Smart electricity storage company Powervault has closed a scale-up investment round of £3.8 million from existing and new investors, including Green Angel Syndicate and its Climate Change Fund. This equity investment round has triggered the conversion of £3.1 million in Loan Notes raised in 2020 under the British Business Bank’s Future Fund structure.

Powervault’s ambition is to cement its position and become the undisputed UK market leader for highly functional intelligent battery storage in the brave new world of renewable energy, the smart grid, the internet of things and electric vehicles.

Green Angel Syndicate has invested in pioneering seaweed company, Kelpi as part of the £3 million seed round.

pH3 Capital Ventures has launched its Beyond Blue Accelerator programme to drive the blue green economy. This is the UK’s first funded accelerator providing investment for startups in the wider ports and maritime sector.

Zero Carbon Capital has announced an investment in Actuation Lab, as part of a seed round that we are co-leading with Kero Development Partners, a specialist industrial hardware investor.

Clean Growth Fund has invested £2.5m in measurable.energy as part of its £4.5m Series A funding round. measurable.energy is an award-winning UK start-up technology company that designs and manufactures smart, machine learning enabled power sockets that reduce the energy costs of commercial buildings by more than 20%.

Climate tech start-up IPG has secured £1 million investment following a successful crowdfunding campaign on equity funding platform Seedrs, led by its existing shareholders and private investment fund GreenTribe.

London-based renewable energy investment platform PF Nexus has raised £625,000 in a seed funding round, supported by Angel Investment Network, the world’s largest online angel investment platform.

Nova Pangaea Technologies, the Teesside-based Clean Tech business, has raised £5.25m in a funding round led by Mercia Asset Management Plc, Par Equity and NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), with private investors also participating.

Round 4 of the Green Angel Syndicate EIS & SEIS Climate Change Fund opened on Friday 1st July and closed on 22nd September, having exceeded its minimum funding target by 50%. The round was evenly split between GAS members and non-members, and 45% of investors had invested in one or more previous rounds of the Climate Change Fund.

Back a fast growing UK tech company. NewPath is seeking £500k from angel investors following a £1m equity fund raise.

View the full investment opportunity here.

Entrepreneurs, founders and adventurers are being given the chance to live pitch for investment and sponsorship available at the Blue Earth Summit in Bristol in October.

From hundreds of applications, 10 semi finalists will pitch online to become one of 4 finalists to pitch live to more than 20 of the world’s best impact investment firms and hundreds of Angel and Retail investors attending the Summit. All the investors have a passion for businesses, adventures and projects that can be a force for good in protecting our planet and its people. 

Machine learning-led decarbonisation platform Ecolibrium has today launched its revolutionary sustainability solution in the UK, as the race to reduce carbon emissions accelerates across the built environment.

Relocating its global headquarters to London, Ecolibrium has raised $5m in a pre-Series A funding round as it looks to expand its international footprint to the UK. The round was co-led by Amit Bhatia’s Swordfish Investments and Shravin Bharti Mittal’s Unbound venture capital firm, alongside several strategic investors.