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Modernising the grid: hardware innovations for the energy transition
This is the second article in a two-part series about investing in grid technologies. Read the first part here. In our previous article...

Modernising the grid: the case for investment
This is the first article in a two-part series about grid technologies. Here we cover the need for grid expansion and improvement, and in...


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

🔥 Heat wave: ZCC invests in Aed Energy
We are thrilled to announce our investment in Aed Energy, a long-duration energy storage company combining cost-effective thermal storage...


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...


Beyond fossil fuels: Carbon-based chemicals without the emissions
Carbon-based chemicals are critical to modern life—from the plastic packaging that wraps our food in the supermarket (polyethylene),...

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...


👋🇩🇪 Welcome Max!
Welcome Max Werny to the ZCC team, as an Associate based in Berlin.


Zero Carbon Capital’s Leap into Continental Europe: Welcoming Level Nine to Our Portfolio
Investing in Nanozyme Technology for Lignin Bioprocessing and Beyond We’re excited to announce our investment in Level Nine, a...

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...


Harnessing biology to produce sustainable ingredients - Announcing our investment in Twig
Today, Twig is publicly launching after several months under the radar. We are thrilled to announce that we invested in Twig in...

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,...


Feed the world: Announcing our investment in NetZeroNitrogen
We’re delighted to (finally) announce our investment in NetZeroNitrogen! The NZN team: Justin, Natalie, Alan, Thomas and Gary The...


Ammonia: fertiliser and future fuel
What is ammonia and what is it for? Ammonia is essential to human life on earth. The size of the global population today would be much...


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...


Fueling the future: Zero Carbon announces investment in NitroFix
Fueling the future: Zero Carbon announces investment in NitroFix


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...


POSITION CLOSED: Associate to scale our venture sourcing in Central Europe
Zero Carbon Capital seeks an Associate for its early-stage climate tech venture capital fund. About us: Zero Carbon Capital (ZCC) is an...
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