Climate Tech innovation meets commercial Ambition.
Virescent Ventures

Virescent Ventures invests in founders, technologies, and businesses that help achieve zero emissions and beyond.

Focus

At Virescent Ventures
we believe there's no need to choose between emissions impact and commercial impact.

We seek investments that address the largest, hardest to abate sources of emissions. In the present decade, we will see companies born which remake the physical economy in the way the internet remade the digital economy.

Virescent Ventures was born out of the Clean Energy Innovation Fund, part of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

We invest from pre-seed to late-stage growth capital, continuing to back great founders and companies as their needs evolve. We invest in deep tech and business model innovations, software and hardware.

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Clean energy
Transition

Low cost renewables, green hydrogen, decentralised generation.

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Mobility and
Smart Cities

Electrification, multiple modes of transportation, better built environment, embodied carbon.

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Food and
Agriculture

Feeding more with less waste, resilient soils, digitisation, regenerative agriculture, new food categories.

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Circular economy
and Industry

Redefining waste, efficient production, new industrial processes.

“Virescent Ventures is a great partner with whom our values are super aligned. Through the investment they led, the Virescent team has brought a wealth of board experience, strong EV and financing networks and a sustainable growth mindset to Zoomo.”

Michael Johnson
CRO and Co-Founder, Zoomo

Companies

Born out of Australia’s leading climate tech venture fund, Virescent Ventures is supercharging the climate tech ecosystem. We manage the Clean Energy Innovation Fund on behalf of CEFC.

AgriWebb Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

AgriWebb

Farm management platform enabling sustainable cattle and sheep grazing.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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All G Foods

Alternative proteins including plant-based burgers, mince, sausages and chicken, and precision fermentation dairy.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Carbon Revolution Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

Carbon Revolution

Clean Energy Innovation Fund

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Downforce Technologies

Remote measurement and monitoring of soil health and carbon levels

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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GREENSYNC Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

GreenSync

Software platform to control and manage distributed energy resources.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Gridcog

Software platform to plan, optimise and track performance of decentralised energy projects.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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HydGene Renewables

Converting organic waste to green hydrogen using synthetic biology.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Hysata

Novel electrolysis technology for producing green hydrogen.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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JetCharge Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

JET Charge

Distribution and installation of EV charging infrastructure.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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loam Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

Loam Bio

Using microbes to draw down carbon into soils at scale.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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MicroTau

Riblet based films to reduce drag and fuel consumption on aircraft.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Morse Micro

Low power, long range, scalable Wi-Fi HaLow radio chips for IoT.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Novalith Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

Novalith

Novel technology for the direct extraction of lithium from hard rock ores using carbon dioxide.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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OmniTanker Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

OmniTanker

Specialised tank container and road tanker equipment using advanced composite materials technology.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Redback Technologies Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

Redback Technologies

Australian-designed home battery and inverter systems and low voltage monitoring devices.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Relectrify Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

Relectrify

Advanced battery control technology, unlocking extra battery life and performance.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Renewable Metals

Alkaline based battery recycling technology to recover critical minerals.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Samsara Eco

Enzyme technology enabling infinite plastic recycling.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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SEA Electric Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

SEA Electric

Clean Energy Innovation Fund

Realised.
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SUNDRIVE

Solar technology replacing silver with copper to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund

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Sunman Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

SunMan

Lightweight, flexible solar panels to expand the market for rooftop solar.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Thinxtra Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

Thinxtra

‘Internet of Things’ telco and solutions.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Wattwatchers Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

Wattwatchers

Real-time energy measurement for businesses and households.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Xefco

Waterless textile dyeing and finishing.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Zen Ecosystems Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

Zen Ecosystems

Energy management platform for small to medium buildings, multi-dwelling units and households.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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Zoomo Logo Virescent Ventures Clean Energy Innovation Fund

Zoomo

Electric bikes on subscription for delivery fleets.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund
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“Since the investment led by the Virescent Ventures team, we have enjoyed rapid growth and have quickly grown JET Charge into a globally recognised EV charging infrastructure company.”

Tim Washington
CEO JET Charge

People
Ben Gust Virescent Ventures
Ben Gust

Managing Partner

Kristin Vaughan Virescent Ventures
Kristin Vaughan

Managing Partner

Blair Pritchard Virescent Ventures
Blair Pritchard

Partner

Alex Oppes

Investment Director

Jonathon Cronin

Investment Associate

Sarah Fuller

Investment Associate

Mathew Velcic

Investment Associate

Tess Englund

Operations Manager

John Clifford

Non-Executive Chair

Ian Learmonth

Non-Executive Director

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