About us
Climate Investment was founded by members of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), who also invest in our funds and help scale our portfolio innovations through early commercial deployment.
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Who we are
Operational since 2017, CI invests in the technologies underpinning the next generation of global infrastructure—technologies we believe must be climate-based. We focus on underinvested, high-emission sectors with untapped potential for impact and returns. Backed by a team with 500+ years of experience, we combine venture and growth capital with deep market insight and strong industry partnerships to scale innovation and accelerate the climate transition.
Quantifying impact
We invest for value and for impact. Metrics for value creation are well established, but when we started our work there was little guidance on how to operationalize GHG impact metrics into an investment platform.
We have developed and operationalized a GHG impact measurement methodology for our firm and funds and have used the methodology to set targets and measure impact delivery. We share our methodology with our portfolio companies and help them operationalize their impact reporting.
Planned (future) emissions reduction is key to directing our investment. We co-founded and are aligned with a collaborative initiative, Project Frame, a platform seeking to introduce a common framework for assessing the future GHG impact of investments. Project Frame1 works with 900 individuals, from 360 organizations, representing ~ $700 billion in venture capital/private equity AUM.
The methodology quantifies past (“realized”) and future (“planned”) impact of our investments on GHG emissions, measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
1 Project Frame is a third-party, collaborative platform seeking to introduce a common framework for assessing the future GHG impact of investments. Visit www.projectframe.how to find out more.
Driving innovation & market adoption
We invest across two strategies: venture and growth looking for solutions for Energy systems, Buildings, Transport and Industry. Every investment is scrutinized for its ability to generate value and impact at scale. We actively support our portfolio companies, focusing on accelerating market adoption through deployment to demonstrate and prove their innovations, enabling those deployments to develop into commercial contracts. We also provide growth capital to companies at a later stage of development where we can support them through pivotal stages to scale market adoption and impact.
Our team of technical and commercialization experts is dedicated to driving the growth of our portfolio, leveraging its extensive cross-industry network to deploy our companies’ solutions, facilitate opportunities for commercial contracts and provide strategic business development support.
Our team
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Alain Harrus
Operating Partner
Alain is an Operating Partner in the Investment Team, where he supports CI’s portfolio companies in achieving their impact mission by enabling significant carbon reduction. Prior to joining CI in 2023, Alain was Chairman and CEO of Kateeva, a venture-backed, global supplier of inkjet equipment to the OLED display industry. Alain held investment roles for the past two decades at Compass Venture Partner, Crosslink Capital, and Impact Science Ventures, where he focused on materials-enabled technologies for energy, energy efficiency and industrial investing. Prior to his venture capital career, Alain spent 15 years in the Global Semiconductor Industry, initially at AT&T Bell Laboratories and then at Novellus Systems as its CTO. Alain holds a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics, has authored and co-authored more than 30 technical papers, and is a co-inventor on six patents. Alain is based in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley.
Alix Francis
Events Manager
Alix Francis is Events Manager, where she leads the planning and delivery of all Climate Investment hosted and sponsored events. She additionally helps coordinate CI’s external speaking engagement at premier global industry conferences. Joining Climate Investment in 2022, Alix brings over 25 years of international events management experience. She has worked across a number of different sectors, including financial services and IT/Telecoms and for a wide range of organizations, from start-ups through to global organizations. Alix has a strong understanding of corporate and global environments and takes a collaborative approach to delivering high-quality, successful events. Alix is based in London.
Armen Abazajian
Principal, Technology
Brian Redick
Senior Associate, Commercialization
Brian Redick is an Senior Associate in Climate Investment’s Commercialization group, part of the Investment Team, where he partners with portfolio companies to accelerate the adoption of new technologies and drive accelerated growth. Prior to joining Climate Investment in 2021, Brian was a field-based petroleum engineer responsible for multiple US onshore assets at Grizzly Energy. Brian holds an MS in Petroleum Engineering (Texas A&M) and a BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Johns Hopkins University). Brian is based in Houston.
Cammie Thompson
Executive Assistant
Cammie Thompson is Executive Assistant to the Climate Investment US Leadership Team. She has 20+ years’ experience working as an Executive and Personal Assistant supporting industry leaders within the technology, legal, and medical fields. Cammie joined CI in 2023 and is based in Houston.
Chris Walshe
Financial Controller
In his position as Planning and Performance Controller, Chris is responsible for all planning, budgeting and forecasting at Climate Investment, as well as ongoing performance reporting to the senior leadership team and key external stakeholders. Prior to joining Climate Investment, Chris worked as the Head of Finance for a private upstream energy company with full life cycle assets in West Africa and spent two years with a boutique corporate finance firm in Dublin, specialising in sell-side transactions and private capital raisings. Chris qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG Dublin and has completed level one of the CFA charter exams. Chris joined Climate Investment in October 2020 and is based in London.
