Climate Tech innovation meets commercial Ambition.
Virescent Ventures
Virescent Ventures invests in founders, technologies, and businesses that help achieve zero emissions and beyond.
Focus
At Virescent Ventures
we believe there’s no need to choose between emissions impact and commercial impact.
We seek investments that address the largest, hardest to abate sources of emissions. In the present decade, we will see companies born which remake the physical economy in the way the internet remade the digital economy.
Virescent Ventures was born out of the Clean Energy Innovation Fund, part of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
We invest from pre-seed to late-stage growth capital, continuing to back great founders and companies as their needs evolve. We invest in deep tech and business model innovations, software and hardware.
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Clean energy
Transition
Low cost renewables, green hydrogen, decentralised generation.
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Mobility and
Smart Cities
Electrification, multiple modes of transportation, better built environment, embodied carbon.
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Food and
Agriculture
Feeding more with less waste, resilient soils, digitisation, regenerative agriculture, new food categories.
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Circular economy
and Industry
Redefining waste, efficient production, new industrial processes.
“Virescent Ventures is a great partner with whom our values are super aligned. Through the investment they led, the Virescent team has brought a wealth of board experience, strong EV and financing networks and a sustainable growth mindset to Zoomo.”
Michael Johnson
CRO and Co-Founder, Zoomo
Companies
Born out of Australia’s leading climate tech venture fund, Virescent Ventures is supercharging the climate tech ecosystem. We manage the Clean Energy Innovation Fund on behalf of CEFC.
AgriWebb
Farm management platform enabling sustainable cattle and sheep grazing.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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All G
Precision fermentation dairy.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Carbon Revolution
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
Realised.
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Downforce Technologies
Remote measurement and monitoring of soil health and carbon levels
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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GreenSync
Software platform to control and manage distributed energy resources.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Gridcog
Software platform to plan, optimise and track performance of decentralised energy projects.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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HydGene Renewables
Converting organic waste to green hydrogen using synthetic biology.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Hysata
Novel electrolysis technology for producing green hydrogen.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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JET Charge
Distribution and installation of EV charging infrastructure.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Kwetta
Ultra-fast EV charging that unlocks the grid.
Virescent Ventures Fund II
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Loam Bio
Using microbes to draw down carbon into soils at scale.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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MicroTau
Riblet based films to reduce drag and fuel consumption on aircraft.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Morse Micro
Low power, long range, scalable Wi-Fi HaLow radio chips for IoT.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Novalith
Novel technology for the direct extraction of lithium from hard rock ores using carbon dioxide.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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OmniTanker
Specialised tank container and road tanker equipment using advanced composite materials technology.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Redback Technologies
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
Realised.
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Relectrify
Advanced battery control technology, unlocking extra battery life and performance.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Renewable Metals
Alkaline based battery recycling technology to recover critical minerals.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Samsara Eco
Enzyme technology enabling infinite plastic recycling.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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SEA Electric
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
Realised.
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SILTRAX
Silicon-based technology for fuel cells and electrolysers
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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SUNDRIVE
Solar technology replacing silver with copper to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
SunMan
Lightweight, flexible solar panels to expand the market for rooftop solar.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Thinxtra
‘Internet of Things’ telco and solutions.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Wattwatchers
Real-time energy measurement for businesses and households.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Xefco
Waterless textile dyeing and finishing.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Zen Ecosystems
Energy management platform for small to medium buildings, multi-dwelling units and households.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Zoomo
Electric bikes on subscription for delivery fleets.
Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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“Since the investment led by the Virescent Ventures team, we have enjoyed rapid growth and have quickly grown JET Charge into a globally recognised EV charging infrastructure company.”
Tim Washington
CEO JET Charge
People
Ben Gust
Managing Partner
Kristin Vaughan
Managing Partner
Blair Pritchard
Partner
Alex Oppes
Investment Director
Jonathon Cronin
Investment Manager
Madi Benton
Investment Associate
Baoying Tong
Investment Associate
Francesca Qu
Investment Associate
Mathew Velcic
Investment Associate
Tess Englund
Operations Manager
Diane Connor
Head of Finance
John Clifford
Non-Executive Chair
Ian Learmonth
Non-Executive Director