The SWAN Impact Network is pleased to announce a recent follow-on investment in Vartega.
The company’s goal is to increase the amount of carbon fiber that is recycled. Vartega makes recycled carbon fiber more affordable and accessible for manufacturers to use via its patented recycling process and helps to divert waste from landfills.
SWAN previously invested in Vartega in 2021.
The SWAN Impact Network is pleased to announce a recent follow-on investment in Elevation (Curb).
The company’s goal is to make homes more energy efficient and reduce greenhouse gases. Elevation (which purchased SWAN portfolio company Curb Energy) offers a unique combination of solar, energy efficiency, and energy monitoring technology to provide homeowners with the most complete solution for smarter home energy with lower carbon usage.
SWAN previously invested in Elevation (Curb) in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
The SWAN Impact Network is pleased to announce a recent follow-on investment in ClearFlame Engine Technologies, part of a larger raise of $30M in Series B funding for the company.
The latest investments were led by Mercuria Energy Group, one of the world’s largest privately held energy and commodities companies, with Mercuria and Breakthrough Energy Ventures both making second investments. New investors, including mining corporation Rio Tinto, and WIND Ventures, the strategic venture arm of Copec, one of Latin America’s leading mobility and energy companies, see ClearFlame as part of a holistic suite of strategies to advance environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals.
ClearFlame Engine Technologies significantly reduces GHG emissions for long-haul trucking, agriculture, power generation, and other sectors by transforming heavy-duty engines to run more cost-effectively and cleaner on 100% renewable, plant-based fuels.
SWAN previously invested in ClearFlame Engine Technologies in 2020 and 2021.
The SWAN Impact Network is pleased to announce an investment in Eisana.
Eisana prevents the nerve damage caused by chemotherapy by cooling hands and feet via an innovative, effective, patient-friendly device which improves quality of life for patients post cancer treatment.
SWAN is pleased to announce that Goodwin Procter LLP has joined SWAN as our newest sponsor.
Goodwin’s nearly 2,000 lawyers focus on building authentic, long-term relationships with clients, who are some of the world’s most successful and innovative investors, entrepreneurs, and disruptors at the convergence of and within the life sciences, private equity, real estate, technology, and financial industries. Their immersive understanding of their clients’ industries – combined with their expertise across high-stakes litigation and dispute resolution, world-class regulatory compliance and advisory services, and complex transactions – sets them apart. Goodwin Law has offices in various cities in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Despite the economic uncertainties experienced by our angel investors in 2022, they
stepped up and invested in eleven social or environmental impact companies. SWAN angels are committed to making the world a better place.
SWAN’s investments enable creative entrepreneurs to
address important United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The SWAN Impact Network’s portfolio significantly increased in value in 2022.
And SWAN established a Philanthropic Fund that allows charitable
donations to be invested in companies that have been funded by SWAN angels.
In 2022, SWAN added to its broad alliance of impact and syndication partners.
The SWAN Impact Network is pleased to announce an investment in Pure Blue Tech.
Pure Blue Tech’s membrane technology reduces membrane fouling which enables efficient water generation and lowers the cost to filter and purify water, wastewater, seawater and other liquids via its self-cleaning membrane elements.
The SWAN Impact Network is pleased to announce an investment in Pecos Wind Power.
Pecos designs and builds low-wind-optimized, community-scale wind turbines which enables more customers to access renewable electricity.
The SWAN Impact Network is pleased to announce an investment in Nano PharmaSolutions.
Nano PharmaSolutions helps pharma companies to rapidly advance to the first-in-human clinical stage by making new drugs more soluble and human bio-available.
The SWAN Impact Network is pleased to announce an investment in Imperium Technologies.
Imperium improves the efficiency of steam transmission through pipes and reduces unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions with its real-time monitoring capabilities and reliable steam trap design.