Wil Benton

Delivering sustainable tech-driven innovation for the public & private sectors

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2020𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Investor & Advisor
Jun 2020
AI Operating System for Venture
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2014
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Experience · 13 entries
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2025
Co-founder & Host
Aug 2025
Innovation Brief is the podcast where we have real conversations with leaders driving meaningful change across diverse sectors. Each episode, we bring you conversations with innovation leaders exploring the ideas, challenges, and breakthroughs that are defining our future.
2024
Limited Partner
Feb 2024
We are Carbon13, the venture builder for the climate emergency. We will select and support thousands of entrepreneurs to build ventures each with the potential to reduce or remove at least 10 million tonnes of CO2e per annum once at scale. We have invested in 93 innovative carbon emissions-mitigating startups since 2021, which have a current market value of £290 million, and are collectively working towards 500 million tonnes of emissions reduction by 2040. Our ventures are working across sectors such as agriculture, renewable energy, the built environment, food, and materials. Notable alumni include Kita, Biozeroc, Infyos, Nium, Bluemethane, Samudra Oceans, Cocoon Carbon, Tierra Foods, AED Energy, Preoptima and Kestrix. Whether youre a founder, investor or supporter of startups, learn more and join our community on carbonthirteen.com.
2020
Limited Partner
Jul 2020
Global pre-seed fund backed by 500 founders and operators.
Investor & Advisor
Jun 2020
AI Operating System for Venture
2019
Venture & Ecosystem Director
Aug 2019
To see the future of Aerospace, look forward | Formerly known as the ATI Boeing Accelerator
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