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May 2026
The highlight of our year: ZC Portfolio Day

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An image of a runway with the tagline Extending your runway. Branded Zero Carbon.

4 min read

Mar 2026
Room to breathe: Extending your runway

Insights

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7 min read

Aug 2025
So you want to work in climate VC?

Insights

Read more

2 min read

Jul 2025
NetZeroNitrogen announce oversubscribed $6.6M seed round.

Portfolio news

Read more

10 min read

Apr 2025
How to go-to-market: three case studies.

Insights

Read more

6 min read

Mar 2025
Spinouts and success, a VC view on spinout equity.

Insights

Read more

3 min read

Feb 2025
IONATE announce oversubscribed $17M Series A led by AlbionVC.

Portfolio news

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9 min read

Jan 2025
Due Diligence Disaster to Data Room Dream.

Insights

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Jan 2025
2025: The future we’re funding.

Portfolio news

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12 min read

Dec 2024
Innovations to close the copper supply-demand gap.

Research

Insights

Read more

9 min read

Aug 2024
What to do with wet waste.

Research

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1 min read

May 2024
We're advocating for CleanTech!

Portfolio news

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10 min read

May 2024
Modernising the grid: the case for investment.

Research

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7 min read

May 2024
Carbon Management.

Insights

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Apr 2024
🔥 Heat wave: ZCC invests in Aed Energy.

Portfolio news

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4 min read

Apr 2024
The Imperative of Investing in Hard Tech.

Insights

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Jan 2024
👋🇩🇪 Welcome Max!

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Jul 2023
Feed the world: Announcing our investment in NetZeroNitrogen

Portfolio news

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11 min read

Jul 2023
Ammonia: fertiliser and future fuel

Research

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4 min read

Apr 2023
Encouraging diversity in portfolio companies

Insights

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2 min read

Mar 2023
Celebrating women every day

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10 min read

Feb 2023
Grid-scale storage technologies: technical view

Research

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Jan 2023
Multus announce $9.5m Series A.

Portfolio news

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4 mins read

Jan 2023
Investing in deep decarbonisation: our approach

Insights

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Oct 2022
🎓 Phycobloom are Breakthrough Energy Fellows!

Portfolio news

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Aug 2022
More food, less land: ZCC invests in ClimateCrop.

Portfolio news

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2 min read

Mar 2022
👋 Epoch BioDesign and 👏 on your seed round!

Portfolio news

Read more

1 min read

Mar 2022
Ionate wins EIC Award for Future Energy System

Portfolio news

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1 min read

Mar 2022
🔋 Anaphite raises £4.1m and appoints new CEO

Portfolio news

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1 min read

Mar 2022
MicroByre raise $15m Series A

Portfolio news

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1 min read

Mar 2022
Deep tech pioneers: BioZeroc, ClimateCrop, Ionate

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1 min read

Mar 2022
Echion sign deal to supply Morrow Batteries

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Jan 2022
Sucking CO₂ from the air: ZCC invests in RepAir.

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Jan 2022
Rethinking industrial hardware: ZCC invests in Actuation Lab.

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Sep 2021
Multus Media named as one of 50 to Watch by Cleantech Group

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Sep 2021
Lilac closes $150m Series B funding

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Mar 2021
Feeding food: Our investment in Multus Media

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Mar 2021
CleanFiber closes a further round of investment

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Mar 2021
Sepion raises $16m Series A to accelerate commercialisation

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Mar 2021
Anaphite chosen as finalist for 2021 UKBAA awards!

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Feb 2021
Zero Carbon Fund leads pre-seed investment in Phycobloom.

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Feb 2021
Rebound closes successful Series A

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This website is intended solely for professional clients and eligible counterparties.

Zero Carbon Capital Limited is an appointed representative of Sapphire Capital Partners LLP which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Sapphire Capital Partners LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Firm Reference Number 565716). Registered office: 28 Deramore Park, Belfast, BT9 5JU, United Kingdom.

Zero Carbon Capital Limited is registered in England and Wales (Company Number 12028532). Registered office: Lake House, 2 Port Way, Port Solent, Portsmouth, PO6 4TY, United Kingdom. Firm Reference Number 916588. Sapphire Capital Partners LLP is responsible for the regulated activities carried on by Zero Carbon Capital Limited.

This website constitutes a financial promotion for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and is communicated by Sapphire Capital Partners LLP in its capacity as principal. It is directed only at persons who are professional clients or eligible counterparties, or who fall within exemptions available under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005. It must not be relied upon by retail clients or any other person. The fund is a closed-ended alternative investment fund structured as a limited partnership.

Nothing on this website constitutes investment

advice, a personal recommendation, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Any investment opportunity will be subject to separate legally binding documentation and appropriate investor classification and due diligence.

On this website, "we" refers to the combined activities of Zero Carbon Capital Ltd, Sapphire Capital Partners LLP and the funds they advise and manage. 

Investments in early-stage and growth companies involve a high degree of risk. Capital is at risk and investors may lose the entirety of their investment. The value of investments and any income derived from them can go down as well as up. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and may change in future.

Where investments are made through arrangements operated by Sapphire Capital Partners LLP under its FCA permissions, eligible claimants may have access to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) subject to the FSCS rules and limits. Not all investment activities or losses are covered by the FSCS.

Any references to sustainability, climate impact, carbon reduction or decarbonisation relate to the investment strategy and objectives of portfolio companies. Such statements are based on current methodologies, assumptions and expectations and are not guarantees of future performance or environmental outcomes.