Green Angel Ventures EIS Climate Change Fund

SRI Style:

Environmental Style

SDR Labelling:

Sustainability Impact label

Product:

VCT/EIS/SEIS

Fund Region:

UK

Fund Asset Type:

Equity

Launch Date:

01/01/2020

Last Amended:

Jul 2026

Dialshifter ():

Fund/Portfolio Size:

£17.00m

(as at: 31/03/2026)

Total Screened Themed SRI Assets:

£60.00m

(as at: 15/06/2026)

Total Responsible Ownership Assets:

£60.00m

(as at: 15/06/2026)

Total Assets Under Management:

£60.00m

(as at: 15/06/2026)

Objectives:

The Fund’s sustainability objective is to help accelerate the transition to a net zero economy by providing catalytic capital to early-stage companies that have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, or contribute to the fight against climate change. The Fund invests in early-stage companies that are developing innovative technologies or solutions to make the products or deliver the services that we all need, but in a significantly more carbon efficient way (see criteria below).

The outcome that the Fund is pursuing is a measurable long-term reduction in the atmosphere’s GHG concentration, as a result of the commercial activity of its portfolio companies, compared to a ‘business as usual’ scenario in which the portfolio companies would not have developed and commercialised their products and services.

 

Sustainable, Responsible
&/or ESG Overview:

The Green Angel Ventures Climate Change Fund is a Sustainability Impact-labelled, evergreen EIS/SEIS fund investing alongside the Green Angel Syndicate in a diversified portfolio of 10-15 early-stage climate innovation companies. Its sustainability objective is to accelerate the transition to net zero by providing catalytic capital to businesses whose technologies can reduce or remove GHG emissions or otherwise contribute to climate mitigation/adaptation across sectors such as energy, buildings, transport, industry, food and agriculture.

Investments must have climate impact as a core purpose, not an incidental by-product, and are screened for direct or facilitating impact, potential negative environmental/social outcomes, and continued mission alignment through stewardship.

The financial aim is to achieve £3 for each £1 invested, equivalent to a 20% IRR after EIS tax relief and fees, by selecting high-growth companies, diversifying exposure, supporting portfolio growth and seeking exits over 5-10 years.

Primary fund last amended:

Jul 2026

Information directly from fund manager.

Fund Filters

Sustainability - General
Sustainability focus

Has a significant focus on sustainability issues

Report against sustainability objectives

Publicly report performance against named sustainability objectives

Environmental - General
Limits exposure to carbon intensive industries

Options that limit or 'reduce' their exposure to carbon intensive industries (ie sectors which are major contributors to climate change). Strategies vary.

Resource efficiency policy or theme

Has a policy or theme that relates to managing natural resources more efficiently. Strategies vary. See individual entry information.

Favours cleaner, greener companies

Aims to invest in companies with strong or market leading environmental policies and practices. Strategies vary. See individual entry information for more detail.

Climate Change & Energy
Climate change / greenhouse gas emissions policy

Has policies (documented strategies that explain their position) on climate change related issues such as greenhouse gas/carbon emissions, net zero, transitioning to lower carbon. Strategies vary.

Coal, oil & / or gas majors excluded

Avoid investment in major coal, oil and/or gas (extraction) companies. Strategies vary.

Fracking & tar sands excluded

Avoid companies involved in fracking and tar sands - which are widely regarded as controversial methods of oil and gas extraction. Strategies vary.

Arctic drilling exclusion

Avoid companies that are involved in extracting oil from the Arctic regions.

Fossil fuel reserves exclusion

Avoid investing in companies / assets with coal, oil and gas reserves. See individual entry information for further details.

Clean / renewable energy theme or focus

Invest (or may invest) in clean / renewable energy companies and other assets. The proportion directly or indirectly invested in renewable energy may vary over time.

Encourage transition to low carbon through stewardship activity

Encourage the transition to lower carbon activities through asset selection and / or responsible ownership activity.

Energy efficiency theme

Has an energy efficiency theme - typically meaning that the manager is focused on investing in organisations that manage - or help others to manage - energy use more carefully and less wastefully - and so reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Invests in clean energy / renewables

Invest in renewable energy companies and / or companies where renewable energy is a significant part of their business. Strategies vary.

Supply chain decarbonisation policy

Has a supply chain decarbonisation policy which sets out their position on the need to reduce carbon emissions.

