Greensphere Capital

Name

Greensphere Capital

Legal name

Greensphere Capital LLP

Website

https://greenspherecapital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Investment Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate / Clean Tech & Decarbonization Funds (FSANAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Biodiversity, Conservation & Natural Capital Funds (FSANAJAG), Energy & Sustainability / Climate Growth Equity (FSANACAG), Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure) (FSAAALAG)

Keywords

• Sustainable investment management
• Venture capital funds
• Renewable energy investing
• Biodiversity finance solutions
• Climate infrastructure capital

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Fund Management Fees: Management fees charged on assets under management across Gaia Sciences Innovation (£200M technology fund) and Gaia Engineered Solutions funds. Professional investors only - targets Professional Clients and Eligible Counterparties as defined by FCA.
2. Performance Carried Interest: Carried interest from fund investments generating returns for limited partners. Triple bottom line approach (People, Planet, Profit) guides investment selection across renewable energy, agriculture, and forestry sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Greensphere Capital is a London-based FCA-regulated specialist private investment firm operating two main fund strategies: Gaia Sciences Innovation, a growth-stage technology fund investing in science-based climate and biodiversity solutions in partnership with world-leading bioscience institutes, and Gaia Engineered Solutions, a buy-to-hold permanent capital vehicle investing in renewable energy, agriculture, and forestry businesses. The firm also manages a portfolio of operating subsidiaries spanning biomass energy, anaerobic digestion, organic waste processing, sustainable forestry, and scientific origin verification.

Product overview

Greensphere Capital is a science-led sustainable investment firm operating two main investment strategies: Gaia Sciences Innovation (a £200 million growth-stage technology fund in partnership with world-leading bioscience institutes) and Gaia Engineered Solutions (a buy-to-hold fund for renewable energy, agriculture and forestry businesses). The firm manages a portfolio of portfolio companies including Kew Reach (nature restoration advisory), Source Certain (scientific origin verification using AI/machine learning), Welsh Bio Enterprises (biomass energy), Duranta Holdings (anaerobic digestion), Hulam (organic waste processing), and HW Forestry (sustainable forestry management). The investment strategies focus on three areas: Greening Real Assets, Green Fintech, and Human Supply-Chain Resilience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gaia Sciences Innovation: A £200 million technology fund (now $100M USD) investing in growth-stage companies in biodiversity, botanical and fungal science, forestry, agriculture, food and habitat restoration in partnership with world-leading bioscience institutes. As a growth-stage venture investor, the Fund invests in companies that have clear market validation and are primed to rapidly scale.
• Gaia Engineered Solutions
• Gaia Sciences Platform
• Nature-Based Climate Solutions

Products and services

• Gaia Sciences Innovation A £200 million growth-stage technology fund investing in best-in-class profitable businesses that mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss, in partnership with world-leading bioscience institutes including Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the Smithsonian Institution, ZSL, University of York, UKCEH, and the Norwich Research Park cluster. Targets Professional Clients and Eligible Counterparties.
• Gaia Engineered Solutions A permanent capital vehicle investing on a buy-to-hold basis in growth-stage industrial solutions in renewable energy, agriculture, and forestry. Targets engineered solutions in land and ocean-based sectors that mitigate climate change.
• Kew Reach Science-driven, landscape-scale nature adviser providing full-service advisory from baselining and planning of habitats to implementation, enhancement, adaptation, and monitoring, powered by Kew Science. Serves corporates, landowners, and agricultural/forestry operators.
• Source Certain World-leading provider of scientific origin verification using proprietary forensic techniques that analyze the unique chemical fingerprint within a product to determine its true geographic origin. Combines advanced chemical analysis with AI and machine learning. Enables companies, governments, and regulators to verify sustainability claims, detect fraud, and disrupt illicit trade.
• Welsh Bio Enterprises Renewable energy, fuels, and grid group of companies converting forest residues from sustainably managed Welsh woodlands into low-carbon power, generating clean electricity for around 40,000 homes and repurposing waste heat and CO2 to grow native Welsh trees.
• Duranta Holdings

