INVESTING FOR a GIGATONNE-SCALE IMPACT

The climate crisis is the greatest threat we have ever faced but also the greatest opportunity to shape our civilisation.

We fund elite founding teams that are building solutions to decarbonise the economy & our lives.

FOUNDERS

INVESTORS

Who are we

Climate VC is Europe’s leading climate fund investing into pre-seed and seed startups.

Our ticket sizes will vary on a deal by deal basis, usually £25k - £350k.  

We need to look at how to decarbonise every aspect of our day-to-day life and the economy. That means changing the way we; grow food and what we eat, move around, generate electricity & make things. The solutions, some established, some crazy, are being dreamt up by bold founders. We want to help ignite that early spark.

Founders

We’re looking for exceptional founders with a clear path to having a 10MtCO2e per year impact on the climate emergency.

If you’re looking for seed / pre-seed funding, send us your pitch deck.

INVESTORS

We invest in exceptional early-stage climate tech start ups, with roughly one syndicate deal a month.

Click below if you’re interested in getting access to these impactful and exciting deals.

CLIMATE VC PORTFOLIO

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    Carbon Removals

    CUR8 is dedicated to raising the bar on carbon removal. They build platinum standard portfolios to draw down CO2 from the atmosphere.

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  • Climate Finance Data

    AI-powered platform for environmental impact data, analytics, and research.

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  • Enhanched Weathering

    Enhanced rock weathering is based on what nature’s been doing for millions of years. Undo just speed things up.


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  • CARBON INSURANCE

    Carbon insurance for the climate crisis.
    Insuring high quality carbon removals drives down the cost of capital allowing removals projects to scale much faster.

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  • ENERGY

    Ocean thermal energy conversion. Affordable, clean, baseload power for tropical island nations.


    We led the round.

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  • Graphene

    Incorporating graphene into battery materials via an inexpensive and scalable process.

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  • BUILT ENVIRONMENT

    Slashing waste in the production of steel by detecting defects before they happen.

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  • RAIL FREIGHT

    Improving the reliability and capacity of rail networks to promote the shift of freight from road to rail with 25% savings in emissions.

    We led the round.

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  • CARBON REMOVALS

    High quality natural regeneration at scale. Supported by intelligent software & groundbreaking computer vision.

    We led the round.

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  • FOOD SYSTEMS

    Pioneering carbon-negative staple foods from agroforestry in Latin America.

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  • GREEN FINANCE

    Accelerating the deployment of clean technology through lending to SMEs. In Kenya, South Africa, India & beyond.

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  • BUILT ENVIRONMENT

    The Carbon Hub for all building needs. A software product suite addressing the embodied as well as operational carbon impact of construction in a single solution.

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    Soil Health

    Frontier soil health testing for the regenerative agriculture transiton.

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    Insect Genetics

    Improving Black Soldier Fly genetics to supercharge the insect protein markets.

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  • Scaling Bioreactors

    Scaling Bioreactors for Biomanufacturing.

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Meet the Team

  • Peet Denny - Founding Partner

    Peet Denny

    FOUNDING PARTNER

    Multiple founder.

    Operator / Investor CTO of leading Fintech. AI specialist and space enthusiast.

    Stanford University Graduate School of Business - Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

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  • Lt. Gen. Richard Nugee - Partner

    Lt. Gen. Richard Nugee, CB CVO CBE

    PARTNER

    Ministry of Defence’s Non-Executive Director for Climate Change and Sustainability.

    Creator of MoD’s net zero strategy.

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  • James Knight - Investor

    James Knight

    INVESTOR

    Engineer, maker, founder.

    Specialist in Natural Capital, Carbon Removals & Climate Finance.

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  • Julia Groves - Advisor

    Julia Groves

    ADVISOR

    20 years experience in building a more sustainable economy.

    Ex MD Sustainability at the British Business Bank, Partner at Downing Ventures.

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  • David Fogel - Venture Partner

    David Fogel

    VENTURE PARTNER

    David is a seasoned VC and startup operator that has spent the last 20 years working with and advising more than 1,000 founders across Europe, Asia and Africa.

    The startups David has supported have raised more than $500m over the years.

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  • Mark Stevens - Investor

    Mark Stevens

    INVESTOR

    12 years in private equity and corporate finance at KPMG, Endless and August Equity.

    BA (Hons) in Economics and an MSc in International Management from the University of Exeter.

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  • Aoife Manley - Operations Lead

    AOIFE MANLEY

    OPERATIONS LEAD

    Passionate about all things data & climate. Included VC Fellow, Digital Nomad slow-traveling the world.

    Georgia Institute of Technology - MS Data Analytics & Northeaster University - BSc in Finance.

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  • Doug Scott - Advisor

    Doug Scott

    CO-FOUNDER, ADVISOR

    Serial founder and angel investor, 400+ investments.

    CEO & Founder of RedBrain (£1bn incremental sales last year); Cornerstone investor of Climate VC.

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ADVISORY BOARD

  • Marta Krupinska

    Founder & CEO of Cur8. Previously head of Google for Startups, Chair of ACUA Ocean & Chair of Youth Business International.

  • Ed Gillespie

    Member of Greenpeace’s Board of Directors, green entrepreneur & environmental campaigner.

  • Mark Stevenson

    Speaker & advisor to governments, NGOs & corporates on net zero strategies.

  • Jim Mann

    Founder & CEO at The Future Forest Company and UNDO. Serial founder in tech & climate change.

  • Michael Pawlyn

    Central to The Eden Project, Sahara Forest Project and Architects Declare a Climate & Biodiversity Emergency.

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