AP Ventures
32 Blackfriars Rd, London, SE1 8PB, United Kingdom
Overview
AP Ventures invests in pioneering technologies and businesses that harness the unique chemical and physical properties of Platinum Group Metals to solve global challenges. AP Ventures is led by a specialist investment team with proven expertise and a successful track record. We offer investors access to high growth technologies that are developing solutions to solve global issues.
- Total investments
- 27
- Lead investments
- 12
- Investments · 12mo
- 6
- Active investors
- 6
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Lydian
Participated · Series A · Jul 2026
Lydian has developed PIVOT™, a full‑stack, modular production platform that integrates proprietary reactors, catalysts, process design, software, and balance‑of‑plant into factory‑built modules for synthetic aviation fuel. The platform is designed to cut project capital costs by more than 50% versus competing technologies, operate flexibly with intermittent renewable electricity, and reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 95%. Lydian produces ASTM‑approved, drop‑in sustainable aviation fuel from captured CO2 and hydrogen and is positioning PIVOT to enable faster, lower‑cost deployment of synthetic fuel projects. The company operates a tonne‑scale pilot plant at its Boston R&D Center of Excellence and plans a commercial demonstration facility targeted for 2028 with first full‑scale commercial deployment expected in 2030. Financially, the company completed a $43 million Series A to support commercialization and deployment activities.
- CREW Carbon
Participated · Series A · May 2026
CREW Carbon offers a process intensification solution for wastewater treatment that uses strategically-sourced alkaline minerals to optimize pH and alkalinity, improving biological performance, settleability, and plant capacity while permanently sequestering CO2. Since beginning commercial operations in 2024, CREW has deployed at nearly 10 facilities across the U.S. and Europe and secured long-term RFPs with utilities. The company has captured over 2,000 tons of CO2 and secured more than $33 million in carbon removal offtake agreements, delivering verified carbon removal credits to corporate buyers. CREW has developed proprietary measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) capabilities and is developing a scalable analytics platform to provide operational insights and process optimization. Financial and strategic support from the Series A will be used to scale deployments, expand customer engagements, and add key hires in wastewater process, technology, supply chain, and business development.
- Rubi Laboratories
Led · Equity · Mar 2026
Rubi Laboratories develops an enzyme-driven platform that converts captured carbon dioxide into cellulose suitable for lyocell and viscose. The process uses a cascade of engineered enzymes in aqueous reactors sized to fit inside shipping-container modules, producing white cellulose within minutes as CO2 is added. Rubi has used AI and machine learning to improve enzyme efficacy and stability and plans to move toward continuous production. The company is building a demonstration-scale system intended to produce tens of tons of material and intends to supply apparel and other industries that use cellulose. Rubi has tested its material with 15 pilot partners, including H&M, Patagonia, and Walmart, and has booked more than $60 million in non-binding off-take agreements with a couple of partners. Leadership includes co-founder and CEO Neeka Mashouf, who founded the company with her twin sister Leila.
- Rosy Soil
Led · Series A · Feb 2026
Rosy Soil formulates organic, biochar-rich, peat-free potting mixes that deliver nutrient-dense, water-retentive growing media for houseplants and other specialty plants. Its signature Houseplant blend averages 30 % biochar and is complemented by tailored mixes for cacti, succulents, orchids, aroids, seedlings, and herbs. The company sells through independent garden centers and has just entered all Target stores nationwide, reporting that revenue has been tripling year-over-year. Future product launches include an Outdoor Garden blend and larger-scale applications for commercial agriculture and farm wholesale. Rosy also plans a brand refresh led by Brooklyn agency Creech to deepen appeal with Gen Z and millennial “plant parents.” The firm positions its soil as both a consumer convenience and a climate-positive solution, emphasizing biochar’s long-term carbon sequestration benefits. To date, Rosy has raised $8 million in venture funding, including the new Series A round.
- Aether Fuels
Participated · Convertible Note · Jan 2026
Aether Fuels is a clean-energy company commercializing Aether Auror™, a process that transforms industrial waste gas and biomethane into CORSIA-certified sustainable aviation fuel with more than 70 % greenhouse-gas reductions. Its flagship initiative, Project Beacon, is a 50 barrels-per-day (2,000 t per year) SAF plant being co-developed with Aster at the latter’s Bukom Island refinery in Singapore; engineering is underway, construction is slated for 2026, and commercial operations are targeted for 2028. The company is also planning to open a Singapore R&D center in 2026 to support ongoing technology scale-up. To bolster execution, Aether has added Stu Stott as Global Vice President of Projects and expanded its regional business development team. Including the latest round, Aether has raised more than US$60 million to date, funding pilot activities in the U.S. and the move from demonstration to commercial deployment. The new capital will accelerate Project Beacon and further maturation of its core technology.