Led · Seed · Aug 2026

Founded in 2025, Metal Morph develops an infrastructure-as-a-service solution to recover and reuse industrial materials and spent treatment chemicals from municipal and industrial wastewater. Its initial technology targets recovery of aluminium- and iron-based treatment chemicals, enabling reuse within water treatment processes to create a circular supply loop. The company has completed more than 50 live tests across three drinking water treatment plants, reporting recovery of up to 90% of spent treatment chemicals at 95% purity, a 26% reduction in coagulation-related operating costs and an 89% reduction in emissions associated with coagulant procurement. Metal Morph is working with six UK water utilities that together represent 56% of the UK water market and is pursuing pilots with industrial partners. The company plans to expand its technology to recover standalone metals from industrial wastewater and mining tailings and is exploring demonstrations in European markets, including Estonia, while engaging with Belgian utility Aquafin. Its recent pre-seed funding and Ofwat grant are being deployed to further develop the technology, roll out industry pilots and continue utility validation.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2026

Sorted Technologies develops a bolt-on, low-cost robotic sorting system combining proprietary computer vision with lightweight retrofit robots delivered under a Robot-as-a-Service model. Its solution is designed to be mounted on existing conveyor lines to automate the last, most labour-intensive stage of sorting without requiring facility redesign or large upfront capital expenditure. The company positions its offering to help smaller and mid-sized material recovery facilities reduce labour costs and increase material recovery rates. Early pilots with major operators such as Suez, Biffa and Bywaters reportedly showed reduced volumes sent to incineration and improvements in workforce efficiency. Sorted is targeting commercial deployment across the United Kingdom and Ireland and is using its recent pre-seed funding to scale production and meet demand. The company emphasizes accessibility for legacy facilities through retrofit delivery and RaaS pricing to lower the capex barrier to automation.

Participated · Equity · May 2026

AirEx, launched in 2020, develops the first smart air brick technology that uses sensors to monitor conditions and regulate airflow under floors to reduce heat loss. Its product aims to improve energy performance and resident health without requiring expensive or disruptive interventions. AirEx has established commercial partnerships with dozens of housing providers and Tier 1 contractors, including Warmworks, Peabody and Together Housing. To date the company reports over 39,000 smart air bricks installed across more than 6,400 homes, delivering an estimated £40 million in lifetime energy bill savings for households in fuel poverty and more than 40,000 tonnes of lifetime carbon emissions abatement. The company plans to use the £2.1 million funding to accelerate large-scale deployment, develop new products and expand into new partnerships and broader market rollout. AirEx positions itself to scale commercially alongside government retrofit funding and social housing upgrade programmes.

Participated · Series A · May 2026

Greenpixie provides sustainability intelligence for cloud and AI infrastructure, integrating with major cloud providers to enable IT teams to terminate unused 'zombie' resources, optimise resource use for specific purposes (including AI model workloads), and select lower-carbon regions. The company targets large enterprises and Fortune 1000 customers, citing Mastercard among its users, and claims to deliver significant savings in carbon, water and cloud spend. Greenpixie positions its product at the intersection of FinOps and GreenOps, offering real-time visibility to help enterprises reduce wasted cloud usage. The startup is UK-based and is scaling internationally; the recent £4.7M pre-Series A raise is intended to accelerate that global expansion. The company’s work is framed against growing cloud and AI demand and concerns over data centre energy consumption and wasted enterprise cloud spend.

Participated · Equity · May 2025

Arda Biomaterials develops chemistry and materials technology that converts brewery and whisky waste barley proteins into novel plant-based materials, including a leather-like product called New Grain™ for fashion and retail. Its chemistry platform manipulates plant proteins to replace plastics and to mimic the structure of animal-derived proteins such as silk, wool, feathers and leather. The company is led by CEO Brett Cotten and CTO Dr. TJ Mitchell and is focused on material applications of plant-based proteins. Arda is building a new facility in Kernel Brewery in London to scale production of its first innovation. The company plans limited consumer availability of New Grain™ as early as later this year. It raised funding to advance R&D and scale its technology. Arda Biomaterials develops New Grain™, a leather alternative made from waste barley grain from the brewing industry using chemistry and materials science. The material has been developed entirely plastic-free to date and biodegradability tests are planned. The company works with breweries along the Bermondsey Beer Mile in South London as it refines its process. Arda aims to supply the fashion, home goods, and automotive industries with its animal- and plastic-free material. The company raised £1.1M to support expansion of operations and business reach. Founded in 2022 by Edward TJ Mitchell and Brett Cotten, Arda expects a finished, brand-ready material within the next twelve months.