Oneplanet
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OnePlanetCapital is a venture capital fund that invests in UK-based climate tech and environmental businesses solving climate change and environmental problems across energy, recycling, transport, and the built environment. The fund focuses on pre-seed and seed stage companies, with typical investments ranging from £25k to £500k.
Also known as One Planet Capital · OnePlanetCapital
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026OnePlanetCapital is a UK-based venture capital investment manager focused on climate tech and environmental businesses. It invests in companies actively addressing climate change and broader environmental problems, backing both pre-revenue and post-revenue ventures, with the stated aim of helping them reach their first £1m of revenues and then build the operations, infrastructure and funding strategy needed to scale toward £10m+ in revenues.
The fund's investment thesis covers AI, software and hardware business models, with sector emphasis on energy technology, recycling technology, transport innovation, AI, B2B SaaS and the built environment. It targets UK-based B2B climate tech companies at pre-seed or seed stage that hold SEIS and EIS advanced assurance (post-revenue where EIS applies), and looks for evidence that a business is solving a major climate problem and can demonstrate value to potential customers. Individual investments range from £25k to £500k. The firm describes itself as award winning and states it has been featured in various publications.
Business model
OnePlanetCapital operates as an investment manager, raising and running investment funds through which investors gain exposure to early-stage UK climate tech companies, and deploying capital into portfolio companies at pre-seed and seed stage.
Latest developments
The firm publishes regular commentary on its blog, including an H1 2026 investment review and sector breakdown arguing that physical infrastructure is central to climate tech (12 August 2026), a piece on climate trends to watch in 2026 (11 June 2026), and the first part of a series on energy bottlenecks and green hydrogen (8 May 2026).
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Market position
Describes itself as the UK's award winning pre-seed climate tech fund, operating in the UK early-stage climate and environmental investment market and using SEIS/EIS tax-advantaged structures.
The firm positions its team as entrepreneurs who have built and sold businesses across a variety of industries, arguing this operating experience helps it assess founder skills, experience and mindset when selecting portfolio companies and to support founders afterwards.
Go-to-market
Investors participate via the firm's investment funds, with additional fund offerings noted as coming soon; entrepreneurs are directed to apply for funding through the firm's website.
Two audiences: investors seeking exposure to climate tech through the firm's funds, and entrepreneurs building UK-based B2B climate tech and environmental businesses at pre-seed or seed stage.
Geography
United Kingdom; investments are made into UK-based businesses.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structureCompanies House · registry record
View on Companies House ↗- Registered name
- ONE PLANET LIMITED
- Company number
- 09875942
- Status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 Nov 2015
- Registered office
- Unit 7 C/O Lawrence Rose Ltd, Basepoint Business Centre, Rivermead Drive, Swindon, Wilts, SN5 7EX
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
- Accounts
- last made up to 30 Nov 2025 · next due 31 Aug 2027
- Confirmation statement
- last made up to 15 Nov 2025 · next due 29 Nov 2026
Current officers · 4
- David Martin Knight — director, appointed 17 Nov 2015
- Jacqueline Mary Lawrence — director, appointed 17 Nov 2015
- Ella Summer Lawrence-Knight — director, appointed 1 Sept 2025
- Finley Lawrence-Knight — director, appointed 6 Apr 2022
Source: Companies House public register · retrieved 6 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Oneplanetoneplanet.capital · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Oneplanet do?
- UK venture capital fund investing in pre-seed and seed climate tech and environmental businesses.
- Who are Oneplanet's investors?
- Oneplanet's investors include Metavallon VC.
- Where is Oneplanet headquartered?
- Oneplanet is headquartered in United Kingdom, GB.