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London-based Sustainability Ventures is one of the UK’s leading early-stage investors in Cleantech. It comprises a group of successful entrepreneurs with a track record in building and investing in high-growth start-ups. It has created Europe’s largest ecosystem for cleantech and sustainability startups, as a business founder and investor, provider of accelerator and support services and provider of shared workspaces. Active since 2011, Sustainability Ventures has raised £250m in total equity funds to date. Its focus is on agritech and food, building technology, circular economy, future energy and mobility. It has established 10 companies, invested in 30 and supported the development of over 250 more enterprises as of 2021 and aims to develop 1,000 sustainable startups by 2025.
London-based Sustainability Ventures is one of the UK’s leading early-stage investors in Cleantech. It comprises a group of successful entrepreneurs with a track record in building and investing in high-growth start-ups. It has created Europe’s largest ecosystem for cleantech and sustainability startups, as a business founder and investor, provider of accelerator and support services and provider of shared workspaces. Active since 2011, Sustainability Ventures has raised £250m in total equity funds to date. Its focus is on agritech and food, building technology, circular economy, future energy and mobility. It has established 10 companies, invested in 30 and supported the development of over 250 more enterprises as of 2021 and aims to develop 1,000 sustainable startups by 2025.
Maniv Mobility is an Israel-based venture capitalist firm, focused mainly on mobility, automotive, transportation and logistic solutions. The fund is backed by venture arms of BMW, Hyundai, LG Electronics, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, Shell and Valeo amongst others. Headquartered in Isreal, in Tel Aviv a city that is growing in the mobility space with an increasing number of automotive venture arms.Maniv Mobility operates since 2016 with an initial funding capital of $44mn and a further capital injection in 2019 of $100mn. With an international investment portfolio and global ambitions, the firm has built over the years strategic partners in Europe, North America, Israel looking for long term expansion in Asian markets.The company has been within the VCs that backed Drive.ai, the autonomous vehicle startup later acquired by Apple.
Maniv Mobility is an Israel-based venture capitalist firm, focused mainly on mobility, automotive, transportation and logistic solutions. The fund is backed by venture arms of BMW, Hyundai, LG Electronics, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, Shell and Valeo amongst others. Headquartered in Isreal, in Tel Aviv a city that is growing in the mobility space with an increasing number of automotive venture arms.Maniv Mobility operates since 2016 with an initial funding capital of $44mn and a further capital injection in 2019 of $100mn. With an international investment portfolio and global ambitions, the firm has built over the years strategic partners in Europe, North America, Israel looking for long term expansion in Asian markets.The company has been within the VCs that backed Drive.ai, the autonomous vehicle startup later acquired by Apple.
CFO and co-founder of Scoobic Urban Mobility
José Enrique Díaz Buzón graduated in law at the University of Seville in 1999. He has a qualification in EU law, and a master’s in business consultancy. In 2005, he also studied labor relations at IE Business School in Madrid.In 1999, Díaz began practicing as a lawyer, specializing in commercial and corporate law and business consultancy. In 2016, he became the CFO, business development manager and co-founder of Scoobic Urban Mobility. The Spanish mobility startup and the co-founding team’s Passion Motorbike Factory aim to provide three-wheeled EVs and sustainable last-mile delivery solutions.
José Enrique Díaz Buzón graduated in law at the University of Seville in 1999. He has a qualification in EU law, and a master’s in business consultancy. In 2005, he also studied labor relations at IE Business School in Madrid.In 1999, Díaz began practicing as a lawyer, specializing in commercial and corporate law and business consultancy. In 2016, he became the CFO, business development manager and co-founder of Scoobic Urban Mobility. The Spanish mobility startup and the co-founding team’s Passion Motorbike Factory aim to provide three-wheeled EVs and sustainable last-mile delivery solutions.
Spanish-born Juan Verde Suárez is an internationally-renowned strategist for both the public and private sectors, focusing on sustainable economic development. Based in the US, he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia at the US Department of Commerce during the Obama presidency. He was also the campaign fundraising manager during the 2020 US elections for President Joe Biden.As an angel investor, Verde’s only disclosed investment is his participation in the €10m Series A funding round of Scoobic Urban Mobility in 2021. Besides joining as a board director of the Spanish e-scooter startup, Verde is also head of the Madrid-based Álamo Solutions, a sustainable business development consulting firm.
