Matt Portman

Investor | Biodiversity | Natural Capital

📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2024
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Oct 2024
ERS certifies ecosystem restoration projects on the carbon markets. Our standard is designed to empower efforts that combat climate change, uplift biodiversity, and improve livelihoods.
Investor
Jul 2024
Ponterra restores nature by developing and operating the world’s highest quality carbon projects in partnership with local farmers.
Investor
2021
We are not solving climate change fast enough. People, as individuals, can only donate so much. That is why we want to build an app that puts 80% of profits directly to responsible reforestation. With Ecosia and our tree-planting partners, we will build an ecosystem of responsible alternatives to everyday services like banking and internet search. All to help solve the world’s biggest problem: climate change. Were live in the US!
Board Member
Oct 2020
Our long-term mission is to financially and strategically support the Javari Valley and its primary guardians in coalition with local and indigenous communities, as well as regional and international organisations, across three interconnected pillars: Indigenous health, biodiversity conservation, and alternative livelihoods.
Investor
2020
Earthbanc delivers accurate and precise agroforestry projects globally, that produce climate and biodiversity co-benefits. Every project we develop supports sustainable livelihoods and income generation, because we see farmers and landowners as true partners. Our innovative and award winning MRV technology has been featured in Forbes, TIME and won the Top Innovator Award in the Trillion Trees Challenge. Earthbanc has a partnership with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCCD) to scale up finance for land restoration and carbon removal with NGOs, Governments, Financial Institutions, Farmers and First Nations. Join Earthbanc in regenerating the planet and supporting communities, to create a better tomorrow.
Investor
2020
Coral Vita grows resilient corals in months instead of decades to restore our worlds dying reefs. Coral reefs support up to one billion people, sustain 25% of marine life, and generate an estimated $2.7 trillion annually through tourism, fisheries, and coastal protection, but they are dying rapidly. 50% of our worlds reefs have died over the past several decades, and we are projected to lose 90% of reefs by 2050. Fortunately, coral farming has been proven to work as a viable tool to revitalize reef health. Our ultimate vision is to create a global network of land-based farms that use coral farming to produce massive quantities of coral fragments. We sell the service of restoration to clients that depend on reefs​ benefits, such as hotels, cruise lines, governments, reinsurance companies, and coastal property owners. By using these farms to grow corals up to 50x natural rates while enhancing their resiliency to climate change, we can improve the impact, scale and cost-effectiveness of reef restoration and help preserve coral reefs for future generations. We also develop and license tech to other restoration practitioners to improve data analysis, effectiveness, and impact.
Investor
2020
Here at Harvest farms, we grow to order. Our hydroponic controlled environment growing techniques allow us to grow a wide variety of produce year-round. We work directly with our customers to produce herbs and vegetables that are hard to source locally in the UK. Our produce is unbeatable for freshness and reliability, unaffected by weather, price variation or disruptions to trade or transport. We aim to eliminate waste at every point in our supply chain.
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2019
Environmental management, reimagined. At Dendra, we transform how you monitor, protect, and restore large-scale ecosystems. With ultra-high-resolution maps and AI-powered insights, the Dendra Platform drives targeted, data-backed interventions every step of the way. Headquartered in Oxford, UK, and with global operations, we deliver unique ecosystem insights to asset owners, operators, and engineers across Mining, Oil & Gas, and Infrastructure sectors. Our platform supports operational efficiency, decarbonization, and reinforces the ‘license to operate.’ We are the platform of choice for environmental restoration and management, driving effective outcomes across terrestrial, aquatic, and built environments. Learn more at www.dendra.io.
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2026
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May 2026
We exist to mobilize capital towards regenerative agroforestry projects that restore land and empower communities. Beyond projects, we invest in a future where financial returns, community resilience, and ecological restoration go hand in hand.
2025
Co-Founder
Jun 2025
Purpose is a functional, non-alcoholic drink that supports Indigenous Forest Guardians protecting the Amazon via our partnership with Treesistance. Think: A mood-boosting blend of Amazonian superfruits fuelled with purpose… with every sip supporting the protection of the planet. We’re looking to partner with forward-thinking Horeca and brands that want to offer their community something refreshing in taste, impact and with purpose.
2024
Investor
Oct 2024
ERS certifies ecosystem restoration projects on the carbon markets. Our standard is designed to empower efforts that combat climate change, uplift biodiversity, and improve livelihoods.
Investor
Jul 2024
Ponterra restores nature by developing and operating the world’s highest quality carbon projects in partnership with local farmers.
2023
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