Getting in Early

To discover and support the nano-energy breakthroughs that will change our energy industry, we need to be at the very forefront of nano-energy research, working in the labs where the scientific breakthroughs are being made, along-side the scientists responsible. We need to get in early – before proof of commercial viability – to help fill the funding gap in research that sees many breakthroughs never realizing their industrial potential.

Our unique relationship with the global scientific community makes this possible. They are our biggest asset, with the expertise, resources and incentive to convert nano-energy ideas into scientific breakthroughs and energy solutions. We set up collaborative partnerships with them and their universities, providing support and finance to both in exchange for exclusive licenses to their discoveries. And we work with the scientists on their home ground, within the university infrastructure, utilising the unique, cutting-edge resources available there – Yale University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Singapore are home to just a few of our portfolio companies.

It’s this partnership approach that puts us at the head of the energy industry revolution, the ‘first on the scene’, with majority stakes in the most exciting companies. It also means that we can work closely with the scientists to track developments in their work, focussing on the most encouraging ideas and working out when to change tack or stop investing.

It’s this approach that will put us and our scientists behind the next big energy industry breakthroughs.