Spanish-born Juan Verde Suárez is an internationally-renowned strategist for both the public and private sectors, focusing on sustainable economic development. Based in the US, he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia at the US Department of Commerce during the Obama presidency. He was also the campaign fundraising manager during the 2020 US elections for President Joe Biden.As an angel investor, Verde’s only disclosed investment is his participation in the €10m Series A funding round of Scoobic Urban Mobility in 2021. Besides joining as a board director of the Spanish e-scooter startup, Verde is also head of the Madrid-based Álamo Solutions, a sustainable business development consulting firm.
Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Beyond Leather Materials / Leap
Hannah Michaud first started exploring ways to develop sustainable textiles in 2016 while completing her studies in sustainable fashion at Copenhagen’s KEA School of Design & Technology. She also studied fashion technology and design at the KEA academy from 2012 to 2015.Michaud worked as a fashion design intern at Danish company Barbara I Gongini in 2016 and also at Weekend CPH in 2014. After her graduation in 2017, she decided to continue her research work on sustainable fabrics as co-founder and chief creative officer of Danish alt-leather startup, Beyond Leather Materials ApS, in Copenhagen.Originally from Maine, US, Michaud also studied music as a classical flutist at the University of Maine, where she was first chair in its Symphony Orchestra, and Sustainable Agriculture in the university’s Natural Science and Forestry department.
Hannah Michaud first started exploring ways to develop sustainable textiles in 2016 while completing her studies in sustainable fashion at Copenhagen’s KEA School of Design & Technology. She also studied fashion technology and design at the KEA academy from 2012 to 2015.Michaud worked as a fashion design intern at Danish company Barbara I Gongini in 2016 and also at Weekend CPH in 2014. After her graduation in 2017, she decided to continue her research work on sustainable fabrics as co-founder and chief creative officer of Danish alt-leather startup, Beyond Leather Materials ApS, in Copenhagen.Originally from Maine, US, Michaud also studied music as a classical flutist at the University of Maine, where she was first chair in its Symphony Orchestra, and Sustainable Agriculture in the university’s Natural Science and Forestry department.
Enagás Emprende, part of the Spanish Transmission System Operator (TS) Enagás, is an investment venture backing and accelerating technology-based startups in their scale-up phase. Its portfolio investment mainly includes companies providing renewable gases, green hydrogen, and biomethane, but also sustainable mobility and energy efficiency. With 50 years of experience in energy infrastructures across Spain, the US, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Albania, Greece and Italy, Enagás provides its portfolio startups with mentoring and expertise acting as investors, clients and industry partners.
Enagás Emprende, part of the Spanish Transmission System Operator (TS) Enagás, is an investment venture backing and accelerating technology-based startups in their scale-up phase. Its portfolio investment mainly includes companies providing renewable gases, green hydrogen, and biomethane, but also sustainable mobility and energy efficiency. With 50 years of experience in energy infrastructures across Spain, the US, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Albania, Greece and Italy, Enagás provides its portfolio startups with mentoring and expertise acting as investors, clients and industry partners.
Shell Foundation is the not-for-profit investment arm of the global energy giant Shell. Based in London, the foundation was set up in 2000 to invest in social and environmental impact companies, including startups with the potential to reach out to over 10m low-income consumers and achieve financial viability within 10 years. The foundation mainly invests at the pre-seed and seed funding stage and currently has 77 startups in its portfolio. In January 2021, it joined the $790,000 seed round of African agritech social enterprise AgroCenta and also gave a $350,000 grant to sustainable mobility platform Easy Matatu in Uganda.
Shell Foundation is the not-for-profit investment arm of the global energy giant Shell. Based in London, the foundation was set up in 2000 to invest in social and environmental impact companies, including startups with the potential to reach out to over 10m low-income consumers and achieve financial viability within 10 years. The foundation mainly invests at the pre-seed and seed funding stage and currently has 77 startups in its portfolio. In January 2021, it joined the $790,000 seed round of African agritech social enterprise AgroCenta and also gave a $350,000 grant to sustainable mobility platform Easy Matatu in Uganda.
