Participated · Series A · Mar 2024

Mondra provides an AI-powered supply chain intelligence platform that maps complex, farm-to-fork networks for the food industry using digital twin technology. The software delivers real-time data on carbon footprints, broader environmental impacts, price volatility and climate-related supply risks, integrating these insights into the existing systems of retailers, food producers and suppliers. Customers can generate audit-ready ESG data, analyse sourcing alternatives and collaborate with suppliers to prioritise emissions reductions while protecting profitability. Last year the company introduced Sherpa, an embedded AI assistant that acts as a co-pilot for decision-making across climate, social and financial dimensions. Mondra plans to extend its analytics beyond emissions tracking to cover supply-chain disruption and broader climate-risk management. Backed by new funding, the team will accelerate expansion into key European markets such as the Netherlands, Germany and France. Although specific revenue or user figures have not been disclosed, the firm positions itself as a critical enabler of Net Zero strategies within the global food sector.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2023

FlexSea produces a durable, fully biodegradable seaweed-derived bioplastic intended for single-use packaging. Its material is compostable at home within eight to twelve weeks and biodegrades in soil and marine environments. The company says its production process avoids strong chemicals and high temperatures, and uses seaweed that grows in 45-day cycles without freshwater, arable land, pesticides, or fertilisers. The fresh £2M equity Seed financing will fund growth across its UK and Portuguese teams and support increased in-house R&D. FlexSea plans to invest heavily in equipment and machinery to speed development; the team comprises ten people who will benefit from the funding. The firm has also received £1.3M in grants from Innovate UK and other institutions, bringing total funding to over £3M to date.

Participated · Equity · May 2023

FuturePlus is a sustainability management and ESG reporting platform developed by The Sustainability Group that provides simple, rigorous indicators aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and recognised sustainability standards and certification indexes. The platform enables clients to set, track and improve sustainability ambitions across themes including Climate, Economic, Diversity & Inclusion, Social and Environment. FuturePlus reports that its clients have collectively set over 4,200 sustainability ambitions and achieved more than 2,700 goals, demonstrating measurable progression in sustainability maturity. The company says it measures its own sustainability on the platform, reporting positive impact on 16 of the UN’s 17 SDGs and a 36% reduction in its scope 1 and 2 emissions. FuturePlus has established a presence in the USA, the Caribbean, Australia, Mauritius and Ukraine in addition to its UK and EMEA client base, and counts clients and partners such as Soho House, Moda Living Management, Lore Group, London and Regional, England and Wales Cricket Board, Football Foundation, Totally Money, WithIntelligence, Sustainable Ventures, CorpCare and IREP. The business has added Ashish Devi-King as Chairman and Darren Smith as Board Advisor. It plans to use new funding to develop the FuturePlus platform and product portfolio, onboard staff and sustain client growth through marketing and PR. FuturePlus provides an ESG measurement, management and reporting platform that enables organisations to measure, manage and report their sustainable growth in real time. Co-founded by Alexandra Smith and Mike Penrose and based in London, the platform serves clients across finance, technology, hospitality, the built environment and retail. It currently has over 150 clients. The company raised £750K in funding from Two Magnolias, Vala Capital and other individuals and family offices. FuturePlus intends to use the funds to invest in team capacity, further develop the platform, and run new marketing and PR campaigns. The product is positioned to help organisations of any size and type improve sustainability and report to employees and stakeholders.