Hydrogen policy or theme

Has a policy or theme which sets out their position on investment in companies researching/developing hydrogen as an energy solution.

Fossil fuel exploration exclusion - direct involvement

Excludes companies and other assets with direct involvement in fossil fuel exploration (eg coal, oil and gas companies)

Ethical Values Led Exclusions
Tobacco & related product manufacturers excluded

Companies are excluded if they are involved in any aspect of the production chain for tobacco products, including cigarettes, vaping, e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco and cigars.

Controversial weapons exclusion

Excludes companies which make controversial weapons such as landmines, cluster munitions and chemical weapons.

Armaments manufacturers avoided

Avoids companies that manufacture weapons intended specifically for military use. Strategies vary - may or may not include non-strategic military products.

Civilian firearms production exclusion

Has a written civilian firearms exclusion policy - meaning that they will not invest in companies that make (or perhaps also sell) handguns made for non-military users.

Meeting Peoples' Basic Needs
Plant based / smart food production theme

Has a theme that may direct investment towards newer forms of food such as plant based meat alternatives. May have one or many themes.

Responsible food production or agriculture theme

Has a responsible food production or agriculture theme or strand of investment. May have a single or many themes.

Gilts & Sovereigns
Does not invest in sovereigns

Does not invest in / excludes 'sovereigns' - debt issued by governments. See eg https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sovereign-debt.asp

Banking & Financials
Banking exclusion

Does not invest in banks.

Predatory lending exclusion

Excludes financial services companies with widely criticised, aggressive lending practices where interest rates are typically very high, (eg ‘doorstep lending’)

Exclude banks with significant fossil fuel investments

Avoids banks that have a large part of their loan book (or other assets) invested in fossil fuels companies - particular coal, oil and gas.

Exclude all or most insurance companies

Avoids investing in insurance companies, typically because of the organisations they insure. Strategies vary.

Governance & Management
Encourage board diversity e.g. gender

Encourage the companies they invest in to have more diverse board structures (e.g. more women on boards)

Asset Size
Over 50% small / mid cap companies

Invests more than half of their money in smaller or medium sized companies. (i.e. below around £5 -10 billion)

Invests mostly in small or mid cap companies / assets

Has SRI strategies which focus their investment stock selection on small or mid cap companies / assets. (e.g. below circa £10bn)

Targeted Positive Investments
Invests >25% in environmental / social solutions companies

Invests >25% of their capital in companies where a major part of their business is focused on helping to address environmental or social challenges.

Invests >50% of fund in environmental / social solutions companies

Invests >50% of their capital in companies where a major part of their business is focused on helping to address environmental or social challenges.

Impact Methodologies
Aims to generate positive impacts (or 'outcomes')

Has policies that aim to help or support the delivery of positive social or environmental impacts (or societal/real world outcomes) by investing in companies they regard as beneficial to people and / or the planet. Strategies vary.

Measures positive impacts

Aims to measure the positive real world environmental and / or social benefits that are associated with their investment strategy. Investments that aim to deliver positive impacts and measure those impacts may be referred to as 'Impact' - although impact measurement is not restricted to Impact investments. Strategies vary.

Described as an ‘impact investment’

Investments which are specifically marketed as ‘Impact investments' and work to deliver both financial performance and specific, measurable positive, real world social and/or environmental benefits. Strategies vary.

Positive environmental impact theme

Specifically sets out to help deliver positive environmental impacts, benefits or 'real world' outcomes.

Invests in environmental solutions companies

Directs investment towards companies where a major part of their business is about solving environmental challenges. e.g. companies helping to address climate change.

Over 50% in assets providing environmental or social ‘solutions’

Invests more than 50% of capital in assets which are regarded as being significantly focused on providing solutions to environmental or social challenges. Strategies vary.

Publish ‘Theory of Change’ explanation

Policy explains the ways in which the manager believes things need to change in order to deliver a more sustainable future, which they are working to help achieve.

How The Fund/Portfolio Works
Positive selection bias

Focuses on finding and investing in companies with positive / beneficial attributes. This strategy can be applied in addition to exclusion criteria and engagement/stewardship activity.

Single resource theme or focus

Has a single resource themed focus in their investment strategy on a single natural 'resource' eg water.

Do not use stock / securities lending

Does not use stock lending for performance or risk purposes.

