Low Carbon Innovation Fund

Type

Venture Capital

Location

London, United Kingdom

Total investments

71

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

54

Rounds per year

5.07

Lead investments

21

Follow on index

0.24

Exits

3

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
AutomotiveSoftwareArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingDeveloper PlatformEnergyRenewable EnergyInnovation ManagementElectric VehicleAgriculture

Summary

In 2010 was created Low Carbon Innovation Fund, which is appeared as VC. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Norwich. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom.

Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The typical startup value when the investment from Low Carbon Innovation Fund is 1-5 millions dollars. This Low Carbon Innovation Fund works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 4 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2016. The top activity for fund was in 2013.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Low Carbon Innovation Fund, startups are often financed by The Cambridge Gateway Fund, Thames Valley Investment Network, TTP Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Anglia Capital Group, Newable Private Investing, YFM Equity Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Angel CoFund, Newable Private Investing, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Water, Electronics. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Breathing Buildings, Weedingtech, Azoomee

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
Climate techIoT

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
71
Lead investments
21
Exits
3
Rounds per year
5.07
Follow on index
0.24
Investments by industry
  • Energy (19)
  • Manufacturing (17)
  • Renewable Energy (12)
  • Software (9)
  • Electric Vehicle (7)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (67)
  • Canada (1)
  • Ireland (1)
  • United States (1)
Peak activity year
2023

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
1M
Group Appearance index
0.46
Avg. company exit year
9

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Furlong Energy 08 Aug 2023 Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Seed England, London, United Kingdom
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