bp ventures

Prelude Ventures invests in and supports early-stage startups with the greatest potential to mitigate climate change. We invest early and accept informed risks through a fundamental emphasis on venture-level returns combined with a deep understanding of the challenges of frontier technologies and markets. In 2009, we started the company with a commitment to take action. We began with a simple idea: the economy of the future will be driven by the climate needs of today. We saw an opportunity to invest in and support bold thinking that could help turn the tide against climate change while building the next generation of category-defining businesses. We were in a position to help these entrepreneurs change the world. So we did. Years later, this continues to be our central ethos: if we can act, we must. The transition to the low-carbon economy is the greatest investment opportunity of this century. We champion the brightest ideas and the boldest entrepreneurs with the goal of achieving the greatest positive impact on climate.

Grok invests in technology enabled companies and projects that will decarbonise our planet. Lowering emissions, removing carbon, generating awesome returns - that’s our focus. We back teams in markets we understand - predominantly Australia and New Zealand, Singapore, North America, and Europe. At our core, we believe: Technology is the biggest lever we have to decarbonise the economy. Seeding and scaling climate tech into climate infrastructure is going to require trillions of dollars in private capital. We consider this the biggest economic opportunity of our lifetime. The funding requirements of climate tech and infrastructure are unique – the capital and capability needs to be flexible, focused and fit-for-purpose. SOLVING THE CLIMATE CAPITAL STACK: There is a major funding gap in climate tech. We solve this by investing equity early from our Venture team and when companies hit defined milestones our Infrastructure team can provide flexible forms of non-dilutive financing. We’ve been providing flexible funding since 2016. Our team brings specialist experience building technology businesses, investing across venture, infrastructure and debt, as well as owning and operating renewable infrastructure. We deploy this expertise to help our portfolio companies scale.

We are a Corporate Venture Capital that identifies and invests in disruptive technologies and ideas on hydrogen and clean fuels, CCUS, sustainable lithium extraction and processing, electrification and clean power. We look forward to leading decarbonization and enabling breakthroughs while contributing to the generation of new business opportunities. Investment MandatePre-Seed to Growth Capital: Stages of target startups. Global Footprint: With focus in Europe, LATAM and USA. Strategic Fit as Key Driver: With Tecpetrol and Techint’s decarbonization objectives.

Earth Venture Capital (EVC) is a global venture capital firm that seeks to empower digital solutions tackling climate change, while having the potential to deliver significant financial return. Believing that the next generation of unicorns will be climate tech startups, we aim to leverage the power of entrepreneurship to achieve these three climate goals: (1) to abandon petrol and diesel, (2) to store carbon and reduce carbon emission and (3) to switch to renewable energy.

To provide sustainable solutions to climate change, we aim to boost the growth of clean energy businesses and to integrate energy innovations into everyone’s daily lives to create positive environmental impacts that accelerate Thailand’s transition towards a net-zero society. WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR TOWARDS A NET ZERO FUTURE? We are seeking collaborators who share our goals towards a net-zero society. Startups & Entrepreneurs: Startups and entrepreneurs with ready-to-implement innovations for climate change who seek funding. Venture Capital Fund Managers: Leading venture capital fund managers with outstanding track records who share the same energy-oriented investment goals and values to invest in sustainable solutions to solve environmental problems. Institutional Investors: Institutional Investors who share the same investment aspiration for a sustainable future and are willing to be a part of the same investment journey.​

Our mission is ‘to invest globally into start-up and high growth companies with technologies of strategic importance to Aramco, to accelerate their development and their deployment in the company. Our focus areas include:Digital & IR4.0 technologies applicable to Aramco’s global operations. Sustainability technologies, in particular: carbon capture, utilization & storage; methane emissions reduction; renewables & grid energy storage; industrial energy efficiency; transportation efficiency; greenhouse gas footprint tracing & certification; nature-based greenhouse gas mitigation solutions; hydrogen; synthetic renewable fuels; water and air quality. Upstream oil & gas technologies. Downstream oil & gas / petrochemicals technologies. Non-metallic materials and new applications for hydrocarbons. Investments typically range from $2-20M and we are flexible in stage of development, from early to expansion stage ventures. We seek companies led by world-class management teams, with differentiated technologies that can add value to Aramco’s operations. We aim to be a value-adding strategic investor. We actively support portfolio companies in doing business with Saudi Aramco and in accessing the Saudi Arabian and regional MENA market, including facilitating piloting, business development, localization, and accessing of technical and operational expertise. Our team of highly experienced investment professionals provides portfolio companies with guidance and support, and access to a global network. We lead the majority of our investments, and in most instances seek board positions or observer rights. Besides SAEV, Saudi Aramco operators several venturing programs with different objectives: Prosperity7, our diversified growth investment program, investing in highly scalable transformative or disruptive ventures outside of the energy industry. We participate in OGCI Climate Investments, a joint venture of 11 major oil & gas companies representing 40% of global hydrocarbon production, investing in climate related technologies & solutions relevant to the oil & gas industry. Saudi Aramco also engages with SABIC Ventures, the corporate ventures arm of SABIC, that is focused on new materials and applications, sustainable use of chemicals and plastics, process & resource efficiency and specialty Agri-nutrients. Wa’ed Ventures, investing in regional ventures with a significant focus on the Saudi Arabian market, supporting economic development, job creation, and development of an entrepreneurial ecosystem in the MENA region.