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Neurodiversity in climate VC: a superpower or a challenge?

A discussion of the challenges and benefits of neurodiversity relating to the climate venture community.

Founder leaver provisions - the pre-nup of the investment world

Disclaimer: this article is not intended to be legal advice, any agreements between a founder and an investor should be drafted and...

🤝 Growth catalysts: Selecting, engaging, and compensating advisors

Most o f the ear ly-stage startups we talk to need a little outside help as they start to build a company around their breakthrough...

A guide to techno-economic analysis for early-stage founders

There’s nothing like a good TEA. And no, this (unfortunately) does not have anything to do with Earl Grey, Darjeeling or matcha tea. The...

We're advocating for CleanTech!

Zero Carbon Capital joined the 'Cleantech for UK' coalition. Read our joiner interview below: https://www.cleantechforuk.com/news/at-zero...

Carbon Management

Carbon removal and carbon feedstocks in a net zero future; in conversation with LanzaTech and Climeworks. ZCC’s Sarah recently attended...

The Imperative of Investing in Hard Tech

Editor’s Note: This is the concluding article in a three-part series discussing the why, what, and how of our investment thesis at Zero...

What we really want this International Women's Day: intentional action

It’s International Women’s Day again, and your LinkedIn feed is likely filled with VCs celebrating the women in their portfolio. We...

How to Scale Your Climate Tech Hardware Startup | 7 Top Tips

This blog was co-authored by Pippa Gawley and Sammy Fry, Head of Climate at Tech Nation, and also published on their site . The urgency...

Genetically engineered crops: advances in biotech and regulation

Food production and agriculture are significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for one-quarter of the world’s...

How we assess emissions reduction potential

At Zero Carbon Capital, we work with scientist entrepreneurs that are tackling the biggest unsolved problems of climate change. We invest...

The biggest Cap Table mistakes and ways to avoid or fix them

Written in collaboration with Yair Reem from Extantia In the exciting world of startups, we often get swept up in innovative ideas,...

Encouraging diversity in portfolio companies

We take an active role in most of our portfolio companies, in many cases taking a board director or observer seat. Many of our companies...

Celebrating women every day

As a woman leader of a majority-woman VC firm (sadly still quite a rarity) I thought International Women’s Day would be a great...

Investing in deep decarbonisation: our approach

Editor’s note: This the second article in a three-part series talking about the why, what and how of our investment thesis. You can read...

The hard science we need to unlock deep decarbonisation

Deep scientific innovation is needed to solve the biggest challenges of decarbonisation.