Low Carbon Innovation Fund

LCIF3 is now open for enquiries!

LCIF3 is the next chapter of a 16-year co-investment fund worth over £100m aimed at SMEs operating in the East of England developing environmentally beneficial technologies, products or services.

Having backed 81 companies across its first two rounds, the portfolio spans energy and infrastructure, transport and mobility, resource efficiency, agriculture and biodiversity, and sustainable health.

Led by UEA’s Innovation Funding team and managed by Turquoise International, it continues the same co-investment model, backing early to growth stage companies with measurable greenhouse gas reductions.

Turquoise International has an 18-year track record in investment management and corporate finance transactions in Energy, Environment and Efficiency.

If you would like to make an enquiry to LCIF3, please submit the form here.

If you would like to find out more about the LCIF portfolio of companies, please visit here.

• Over £30 Million of ERDF funds raised and invested through Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF 1 & 2)
• An additional £100 million of private finance leveraged into East of England climate-tech companies
• Extensive low-carbon support programmes for new businesses
• 82 companies receiving investment
• Over 100 new products, technologies and services brought to market
• Over 10,000 tons of carbon emissions saved per year
• 250 founders trained in capital-raising skills, knowledge and contacts with over 1,000 investors engaged
• Active and engaged communities of investors and innovators brought together in industrial, clean-tech and creative sectors
• Environmental and ESG Impact Measurement for all investments
• A successful model of productive collaboration between innovators, universities, local government and financiers
• For more information contact the team at LCIF@uea.ac.uk.