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Our team

Pippa Gawley​

Founder & Managing Partner

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Pippa is the co-founder and General Partner of ZCC. Her obsession with deep decarbonisation technologies began in California eight years ago as an angel investor, where she was an active member of the impact investing ecosystem. Upon returning to the UK, she set up ZCC in 2019, seeing the opportunity presented by early-stage investments in frontier hard tech companies for removing barriers to decarbonisation. Prior to investing, Pippa held a variety of roles in technology companies. She holds a Masters degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Alex Gawley

Founder & General Partner

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Alex is the co-founder and General Partner of ZCC. Before founding ZCC with Pippa in 2019, Alex spent 14 years at Google in technical leadership roles such as Director of Product Management for Gmail and Google Calendar, founder and Managing Partner of the internal innovation lab, Area 120, and several other product management roles in ads, mobile and maps. Prior to Google, he held several product, marketing and analysis roles at Barclays, HSBC and Capital One. Alex has a Masters degree in Astrophysics from the University of Cambridge.

Chloe Coates, PhD
Research & Analysis Lead

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Chloe is the Research and Analysis lead at ZCC and is based in London. She is a chemist by training and, prior to joining ZCC, worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge. Here she researched degradation mechanisms in nickel-rich lithium-ion batteries. Chloe holds a PhD in Materials Chemistry from the University of Oxford.

Sarah Jones, PhD

Principal

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Sarah is a Principal at ZCC and is based in London. She holds a PhD in Bioprocess Engineering and has been supporting the commercialisation of scientific innovation in various roles. This includes working in university tech transfer offices at Imperial and Oxford, at the Creative Destruction Lab accelerator, where she launched and led the Climate program, and now at ZCC.

Max Werny, PhD

Venture Associate

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Max is a Venture Associate at ZCC and is based in Berlin. He holds a PhD in Catalysis and a MSc in Chemistry. Prior to joining ZCC, Max worked at Extantia Capital, sourcing investments and leading deep dives on battery recycling and direct lithium extraction. He also gained operational experience at Heraeus Precious Metals, leading projects related to the valorisation of CO2 and the hydrogen economy.

Zero Carbon Capital Ltd work with Sapphire Capital Partners LLP to deliver the Zero Carbon Funds.

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Boyd Carson 

Partner
Sapphire Capital Partners LLP

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Johnathan Graham

Senior Fund Manager
Sapphire Capital Partners LLP

Risk to Capital

 

Investing in start-ups and early-stage companies involves risks, including illiquidity, lack of dividends, loss of investment and dilution. It should be done only as part of a diversified portfolio. There is no assurance that the investment objectives of any investment opportunity will be achieved or that the strategies and methods described herein will be successful. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and the value of an investment may go down as well as up.

 

The investments which we promote are targeted exclusively at investors who understand the risks of investing in early-stage businesses and can make their own investment decisions. Any pitches for investment are not offers to the public and investments can only be made through Sapphire Capital Partners LLP as the fund manager. Neither Zero Carbon Capital Limited, Sapphire Capital Partners LLP nor any of their members, directors or employees provide any financial, legal or tax advice in relation to the investments and investors are recommended to seek independent advice before committing or if they have any doubts as to the appropriateness or suitability of such an investment in relation to their specific circumstances.

 

Zero Carbon Capital Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales with registration number 12028532. Registered office: Station House, North Street, Havant, England, PO9 1QU.

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Zero Carbon Capital Limited (FRN: 916588) is an appointed representative of Sapphire Capital Partners LLP (FRN: 565716), who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Investments made in investee companies via alternative investment funds may be covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). For more details, please contact us or refer to their website: https://www.fscs.org.uk.

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