Growth for companies working on climate, nature and impact
Strategy, marketing, tools and board work to help climate-tech and nature-focused companies grow and run more efficiently, and for the people who invest in them, from an investor, adviser and builder in the space.
Companies working on biodiversity, land use and nature
Companies using environmental data, such as satellite or sensor data, to solve a business problem
Impact investors and funds who want an independent view on a company
What I've done
My history in the sector
Investing
Investor, Carbon13. A fund investing in early-stage startups solving for carbon reduction.
Member, Top Tier Impact, an impact investing network.
Certificate in Impact Investing, CFA UK, issued March 2025.
Advising
Fellow, ZINC (2023–2025). Advised pre-seed startups solving human and planetary health problems.
Adviser, Agreed.Earth. Satellite analysis and AI to optimise and reduce nitrogen in land use.
Member, Global Regeneration CoLab.
Building and studying
Founder, FloodWatch UK. Flood intelligence for UK businesses with many sites, using real-time data from the Environment Agency, SEPA and Natural Resources Wales: more than 5,000 monitoring stations. In beta.
MSc Agricultural Technology and Innovation, with Distinction. Including soil health, measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), and ecology and complex systems.
Desk-based research we scope together: markets, competitors, regulations and trends, from public and official data first, with every claim checked and sourced.
For example: where carbon and nature markets are heading, and who else is working in them.
Positioning that explains a technical product in plain words to the buyers who pay for it, pricing, investor presentations, and extra marketing capacity alongside your team.
A non-executive director or adviser for climate and nature companies, and independent due diligence for impact investors. A typical engagement is a day a month plus board meetings.
More on advising
Why me
I've looked at this sector as an investor, an adviser and a founder, and I studied the science behind measuring what's happening on the land. I also have 25 years in startups to draw on for the commercial side: positioning, pricing, marketing and raising money.