CEO and Co-founder of Nusantics
Self-styled “bio-based economy enabler”, Sharlini Eriza Putri has held various industrial engineering roles since graduating in 2009 with a bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung. She joined Nestle as a management trainee and later became a process engineer until 2013. She left Nestle to read a master's in Sustainable Energy (Mechanical Engineering) at Imperial College London. In 2015, she started an independent consultancy for sustainable energy in Jakarta.In 2016, she became the head of center of excellence for the sugar industry conglomerate Samora Group. In 2019, she set up Nusantics to sell skincare products with natural ingredients. In 2020, Putri left Samora to work full-time at Nusantics as CEO.
Self-styled “bio-based economy enabler”, Sharlini Eriza Putri has held various industrial engineering roles since graduating in 2009 with a bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung. She joined Nestle as a management trainee and later became a process engineer until 2013. She left Nestle to read a master's in Sustainable Energy (Mechanical Engineering) at Imperial College London. In 2015, she started an independent consultancy for sustainable energy in Jakarta.In 2016, she became the head of center of excellence for the sugar industry conglomerate Samora Group. In 2019, she set up Nusantics to sell skincare products with natural ingredients. In 2020, Putri left Samora to work full-time at Nusantics as CEO.
Founded in 2016, Seekdource invests in startups in the fields of artificial intelligence, intelligent robotics and big data that have the potential for sustainable growth.
Founded in 2016, Seekdource invests in startups in the fields of artificial intelligence, intelligent robotics and big data that have the potential for sustainable growth.
COO and co-founder of Modulous Tech
Christopher Mortensen is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at UK-based Modulous, the first end-to-end generative design and delivery solution for affordable, sustainable and modulized housing, where he has worked since 2018. Before that, he worked for two years as technical director at engineering, sustainability and energy consultancy Hydrock. Previously, he was at Atelier Ten for ten years working as a senior engineer, an environmental design consultant, a building services engineer and a lighting designer. Mortensen’s previous posts were all in his native US: as a mechanical project engineer at Oregon-based Interface Engineering 2004-8, as a mechanical designer at Philadelphia-based Associated Engineering Consultants, and as an assistant hut master at the Appalachian Mountain Club. He holds an Executive MBA from Cass Business School in London and also studied Blockchain in 2018 at the University of Oxford’s Said Business School Mortensen is a keen public speaker and, in 2017, gave a TedX talk on ’Beyond Sustainable Design.’
Christopher Mortensen is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at UK-based Modulous, the first end-to-end generative design and delivery solution for affordable, sustainable and modulized housing, where he has worked since 2018. Before that, he worked for two years as technical director at engineering, sustainability and energy consultancy Hydrock. Previously, he was at Atelier Ten for ten years working as a senior engineer, an environmental design consultant, a building services engineer and a lighting designer. Mortensen’s previous posts were all in his native US: as a mechanical project engineer at Oregon-based Interface Engineering 2004-8, as a mechanical designer at Philadelphia-based Associated Engineering Consultants, and as an assistant hut master at the Appalachian Mountain Club. He holds an Executive MBA from Cass Business School in London and also studied Blockchain in 2018 at the University of Oxford’s Said Business School Mortensen is a keen public speaker and, in 2017, gave a TedX talk on ’Beyond Sustainable Design.’
Co-founder and CEO of Tanijoy
Nanda Putra had been involved in the agriculture and F&B industries even as a student at Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia. Between 2009 and 2016, he ran his own arabica coffee plantation, opened two small restaurants and was CMO of a mushroom farm. In 2017, a year after graduating with a degree in Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture, he started Tanijoy. Originally conceived as an online marketplace for fresh produce, Tanijoy has since pivoted into an agri-investment platform.
Nanda Putra had been involved in the agriculture and F&B industries even as a student at Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia. Between 2009 and 2016, he ran his own arabica coffee plantation, opened two small restaurants and was CMO of a mushroom farm. In 2017, a year after graduating with a degree in Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture, he started Tanijoy. Originally conceived as an online marketplace for fresh produce, Tanijoy has since pivoted into an agri-investment platform.
