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Carbon13 SEIS Fund VII
Backing early stage businesses addressing earth’s vital life support systems
About the Carbon13 SEIS Fund VII
Discover Carbon13 SEIS Fund VII (2024/25 tax year) — your gateway to investing in the future of climatetech. Carbon13 stands as a beacon for investors seeking both financial gains and a profound impact on the planet.
Grounded in the vibrant tech hubs of Cambridge and Berlin, we seek to meticulously craft investment portfolios that not only navigate the complexities of high emission sectors but also propel the groundbreaking ventures of tomorrow.
Since 2021, we’ve successfully built, supported, and invested over £9 million in 72 climatetech ventures, achieving impressive markups to date. Our distinct approach centres around selecting talented and mission-driven founders for our Programmes. We strategically invest in ventures poised for massive scale and genuine carbon impact.
Investing in a SEIS Fund provides UK investors with the opportunity to claim up to 50% income tax relief on their investment amount, coupled with exemption from Capital Gains Tax and many other additional benefits.
Investment Rationale
High impact & HIGH RETURN
Targeting startups with the potential of high growth and significant ROI by focussing on reducing carbon (CO2e) emissions by 10 million tonnes per annum.
DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO
The ventures are balanced across business models and investment themes, encompassing both hardware and software solutions.
FINANCIAL RETURNS
Targeting ventures with the potential for delivering a return of 2.5x or more on investment, seeking substantial financial growth.
INVESTMENT PROFILE
This is a long term and illiquid investment, investing in pre-seed stage ventures.
DEPLOYMENT
Capital is intended to be deployed in the 2024/25 tax year.
SECTOR agnostic
Working across a range of sectors within the climatetech space, encompassing both hardware and software solutions.
TAX EFFICIENT
It is intended that ventures invested in will be SEIS eligible.
DEALFLOW
Strong, proprietary deals generated by our Programmes.
Investor webinar
Join our webinar for investors exploring our Fund. We’ll discuss dealflow, our climate impact ambition, and introduce SEIS and its tax benefits.
When: 13th February, 13:00 GMT
Learn more by joining our investor community
We have several upcoming events open only to qualified investors, including demo days and webinars on SEIS Fund VII.
Our investor community also receives an exclusive monthly newsletter with updates on our portfolio and access to our latest investments.
If you’d like to become part of our investor community or explore the Fund in more detail, please complete the form below or reach out to Min Dhillon, Head of Capital.
“The forward thinking and commercial approach of climate-driven investors is the engine which drives our ventures.”
This is a high risk investment. Please read our risk summary here.
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Growth Investor Awards Winner 2024
In November 2024, Carbon13 won the ‘Investing in Women: Team of the Year’ award at the Growth Investor Awards in partnership with British Business Bank.
Meet our climate tech ventures
Natalia Dorfman, CEO
Thomas Merriman, CPO
Paul Young, CTO
Kita is the carbon insurance specialist; developing bespoke carbon insurance products that safeguard the quality and performance of carbon transactions. By reducing risk, carbon insurance channels investment towards high quality carbon projects, enabling them to scale at the pace needed to address the climate crisis.
Dr Jonathan Bean, CEO
Robert Forrest, CTO
Dr Jon Pillow, CSO
Nic Stirk MBE, CCO
Materials Nexus is a deep-tech company originated at Cambridge University and Carbon13, who combine the insights of quantum mechanics with the power of AI to predict the properties of materials. Materials such as concrete, steel and glass contribute towards 50% of all CO₂ emissions. New, better materials are needed for a new, low carbon world – but it typically takes 20 years to develop a new material to be commercialised.
Their ground-breaking AI-enabled Materials Discovery Platform transforms the way new materials are designed using a rapid automated process and advanced quantum calculations that give high accuracy at larger scales.
Phil Hunter, COO
Lewis Jenkins, CEO
Yubiao Niu, CTO
Nium eliminates emissions by delivering hydrogen as a more efficient energy vector. Their novel nanotechnology revolutionises the Haber-Bosch process and enables the synthesis of truly green ammonia. With two patents filed, Nium helps build the infrastructure and network for a cleaner future of food and fuel.
Louise Parlons Bentata, CEO
Néstor Rueda-Vallejo, CTO
3 billion tonnes of CO2e are emitted from methane in water each year. There is no way to remove this methane at scale. Until now. Bluemethane measures and removes methane from water. The methane is then used as a new source of clean energy. Their technology is scalable and can be deployed in a variety of settings, including wastewater treatment plants, reservoirs and rice cultivation. With methane’s global warming power 34x that of carbon, Bluemethane is tackling a core problem for global warming.
Sarah Montgomery, CEO
Tony To, Co-Founder, CTO
Infyos are building a future where every electric vehicle battery is sustainable. Using the team’s expertise in the battery industry and supply chain technology for large organisations around the world, Infyos are helping car makers, battery manufacturers and mining companies map and measure the impact of their supply chain, identify hotspots, and enable collaborative action to improve impact and reduce supply chain risk.