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15 Key Questions Venture Capitalists Will Ask When Considering Your Cleantech Startup

Robert Hokin, Managing Partner at Greenbackers provides guidance on what questions VCs usually ask when on the hunt and evaluating new cleantech investments. Are you a founder with a compelling technology business and thinking about, kicking off or even struggling with a fundraising round? We’d love to hear from you. Get in touch! And check out […]

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Greenbackers partner Granted Consultancy focuses on Agritech in latest webinar

Chris Parkhurst, Granted’s Regional Development Director, gave an informative presentation on current UK agri-tech grant funding opportunities in their recent webinar. Find more information about the specific afgritech funding calls discussed and to book a FREE consultation call with Chris at Granted Consultancy to discuss your own innovation project, email [email protected].  About Granted Granted specialises in […]

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Greenbackers COP28 (Pitch) in London

Greenbackers hosted its’ bi-annual Super Pitch in London in December…with 20 fantastic cleantech businesses in a room full of investors. Scroll down to see all the presenting ventures’ video pitch presentations. To follow up or contact any of them CLICK HERE “Thanks for hosting such an excellent event on Wednesday, Greenbackers. Attendance was great as […]

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Fintech loses UK funding crown as VCs bet on global green transition – industry report from Sifted

Sifted reports that energy and transportation startups have raised the most so far in 2023 The UK’s energy startup sector has raised the most VC cash in 2023, knocking fintech off the top spot it has held for a decade. Startups in the energy sector have picked up $3bn so far this year, just shy […]

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Greenbackers 2nd Report on Delivery of The Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles (The Principles)

Many of the technologies that we look at are closely connected to the developing Blue Economy. Companies like C-Power, Redstack, Gazelle, Triton, Armour Edge, Grafmarine and Zelim and there are more in our pipeline. That is one reason why Greenbackers were early signatories of the Principles. They were launched in 2018, and are the world’s first […]

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Scope 3 Emissions Tracking, Blockchain & Bitcoin & the Follically Challenged!

Greenbackers Andrew Smith and Temple Melville of ScotCoin discuss the climate emergency and how blockchain could help track level 3 emissions. Listen now: Greenbackers Andrew Smith joined his old friend Temple Melville to discuss the climate emergency and Temple’s recent project- ScotCoin, Scotland’s first and only crypto currency. SCOT (as it’s known) is formed as […]

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IMPORTANT DEADLINE APPROACHING – 27TH JULY 2023

If you are a non-UK business looking to benefit from Scotland’s academic institutions to accelerate their R&D activity you should read this: £100,000 boost to business-academic inward investment | Interface Online (interface-online.org.uk) Scotland has a great environment for early stage businesses with excellent policy support. This initiative is the latest example of that. The Scottish […]

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