'Much harder than ever before': UK early-stage climate investor on raising its eighth fund

18 May 2026
05:00
Julia Groves, investment partner at Sustainable Ventures, has spent two decades trying to convince people to back climate tech. She has never found it harder than right now.
In this exclusive interview, we sat down with Groves to discuss:
→ Why raising its eighth fund has been the hardest of all
→ The Innovate UK pipeline that is shaping the fund's near-term deployment
→ How its early-stage portfolio companies are leveraging AI
In this exclusive interview, we sat down with Groves to discuss:
→ Why raising its eighth fund has been the hardest of all
→ The Innovate UK pipeline that is shaping the fund's near-term deployment
→ How its early-stage portfolio companies are leveraging AI