Cindi Bough
Managing Director, Investments
Cindi Bough is a Managing Director in the Investment Team and leads the London-based Investment team. Cindi drives deal origination, evaluation, execution and portfolio support of venture capital stage companies. Cindi has board representation at CI portfolio companies: Gradient Comfort, Metron, Urbint and Zum. With over two decades of experience in clean tech, prior to joining Climate Investment in 2023, Cindi worked at TotalEnergies Ventures, the venture capital arm of TotalEnergies, where she led the Ventures team in San Francisco from 2021 and led the European Ventures team in Paris for the previous four years. Before joining TotalEnergies, Cindi was a Senior Director at SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) for a decade, was a founder and CEO of a vehicle electrification startup, and an investment banker at JPMorgan and Stephens. Cindi is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, University of Queensland and Rice University. Cindi is based in London.
Daniel Palmer
Managing Director, Commercialization
Daniel Palmer is a Managing Director in Climate Investment’s Commercialization group, where he focuses on the firm’s Energy portfolio companies. His role is to accelerate adoption of new technologies and drive accelerated growth through market deployment. Daniel joined Climate Investment in 2019 and is a Board member of Qnergy, and board observer at Andium, Kairos Aerospace and SensorUp. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Cambridge and has over 30 years of experience in the energy industry working in oil and gas, and renewables. Daniel is based in California.
Culture and careers
We work as one global team—driven by optimism, integrity, and urgency to accelerate GHG reduction. We believe that solving the climate challenge requires inclusive collaboration, and we actively welcome diverse perspectives, experiences, and cultures. This openness strengthens our thinking, deepens our impact, and helps us move faster toward a low-carbon future.
Watch: Celebrating Diversity, Inclusion and Pride at Climate Investment and OGCI.
Industry affiliations & recognition
We are proud that CI and our portfolio companies are recognized in a number of industry awards and rankings. Most recently, these include the Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list, Time Magazine’s Greentech Companies list (US and Global), Global Cleantech 100, Real Deal’s Future 40 Climate Change Champion, Corporate & Financial Awards 2023 – Silver Award (Best website – Unlisted), 2023 ESG Investment Leader Awards – ESG Operations and Reporting Leader, and The BuiltWorlds 2023 Venture Investors 50.
CI is a member of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and IETA. We follow EDCI guidance on ESG data and reporting, and co-founded Project Frame to advance climate impact standards. We also maintain strong ties with key industry associations across our investment sectors.
At Cleantech Group, provides research, consulting and events to catalyze opportunities for sustainable growth powered by innovation.
The BuiltWorlds 2023 Venture Investors 50 is a list of the most active venture capital firms and strategic corporate funds investing in the built world today.
Climate50 compiles an annual ranking of leading Climate Tech investors. The annual compilation aims to recognize the most impactful global climate investors.
These awards are managed by Communicate Magazine. CI’s new website, launched in July 2023, was entered into the Best corporate website – Unlisted category by its website development agency, Copia Digital.
The EDCI is a global partnership of private markets stakeholders committed to streamlining the industry’s historically fragmented approach to collecting and reporting ESG data. CI follows EDCI guidance on ESG data and...
The ESG Investment Leader Awards are designed for 200+ top asset managers, insurance teams, and pension funds, to recognize their excellence in ESG investing, operations, risk, and reporting.
Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies' list highlights organizations that are making significant impacts across various industries and transforming the world through their innovations.
GCV provides the global corporate venture capital community and their ecosystem partners with the information, insights and access needed to drive impactful open innovation.
CI is a member of IETA. IETA is an association of more than 300 members who have an active stake in the international carbon markets to deliver net zero emissions.
The PRI is the world’s leading, and independent, proponent of responsible investment. It works to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
An open platform aimed at building frameworks and fostering a collaborative community to assess the future greenhouse gas impact of supported innovations for climate investors.
This inaugural list showcases companies and investment funds that prioritize sustainability and climate-related opportunities in their strategies, driving positive change across industries for a more sustainable future.
The TIME and Statista GreenTech List 2025 highlights the top-performing GreenTech companies globally and in the United States, recognizing their contributions to sustainability and environmental innovation.
The Women of Influence in Private Markets is compiled by Private Equity International Group (PEI) and recognizes trailblazing women in alternative assets.
Venture Capital Journal (VCJ) 40 Rising Stars under 40 list celebrates some of the brightest talents in venture capital.
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