Energy Revolution Ventures
also invests · investor profileFounded 2021 · 14 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Energy Revolution Ventures (ERV) is an investment firm and venture builder focused on electrochemical technologies for the energy transition, backing and scaling energy ventures. Through its group company Prosemino, it provides start-ups with hard-tech capital, laboratory access, technical expertise, and mentorship.
Also known as Energy Revolution Ventures Fund I · ERV
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Energy Revolution Ventures (ERV) is an energy technology venture capital firm headquartered in London that invests in seed and Series A companies built on electrochemical and deep-science technologies for the energy transition. Its stated investment areas are energy storage, renewable fuels and the hydrogen value chain, carbon capture (including utilisation and storage), and advanced materials. The firm frames its thesis around electrification rather than decarbonisation alone, covering generation, storage, transmission and the electrification of end uses.
ERV operates alongside Prosemino, a sister/group venture builder that provides start-ups with hard-tech capital, laboratory access, technical expertise and mentorship. The combined organisation draws on academic and engineering staff associated with the University of Oxford and University College London, includes seven PhDs, and operates roughly 4,000 sq ft of wet-chemistry and dry laboratory space in London. Two companies backed by ERV Fund I were Prosemino graduates.
The team includes founders and partners Marcus Clover (a chartered engineer with hydrogen fuel-cell experience at Arrival and Stratospheric Platforms), Hayden Sommer (transactional, commercial and legal advisory background across energy, mining and engineering) and Grant Gischen (consulting, private equity and corporate finance background). Peter Robson is Managing Director of the Fund Management Division, James Beams is CFO, Carolyn Kim is Group Financial Controller, and Philippos Pouroullis and Dr. Harry Michael are Principals. Jeremy Ip and Dr. Mark Selby serve as Venture Partners. Prosemino's founders and directors include Prof. Dan Brett, Prof. Paul Shearing and Prof. Chris Howard, with Dr. Gyen Ming Angel as Director of Venture Building.
Founding story
Co-founder Marcus Clover studied at Cambridge expecting a career in oil and gas, instead becoming the first employee of an aerospace start-up developing a hydrogen-powered drone for telecoms applications, then worked on hydrogen fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles. Observing the pace of innovation in energy as an engineer led him to move to the investment side and team up with two partners to form ERV.
Business model
ERV manages venture capital funds that take equity positions in early-stage energy technology companies, and runs an affiliated venture builder, Prosemino, that creates and supports start-ups with capital, laboratory facilities, technical expertise and mentorship. Fund I is a 2023 vintage vehicle backed by limited partners including family offices from the metals and energy sector, high-net-worth individuals, and Bidra Innovation Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Morocco's OCP Group.
As a fund manager, ERV's economics derive from managing committed limited partner capital and equity stakes in portfolio companies; specific fee and carry terms are not disclosed publicly.
Traction
ERV closed an $18 million seed and Series A fund (Fund I, 2023 vintage) in December 2024 and had made nine investments at that time: Green Li-ion, Anthro Energy, BLiXT, DiviGas, Ecolectro, Immaterial, Oort Energy, Quino Energy and Sention Technologies. ERV led Green Li-ion's Series A, after which the company raised pre-Series B funding at an approximately 300% valuation uplift, and part-led Anthro Energy's $7.2 million seed round; Anthro was subsequently awarded a $25 million US Department of Energy grant, and BLiXT was selected for NATO's DIANA programme.
Latest developments
ERV announced the close of its $18 million Fund I on 20 December 2024. The firm continues to publish insights and run its Conversations in Climate Tech event series, with posts dated July 2025 and October 2025 covering flow batteries, European energy security and LFP battery chemistry.
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Market position
ERV positions itself as a technically specialised investor in electrochemical energy technologies, combining investment and capital-markets experience with in-house scientific and engineering capability. A third-party fund directory lists it as an active seed and Series A investor headquartered in London with a stated check size range of $1M to $20M.
ERV combines a venture fund with an affiliated venture builder and in-house laboratory infrastructure, pairing investment and capital-markets experience with academic electrochemistry expertise, including highly published professors, seven PhDs and 4,000 sq ft of specialist laboratory space in London described by the firm as the only facility of its kind not attached to a university.
Technology
The firm's focus is electrochemistry-based hardware and materials: lithium-ion battery chemistries and recycling, flow batteries, power electronics and smart circuit breakers, acoustic battery diagnostics, hydrogen electrolysers and membranes, hydrogen and CO2 separation membranes, and metal-organic frameworks for carbon capture. Internally, ERV and Prosemino operate about 4,000 sq ft of specialist wet-chemistry and dry laboratory space in London used to assess and support portfolio and venture-build companies.
Go-to-market
Deal sourcing is led by in-house principals and supported by an academic and industry advisory network across the University of Oxford and University College London, by the Prosemino venture builder pipeline, and by the invite-only Conversations in Climate Tech (CiCT) event series that convenes investors, founders, corporates and experts.
Founders of seed and Series A deep-science energy technology start-ups seeking capital and technical support, and limited partners including family offices, high-net-worth individuals and corporate venture capital arms.
Geography
Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with a global investment remit; portfolio companies are located in the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden and Singapore.
History
The firm was established by Marcus Clover with two partners following his engineering career in hydrogen technologies, initially at an aerospace start-up building a hydrogen-powered drone and later on hydrogen fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles. ERV assembled Fund I as a 2023 vintage vehicle, deployed capital into nine companies, and announced the fund's close at $18 million in December 2024.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsEdition of ERV's invite-only Conversations in Climate Tech (CiCT) event series, hosted by Principal Philippos Pouroullis.
Energy Revolution Ventures announced the close of an $18 million seed and Series A fund (2023 vintage) focused on energy storage, carbon capture utilisation and storage, and renewable fuels and hydrogen. Limited partners include family offices from the metals and energy sector, high-net-worth individuals, and Bidra Innovation Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Morocco's OCP Group.
$18M source ↗
At the time of the Fund I close, ERV had invested in nine companies: Green Li-ion, Anthro, BLiXT, DiviGas, Ecolectro, Immaterial, Oort Energy, Quino Energy and Sention Technologies. Two of the companies backed were Prosemino graduates.
ERV led Green Li-ion's Series A round supporting the company's US expansion; Green Li-ion subsequently raised pre-Series B funding at an approximate 300% valuation uplift.
Anthro Energy's $7.2 million seed round was partly led by ERV. Following ERV's investment, Anthro was awarded a $25 million grant by the US Department of Energy.
$7.2M source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
- Energy Revolution Ventureser-v.io · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Energy Revolution Ventures do?
- London-based venture capital firm investing in seed and Series A electrochemical energy technology companies.
- Who are Energy Revolution Ventures's investors?
- Energy Revolution Ventures's investors include Yolo Investments.