Unscreened Assets & Cash
Assets typically aligned to sustainability objectives 70 - 79%

Holds between 70-79% of assets which align to the sustainability objectives; which are not being held purely for risk management purposes, such as derivatives and cash equivalent assets.

Assets typically aligned to sustainability objectives 80 – 89%

Holds between 80-89% of assets which align to the sustainability objectives; which are not being held purely for risk management purposes, such as derivatives and cash equivalent assets.

Assets typically aligned to sustainability objectives > 90%

Holds at least 90% of assets which align to the sustainability objectives; which are not being held purely for risk management purposes, such as derivatives and cash equivalent assets.

No ‘diversifiers’ used other than cash

Only invests in cash to aid the practical management (buying and selling) of assets and so do not use additional financial instruments.

All assets (except cash) meet published sustainability criteria

All assets - except cash - meet the sustainability criteria published in strategy documentation.

Intended Clients & Product Options
Intended for clients interested in sustainability

Designed to meet the needs of individual investors with an interest in sustainability issues.

Intended for clients who want to have a positive impact

Designed to meet the needs of individual investors with an interest in ‘Impact investment’ which help or support the delivery of positive social or environmental impacts (or societal/real world outcomes) by investing in companies regarded as beneficial to people and / or the planet. Strategies vary.

Labels & Accreditations
SDR Labelled

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Fund Management Company Information

About The Business
Boutique / specialist fund management company

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Specialist positive impact fund management company

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Responsible ownership / stewardship policy or strategy (AFM companywide)

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SDG aligned aims / objectives (AFM companywide)

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Transparency
Dialshifter statement

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Sustainable, Responsible &/or ESG Policy:

 

The strategy invests in early-stage climate solutions under the FCA Sustainability Impact label, targeting companies whose core purpose is to reduce/remove GHG emissions or enable climate mitigation/adaptation. Themes include energy, built environment, transport, industry, food/agriculture, water/nature resilience, AI, materials innovation and engineering/deeptech.

Assets are selected only where climate impact is central and significant: direct solutions must show material quantified GHG impact versus business-as-usual; facilitating solutions must enable net-zero transition or environmental monitoring. The Fund avoids companies where sustainability is merely incidental, and screens for potential negative environmental/social outcomes.

No external index is referenced; impact assessment is in-house, informed by Project Frame and reviewed by ESG Accord. Stewardship includes board/information rights, portfolio monitoring, management engagement and follow-on funding discipline to keep companies aligned to their climate mission, support scale-up and maximise intended outcomes: commercial success and measurable long-term reductions in atmospheric GHG concentrations.

Process:

GAV applies an in-house climate-impact assessment, informed by Project Frame rather than an external index.

Step 1: at application, each company must explain its expected positive impact.

Step 2: at due diligence, the Investment Team tests environmental claims and supporting sources.

Step 3: after successful diligence, the Investment Committee reviews climate impact and decides whether the company meets the Fund’s investment standard.

Step 4: post-investment, GAV monitors and reports impact.

The core KPI is GHG emissions avoided or removed:

  • For direct solutions, expected impact is assessed against a business-as-usual baseline using “potential” impact (unit impact × SOM) or “planned” impact (unit impact × forecast volumes).
  • For facilitating solutions, GAV tracks relevant KPIs such as pollution avoided, water preserved and ecosystem protection/restoration.

Data sources include company data, government emissions databases, public-agency reports, academic papers and monetary-to-GHG proxies. Assets are avoided where impact claims are unsubstantiated or negative environmental/social outcomes are unacceptable.

Resources, Affiliations & Corporate Strategies:

2025 Impact Report: https://greenangelventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GAV-Carbon-Impact-Report-2025.pdf

Team and responsibilities:

  • Investment Team – In charge of screening investment opportunities against investment criteria including the climate impact criteria.
  • Investment Committee – Composed of three internal members (GAV CIO, chairing; GAV CEO; GAV Chair) and two external/independent members. In charge of making investment decisions.
  • Portfolio Management Committee – Composed of the Internal IC members, and Investment Team members, and a Finance Team member. In charge of stewardship.
  • GAV Board – Three executive directors, one non-executive chair, two external independent members.

Methodology defined initially as a member of Project Frame - https://projectframe.how/

Member of Cleantech for UK coalition - https://www.cleantechforuk.com/

Dialshifter

This strategy is helping to shift the dial from brown to green by...

