Cranfield University Partnership
Green Future Investments Ltd have partnered with Cranfield University to help drive climate positive innovation
At Green Future Investments Ltd (GFIL), we invest in climate innovative solutions, tackling the climate crisis requires radical innovation and we serve as enablers to help innovations with solutions fund their ideas and bring them to fruition. Through our partnership with Cranfield University, we fund pioneering researchers, start-ups, and entrepreneurs developing solutions that accelerate the transition to net zero.
Interventions across the GFIL Funds
SMEs supported
Brian Meredith Net Zero Scholarships
SMEs progressed through Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs)
Our Impact
Stories of Change
Atmosfuture (REVFRACC)
Developed breakthrough carbon capture system, now raising £5m seed funding for pilots.
Sealeo Ltd
Created biodegradable cooling packaging for medicines, advancing trials for global health logistics.
ClimaFibre
Turning sunflower waste into textiles, now preparing fabric trials with manufacturers.
Bluemethane
Deployed first production-scale methane capture unit, moving from pilots to commercial operations.
Fiiba
Transforming banana waste into sustainable luxury textiles.
Our Funds
Brian Meredith Net Zero Scholarship Fund
The Brian Meredith Net Zero Scholarship fund provides a unique opportunity for students with a passion for the global net zero goal and are studying one of the eligible MScs (full list available at www.cranfield.ac.uk) to begin a career in sustainability. These £20,000 prestigious scholarships will be awarded to 10 students based on their academic excellence, financial needs, and their future potential to make a difference.
Future Frontiers Fund
Early-stage innovation fund supporting feasibility studies and proof-of-concept projects
projects funded to date
continued development beyond funding
Wild ideas are welcome here. Seeking to support truly innovative and 'might work' concepts from the lowest Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), the Future Frontiers Fund seeks to help innovators from inside and outside of the Cranfield Community, providing the opportunity for early-stage ideas to be validated or proven unworkable. Through investment from Green Future Investments Ltd, Cranfield University can offer access to technical expertise, labs to work/build/test ideas and their vast experience in managing the R&D process.
Technology Accelerator Fund
Supports innovators in advancing technologies closer to market readiness
projects supported so far
advanced by 1–2 TRL levels
secured further funding or partnerships
Moving more established ideas forward, taking them from benchtop idea to prototype product or scale-up. Proving (or not) an idea can work at scale, not all ideas will succeed, but this fund seeks to find those that can and move them quickly benefitting from technical and commercial expertise, labs and spaces to work/build/test, drawing on additional skills within wider academic teams and experience in research and development
Entrepreneurship Fund
Seed investment in green start-ups with scalable commercial potential
businesses funded
Portfolio includes renewable energy, AI-driven circularity, alternative proteins, and sustainable construction
The Green Future Entrepreneurship Fund has been created with 3 components;
- A seed fund designed to support the next generation of businesses with a focus on green related ideas providing unique educational opportunities to students by partnering them with businesses to support their development
- A ready for next zero growth program that supports SMEs with a turnover of less than £5m, whose core purpose is around green products and services to develop a strong growth plan for the next 1-3 years combined with a carbon plan and a pledge to achieve Net Zero
- Student entrepreneurship prizes, encouraging students to work on SDG related business ideas, with these ideas pitched to a panel; planting the seed to become future environmental ambassadors
Educating our way to a greener world
At Green Future Investments we have a desire to help deliver a climate positive future. Partnering with all types of education institutions from schools to universities, we recognise the importance and opportunity to support climate positive activists and innovators. If you have climate positive initiatives that need support and would like to partner with us, please contact us today.