Meet the Team
Our Partners are all seasoned operators, with decades of experience growing and financing climate technologies. Our Venture Partners support the team with deep sector-specific expertise in our areas of interest.
Partner
Manshu Agarwal
The Founding Partner of Colbridge Ventures, Manshu has over 20 years of experience in technology commercialization. He was formerly BD Director at Synthetic Genomics, the bioenergy firm founded by genomics pioneer Craig Venter, where he helped scale algae and microbial electrolysis cell technologies. His climatetech expertise encompasses waste-to-energy, industrial decarbonisation, marine tech, and CCUS. He has raised over $550m in project and venture finance across US, Europe, and Asia. He is a Columbia MBA and Cambridge chemical engineer. He is based in London.
Partner
Angela McKane
Angela has 20 years’ experience driving technology innovation, particularly around sustainability across the energy sector. She was recently at bp, where she led the technology scouting team as VP Technology Insights, identifying technology investment opportunities. Earlier in her career, she was at Transport for London and led a research team at the University of Glasgow, her alma mater. Her interests include mobility, renewable energy, and MRV. Angela speaks regularly at leading innovation conferences and writes a column for Oilwoman Magazine. She is based in Belfast.
Partner
Gustav Holst Stuge
Gustav is a Norwegian entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in commercializing climate technologies. He was the co-Founder of Franck Energy, a renewable energy aggregator, which was acquired by Smart Renewable Heat. More recently, he has focused on ag tech, CCUS, vertical farming, carbon credit MRV, and renewable energy sectors. He has an MBA from London Business School, and has experience working across Europe, North America, South Africa and Mexico. He is a former competitive skier, reaching 3rd place in the Swiss Nationals, and now lives in London and Amsterdam.
Operating Partner
Nishul Saperia
Nishul is an entrepreneur with over 20 years experience with startups. He was a Founding Member of IHS Markit, which sold to S&P for $43bn. He led its product and geographic expansion over nearly a decade. More recently, he has focused on carbon removal, carbon markets, and industrial / materials decarbonisation. He is an EIR at Carbon13, the climatetech venture builder, where he advises multiple startups on product and commercial strategy. He holds an MEng from Imperial College and is based in London.
Principal
Erin Livesey-Becks
Erin's career has been at the interface of research and industry, focusing on sustainable food production. She trained as a consultant and data scientist at Applied Predictive Technologies, before leading digital product development and corporate strategy at Gotham Greens, a leading agri-tech. More recently, she worked in project financing and development in vertical farming and supported fundraising and growth for deep tech startups and scaleups. She holds a BA with Honors from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Based in London.
Venture Partner
Richard Gueterbock
Richard has spent over 30 years in the agri-food sector. He led sales for bio-energy firm Clearfleau, growing it through to its sale to Skion. He was also a government adviser and Trustee of the Royal Agricultural Society, helping write its 'Farm of the Future' report. Based in southern England.
Venture Partner
Bruno Van Gompel
Bruno has 30 years of experience in the Food & Beverage and Chemicals sectors. He was VP of Technical, Innovation and Supply Chain for Coke W Europe and led Sustainable Packaging. He was on the Boards for the European Fruit Juice Assoc and Plastic Bottle Platform. He speaks regularly on innovation, sustainability, and circularity. Based in Belgium.
Venture Partner
Marek Nowosielski