Araya Ventures
Invests in exceptional founders globally at pre-seed and seed stages across AI, healthcare, commerce, fintech, and the future of work. Focuses on high-conviction opportunities domestically and globally, with dedicated funds for women-led startups in healthcare, climate, fintech, and deeptech/AI.
Carbon13
Carbon13 is a venture builder focused on addressing the climate emergency. They believe entrepreneurs will change the trajectory of climate change. The firm builds and backs ventures capable of mitigating at least 10M tonnes of CO2e per annum once at scale. They harness the entrepreneurial spirit by engaging with academia, business, policy makers, NGOs, consumers, new standards and finance. Carbon13 is committed to creating ventures that wouldn't otherwise exist by connecting founders, encouraging those unsure about entrepreneurship, and helping individuals find the right cofounder. They focus on supporting ventures in becoming more resilient and impactful. Their goal is to build ventures that mitigate over 400 million tonnes of CO2e per annum by 2040.
Future Planet Capital (Ventures) Ltd
Future Planet Capital is an impact-led VC firm founded in the UK with a global outlook. Their investment strategy is to back high-growth companies that are benchmarked against top universities and innovation centers globally. The firm's mission is to invest in companies solving global challenges in a profitable way, mapping their investments against the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which include climate change, education, health, security, and sustainable growth. They manage over $460M in assets for public and private investors and have deployed an additional $200M through co-investment initiatives. Future Planet Capital has a track record of managing deep tech funds for entities like the UK government, British Business Bank, sovereign wealth funds, and local government pension funds. They leverage a proprietary algorithm that tracks over 500,000 inputs to systematically score and benchmark innovative companies worldwide. The firm emphasizes originating and benchmarking deals from founders and scientists emerging from leading universities and innovation centers. They provide seed, venture, and growth investment, sharing their experience, global reach, and network to help these companies realize their full commercial and impact potential. Future Planet Capital also focuses on creating innovative routes for pension investment into high-growth UK businesses, exemplified by the British Co-Investment Fund (BCF) in partnership with Mobius Life. This fund aims to channel pension investment into the UK's most innovative and impactful businesses, unlocking pension capital to invest in UK private markets and support significant fast-growing companies.
Future Planet Capital Regional
Future Planet Capital is an impact-led venture capital firm founded in the UK with a global outlook. Their investment thesis centers around backing high-growth companies that are addressing global challenges aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, such as climate change, education, health, security, and sustainable growth, with the expectation of generating profitable returns. They focus on companies emerging from top universities and innovation centers, providing seed, venture, and growth investments to help them scale. The firm aims to connect the biggest investors with the brightest minds by offering pension scheme managers access to UK venture investment across the whole of the UK, with the potential for higher long-term returns for savers.
Seraphim Accelerator
Seraphim VC is a global leader in SpaceTech investment, focusing on companies solving the world’s greatest problems. They invest in the brightest minds and smartest ideas to provide trailblazing, high-value solutions that disrupt, transform, and improve life. Their mission is to accelerate humanity’s next giant leap by transforming science fiction into science fact. They support space entrepreneurship from inception to exit, providing capital, expertise, and global partners. Seraphim backs pioneering space and deeptech ventures at the forefront of global security, sustainability, and resilience. Their portfolio companies redefine how critical infrastructure is protected, defense capabilities are strengthened, and pressing global challenges are tackled, including real-time Earth observation, secure communications, and climate intelligence. They aim to harness the power of space to build the next generation of game-changing companies. Their interconnected model is designed to identify, support, and grow early-stage SpaceTech companies across the full lifecycle, from inception to exit. They are backed by leading space corporations and international space agencies across their activities, including investors in their funds like Airbus, SES, Teledyne, and Telespazio, SSTL MDA. They also have accelerator partnerships with the UK and European Space Agency. Their approach generates co-investment opportunities for their LPs at Series B and beyond. Seraphim identifies as “mission control” for Spacetech founders.
Bethnal Green Ventures
Invests in ambitious, diverse founders building tech-driven solutions to address global challenges like climate change, inequality, and health disparities. Focuses on scalable, sustainable businesses that deliver measurable positive impact alongside commercial growth.
Seraphim Space
Seraphim Space is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on investing in SpaceTech companies. They aim to accelerate humanity's next giant leap by transforming science fiction into science fact, backing visionary space entrepreneurs and providing them with the capital, expertise, and global partnerships to achieve escape velocity. Seraphim invests across the full innovation lifecycle, from inception to exit, and supports companies that address global security, enable resilient infrastructure, and tackle the planet's most urgent challenges. They are particularly interested in companies involved in real-time Earth observation, secure communications, and climate intelligence. Seraphim Space operates multiple investment vehicles, including the Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC (a growth-stage listed fund), Seraphim Space Venture Fund II (an early-stage venture capital fund), and the Seraphim Space Accelerator (the world’s first and largest accelerator dedicated to SpaceTech). This allows them to support SpaceTech companies from the earliest stages of development through to IPO. Seraphim’s interconnected model identifies, supports, and grows early-stage SpaceTech companies, leveraging a network of leading space corporates and international space agencies. They see a future where space technology addresses some of the world's most pressing problems and build the next generation of game-changing companies. Their investment thesis centers around supporting pioneers charting a course to a better future on Earth by harnessing the power of space. They actively seek out companies at the forefront of global security, sustainability, and resilience, believing these areas represent significant opportunities for growth and impact.
Zero Carbon Capital
Backing visionary founders in Europe with pre-seed and seed investments in deep tech climate solutions that redefine industries by reducing costs and emissions.
One Planet Capital
Invests in UK-based climate tech businesses (AI, software, hardware) tackling environmental challenges, with a focus on SEIS/EIS-aligned companies in sectors like energy tech, recycling, transport, and B2B SaaS. Targets pre-seed/seed-stage startups with evidence of solving major climate problems and proof of customer value. Funds range from £25k to £500k.