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,000 homes powered by Welsh Bio Enterprises biomass plant
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Smithsonian InstitutioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Landmark strategic partnership expanding Gaia Sciences Innovation platform to the United States. Partnership brings together world's preeminent British and American bioscience institutions. Will help identify, develop and scale scientific research and intellectual property relevant to climate adaptation, biodiversity, agriculture, oceans and resilient global supply chains. Expands GSI from 12 to 47 scientific partner institutions representing 8,000+ scientists.
• Source CertaincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 July 2025Strategic investment through Gaia Sciences Innovation Fund. Source Certain is a world-leading provider of scientific origin verification using proprietary forensic techniques combined with AI and machine learning. Enables verification of sustainability claims, fraud detection, and supply chain integrity.
• Kew ReachcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2023First spinout from Greensphere and RBG Kew partnership. Market leading science-driven landscape-scale nature adviser offering nature restoration, enhancement, adaptation and creation services. Powered by Kew Science.
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2023Founding partner in Gaia Sciences Innovation. RBG Kew has over 350 scientific staff working on projects in 100+ countries. Partnership enables commercialization of research in biodiversity, botanical and fungal science, forestry, agriculture and habitat restoration. Kew REACH is the first spinout from this partnership.
• ZSL (Zoological Society of London)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2023Partner institution in Gaia Sciences Innovation network. ZSL is an international conservation charity driven by science, working to restore wildlife in the UK and around the world through conservation zoos and scientific expertise.
• University of YorkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2023Founding partner in Gaia Sciences Innovation. University of York is a Russell Group research-intensive university with departments undertaking groundbreaking research on environmental issues and climate challenges.
• UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2023Partner institution in Gaia Sciences Innovation. UKCEH is a world-leading centre for excellence in environmental sciences across water, land and air with 500+ scientists providing expertise in reversing biodiversity loss, improving soil health, and mitigating climate change.
• Anglia Innovation Partnership / Norwich Research ParkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2023Science park management company at Norwich Research Park - one of Europe's largest research clusters. Home to John Innes Centre, Earlham Institute, Quadram Institute, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and University of East Anglia. One of 5 BBSRC research and innovation campuses in UK.
• John Innes CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2023Research institute partner through Anglia Innovation Partnership. Focus on plant science and microbiology research relevant to agriculture and environmental solutions.
• Earlham InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2023Research institute partner through Anglia Innovation Partnership. Specializes in genomics and computational biology for plant and microbial research.
• Quadram InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2023Research institute partner through Anglia Innovation Partnership. Focuses on food and health research with relevance to sustainable agriculture.
• The Sainsbury LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2023Research institute partner through Anglia Innovation Partnership. Leading plant science research institution.
• University of East AngliacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2023University partner through Anglia Innovation Partnership. Research-intensive university contributing to environmental and climate science research.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Carbon Trust: UK-based climate advisory and venture investor focused on commercializing low-carbon technologies. Adjacent ecosystem player sharing a science-and-impact thesis and operating in the same UK climate-tech deal pool.

Broad incumbents

• Green Investment Group (Macquarie): One of the world's largest green infrastructure investors, originally seeded by the UK Government. Comparable as a credible UK sustainable infrastructure platform; the same UK Green Investment Bank mandate that selected Greensphere in 2012.
• Federated Hermes (EOS / Impact): Global asset manager with significant ESG, impact, and sustainable-private-markets capabilities. Larger-scale incumbent operating in the same institutional ESG allocation pool as Greensphere.

Regional players

• Wheatsheaf Group (Grosvenor): Founded by Greensphere Partner Graham Ramsbottom for the Grosvenor Estate, investing across food and agricultural technologies. Directly comparable agri-tech and land-based investment thesis, with a longer track record.

Direct peers

• Foresight Group: UK-listed sustainable infrastructure and growth investor with overlapping mandates in renewable energy, forestry, and environmental assets. Closest UK analogue to Greensphere's mix of growth-stage venture and buy-to-hold renewable strategies.
• Generation Investment Management: Sustainable-focused asset manager founded on a long-term, fundamentals-driven thesis with science- and impact-led investment processes. Comparable to Greensphere's science-led, mission-driven investment approach and institutional LP base.
• Greencoat Capital: UK specialist renewable infrastructure manager with permanent-capital vehicles in wind, solar, and bioenergy. Closely aligned with Greensphere's Gaia Engineered Solutions buy-to-hold renewable energy and forestry mandate.
• Impax Asset Management: UK-listed specialist asset manager focused exclusively on sustainable investment themes across listed equities and private markets. Directly comparable specialist ESG/biodiversity investor targeting institutional clients.
• Circularity Capital: UK growth-equity specialist investing in circular economy and resource-efficiency businesses. Comparable to Greensphere's science-led growth equity strategy, particularly through its waste/bioresource portfolio (Hulam, Duranta).

Emerging players

• Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners: Specialist sustainable infrastructure manager focused on renewables, storage, and decarbonization assets. Similar specialist positioning to Greensphere's renewables-heavy portfolio, though at materially larger AUM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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