Participated · Series A · Aug 2022

Oxwash provides low‑temperature commercial and on‑demand laundry using a gentle wet‑cleaning technique with biodegradable detergents, ozone disinfection and reduced water consumption, operated from centralized hub “lagoons.” The company serves both businesses and individuals, with B2B customers including hotels, hospitals, universities, hospitality and circular fashion outlets as well as individual users. Its service is available in five UK cities and it currently operates three washing facilities; Oxwash says it has 20,000+ customers, quadrupled revenue in the past 12 months and has achieved operational profitability across its three facilities. Founded in 2017, the company recently gained B Corporation status and emphasizes employee conditions (riders and couriers are fully employed and staff are paid above the national living wage). Future plans funded by the round include building a large centralized processing facility to enable nationwide U.K. coverage, launching in the U.S. and further European expansion, and investing in next‑gen automation such as acoustic drying, robotics, computer vision and AI. Oxwash employs over 80 people and expects a 50% headcount increase in the next year, and has a stated goal of eliminating scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions from operations within 12 months. Oxwash provides a sustainable on-demand laundry service that aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across collection, washing and delivery. The company uses water-saving ozone technology to sterilize fabrics at lower temperatures, thermal and biodegradable chemical processes for higher-than-medical-grade disinfection, dissolvable laundry bags and electric cargo bikes for hyper-local pickups and deliveries. Founded in 2018 by ex-NASA scientist Dr Kyle Grant and Oxford engineer Tom de Wilson, Oxwash now serves more than 8,000 individual customers and enterprise clients including the Marriott Hotel Group, Hurr Collective and the NHS. Oxwash raised an additional £2.08M in seed funding, bringing total funding to £5.2M to date. The company intends to use the funds to expand the team, invest in proprietary technology and accelerate plans for national expansion. It also participated in Collective Impact, a five-week investment-readiness program delivered by Crowdcube and Virgin StartUp for purpose-led businesses. Oxwash, founded in 2017 by former NASA scientist Kyle Grant and based in London, is a sustainable on-demand laundry and dry-cleaning startup. It uses proprietary ozone-generation technology alongside thermal and chemical processes to deliver pharmaceutical-grade disinfection and aims for zero net carbon emissions across collection, washing, and delivery. Customers include consumers, hotels, gyms, and Airbnb hosts, and the company has expanded into healthcare clients such as the NHS, GP practices, care homes, vulnerable people at home, and hotels housing key workers. Oxwash provides coronavirus (COVID-19) disinfection laundry methods and is supplying services to the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine trial. The company is using the newly raised funds to launch into London, further invest in its proprietary technology platform, and expand into North America and Europe over the next 12–18 months. Its funding position is supported by a £1.75M seed round from strategic and angel investors, and an RB Ventures executive will join the board. Oxwash applies 'space-age' sterilisation technology—combining ozone disinfection with thermal and chemical processes—to deliver medical-grade laundry services that remove bacterial, fungal and viral agents. The company says its process achieves zero carbon emissions and saves water compared with traditional laundry options. A product of Oxford University and part of Founders Factory’s accelerator, Oxwash was founded by a former NASA engineer and is led by CEO Kyle Grant. It already serves business customers including Marriott and Airbnb and partners with NHS bodies, senior care homes, hotels housing medical workers, the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine trial and general practice surgeries. During the COVID-19 pandemic Oxwash added no-contact pickups, electric-cargo bikes fitted with portable ozone generators, and dissolvable laundry bags to reduce transmission. The company raised £1.4 million and says the funding will be used to grow the team, expand across southeast England, and support software development including an app and a planned roll-out to London later this year.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2021

Sust Global builds a geospatial-first climate data platform that uses deep learning to transform climate models, satellite and ground-based sensor data into high-resolution physical climate risk and near real-time emissions insights via a cloud-native analytics product. Customers include global data providers, investors and corporates who access insights through the company's analytics product. Founded by CEO Josh Gilbert and based in London and San Francisco, Sust Global differentiates by integrating multiple geospatial datasets and fusing data across time scales using novel spatial statistics and deep learning. It raised $3.2 million (nearly £2.3 million) in seed funding to expand. The company will use the capital to grow its commercial and technical teams and to expand its climate product into new markets such as real estate and banking. Leadership emphasized addressing the inaccessibility of existing climate impact data and developing data transformation tools for more sustainable, climate-aware capital allocation.