Fund profile / United Kingdom

Clean Growth Fund II

Stage
Seed
Fund size
€56.8M
Focus
Climate & Sustainability, Energy Tech and Mobility & Transport
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N°01 / About

About Clean Growth Fund II

Climate-Tech, Net Zero, Industrial Decarbonisation, Energy, Mobility focused fund

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Kingdom
Funding StageSeed
Industry Focus
Climate & Sustainability
Energy Tech
Mobility & Transport

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early-stage climate founders leveraging regional industrial ecosystems

climate tech
early stage
sustainability
cleantech
place-based investing
industrial strategy
1.5°C aligned
pension capital
UK institutional backing
regional ecosystems

Bullish Signals

Fund II second close £81.5m of £150msocial
Four LGPS pension schemes committed capitalsocial
Fund I closed £101m, backed 19 companiessocial
UK pension capital deepening early-stage climate allocationsocial
Fund II first deal closed Mar 2026external
Active deployment, recent portfolio newsexternal
AmpliSi backed — Fund II deployingwebsite
3 news items Feb–Mar 2026website
UK Private Capital Award July 2026website
Gigaton $26m raise Jun 2026website
Backing Mykor low-carbon materials May 2026website
Speaking LGC Investment Summit Sep 2026social
11.9k followers, active thought leadershipsocial
Wales roadshow with Development Bank partnershipsocial
Regional community-building, university/accelerator network accesssocial

Contrarian Signals

Narrow climate-only thesisexternal
Heavy pension dependency concentration riskexternal

Founder Do's

Address climate crisis directly
Early stage welcome
Show measurable climate impact
Align with 1.5°C warming targets
Build construction/materials solutions
Leverage regional industrial ecosystems
Connect to place-based strategy
Appeal to institutional/pension backing
Wales-based startups especially welcome

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch non-climate ventures
Avoid late-stage pitches
Don't ignore institutional alignment

31 signals on Clean Growth Fund II

15 bullish · 2 contrarian · 9 pitch do's · 3 don'ts · 2 GP profiles, each with its source. From €9/month, cancel anytime.

Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€56.8M
Saves0
People

Key People

Beverley Gower-Jones, Jonathan Tudor

Beverley Gower-JonesPartner
Lauren JuliffPartner
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