...backing early-stage companies whose core products can replace or decarbonise high-emitting processes across energy, buildings, transport, industry, food and agriculture. Rather than merely avoiding harmful sectors, the Fund provides catalytic capital and stewardship to scale commercially competitive climate solutions. Investments are screened for material GHG impact and mission alignment, with progress evidenced by 280,521 tCO2e of cumulative avoided emissions reported by the CCF portfolio at 30 June 2025.

SDR Labelling:

Sustainability Impact label

Key Performance Indicators:

GAV uses a robust, evidence-based framework aligned to the Fund’s Sustainability Impact objective. The core KPI is impact on atmospheric GHG concentrations, measured as GHG emissions avoided or removed.

For direct solutions, investability requires significant expected impact: either a large unit reduction, e.g. 50%+ cut, or applicability to a high-emissions market. Impact is calculated versus a business-as-usual baseline using current factors/realistic assumptions and best available carbon-intensity estimates; at-scale impact follows Project Frame “potential” impact (unit impact × SOM) or “planned” impact (unit impact × forecast volumes).

For facilitating solutions, KPIs will include pollution avoided, water preserved/flood-protected area, and ecosystems preserved/restored.

Evidence sources include company data, government emissions databases, public agency reports, academic papers and GHG proxies.

Progress is reported annually: by 30 June 2025 the Climate Change Fund portfolio had delivered 280,521 tCO2e cumulative avoided; 15/39 companies were contributing.

Fund Name SRI Style SDR Labelling Product Region Asset Type Launch Date Last Amended

Green Angel Ventures EIS Climate Change Fund

Environmental Style Sustainability Impact label VCT/EIS/SEIS UK Equity 01/01/2020 Jul 2026

Objectives

The Fund’s sustainability objective is to help accelerate the transition to a net zero economy by providing catalytic capital to early-stage companies that have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, or contribute to the fight against climate change. The Fund invests in early-stage companies that are developing innovative technologies or solutions to make the products or deliver the services that we all need, but in a significantly more carbon efficient way (see criteria below).

The outcome that the Fund is pursuing is a measurable long-term reduction in the atmosphere’s GHG concentration, as a result of the commercial activity of its portfolio companies, compared to a ‘business as usual’ scenario in which the portfolio companies would not have developed and commercialised their products and services.

 

Fund/Portfolio Size: £17.00m

(as at: 31/03/2026)

Total Screened Themed SRI Assets: £60.00m

(as at: 15/06/2026)

Total Responsible Ownership Assets: £60.00m

(as at: 15/06/2026)

Total Assets Under Management: £60.00m

(as at: 15/06/2026)

Sustainable, Responsible &/or ESG Overview

The Green Angel Ventures Climate Change Fund is a Sustainability Impact-labelled, evergreen EIS/SEIS fund investing alongside the Green Angel Syndicate in a diversified portfolio of 10-15 early-stage climate innovation companies. Its sustainability objective is to accelerate the transition to net zero by providing catalytic capital to businesses whose technologies can reduce or remove GHG emissions or otherwise contribute to climate mitigation/adaptation across sectors such as energy, buildings, transport, industry, food and agriculture.

Investments must have climate impact as a core purpose, not an incidental by-product, and are screened for direct or facilitating impact, potential negative environmental/social outcomes, and continued mission alignment through stewardship.

The financial aim is to achieve £3 for each £1 invested, equivalent to a 20% IRR after EIS tax relief and fees, by selecting high-growth companies, diversifying exposure, supporting portfolio growth and seeking exits over 5-10 years.

Primary fund last amended: Jul 2026

Information received directly from Fund Manager

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Fund Filters

Sustainability - General
Sustainability focus

Has a significant focus on sustainability issues

Report against sustainability objectives

Publicly report performance against named sustainability objectives

Environmental - General
Limits exposure to carbon intensive industries

Options that limit or 'reduce' their exposure to carbon intensive industries (ie sectors which are major contributors to climate change). Strategies vary.

Resource efficiency policy or theme

Has a policy or theme that relates to managing natural resources more efficiently. Strategies vary. See individual entry information.

Favours cleaner, greener companies

Aims to invest in companies with strong or market leading environmental policies and practices. Strategies vary. See individual entry information for more detail.

