Clean Growth Investment Management (Clean Growth Fund)

Clean Growth Fund is a £101 million climate venture capital fund based in the UK. They invest in early-stage UK clean tech companies that significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions or improve resource efficiency across various sectors including power, transport, industry, buildings, waste, and water. The fund looks for innovations that will abate significant amounts of CO2-eq per year and typically makes an initial investment between £500k and £3m during the Seed or Series A stages. Clean Growth Fund is passionate about creating tomorrow’s climate tech leaders, which is spearheaded by its skilled team of investors, engineers, and communications experts.

The company offers support beyond just funding, recognizing the challenges clean tech entrepreneurs face. They provide ongoing support throughout the journey, understanding the struggles of building and growing a cleantech business. They have a global network and provide access to world-class operators, engineers, analytics experts, designers, and marketers. Additionally, they host regular Portfolio Days and networking events, giving founders opportunities to connect with each other and industry contacts.

Clean Growth Fund offers flexible work arrangements, specifically working from home, and the company has a sister-company Carbon Limiting Technologies which shares the same office space.

The company website does not provide information about employee benefits, such as health insurance, paid time off, or retirement plans.

Clean Growth Fund is a £101m climate venture capital fund dedicated to empowering UK clean tech entrepreneurs with the expertise and capital needed to tackle the climate crisis. They invest in early-stage innovations that significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions or improve resource efficiency across key industries such as power, transport, industry, buildings, waste, and water. They look for companies with the potential to abate significant amounts of CO2-eq per year and typically make initial investments between £500k and £3m, primarily during Seed or Series A stages. The fund is committed to creating tomorrow's climate tech leaders, fostering a collaborative environment, and providing ongoing support to its portfolio companies.

Clean Growth Fund fosters a collaborative and founder-friendly culture, where their team of investors, engineers, and communications experts actively support entrepreneurs throughout their journey. They believe in creating tomorrow’s climate tech leaders by providing access to a global network of operators, engineers, analysts, designers, and marketers, as well as opportunities to connect with other founders at regular portfolio days and networking events.

Clean Growth Fund is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. It works with a sister company, Carbon Limiting Technologies, who are experts in helping cleantech entrepreneurs. The company website highlights the diversity of its team, including women and people from various backgrounds. The Clean Growth Fund's mission is to find the most promising clean tech innovators across the UK, regardless of their background.