OnePlanetCapital

Investment decisions are led by co-founders Matt Jellicoe, Ed Stevens, and Anthony Chant, who each serve as Investment Directors. The Investment Committee also includes Victoria Peppiatt, former CRO of Phrasee, and Daniel Perrett, former CFO of Limejump. All members combine operating experience with investment oversight, reflecting the firm's thesis that founder-operators are better positioned to select and support early-stage climate tech companies.

The firm targets pre-seed and seed-stage companies, writing initial cheques between £25k and £500k. Its stated goal is to accelerate climate tech businesses to their first £1m in revenues and then help build the operational infrastructure to scale beyond £10m. Investments are structured through the UK's SEIS and EIS tax-advantaged schemes, with EIS investments requiring the company to be post-revenue.

OnePlanetCapital invests exclusively in businesses based in the United Kingdom. The firm requires portfolio companies to hold SEIS and EIS advanced assurance from HMRC, which restricts qualifying investments to UK-incorporated trading companies. While the customer and supply-chain impact is often global, the incorporated entities must be UK-domiciled.

OnePlanetCapital operates both fund vehicles and a direct syndicate. The OPC Syndicate launched in January 2024 and is open to investors and family offices whose circumstances do not suit a pooled-fund structure. The firm's main deployment vehicles are climate-tech-focused funds that invest across its SEIS and EIS mandate.

The firm invests across AI, software, and hardware models that create measurable environmental impact. Portfolio companies span green hydrogen electrolysis, AI-driven recycling robotics, modular wind turbines, seaweed-based bioplastics, carbon-capture materials, electric marine propulsion, and residential energy-efficiency platforms. It avoids companies that lack a clear, direct climate or environmental problem-solution link.

The co-founders are entrepreneurs who have built and sold businesses in media, technology, and business services, including one that reached £80m in revenue and 1,000 employees. They emphasize that this operator experience gives them an edge in pattern-recognition at the earliest stages and in providing hands-on guidance to founders on go-to-market, operations, and funding strategy.

The OPC Syndicate is a direct-investment vehicle for investors and family offices who prefer not to invest through a pooled fund. The firm opened applications for the syndicate at the start of January 2024, offering deal-by-deal participation to qualified investors. It sits alongside OnePlanetCapital's main SEIS and EIS fund vehicles.