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Clean Growth Fund
Venture capitalLondon · Seed–Series A · 25 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Clean Growth Fund invests in the UK's most promising early-stage climate tech founders, viewing the net zero economy as an engine of growth rather than a cost. The firm targets companies capable of industrialising climate solutions, backing them early with capital and active operational support. Its portfolio spans power, transport, industry, buildings, agrifood and other decarbonisation-relevant sectors, reflecting a conviction that the low-carbon transition represents a generational investment opportunity creating better-paid, productive jobs across UK regions.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 25 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 23 of 31 portfolio companiesCleantech ×14Climate Tech ×8Biotech ×7Advanced Manufacturing ×6Energy ×6New Materials ×6AgTech ×4AI & Machine Learning ×4
HQs:United Kingdom×13India×1Portugal×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 11 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×23 founders×14+ founders×1
What their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×8Business & Management ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 13 founders with career history
UCL ×3Curaleaf International ×2University of Bristol ×2
Investments · 31 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42024 · 42023 · 62022 · 22021 · 117 dated
Gigaton builds AI control systems for cement plants that continuously learn and adapt to optimize production while reducing costs and carbon emissions.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate Tech
Co-investorsSemapa NextUCL Technology Fund
Gigaton builds AI-powered control systems for energy-intensive industries to autonomously optimize operations and reduce costs and carbon emissions.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechNew Materials
Co-investorsSemapa NextAlbion Capital GroupAlbionVCPlanet A VenturesEpisode1UCL Technology Fund
Nuada builds energy-efficient carbon capture machines using advanced materials science to reduce industrial emissions from hard-to-abate sectors.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyBelfast, GB
Dr Conor Hamill(Co-CEO)Dr Jose Casaban(Co-CEO)
BoardCatriona Schmolke(Chairperson)
Co-investorsQUBIS
Sunswap designs and manufactures electric, zero-emission transport refrigeration units (its "Endurance" product) for logistics fleets and retailers, aiming to replace diesel-based refrigeration in the cold chain.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationLeatherhead, GB
Nikolai Tauberin
Co-investorsMove EnergyShell VenturesClean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)Sustainable Ventures
Above provides robotics, AI, and computer vision-based inspection, mapping, and monitoring services for solar power plants across their lifecycle, from development and construction to operations.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechSaaS
Agronomics is an investment company that offers exposure to cellular agriculture and food technology startups—such as cultivated meat and precision fermentation firms—through a single publicly traded stock.
AgTechFoodTechImpact & Social GoodDouglas
Jim Mellon(Director)Richard Reed(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDenham Eke(Executive Officer, Director)David Giampaolo(Director)
Co-investorsRedbus VenturesInvest-NL
AmpliSi develops porous silicon battery anode material using a proprietary silane-free, low-temperature magnesiothermic process that converts silica into high-energy silicon anodes to replace graphite in lithium-ion batteries.
CleantechEnergyNew Materials
Ruth Sayers(CEO)in
Co-investorsNorthern Gritstone
Arda engineers plastic-free materials from spent grain sourced from brewers and distillers, using protein hierarchies and nontoxic chemistry.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechCircular EconomyNew MaterialsLondon, GB
Brett Cotten(CEO)inEdward TJ Mitchell(CTO)in
Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Entrepreneur FirstGreen Angel VenturesOyster Bay Venture CapitalSatganaSerpentine Ventures+1 more
Clean Food Group is a UK-based food tech company that uses fermentation to produce sustainable, function-specific oils and fats as alternatives to traditional ingredients for food, cosmetics, and pet food manufacturers.
AgTechBiotechCircular EconomyCleantechFoodTechUK, GB
Alex Neves(CEO & Co-founder)inProfessor Chris Chuck(Technical Lead & Co-founder)Tom Ellen(CFO & Co-founder)inEd McDermott(Co-chairman & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAgronomicsDoehler Ventures
FA Bio (formerly FungiAlert) discovers unique soil microbes to develop microbial-based biocontrol and biostimulant products for growers, aiming to replace agrochemicals and reduce farming's environmental impact.
AgTechBiotechClimate Tech
Co-investorsOxford Investment Opportunity NetworkOxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)Radicle GrowthSussex Place VenturesPymwymicShip2B Ventures
Holiferm develops and produces performance ingredients using biomanufacturing and fermentation, supplying biosurfactants for use in personal care, cosmetics, and household cleaning products.
BiotechCleantechNew Materials
Ben Dolman(Co-founder & Director)inJames Winterburn(Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer)in
Co-investorsRhapsody Venture PartnersIcos Capital
Hydregen develops biocatalysis platform technologies that integrate into existing chemical manufacturing infrastructure, aiming to cut process costs by 40-50% while lowering energy use and carbon emissions.
BiotechCleantechNew Materials
Co-investorsFuture Planet CapitalOxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)Oxford Technology ManagementUK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Indra develops ElectroX, a modular electrochemical wastewater treatment platform that removes contaminants using electricity instead of chemicals, serving industrial estates, municipal plants, and commercial facilities.