H&M Foundation is a non-profit foundation established in 2013. It is privately funded by the Stefan Persson family, the founders and major shareholders of the H&M Group, who have donated SEK 1.5 billion to it to date. The foundation aims to help accelerate progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030, by developing, funding and sharing solutions to address the world’s most urgent issues. It has a particular focus on promoting a planet-positive fashion industry and on building inclusive societies.Tackling mostly challenges associated with the fast fashion industry and its supply chain, H&M Foundation advocates for more sustainable practices across the fashion value chain and more inclusive business practices. The foundation is also actively involved in providing emergency relief for natural disasters or pandemics. It also aims to encourage innovation that promotes social change and sustainability. To this end, it provides startups support in accelerating and scale new technologies. It also runs the Global Change Award. Dubbed the Nobel Prize of fashion, this aims to recognise disruptive innovations that have the potential to make fashion more sustainable, and transform the way garments are designed, produced, shipped, bought, used and recycled.
H&M Foundation is a non-profit foundation established in 2013. It is privately funded by the Stefan Persson family, the founders and major shareholders of the H&M Group, who have donated SEK 1.5 billion to it to date. The foundation aims to help accelerate progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030, by developing, funding and sharing solutions to address the world’s most urgent issues. It has a particular focus on promoting a planet-positive fashion industry and on building inclusive societies.Tackling mostly challenges associated with the fast fashion industry and its supply chain, H&M Foundation advocates for more sustainable practices across the fashion value chain and more inclusive business practices. The foundation is also actively involved in providing emergency relief for natural disasters or pandemics. It also aims to encourage innovation that promotes social change and sustainability. To this end, it provides startups support in accelerating and scale new technologies. It also runs the Global Change Award. Dubbed the Nobel Prize of fashion, this aims to recognise disruptive innovations that have the potential to make fashion more sustainable, and transform the way garments are designed, produced, shipped, bought, used and recycled.
Aavishkaar (‘invention’ in Hindi) was founded in 2001 as an early stage investor to help build sustainable enterprises in India’s underserved regions. Its VC portfolio, valued at over US$ 155 million, covers key industry sectors including sanitation, healthcare, agriculture and technology. Its Aavishkaar Frontier Fund was created in 2015 to invest in South and Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Aavishkaar (‘invention’ in Hindi) was founded in 2001 as an early stage investor to help build sustainable enterprises in India’s underserved regions. Its VC portfolio, valued at over US$ 155 million, covers key industry sectors including sanitation, healthcare, agriculture and technology. Its Aavishkaar Frontier Fund was created in 2015 to invest in South and Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
CEO and founder of Koiki
Aitor Ojanguren is an industrial engineer and serial entrepreneur from Bilbao, Spain. He holds an MBA from Bauer University in Boston. He also specialized at the IESE Business School in social entrepreneurship and is an active investor in social impact tech startups.Ojanguren has over 15 years experience in the logistics sector. He founded Celeritas, a leading logistic e-commerce service company. He is CEO of Koiki, an environmentally sustainable last-mile delivery social enterprise that employs vulnerable people in Spain, which he founded in 2015.
Aitor Ojanguren is an industrial engineer and serial entrepreneur from Bilbao, Spain. He holds an MBA from Bauer University in Boston. He also specialized at the IESE Business School in social entrepreneurship and is an active investor in social impact tech startups.Ojanguren has over 15 years experience in the logistics sector. He founded Celeritas, a leading logistic e-commerce service company. He is CEO of Koiki, an environmentally sustainable last-mile delivery social enterprise that employs vulnerable people in Spain, which he founded in 2015.
Founded in 2011 by Cyril Ebersweiler, partner of the venture capital firm SOSV, HAX has grown into the world’s first and largest hardware accelerator. It currently operates in Shenzhen and San Francisco. Funded by SOSV, HAX selects teams with hardware prototypes and turns them into functional, sustainable companies. In this way, HAX has brought 65 products to the market in the last three years.
Founded in 2011 by Cyril Ebersweiler, partner of the venture capital firm SOSV, HAX has grown into the world’s first and largest hardware accelerator. It currently operates in Shenzhen and San Francisco. Funded by SOSV, HAX selects teams with hardware prototypes and turns them into functional, sustainable companies. In this way, HAX has brought 65 products to the market in the last three years.
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