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    Counteract

    London, United KingdomFounded 2020

    Counteract is a London-based venture capital firm solely committed to investing in early-stage carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, including both nature-based and engineered solutions. Its inaugural fund, Counteract One, targets £35 million (~$42 million) and aims to catalyse 5Gt of CO2e removal by 2050.

    35% of their portfolio is in Climate & Energy. Average disclosed round size is $89.7M (across 12 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    19

    Fund Size

    $41.9M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Andrew Shebbeare

    Andrew Shebbeare

    Partner

    Andy Bonsall

    Andy Bonsall

    Partner

    Matt Isaacs

    Matt Isaacs

    Partner

    Richard Barker

    Richard Barker

    Partner

    Sahaj Kumar

    Sahaj Kumar

    Investment Manager

    Jenny Record

    Jenny Record

    Fund Operations Manager

    Jo Brass

    Jo Brass

    General Counsel

    Poppy Russell

    Poppy Russell

    Research Manager

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    20 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Chloris Geospatial logoChloris GeospatialSeries A$8.5MJul 2025
    CChlorisSeries A$8.5MJul 2025
    Chloris Geospatial logoChloris GeospatialSeries A$8.5MJul 2025
    CCarbon CellPre-Seed—May 2025
    Adaptavate Limited logoAdaptavate LimitedSeries A—Apr 2025
    CREW Carbon logoCREW CarbonSeed$5.3MOct 2024
    Phlair logoPhlairSeed—Sep 2024
    Parallel Carbon logoParallel CarbonSeed$3.6MJan 2024
    ecoLocked logoecoLockedSeed—Jan 2024
    CCquestr8Seed$300KApr 2021
    VVaterisUnknown$10M—
    Adaptavate Limited logoAdaptavate LimitedUnknown——
    IInter EarthUnknown$1B—
    MMafixPre-Seed$5.4M—
    BBxUnknown——
    FFuguUnknown$1M—
    IInterEarthUnknown$500K—
    Carbon Removal logoCarbon RemovalSeries A$25M—
    Phlair logoPhlairSeed——
    Seqana logoSeqanaSeed——

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026