An Introduction to Carbon13 SEIS Fund VIII for IFAs
This webinar constitutes a financial promotion and is directed only at Professional investors and self-certified High Net-Worth, Sophisticated and Restricted Retail investors.
Min Dhillon, Principal at Carbon13, and Tom Britton, cofounder of Syndicate Room, introduce the Carbon13 SEIS Fund VIII, our approach to building high potential climatetech ventures, and how the UK Gov’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) works.
In this special for IFAs and wealth advisers, we’ll discuss:
- The tax benefits of the UK tax scheme SEIS, including exemptions on IHT, CGT, loss relief and income tax relief.
- Carbon13’s track record across 7 previous SEIS Funds and our expectations for returns for SEIS Fund VIII (now open for this tax year 2025-2026)
- Carbon13’s impact potential on the Net Zero transition, emissions reduction, and Earth’s vital systems.
Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. Take 2 mins to learn more here https://www.syndicateroom.com/risk-warning
Why IFAs should consider Carbon13’s SEIS Fund
Throughout our previous seven funds deployed into over 60 startups, we’ve built strong relationships with our SEIS investors. They come to our fund for:
- “Green” investments, they want their portfolio to include investments with purpose.
They want a fund team who deeply understand the science and understand how to evaluate a startup’s actual impact potential. Carbon13 is unique in Europe for our fund team’s expertise on carbon and the climate emergency.
Our current portfolio’s decarbonisation potential has exceeded 500 million tonnes per year when at scale. 12% of our portfolio has been nominated for the Earth Shot Prize. - Reducing CGT or other tax burdens. SEIS has generous tax reliefs to incentivise investment into startups, which are a high risk investment.
- Diversification – for those who are reaching the limits on pension contributions or similar, our fund provides a tax efficient instrument and will be deployed in THIS tax year (2025/2026). The tax reliefs can also be applied retrospectively for the previous tax year. Tax reliefs are subject to status and change.
Who’s this webinar for?
This webinar is for IFAs or wealth managers who want to explore investing in the Carbon13 SEIS Fund which will be deployed in this tax year (2025/2026). Only Professional Investors will be permitted to join.
If you are an individual investor such as a High Net Worth Individual, Self Certified Sophisticated Investor or Restricted Investor, we are running another webinar for you on the 9th October, visit the Carbon13 page to find it.
Please do your own research to check whether you qualify as a Professional Client, High Net Worth Individual or Self Certified Sophisticated Investor. More information can be found on our partners’ explainer here: https://www.syndicateroom.com/seis
About SEIS
The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is the government’s scheme to incentivise private investors to invest in startups by giving tax relief on the investments – which are a high risk and illiquid investment, especially when compared to stocks and shares portfolios.
The tax benefits include:
- Income tax relief of 50%
- Capital gains tax exemption
- Loss relief on investments that fail
- Reinvestment relief
- Inheritance tax relief
Tax reliefs are subject to status and change.
Through SEIS, you can invest in a specific startup, or in a fund – like the Carbon13 SEIS Fund. In 2024-2025, £240 million was invested in startups each year through the scheme.