CleantechEnterprise Software
Co-investorsEmerald Technology Ventures AgMela VenturesPeak Sustainability Ventures
measurable.energy analyzes appliance-level power usage from existing smart sockets to measure real desk, room and zone utilization in commercial buildings, giving facilities and workplace teams occupancy insight without installing additional sensors.
CleantechEnergyIoTPropTech
Dan(Co-founder & CEO)Josh(Co-founder)
Co-investorsGreen Angel VenturesMMC Ventures
Meatly partners with pet food brands to develop nutritionally formulated, safe, and sustainable pet food products, scaling production toward broader market availability within 3-5 years.
AgTechBiotechConsumerFoodTech
Owen Ensor(Founder)in
Co-investorsAgronomicsOyster Bay Venture CapitalSiddhi Capital
MyKor is a female-founded company with a team experienced in construction, manufacturing, materials science, engineering and biotechnology.
BiotechCircular EconomyConstruction TechNew Materials
Valentina D.(Founder)in
Co-investorsGreen Angel VenturesHEC Paris IncubatorSustainable VenturesThe FSE GroupRumbo Ventures
Nuada makes the Exo Glove, a wearable exoskeleton glove with a bracelet-based mechanical support system and artificial tendons that enhance hand grip and hold objects up to 20 kg without active effort.
HardwareMedical DevicesRobotics
Co-investorsBeta Capital
Oriole Networks develops PRISM, an all-optical circuit-switched networking fabric that uses photonic switching to connect GPUs at scale for AI/ML and high-performance computing data centers.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareLondon, GB
George Zervas(Co-founder)inAlessandro Ottino(Co-founder)inJoshua Benjamin(Co-founder)inJames Regan(CEO)in
Co-investorsAlbionVCUCL Technology FundPluralXTX Markets
Piclo operates a marketplace platform connecting flexibility sellers (EV operators, battery providers, and distributed energy resource aggregators) with buyers (utilities, system operators, energy retailers) across the USA, Europe, and Australia.
B2B MarketplacesCleantechClimate TechEnergyMarketplaces
James Johnston(Founder)in
Co-investorsBethnal Green VenturesEnergetik VenturesFuture Energy VenturesGreen Angel VenturesJapan Energy CapitalSustainable Future Ventures
Rendesco designs, installs, and operates heat pump and battery storage systems for residential and commercial properties to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.
CleantechClimate TechConstruction TechEnergyUK, GB
Alastair(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAviva VenturesEurazeo
Vector Photonics develops PCSELs (photonic crystal surface-emitting lasers), a type of semiconductor surface-emitting laser designed to be lower cost and easier to integrate than conventional lasers.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsGlasgow, GB
Dr Richard J E Taylor(Founder)in
Co-investorsEquity GapFuture Planet CapitalUK Innovation & Science Seed FundForesight CanadaForesight GroupScottish Enterprise
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AboveArdaHicomplyHutanBioHydRegenKamma
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesGigaton · finsmes.com · Jun 3, 2026
Mykor · finsmes.com · May 27, 2026
Rendesco · trysignalbase.com · May 18, 2026
Agronomics · finance.yahoo.com · May 18, 2026
Meatly · finsmes.com · May 11, 2026
Holiferm · holiferm.com · Feb 26, 2026
Arda Biomaterials · finsmes.com · May 11, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Clean Growth Fund made?
- Clean Growth Fund has 31 tracked investments, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Clean Growth Fund invest at?
- Clean Growth Fund invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Clean Growth Fund's typical check size?
- Clean Growth Fund typically writes checks of $635K – $3.8M.
- What sectors does Clean Growth Fund focus on?
- Clean Growth Fund focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, Biotech, Circular Economy, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Energy, FoodTech, IoT, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, SaaS.
- Where is Clean Growth Fund located?
- Clean Growth Fund is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does Clean Growth Fund lead rounds?
- Clean Growth Fund typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Clean Growth Fund co-invest with?
- Clean Growth Fund most often shares deals with Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Agronomics, AlbionVC, among 37 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamEpisode 302: Beverley Gower-Jones, OBE FEI of The Clean Growth Fund: Limiting Carbon for Cleaner ...
Aoifinn Devitt · Beverley Gower-Jones
Beverley Gower-Jones OBE, Clean Growth Fund | Innovation Zero 2024
Innovation Zero · Beverley Gower-Jones
Innovation Zero 2023 Speaker Interview - Beverley Gower-Jones OBE, Clean Growth Fund
Innovation Zero · Beverley Gower-Jones
Interview with Beverley Gower-Jones at Clean Growth Fund | #CIF22
Climate Action · Beverley Gower-Jones
Ep27: Beverley Gower-Jones 'Clean Growth Funder'
Cleaning up with Michael Liebreich · Beverley Gower-Jones
Beverley - Univ. of Cardiff Alumni Graduation Speech
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