Counteract One
Venture capitalLondon · Pre-Seed–Seed · 8 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Counteract invests in early-stage founders advancing carbon removal, motivated by the need to draw down roughly 10 billion tons of CO2e annually by 2050. Through its first fund, Counteract One, the firm makes pre-seed and seed stage investments in solutions that are additive to the carbon removal ecosystem, aiming to catalyse 5 gigatonnes of CO2e removal by 2050. It backs a broad range of approaches including direct air capture, ocean and coastal carbon capture, enhanced weathering, mineralisation, soil carbon measurement, and carbon-negative materials.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 14 of 26 portfolio companiesClimate Tech ×14Cleantech ×12AgTech ×5Deep Tech ×4New Materials ×4Construction Tech ×2Energy ×2Impact & Social Good ×2
HQs:United States×5United Kingdom×2Australia×1Canada×1Germany×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×53 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg ×2The University of Manchester ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×4Business & Management ×3Computer Science ×2Economics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 14 founders with career history
LiveEO ×2McKinsey & Company ×2
Investments · 26 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12023 · 12 dated
Parallel Carbon develops hardware technology to produce low-cost hydrogen, renewable fuels, and chemicals such as fertilizers and methanol as alternatives to fossil fuels.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyJersey City, US
Aranzazu Carmona Orbezo(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inRyan Anderson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Board seatAndrew Shebbeare· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAxon Partners GroupDeep Science VenturesAramco Ventures
Agricarbon provides soil carbon measurement technology and data collection services for agricultural and climate applications.
AgTechCleantechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Stewart Arbuckle(Founder)inAnnie Leeson(Co-founder)inDr. Helaina Black
Co-investorsShell Ventures
Alithic develops carbon-negative sustainable concrete materials for the construction industry using chemistry research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
CleantechClimate TechConstruction TechNew MaterialsMadison, US
Co-investorsKiko VenturesCounteract
BX provides farm data software that unifies data from existing farm systems and files to calculate field-, crop-, and variety-level carbon footprints and automate audit and environmental compliance reporting.
AgTechClimate TechSaaS
Ben Bardsley(Founder)
CarbonRun develops river alkalinity enhancement technology to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while restoring freshwater ecosystems.
CleantechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodDartmouth, CA
Dr. Shannon Sterling(Co-founder)Luke Connell(Co-founder)
Co-investorsGolden VenturesPanache VenturesPropeller VC
CREW is a Yale spinout that adds calcium carbonate (ground limestone) to wastewater treatment plants to intensify biological treatment, cut chemical costs, and permanently remove carbon dioxide.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechNew Haven, US
Joachim Katchinoff(Co-founder & CEO)inNoah Planavsky(Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor)in
Co-investorsAP VenturesBURNT ISLAND VENTURESConnecticut InnovationsEcho River CapitalEmerald Technology Ventures AgSony Ventures Corporation+2 more
ecoLocked develops CO₂-negative building materials and a carbon-to-concrete platform for the construction industry to enable carbon insetting in buildings.
CleantechClimate TechConstruction TechNew MaterialsBerlin, DE
Co-investorsMatterwave Ventures
InterEarth is a climate change mitigation technology company that sequesters atmospheric CO2 using a proprietary "Dry Stack" technology to preserve woody biomass in inert conditions for over 100 years.
AgTechCleantechClimate TechDeep TechPerth, AU
Dr Howard Carr(CEO and Founder)Peter Metcalfe(Chief Operating Officer)
Co-investorsCounteractFundWA
Mote develops technology that converts woody waste biomass into clean hydrogen while capturing and permanently storing CO2.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyLos Angeles, US
Joshuah Stolaroff(CEO)in
BoardTravis Lane(Director)Thomas Preston-Werner(Director)Joffre Baker(Director)
Norma develops supercapacitive carbon capture technology that uses supercapacitors to store and recover the energy required to capture CO₂, aiming to reduce the energy and cost of carbon capture.
CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
Silvia Pugliese(Co-founder)inMónica Larrazábal(CEO)in
Ponda is a biomaterials company developing textiles from regenerative fibres, specifically processing cattails grown in regenerative wetlands, as an alternative to fabrics sourced from ancient and endangered forests.
AgTechBiotechCircular EconomyCleantechClimate TechNew Materials
Julian Ellis-Brown(CEO)inAntoniaNeloufarFinlay
Co-investorsFaberFaber Capital SCR SA
Seqana provides satellite-based measurement of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration using scientific approaches for agrifood companies, with a focus on monitoring and reporting soil health across supply chains globally.
AgTechClimate Tech
Jakob Levin(Founder)inJulian Kremers(Founder)in
Co-investorsPymwymicCounteractHTGF
Vateris (formerly Concrete4Change) is a UK-based advanced materials technology company whose proprietary process converts industrial flue gas CO₂ into GypCarb, a vaterite-based mineral additive for cement and concrete, while co-producing high-purity SOP mineral fertiliser.
CleantechClimate TechNew Materials
Sid Pourfalah(Co-founder (Professor))inDalraj Nijjar(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsHolcim MAQER VenturesZacua VenturesSustainable VenturesCounteract
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Aquatic LabsAtlas MaterialsBXCarbon CellChloris Geospatial Inc.Cquestr8FuguMafixMagratheaPhlairRepairVesta
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPonda · eu-startups.com · Aug 28, 2026
Cella · marketsmojo.com · Aug 11, 2026
Vateris · cp.catapult.org.uk · Jul 2, 2026
Seqana · finsmes.com · Jun 29, 2026
Crew Carbon · esgtoday.com · May 18, 2026
Parallel Carbon · parallelcarbon.com · Jan 28, 2026
Alithic · engineering.wisc.edu · Apr 14, 2025
Motehydrogen · fuelcellsworks.com · Mar 17, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Counteract One made?
- Counteract One has 26 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Counteract One invest at?
- Counteract One invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Counteract One focus on?
- Counteract One focuses on AgTech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, New Materials.
- Where is Counteract One located?
- Counteract One is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does Counteract One lead rounds?
- Counteract One typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Counteract One co-invest with?
- Counteract One most often shares deals with At One Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, Emerald Technology Ventures Ag, among 17 tracked co-investors.
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