Climate Change & Energy
Climate change / greenhouse gas emissions policy

Has policies (documented strategies that explain their position) on climate change related issues such as greenhouse gas/carbon emissions, net zero, transitioning to lower carbon. Strategies vary.

Coal, oil & / or gas majors excluded

Avoid investment in major coal, oil and/or gas (extraction) companies. Strategies vary.

Fracking & tar sands excluded

Avoid companies involved in fracking and tar sands - which are widely regarded as controversial methods of oil and gas extraction. Strategies vary.

Arctic drilling exclusion

Avoid companies that are involved in extracting oil from the Arctic regions.

Fossil fuel reserves exclusion

Avoid investing in companies / assets with coal, oil and gas reserves. See individual entry information for further details.

Clean / renewable energy theme or focus

Invest (or may invest) in clean / renewable energy companies and other assets. The proportion directly or indirectly invested in renewable energy may vary over time.

Encourage transition to low carbon through stewardship activity

Encourage the transition to lower carbon activities through asset selection and / or responsible ownership activity.

Energy efficiency theme

Has an energy efficiency theme - typically meaning that the manager is focused on investing in organisations that manage - or help others to manage - energy use more carefully and less wastefully - and so reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Invests in clean energy / renewables

Invest in renewable energy companies and / or companies where renewable energy is a significant part of their business. Strategies vary.

Supply chain decarbonisation policy

Has a supply chain decarbonisation policy which sets out their position on the need to reduce carbon emissions.

Hydrogen policy or theme

Has a policy or theme which sets out their position on investment in companies researching/developing hydrogen as an energy solution.

Fossil fuel exploration exclusion - direct involvement

Excludes companies and other assets with direct involvement in fossil fuel exploration (eg coal, oil and gas companies)

Ethical Values Led Exclusions
Tobacco & related product manufacturers excluded

Companies are excluded if they are involved in any aspect of the production chain for tobacco products, including cigarettes, vaping, e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco and cigars.

Controversial weapons exclusion

Excludes companies which make controversial weapons such as landmines, cluster munitions and chemical weapons.

Armaments manufacturers avoided

Avoids companies that manufacture weapons intended specifically for military use. Strategies vary - may or may not include non-strategic military products.

Civilian firearms production exclusion

Has a written civilian firearms exclusion policy - meaning that they will not invest in companies that make (or perhaps also sell) handguns made for non-military users.

Meeting Peoples' Basic Needs
Plant based / smart food production theme

Has a theme that may direct investment towards newer forms of food such as plant based meat alternatives. May have one or many themes.

Responsible food production or agriculture theme

Has a responsible food production or agriculture theme or strand of investment. May have a single or many themes.

Gilts & Sovereigns
Does not invest in sovereigns

Does not invest in / excludes 'sovereigns' - debt issued by governments. See eg https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sovereign-debt.asp

Banking & Financials
Banking exclusion

Does not invest in banks.

Predatory lending exclusion

Excludes financial services companies with widely criticised, aggressive lending practices where interest rates are typically very high, (eg ‘doorstep lending’)

Exclude banks with significant fossil fuel investments

Avoids banks that have a large part of their loan book (or other assets) invested in fossil fuels companies - particular coal, oil and gas.

Exclude all or most insurance companies

Avoids investing in insurance companies, typically because of the organisations they insure. Strategies vary.

Governance & Management
Encourage board diversity e.g. gender

Encourage the companies they invest in to have more diverse board structures (e.g. more women on boards)

Asset Size
Over 50% small / mid cap companies

Invests more than half of their money in smaller or medium sized companies. (i.e. below around £5 -10 billion)

Invests mostly in small or mid cap companies / assets

Has SRI strategies which focus their investment stock selection on small or mid cap companies / assets. (e.g. below circa £10bn)

Targeted Positive Investments
Invests >25% in environmental / social solutions companies

Invests >25% of their capital in companies where a major part of their business is focused on helping to address environmental or social challenges.

Invests >50% of fund in environmental / social solutions companies

Invests >50% of their capital in companies where a major part of their business is focused on helping to address environmental or social challenges.

Impact Methodologies
Aims to generate positive impacts (or 'outcomes')

Has policies that aim to help or support the delivery of positive social or environmental impacts (or societal/real world outcomes) by investing in companies they regard as beneficial to people and / or the planet. Strategies vary.

