Environment and Climate
Europe / UK
| Investor | Investment themes | Type of investment | Amount of investment | Stage of investment | Eligible business entities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abundance | Green solutions - EV charging, solar power etc. Invest in companies or councils. | Loans or Debentures | £1m-£5m | Seed to Series D | For profit, Social enterprise |
| Ada Ventures | Climate, economics empowerment, healthcare & ageing | Investment | £250k-£1 million | Pre-Series A | For profit, Social enterprise |
| Archipelago Eco Investors | Circular economy, plastics | Seed, Series A | For profit, For profit with social purpose | ||
| Aviva Community Fund | Financial Wellbeing: helping people take control of their wellbeing by giving them the tools to be more financially independent and ready for anything. Climate Action: promoting thriving communities by preventing, preparing for and protecting against the impacts of climate change | Grants | matches every individual donation received up to £250 | Crowdfunding | Charity, Social enterprise (CIO, CIC, CLG, CASC) |
| Barclays | Environmental technology and clean tech in e.g. energy security, transport, biodiversity, retrofitting, circular economy | Equity | £2m+ | Series A+ | For profit |
| Bridges Fund Management , Bridges ventures | Sustainable Planet: solutions that will help reduce emission and decarbonise the economy (sustainable buildings, clean energy transition, food production). Healthier Lives: solutions that improve physical and mental health and well-being. Future skills: solutions that help people to up-skill of re-skill, so they can participate in the workforce Stronger communities: solutions that improve access to quality good, services and opportunities | Equity, Debt | £2million-£30million | Series A onwards. | For profit with social purpose |
| Bristol and Bath Regional Capital | Health and wellbeing, community initiatives, economic inclusion, environmental transformation | Grants, Loans, Equity | £50k-£1million | Seed+ | For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise |
| Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | Access to culture, access to care, access to education, climate and ocean, democracy and civil society, Armenian communities and partnerships with Africa. | Grants, scholarships | For profit with social purpose, Social enterprise, Charity | ||
| Carbon 13 | Carbon reduction | Convertible Loans | £80k | Pre-Seed | For profit |
| EKA Ventures | Sustainable consumption: Shifting to an efficient, circular model that delivers products that are better for the consumer and the planet. Consumer healthcare: Moving from a reactive treatment-driven health system to a more proactive and preventive consumer-led system. Inclusive economy: Using data to better understand a customer's individual needs so that core, essential products are affordable and accessible to everyone. | £0.5-£3 million | Seed+ | For profit | |
| Esmee fairnbairn foundation | "Our Natural World, "A Fairer Future" - focussing on race, migrants and gender injustice and "Creative Confident Communities" - place based change | Grants, Debt, Equity | £100k to £2m | Seed + | Social enterprise, B corp, Not for profit |
| Ethex | Investment opportunities include housing, energy and community focussed projects | Equity | £150k+ | Seed + | Social enterprise, For profit |
| Green Angel Syndicate | Investment in early stage companies which contribute to solving global warming and climate change. This includes cutting greenhouse gas emissions, absorbing carbon dioxide, or preserving or rehabilitating the natural environment. Preferred sectors, though not exclusive, are Energy, Agriculture and Food, Transport, Buildings, Water and Natural Resources. Keen to encourage applications from diverse minority group founders. | Equity | up to £5 million | Seed | |
| HSBC Green SME Fund | Renewable energy, energy efficiency, pollution prevention and control, environmentally sustainable management of living natural resources and land use, terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity conservation, clean transportation, sustainable water and waste management, waste management, climate change adaptation, eco-friendly and, or circular economy, green buildings. | Loans | £1k-£50k for asset Finance, up to £25m | Seed, Series A+ | Social enterprise, For profit, Not for profit, B Corp, |
| Key Fund | provides Funding to pay staff, growth and development | Social Investment Loans and Grants to people and enterprises | from £5k up to £300k | Any | Community, Social enterprise |
| Mercia Asset Management PLC | Life Sciences, Digital Entertainment and Mobile Gaming, Enable Technology, Clean Tech and Deep Tech | Venture, Equity, Debt | Series A, B | For profit | |
| Mustard Seed | They invest in businesses with a core product or service that is inherently beneficial to society: economic inclusion, education, environmental sustainability, health, family & community | Grants, Equity | between Pre-Seed and Series B | Social enterprise, B corp, For profit with social purpose | |
| Nesta | Provide financial, knowledge and network capital to innovative tech ventures that are changing the world for good. Back businesses that are closely aligned to Nesta’s Mission impact goals; improving school readiness, tackling obesity, reducing household carbon emissions and improving productivity. We invest in: edtech, foodtech, healthtech, climate tech, the future of work and productivity. | Equity | £500k-£1 million | Seed, Series A | Social enterprise, For profit |
| Sainsbury’s Innovation Investments (Williams Technology Ventures Limited) | Cleantech across electricity, heating and cooling, water and food waste, logistics | Equity | up to £500k | Seed, Series A | For profit |
| Sustainable Ventures | Sustainability | Equity, Accelerator | Pre Seed, Seed, Series A | For profit, For profit with social purpose | |
| TD Veen | Circularity, health, food, technology | Equity | Seed+ | For profit, For profit with social purpose | |
| The Fore | Arts and culture; disability; economic development and employability; environment; health and wellbeing; housing and homelessness; human rights, law and justice; poverty and disadvantage; sport; women and girls; youth education | Grants | up to £30k | Seed | Not for profit, Charities, Community Benefit Societies, Community Interest Companies, Charitable Incorporated Organisations |
| Triodos Investment Management | Environment, cultural, social | Equity, quasi-Equity, Debt, Listed equities and bonds | £250k to £20m | Series A+ | Listed companies, private companies, Social enterprise, For profit, B Corp. |
| Vala Capital | Sustainability | Equity | Seed+ | For profit |
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