Meet the Team
Our Partners are all seasoned operators, with decades of experience growing and financing climate technologies. Our Venture Partners support the team with deep sector-specific expertise in our areas of interest.
Partner
Manshu Agarwal
The Founding Partner of Colbridge Ventures, Manshu has over 20 years of experience in technology commercialization. He was formerly BD Director at Synthetic Genomics, the bioenergy firm founded by genomics pioneer Craig Venter, where he helped scale algae and microbial electrolysis cell technologies. His climatetech expertise encompasses waste-to-energy, industrial decarbonisation, marine tech, and CCUS. He has raised over $550m in project and venture finance across US, Europe, and Asia. He is a Columbia MBA and Cambridge chemical engineer. He is based in London.
Partner
Gustav Holst Stuge
Gustav is a Norwegian entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in commercializing climate technologies. He was the co-Founder of Franck Energy, a renewable energy aggregator, which was acquired by Smart Renewable Heat. More recently, he has focused on ag tech, CCUS, vertical farming, carbon credit MRV, and renewable energy sectors. He has an MBA from London Business School, and has experience working across Europe, North America, South Africa and Mexico. He is a former competitive skier, reaching 3rd place in the Swiss Nationals, and now lives in London and Amsterdam.
Partner
Nishul Saperia
Nishul is an entrepreneur with over 20 years experience with startups. He was a Founding Member of IHS Markit, which sold to S&P for $43bn. He led its product and geographic expansion over nearly a decade. More recently, he has focused on carbon removal, carbon markets, and industrial / materials decarbonisation. He is an EIR at Carbon13, the climatetech venture builder, where he advises multiple startups on product and commercial strategy. He holds an MEng from Imperial College and is based in London.
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Investment Partner
Jeff Green
Jeff has spent over 25 years growing, investing in, and exiting disruptive tech-based businesses. Currently he is Chair of Moleaer (nanobubbles), Board Member of Avnos (DAC), Board Member of Carbon Ridge (CC for shipping), and Founder of 1PointFive (DAC plus sequestration). Previously, Jeff was an early investor in Carbon Engineering (acquired by Occidental), Founder/CEO of NanoH2O (acquired by LG Chem) and Founder/VP Marketing of Stamps.com (NASDAQ: “STMP”). He holds a BA from Dartmouth and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. He is based in LA.
Principal
Erin Livesey-Becks
Erin's career has been at the interface of research and industry, focusing on sustainable food production. She trained as a consultant and data scientist at Applied Predictive Technologies, before leading digital product development and corporate strategy at Gotham Greens, a leading agri-tech. More recently, she worked in project financing and development in vertical farming and supported fundraising and growth for deep tech startups and scaleups. She holds a BA with Honors from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Based in London.
Non-Exec Director
Chris Burke
Over 20 years of experience growing technology startups, particularly in senior operational roles. Was Launch Director for Octopus Energy's electric vehicle product and the Managing Director of Colorado Energy, a 100% green energy provider. Expertise in strategy, product development, data analytics, and financial optimization. He holds an MEng from Cambridge in Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, and Nuclear Engineering, and is based in London and Cambridge.
Operating Partner
Tom Lapperger
Tom is an entrepreneur, operator and investor, starting and scaling ventures with a dedication to sustainability. He was COO at bp Launchpad, bp’s scale-up factory for disruptive energy startups, and led business development on Dynata’s journey from 20 to 1,200 employees. He has a strong operations background with a focus on strategy, culture and growth and works with ventures in ESG, biochar and carbon accounting. Tom, based in Munich, has an MBA from London Business School with a major in Entrepreneurship.
Venture Partner
Richard Gueterbock
Richard has spent over 30 years in the agri-food sector. He led sales for bio-energy firm Clearfleau, growing it through to its sale to Skion. He was also a government adviser and Trustee of the Royal Agricultural Society, helping write its 'Farm of the Future' report. Based in southern England.
Venture Partner
Bruno Van Gompel
Bruno has 30 years of experience in the Food & Beverage and Chemicals sectors. He was VP of Technical, Innovation and Supply Chain for Coke W Europe and led Sustainable Packaging. He was on the Boards for the European Fruit Juice Assoc and Plastic Bottle Platform. He speaks regularly on innovation, sustainability, and circularity. Based in Belgium.
Venture Partner
Marek Nowosielski
Marek has 20 years of tech experience at both multinationals and early stage ventures in cleantech. He specializes in water, DAC, and SAF. Formerly SVP Technology at Oasys Water and Lead Engineer at GE Energy. Fellow of IChemE, Babson MBA, Cambridge Chemical Engineer. Based in Boston, US.
Venture Partner
Dr. Amrit Chandan
Amrit has deep experience in battery, fuel cell and, electrochemical technologies. He was formerly the CEO/co-founder of Aceleron, a lithium battery startup, where he raised £15m and exited last year after reaching profitability. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and is based in Birmingham, UK.
Venture Partner
Baris Bilen