Elbow Beach Capital, a London, UK-based impact investment firm, launched a venture vehicle with an initial £20m of committed capital.
Co-founded in 2021 by Nick Charman, Jonathan Pollock, and Thomas Hardy, Elbow Beach Capital invests in early-stage businesses whose technologies have the potential to solve the planet’s biggest challenges such as decarbonisation, sustainable energy, and social impact opportunities, while simultaneously achieving significant commercial growth.
The fund will invest across a range of opportunities including:
- innovative and disruptive technologies which decarbonise supply-chains and create profitable circular economies;
- sustainable energy technologies and infrastructure which reduce dependence on fossil fuels; and
- those which have a social impact, improving quality of lives through improved access and reduced costs.
The firm will make investments both within the UK, where it is headquartered, and globally, typically allocating between £0.5 million to £1.5 million of long-term growth capital to support:
- Early-stage businesses (pre-seed to Series A)
- Innovative and purpose-driven entrepreneurs with a commitment to improving lives
- Unique and scalable solutions to significant social and environmental problems
- Commercially viable companies with a clear runway to financial growth
With £20 million immediately deployable, Elbow Beach Capital expects to announce several investments in March and April.
FinSMEs
22/03/2022