Elbow Beach Capital
Impact investorLondon · Pre-Seed–Series A · 11 people tracked
Investment thesis
Elbow Beach Capital is described as one of the UK's most active specialist climate impact seed investors, backing early-stage green technology companies. It focuses on funding and scaling businesses in the clean energy, sustainable materials, and climate innovation space, providing follow-on funding and hands-on support including senior leadership recruitment to help portfolio companies scale.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 11 people
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What they invest in
from 3 of 17 portfolio companiesCleantech ×2Energy ×2AI & Machine Learning ×1Biotech ×1Circular Economy ×1Climate Tech ×1Deep Tech ×1Enterprise Software ×1
HQs:United Kingdom×2
Investments · 17 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathMobile energy storage systems.
Transforming carbon emissions into critical materials.
EnsiliTech develops ensilication technology, a silica-based method to stabilise vaccines and biopharmaceuticals so they can be stored and transported without refrigeration.
BiotechCleantechDeep TechHealthtechMedical Devices
Asel Sartbaeva(Co-Founder & CEO)Matt Slade(Co-Founder & Chief of Staff)Stephen Wells(Co-Founder & Advisor)Aswin Doekhie(Co-Founder & CTO)Sabine Ficek(CFO)Simon Bennett(Chief Commercial Officer)
Biotech company using fermentation technology to produce a sustainable cocoa alternative from cocoa shells.
Developer of selective, adaptive and modular autonomous harvesting robots.
Clean power technology company backed by Elbow Beach.
A toolkit for men's mental health.
Glasgow-based maker of an all-electric 4x4 vehicle.
Transforming how brain tumours are treated.
sees.ai develops an autonomous drone inspection platform for electricity network operators to conduct large-scale, close-up inspections of live power networks safely and consistently.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsLondon, GB
John McKenna(CEO)Eduardo Aldaz Carroll(CTO)Richard Hopkirk(VP Engineering)
Needle-free continuous glucose monitor.
Circular plant protein specialists.
Engineered biology for purpose-built applications.
Principals & officers · per Companies House
what is this? ⓘDirector · British · since 2022
Director · British · since 2022
Director · British · since 2022
Elbow Beach Gp I Llp — 25–50% of shares, 25–50% of voting rights, right to appoint and remove directors
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Elbow Beach Capital invest at?
- Elbow Beach Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Elbow Beach Capital's typical check size?
- Elbow Beach Capital typically writes checks of $635K – $1.9M.
- What sectors does Elbow Beach Capital focus on?
- Elbow Beach Capital focuses on AgTech, Biotech, Circular Economy, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Consumer, Deep Tech, EdTech, Energy, FoodTech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, Medical Devices, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, Robotics.
- Where is Elbow Beach Capital located?
- Elbow Beach Capital is headquartered in London, GB.
- Does Elbow Beach Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Elbow Beach Capital leads investment rounds.
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Co-investors · 5
7percent Ventures is a deeptech-focused venture firm that has backed over 160 companies over the past decade, supporting diverse, sustainable and inclusive startups building transformative and frontier technologies.
World Fund is a climate tech venture capital firm that invests in startups with significant climate performance potential, using a proprietary science-based methodology to quantify potential CO2e savings.
Undeterred Capital is an early-stage venture firm backing founders commercializing scientific and technological breakthroughs in biological platforms and applied robotics.
Ascension Ventures manages capital and presents itself as an investor connected to a large health system network, referencing hundreds of acute care hospitals and a substantial employee base.
Pi Labs is an early-stage venture capital firm based in London that backs founders building technology for a digital and sustainable built world. Since 2015 it has made around 100 investments across 15 countries over three funds.
Firms observed investing alongside Elbow Beach Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Elbow Beach Capital's recorded portfolio.
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