relationship with manufacturers of consumer products such as detergents, rice and oil, among others, in order to buy the products in bulk, not packaged-saving packaging costs significantly without lowering the quality of the product . Thus, bulk suppliers distribute products in stores in large quantities, also reducing logistics costs. | $2M / Seed / Sep 01, 2019 | ||
| Naturbeads, a company working to manufacture a replacement to the ocean-polluting microbeads that are found in many personal and home care products and paints. Naturbeads proposes a biodegradable alternative to plastic microbeads that could mitigate micro plastic pollution in the oceans and soil. The technology to create the cellulose microbeadswas developed at the University of Bath by Professors Janet Scott and Davide Mattia from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies in 2017 | $702.9K / Grant / Aug 12, 2019 | ||
| Notpla is a sustainable packaging start-up that develops a material derived from seaweed and plants. The company's products include a coating for takeaway boxes, film, paper made from seaweed pulp, and a rigid plastic alternative, also made from seaweed. Notpla was founded in 2014 and is based in London, England. | $661.4K / Convertible Note / Jul 15, 2018 |
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FAQ
What does Sky Ocean Ventures invest in?
Sky Ocean Ventures invests primarily in CleanTech, GreenTech and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Sky Ocean Ventures's check size?
Sky Ocean Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$5.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sky Ocean Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at Sky Ocean Ventures?
The team at Sky Ocean Ventures includes Jeremy Darroch (Group Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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