Measures positive impacts

Aims to measure the positive real world environmental and / or social benefits that are associated with their investment strategy. Investments that aim to deliver positive impacts and measure those impacts may be referred to as 'Impact' - although impact measurement is not restricted to Impact investments. Strategies vary.

Described as an ‘impact investment’

Investments which are specifically marketed as ‘Impact investments' and work to deliver both financial performance and specific, measurable positive, real world social and/or environmental benefits. Strategies vary.

Positive environmental impact theme

Specifically sets out to help deliver positive environmental impacts, benefits or 'real world' outcomes.

Invests in environmental solutions companies

Directs investment towards companies where a major part of their business is about solving environmental challenges. e.g. companies helping to address climate change.

Over 50% in assets providing environmental or social ‘solutions’

Invests more than 50% of capital in assets which are regarded as being significantly focused on providing solutions to environmental or social challenges. Strategies vary.

Publish ‘Theory of Change’ explanation

Policy explains the ways in which the manager believes things need to change in order to deliver a more sustainable future, which they are working to help achieve.

How The Fund/Portfolio Works
Positive selection bias

Focuses on finding and investing in companies with positive / beneficial attributes. This strategy can be applied in addition to exclusion criteria and engagement/stewardship activity.

Single resource theme or focus

Has a single resource themed focus in their investment strategy on a single natural 'resource' eg water.

Do not use stock / securities lending

Does not use stock lending for performance or risk purposes.

Unscreened Assets & Cash
Assets typically aligned to sustainability objectives 70 - 79%

Holds between 70-79% of assets which align to the sustainability objectives; which are not being held purely for risk management purposes, such as derivatives and cash equivalent assets.

Assets typically aligned to sustainability objectives 80 – 89%

Holds between 80-89% of assets which align to the sustainability objectives; which are not being held purely for risk management purposes, such as derivatives and cash equivalent assets.

Assets typically aligned to sustainability objectives > 90%

Holds at least 90% of assets which align to the sustainability objectives; which are not being held purely for risk management purposes, such as derivatives and cash equivalent assets.

No ‘diversifiers’ used other than cash

Only invests in cash to aid the practical management (buying and selling) of assets and so do not use additional financial instruments.

All assets (except cash) meet published sustainability criteria

All assets - except cash - meet the sustainability criteria published in strategy documentation.

Intended Clients & Product Options
Intended for clients interested in sustainability

Designed to meet the needs of individual investors with an interest in sustainability issues.

Intended for clients who want to have a positive impact

Designed to meet the needs of individual investors with an interest in ‘Impact investment’ which help or support the delivery of positive social or environmental impacts (or societal/real world outcomes) by investing in companies regarded as beneficial to people and / or the planet. Strategies vary.

Labels & Accreditations
SDR Labelled

Find options that have chosen to adopt one of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) SDR labels. Please note: there are a range of reasons why potentially relevant options may not use an SDR label eg. adopting a label may be work in progress, the manager may not yet be allowed to do so because of the product type, a manager may feel they are insufficiently aligned to SDR requirements.

Fund Management Company Information

About The Business
Boutique / specialist fund management company

Find fund / asset management companies that are smaller or specialise in particular areas - notably, ideally ESG related. Strategies vary.

Specialist positive impact fund management company

Find fund / asset management companies (or subsidiaries) that specialise in - or focus entirely on - investing in assets that are helping to deliver positive environmental and / or social impacts.

Responsible ownership / stewardship policy or strategy (AFM companywide)

Finds fund / asset management companies that have a published company wide stewardship, engagement and / or responsible ownership policy or strategy that covers all investments. Stewardship typically involves encouraging higher ESG standards through voting and dialogue.

SDG aligned aims / objectives (AFM companywide)

Find fund / asset management companies that aim to align all their investments (across all funds) to help meet the aims of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Transparency
Dialshifter statement

Find fund / asset management companies that have supplied Dialshifter information. See Dialshifter tab within record for more information.

Sustainable, Responsible &/or ESG Policy:

 

The strategy invests in early-stage climate solutions under the FCA Sustainability Impact label, targeting companies whose core purpose is to reduce/remove GHG emissions or enable climate mitigation/adaptation. Themes include energy, built environment, transport, industry, food/agriculture, water/nature resilience, AI, materials innovation and engineering/deeptech.

