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Clean Growth Fund the UK’s leading specialist climate‑tech venture capital firm, is delighted to announce the appointment of Lauren Juliff as Head of Investor Relations and Sustainability.

Clean Growth Fund has been named ‘Private Equity House of the Year: Small Cap (EV on entry <€25m)’ at the 2025 Real Deals Sustainable Investment

We are delighted to share that Clean Growth Fund’s Managing Partner, Beverley Gower-Jones, has been appointed as Non-Executive Director and chair of the Investment Committee at Great British Energy’s (GBE).  

Introduction to the UK Power System The UK electricity system is undergoing structural change, with 2024 marking the first year that renewable energy supplied over

Glasgow is fast emerging as one of the UK’s most dynamic hubs for climate innovation and that energy was on full display this week at

London, UK – Clean Growth Fund (CGF), the UK’s leading specialist climate tech venture capital firm,  today announced the first close (£49m) of its second

Join us at The University of Strathclyde for an exciting pitch and networking event. Innovative cleantech startups will pitch their ideas to the CGF investment team (behind closed doors) in the day and in the evening, the wider ecosystem comes together to network, learn about cutting-edge sustainable technologies, and discover new investment opportunities.

We’re incredibly proud to share that our CFO, Gemma Fong, has been recognised as a 2025 Pioneer in Private Markets. A collaboration between THE LINE_,

We’ve just published this report and policy, view or download below to: Discover our commitment to transparency and responsible growth—read our newly published Impact Report

On Tuesday 13th May, we brought the Clean Growth Fund Roadshow to Bristol for the very first time — and we couldn’t have asked for a better launch in the South West.

Insights from Melody Chiu, Carbon Limiting Technologies, and Chris Rapley, University College London. Here we focus on plastic-related carbon emissions, noting that actions to reduce plastic consumption and enhance recycling yield dual benefits.

Written by Jonathan TudorInvestment Partner at Clean Growth Fund As the global population grows, so does the demand for food. However, traditional farming practices are

Earlier this week, the CGF CLT Climate Tech Reception brought together an outstanding group of visionaries shaping the future; investors, policymakers, and climate tech innovators

Clean Growth Fund held its seventh portfolio day on 27 November 2025 hosted by KPMG in their Canary Wharf offices.  The day provided a valuable

Clean Growth Fund held its third Roadshow event in Leeds this week as part of its mission to grow local economies through investment in cleantech

Clean Growth Fund’s Beverley Gower-Jones was invited to speak at the Net Zero Annual Investor’s Conference recently. The event aimed at institutional investors committed to

Clean Growth Fund’s Managing Partner, Beverley Gower-Jones, and Gershon Cohen, CGF Advisory Board member, recently hosted an insightful roundtable with Pensions for Purpose focused on

Credit: This article was published in the Autumn 2024 edition of The Parliamentary & Scientific Committee’s quarterly journal, Science in Parliament. The full edition is currently

We are thrilled to announce that our Managing Partner, Beverley Gower-Jones OBE, has been named ‘Leader of the Year’ at this year’s Business Green Awards.

Clean Growth Fund co-leads £6 million raise to replace gas grids with low-carbon heat Clean Growth Fund has invested in Rendesco, a leading clean heat

In June, we hosted our 6th Portfolio Day, bringing together the founders and management teams of our 19 portfolio companies for a day focused on

The fund’s B-Corp score of 133.8 significantly exceeds sector average. The B-Corp assessment measures a company’s entire social and environmental impact, considering factors such as

Clean Growth Fund held its second Roadshow event, this time taking place in Newport, South Wales. Building on the success of its inaugural event in

It is common practice among start-up founders to invest significant time and effort into crafting compelling financial models and presentations, aiming to impress potential investors.

Clean Growth Fund has invested in the £10m seed round of Oriole Networks, a new company that revolutionises the performance of AI systems and data

Clean Growth Fund has invested £2.5m in pioneering UK-based bio-tech business Clean Food Group. The funding will be used to accelerate the commercialisation of Clean

The need for concrete innovation Concrete forms humanity’s very foundations and it comes with a carbon problem that can feel insurmountable. As the second most

After a decade of research and development in the UK and around the world, HutanBio, a bio-tech company founded by scientists from Cambridge University, based

FA Bio is revolutionising sustainable agriculture with the discovery of superior microbes for game-changing bio-products which can increase crop yields, protect biodiversity and replace chemical

The Clean Growth Fund held its first ever Roadshow event which took place at Tuspark, Newcastle, a thriving tech incubator hub for the North East.

On the 14th November 2023, Clean Growth Fund held its fifth ‘Portfolio Day’, taking place at HSBC Innovation Banking, Finsbury Square, London.  Founders and management

Marketing is an essential tool for any climate tech startup.  You can have the most ground-breaking technology on the planet but, if no one knows

It is no secret that the world has a CO2 problem. Our addiction to fossil fuels has led to a dependency that is hard to

Clean Growth Fund has led a £3.6m investment in Kamma, a UK property data and analytics business. The investment will fund the expansion of Kamma’s

An Introduction to a ‘Hotter’ Topic As we tentatively progress on several fronts towards a greener future, it is imperative that we continually reassess the

Clean Growth Fund had the honour of introducing His Majesty The King (Charles III) to its portfolio of investee companies during the Climate Innovation Forum

On the 5th June 2023, Clean Growth Fund held its fourth ‘Portfolio Day’ at the Royal Society for Arts, an organisation committed to finding practical

“Leather made from beer”: Arda Biomaterials transforms brewery waste into leather alternatives for fashion & retail use Arda Biomaterials’ mission to transform waste into valuable,

Revolutionary Oxford biotechnology company pursues a huge growth opportunity to decarbonise the global chemical manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries HydRegen, the Oxford-based biotechnology company enabling sustainable

Have you ever wondered what a cleantech investor looks for in a pitch or pitch deck? Clean Growth Fund Investment Partner, Jonathan Tudor, shares the

London-based clean heat technology start-up, Futraheat, has closed a £1.5 million seed round led by Clean Growth Fund. The new investment, Futraheat’s first equity raise,

Clean Growth Fund picked up two awards at the prestigious Edie Awards held 30 March, 2023. The team were awarded first prize in category ‘ESG

The climate technology sector is booming globally, particularly in the UK where $4.3b has been invested into climate tech startups in the last five years.