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Nick Goddard

UK Venture Partner at Factor[e] Ventures

Dorking, England

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • UK Venture Partner

    2018

    Factor[e] Ventures is an early stage impact investor focusing on companies developing technologies which will enable UN Sustainable Development Goals to be met in the areas of energy access, agri-tech, sanitation and affordable transport

  • Advisory Board Member

    2012

    Have worked with the company since its formation and now sit on the Advisory Board

  • Consultant

    2011

    Thought Canal Ltd is a company through which I offer individual consultancy services to clients. I retain links to the City through serving on the 'Kitchen Cabinet' (effectively, steering committee) for the Long Finance Initiative

  • Finance Director

    2013 - 2019

    Spinetic Energy Limited was set up to commercialise a novel wind energy capture system which will combine the deployability of solar panels with a competitive cost of energy.

2015 - 2016

  • Director

    2015 - 2016

    Appointed on a temporary basis to represent the interests of IP Group plc

  • Board Advisor

    2011 - 2013

    Day One was set up to source and finance energy efficiency building retrofit projects, mainly in the public sector. I worked with the founders to help them establish and fund the company

  • Consultant

    2011 - 2013

    Technology Greenhouse represents a group of independent consultants working in the renewable energy and cleantech sector. I was one of the founding partners

2007 - 2011

  • Consultant

    2007 - 2011

    Techno-economic consultancy and project management mainly related to a carbon reduction agenda. Completed several large projects for the Carbon Trust

  • Director

    2007 - 2009

    Part time CFO of Heliswirl, a VC-backed spin out from Imperial College exploiting a novel design of pipe aimed at the petrochemical and upstream oil and gas industries

2005 - 2009

  • Head of Financial Markets Group

    2005 - 2009

    Carried out technical and commercial due diligence on around a dozen potential private equity investments in Europe and the Middle East. This service was offered on a part-time basis through Pira International (part of BASF).