OUR MISSION

To thrive and prosper, countries, companies and communities need resilient supplies of critical resources

Our mission is to back hard science and breakthrough technologies that deliver critical resources in ways that are more cost-effective, more sustainable and more secure.

By reducing extraction and emissions, cutting pollution and strengthening supply, we help build companies that not only endure, but enable humanity and the rest of the natural world to thrive.

These critical resources are:

  • Clean air
  • Abundant freshwater
  • Sufficient food
  • Reliable energy
  • Metals & minerals
  • Steel & cement
  • Plastics & chemicals
  • Rare earths & other key industrial inputs

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OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

UNCOVERING WORLD-CHANGING COMPANIES

TSP (“The Sustainable Path”) Ventures was launched in 2019 with a mission to support early-stage, hard science, environmental tech start-ups that were being underserved by the investor community. We are committed to improving the success rates of early-stage companies by wholeheartedly providing the full range of hands-on business, commercial and financial support that start-ups need.

We are now a leading name in the UK climate tech space and we are just getting started.

6Yrs

ANGEL INVESTING AND
LEADING A SYNDICATE

25

INVESTMENT ROUNDS
INCL. 2 EXITS, 1 PARTIAL EXIT
& 8 UP-ROUNDS

£10m+

CAPITAL
DEPLOYED

£75m+

FOLLOW-ON FUNDING
UNLOCKED

INVESTING IN THE POWER OF GROUNDBREAKING INNOVATION 

INVESTING  IN THE POWER OF  GROUND- BREAKING  INNOVATION 

INVESTMENT THESIS

WHY RESILIENT RESOURCES ARE SO DESPERATELY NEEDED

THE 4 MACRO FORCES

1. DEMOGRAPHICS:

By 2050:

  • 1.5bn more people on the planet
  • 4bn more people in the middle class
  • 70%+ of people will live in cities

 

2. CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE:

  • More frequent, extreme weather events
  • Planetary boundaries (e.g. freshwater supplies, soil health & sea ice) nearing critical tipping points
  • Land degradation, leaving some areas permanently unusable & uninhabitable

 

3. GEO-SECURITY:

  • Rising geopolitical instability, populism and nationalism
  • Fracturing of global supply chains
  • Shift towards resource sovereignty over globalisation

 

4. AI:

  • Training AI models requires massive amounts of energy and metals
  • Data centre electricity demand to double by 2030 ($3 trillion of investment)
  • Exponential growth in the amount of e-waste

OUR INVESTMENT VERTICALS

WE TARGET HIGH IMPACT SECTORS WITH GLOBAL MARKETS.

FUTURE POWER
& ENERGY

FUTURE POWER
& ENERGY

We need low-cost, modular, renewable energies which are sustainable, geo-secure and enable energy independence

And we need to upgrade the grid to transmit and store this energy where it is needed

FUTURE OF FOOD &
WATER

FUTURE OF FOOD &
WATER

We need new ways to find, harvest, desalinate and clean water

We need to grow more food, on less land, with less inputs and less pollution

CRITICAL
MATERIALS

CRITICAL
MATERIALS

We need less environmentally damaging ways to extract and process critical materials and metals

Better still, we need to negate the need for mining by synthesising critical materials and then recycling / reusing them

CARBON
MITIGATION

CARBON
MITIGATION

We must acknowledge the trajectory that we are on and therefore, the need to deploy scalable, low-cost carbon capture technologies

We must decarbonise heavy industries like steel and cement

ADAPTATION, CIRCULARITY
& WASTE

ADAPTATION, CIRCULARITY
& WASTE

We need to recycle, upcycle and re-use. We need to utilise waste for energy and materials

We need technologies to mitigate climate risk and shield the vulnerable

Portfolio spotlight

HiiROC is a transformative solution for low-cost, zero-emission hydrogen production using world-leading plasma technology. Hydrogen and carbon black is produced in modular, scalable, on-site units with no harmful emissions.

DATE INVESTED
AUG 19
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDING
£32m
CURRENT STATUS
Partial Exit at Series B. Raising Series C

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DEScycle is an e-Waste recycling company developing novel chemistry for low-carbon, non-toxic, high-recovery metal processing. They are developing a new and disruptive class of chemistry known as Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES).

DATE INVESTED
DEC 22
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDING
£15M
CURRENT STATUS
SERIES A

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Promethean Particles is a Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) specialist, targeting applications that help tackle climate change; carbon capture, water harvesting and gas storage.

DATE INVESTED
SEP 22
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDING
£12m
CURRENT STATUS
Series A

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TESTIMONIALS

“The TSP team have always been on hand to give advice and opinion as our business has grown…their advice has always been objective, invaluable and reassuring.”

Simon Morris, Co-Founder of HiiROC

“TSP Ventures led our seed round. They were the investors who asked the best questions and really put effort into understanding the fundamentals of our technology. Along with building a good personal relationship with Chris & Mike, they have both helped us navigate the many challenges of scaling a start-up, providing a useful sounding board for us to bounce new ideas off. Particularly in rolling up their sleeves to help get us ready for our next funding round. Chris has also sat on our company Board where he has positively contributed to our strategy and has provided unbiased, frank and helpful guidance. We would certainly endorse TSP Ventures as a lead investor to other early-stage companies.”

FRED WHITE, CCO OF DESCYCLE

“Since co-leading our last investment round, TSP have provided really valuable support and insight at the Board level and beyond. Chris and Mike have always been ready and willing to give their advice freely and openly and their knowledge, connections and expertise around fundraising has been a big help when raising our Series A.”

James Stephenson, CEO of Promethean Particles

“Working with TSP has been a pleasure. Mike and Chris have brought a lot of operational experience and genuine passion about environmental technology…TSP is the right team to have in our corner.”

Kostas Karachalios, CEO of Perceptual Robotics

“From the moment we met TSP Ventures we knew we’d found the investors we wanted onboard. Their approach from day one was different. We were challenged, but also guided….we’ve continued to benefit from their coaching, market awareness and constructive feedback.”

Martyn Lathbury, CEO of Wastewater Fuels

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