This investor watched climate tech startups run out of equity, so he founded a fintech to help them raise debt
19 feb. 2026
16:35
A software startup just raised equity – including from Pale Blue Dot and MMC – to help hardware startups access more debt.
We caught up with William Godfrey, the VC-turned-founder behind Tangible, to hear why he thinks structured finance could be the lifeline climate and deep tech companies have been missing.
We caught up with William Godfrey, the VC-turned-founder behind Tangible, to hear why he thinks structured finance could be the lifeline climate and deep tech companies have been missing.
William Godfrey has seen enough climate hardware startups die to spot a pattern.
Before launching Tangible in 2021, a London-based fintech building tools to help hardware startups access debt financing, Godfrey spent years in venture capital at founder-led venture studio Founders Factory.