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OnePlanetCapital wins Team of the Year at Growth Investor Awards

OnePlanetCapital wins Team of the Year at Growth Investor Awards. The OnePlanetCapital team behind their flagship Climate Change EIS Fund took the Team of the Year awards last Thursday amongst stiff competition from the likes of Albion Capital, Blackfinch, Gresham House Ventures and Praetura Investments.

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OnePlanetCapital leads £1.7m round into MDFRecovery

The OnePlanetCapital Climate Change EIS fund has led a £1.7m round into the groundbreaking technology company MDFRecovery. MDF Recovery has a patented solution for the only effective industrialised process to recycle Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) at scale.

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Climate Tech update: acquisitions in the space are on the up with London as the epicentre of deal making

Climate Tech Investing covers an array of technology solutions designed to address climate change and its environmental effects. This can be done by reducing greenhouse gas emissions (mainly C02 and methane) or adapting our systems to environmental changes. Climate Tech covers a broad range of industries whether renewable energy supply, utilities infrastructure, transport, recycling innovation through to B2C businesses and circular economy.

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Why climate change investing is such an interesting growth space over the next decade

The One Planet Capital flagship fund is an EIS fund that focuses on early-stage companies combating climate change. One of the key challenges in educating investors about the climate change EIS fund is to explain how the impact-driven nature of the fund combines with the strong investment returns which are possible from the sustainability space we invest in.

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Is EIS worth the extra admin?

Some investors we speak to often regard Venture Capital Trusts, or VCT’s, as the go-to choice for tax planning and accessing venture capital investment. But, is this a fair assessment, and what do the other options look like? We explore using VCT’s vs EIS funds when looking to invest and why often the extra admin may not be worth it.

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Climate tech: 4 big reasons to consider investing in it

There’s a real buzz around climate tech in the market today as it’s very different to other more traditional investment sectors. Unlike other sectors that are more unpredictable or more volatile, the climate tech sector is vast and offers loads of diversity

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The rise and rise of second-hand fashion

There has always been a market for second-hand clothes, whether the hand-me-downs of old, the charity shops on every high street in the country or the selective vintage shops of larger towns. However, recent years have seen a paradigm shift in secondhand apparel as retailers have moved online and developed a meta-trend of sorts.

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OnePlanetCapital invests into bio-plastics business, Kelpi

OnePlanetCapital is excited to announce that it has recently invested into Kelpi, a company that is replacing single-use plastics with premium performance bioplastics that harness the novel properties and environmental benefits of seaweed.

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