Elbow Beach is a climate impact seed investor based in the UK.
Portfolio
9
companies
Allye
Allye provides distributed energy storage at the grid edge using repurposed electric vehicle batteries.
Anaphite
Anaphite develops techniques for integrating graphene into lithium-ion batteries.
Barton Blakeley
Barton Blakeley transforms industrial carbon emissions into synthetic silica and clean energy.
EnsiliTech
EnsiliTech develops room temperature stabilisation technology for vaccines and biologics.
Fieldwork Robotics
Fieldwork Robotics builds artificial intelligence powered harvesting robots for agricultural markets.
QV Bioelectronics
QV Bioelectronics builds surgically implanted electric field therapy devices to treat brain tumours.
Charlie Neish
Verity Snow
Jon Pollock
CEO
Jonathan Pollock
CEO
Elbow Beach backed the follow-on investment to accelerate commercial launches and robotic harvesting expansion.
"Food manufacturers are facing several significant challenges; together, these issues are creating a challenging environment for food manufacturers, but also opportunities for innovation and growth. We offer food manufacturers a number of ways to respond to these challenges and opportunities, along with the ability to diversify and localise their protein sources."
The funding round includes participation from Sustainable Future Ventures, Hearst Ventures, Elbow Beach Capital, and WakeUp Capital to expand international reach.
The funding round was co-led by Sustainable Future Ventures, Hearst Ventures and Elbow Beach to accelerate autonomous drone operations.
"sees.ai sits at the intersection of two defining megatrends of our time – the application of AI to unlock new levels of efficiency, and the global transition to clean energy. Their autonomous inspection technology has the potential to transform how critical infrastructure is managed, delivering safer, faster and more scalable insights. SFV is excited to back this outstanding team as they scale their solution, which is both commercially compelling and vital to the net zero transition."
Elbow Beach Capital led the funding with a £1.7m investment to support the commercial deployment of carbon capture systems.
"I am pleased to be joining Barton Blakeley at this pivotal time for the company. With the technology proven, I look forward to supporting the company as it enters its first commercial partnerships and navigates the scale-up process with a great partner in Elbow Beach Capital."
The round was co-led by World Fund and Maniv to expand the company production and research capabilities.
"Anaphite’s unique technology and smart, tenacious, market-savvy team are set to disrupt the global EV market. Their technology is genuinely market-leading, and will help the world transition to an eco-mobility future. The team has already made breakthroughs in lithium-ion battery production, and their technology will be applicable to a wide range of new battery technologies, including sodium-ion and solid state. Anaphite has the potential for exponential growth, and we at World Fund are proud to be supporting them as they grow."