Assets are selected only where climate impact is central and significant: direct solutions must show material quantified GHG impact versus business-as-usual; facilitating solutions must enable net-zero transition or environmental monitoring. The Fund avoids companies where sustainability is merely incidental, and screens for potential negative environmental/social outcomes.

No external index is referenced; impact assessment is in-house, informed by Project Frame and reviewed by ESG Accord. Stewardship includes board/information rights, portfolio monitoring, management engagement and follow-on funding discipline to keep companies aligned to their climate mission, support scale-up and maximise intended outcomes: commercial success and measurable long-term reductions in atmospheric GHG concentrations.

Process:

GAV applies an in-house climate-impact assessment, informed by Project Frame rather than an external index.

Step 1: at application, each company must explain its expected positive impact.

Step 2: at due diligence, the Investment Team tests environmental claims and supporting sources.

Step 3: after successful diligence, the Investment Committee reviews climate impact and decides whether the company meets the Fund’s investment standard.

Step 4: post-investment, GAV monitors and reports impact.

The core KPI is GHG emissions avoided or removed:

  • For direct solutions, expected impact is assessed against a business-as-usual baseline using “potential” impact (unit impact × SOM) or “planned” impact (unit impact × forecast volumes).
  • For facilitating solutions, GAV tracks relevant KPIs such as pollution avoided, water preserved and ecosystem protection/restoration.

Data sources include company data, government emissions databases, public-agency reports, academic papers and monetary-to-GHG proxies. Assets are avoided where impact claims are unsubstantiated or negative environmental/social outcomes are unacceptable.

Resources, Affiliations & Corporate Strategies:

2025 Impact Report: https://greenangelventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GAV-Carbon-Impact-Report-2025.pdf

Team and responsibilities:

  • Investment Team – In charge of screening investment opportunities against investment criteria including the climate impact criteria.
  • Investment Committee – Composed of three internal members (GAV CIO, chairing; GAV CEO; GAV Chair) and two external/independent members. In charge of making investment decisions.
  • Portfolio Management Committee – Composed of the Internal IC members, and Investment Team members, and a Finance Team member. In charge of stewardship.
  • GAV Board – Three executive directors, one non-executive chair, two external independent members.

Methodology defined initially as a member of Project Frame - https://projectframe.how/

Member of Cleantech for UK coalition - https://www.cleantechforuk.com/

Dialshifter (Fund)

This strategy is helping to shift the dial from brown to green by...

...backing early-stage companies whose core products can replace or decarbonise high-emitting processes across energy, buildings, transport, industry, food and agriculture. Rather than merely avoiding harmful sectors, the Fund provides catalytic capital and stewardship to scale commercially competitive climate solutions. Investments are screened for material GHG impact and mission alignment, with progress evidenced by 280,521 tCO2e of cumulative avoided emissions reported by the CCF portfolio at 30 June 2025.

Dialshifter (Corporate)

Our organisation is helping to support the Paris Climate Agreement and the Race to Net Zero by...

...mobilising capital – notably via our EIS Climate Change Fund – to catalyse the development and growth of climate solutions, at their early stages. We are entirely dedicated to this unique climate impact strategy and thanks to our decade of experience in the sector, we are able to source and invest in some of the best UK-based climate innovations, helping them get to market and grow commercially. Since we select them for their climate impact, their commercial success goes hand in hand with a growing, measurable reduction in the greenhouse gas emissions in the sector in which they operate.

SDR Labelling:

Sustainability Impact label

Key Performance Indicators:

GAV uses a robust, evidence-based framework aligned to the Fund’s Sustainability Impact objective. The core KPI is impact on atmospheric GHG concentrations, measured as GHG emissions avoided or removed.

For direct solutions, investability requires significant expected impact: either a large unit reduction, e.g. 50%+ cut, or applicability to a high-emissions market. Impact is calculated versus a business-as-usual baseline using current factors/realistic assumptions and best available carbon-intensity estimates; at-scale impact follows Project Frame “potential” impact (unit impact × SOM) or “planned” impact (unit impact × forecast volumes).

For facilitating solutions, KPIs will include pollution avoided, water preserved/flood-protected area, and ecosystems preserved/restored.

Evidence sources include company data, government emissions databases, public agency reports, academic papers and GHG proxies.

Progress is reported annually: by 30 June 2025 the Climate Change Fund portfolio had delivered 280,521 tCO2e cumulative avoided; 15/39 companies were contributing.