Carbon13 SEIS Fund IX

Carbon13 builds and backs ventures addressing climate change. Over the last four years, Carbon13 have supported more than 1,500 founders and helped build over 300 climate tech startups from day zero across the UK and Europe. Carbon13 have backed 100 of these ventures financially, with the explicit goal of launching hundreds of ventures capable of reducing gigatons of CO₂e emissions.

50% of the ventures are hardware-based, in many cases IP/deeptech, and tackling some of the hardest problems in climate. Carbon13 invests across a broad range of climate-critical sectors — including energy, AI, the built environment, advance materials, transport, carbon removal and food systems — so that founders can address the full system of challenges driving the climate crisis.

Typically Carbon13 receives around 600 applicants to each of their “Venture Builder” programmes from individuals who are exceptional in their field and committed to building a scalable and impactful business. They carefully select around 80 founders to join each new programme.

After six months, ventures pitch for pre-seed investment. Those who receive backing get exposed to stakeholders capable of supporting their next steps as well as opportunities to showcase their venture, including with Carbon13’s industry-leading corporate partners: Barclays, Siemens Energy, Arm, and Herbert Smith Freehills and additional contributions from Google Cloud Credits, PEM, TechSpace, Geovation, Honda Innovations and many others.

Carbon13 offers opportunities to speak to investors during the programme and showcases to pitch to a wider audience of investors and stakeholders. Some of their current co-investors include Ada Ventures, Cambridge University, G-Force, Pale Blue Dot, Climate VC, Octopus Ventures, Zero Carbon Capital, AgFunder, Plug & Play, DCVC and many more. Carbon13 is an Investor Partner with Innovate UK and assists companies to leverage non-dilutive grants.