Simon Benney

Natural capital is the world’s stock of natural assets: rocks, ores & other minerals, soil, air, water and all living things. Bloomsbury Natural Capital (BNC) is a for-profit company which invests in commercial companies which also sequester carbon and boost biodiversity. Peter Hollands is Chairman, Martin Hollands Managing Director, Barbara Sotowicz Non-Executive Director, Special Advisors James Griffiths (Forestry) and Simon Benney (I.T. & data). Investments are made at Seed Capital and Series A stages. BNC will normally take 3%-5% of the companys equity in an initial investment, potentially raised to 10%-25% in subsequent funding rounds. Projects with pre-money values between £2.5M-£15M are the main targets. BNC owns 4% of the equity of Cascadia Seaweed of Canada. BNCs Martin Hollands is a Senior Advisor to their Board, on Ecosystem Services & Restorative Aquaculture. Cascadia farms seaweed; its Plant Health Division is now selling liquid seaweed extracts via ReFeed Canada; bio-stimulant sales will begin in 2024: sales of cattle feed supplements (reducing methane emissions) by its Animal Health Division will follow shortly after. BNC has 6% of the convertible loan notes of Xilva AG of Switzerland, which provides a digital platform for investing in regenerative forests. The "Xilva FOREST+ PORTFOLIO" service catalogues rigorously assesses high integrity forests. The "Xilva GRADE" service provides a forest evaluation methodology for investors, project developers and corporate buyers. Martin Hollands is BNCs Director on Xilvas Board. Elsewhere in the Group, BNCs parent company, Bloomsbury Minerals Economics, holds 22% of the equity in Skarn Associates, the global leader in measuring each mines energy sources & usage, greenhouse gas emissions, water use, flood & drought risk. BNCs sister company Bloomsbury Information Capital holds 4%+ of the equity in Minviro, which provides software & consultancy on environmental optimization in mining & metallurgy.

We provide finance and expertise for sustainable investment projects that contribute to EU policy objectives and make a strong impact on people’s lives in Europe and beyond. The EUs bank The EIB is the European Unions bank. We are the only bank owned by and representing the interests of the European Union Member States. We work closely with other EU institutions to implement EU policy. A major player As the largest multilateral borrower and lender by volume, we provide finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects which contribute to furthering EU policy objectives. More than 90% of our activity is focused on Europe but we also implement the financial aspects of the EUs external and development policies. Lending, blending and advising Lending: The vast majority of our financing is through loans, but we also offer guarantees, microfinance, equity investment, etc. Blending: Our support helps us unlock financing from other sources, particularly from the EU budget. This is blended together to form the full financing package. Advising: Lack of finance is often only one barrier to investment. We can help with administrative and project management capacity which facilitates investment implementation.

Bloomsbury Information Capital (BIC) is a recently established corporate investor in early-stage AI, information and data businesses. It works in close cooperation with other Group companies: Bloomsbury Natural Capital and Bloomsbury Minerals Economics, and with Associate company Metal Price Analytics. Peter Hollands is Chairman, Simon Benney is Managing Director and Barbara Sotowicz Non-Executive Director. Investments will normally be made at Seed Capital and Series A stages. BIC will generally take 3%-5% of shares in an initial investment, which might be raised to 10%-25% in subsequent funding rounds. Projects with pre-money values between £2.5M-£15M are the main targets. BIC will focus on AI, information and data businesses mainly in mining and metals, energy transition, decarbonisation, forestry and regenerative agriculture, but will also be involved in other sectors, as opportunities arise. BIC’s first two investments are minority shareholdings in Minviro, headquarted in the UK and offices in Australia and China and Mutinex, headquartered in Australia with an office in the US. Minviro provides software and consultancy that helps minimise the environmental footprint of mines and metallurgical facilities. Mutinex provides leading edge, AI based software to measure return on investment in marketing and propose actions to optimise returns from the marketing mix. Elsewhere in the Group, parent company Bloomsbury Minerals Economics is invested in Skarn Associates of the UK (research on mine-by-mine ESG), while sister company Bloomsbury Natural Capital has investments in Xilva of Switzerland (forestry FinTech) and Cascadia Seaweed of British Columbia (seaweed cultivation and processing to agricultural bio-stimulants and methane-reducing cattle feed). Associate company Metal Price Analytics is a software (SaaS) company in price modelling for metals and minerals.

Natural capital is the world’s stock of natural assets: rocks, ores & other minerals, soil, air, water and all living things. Bloomsbury Natural Capital (BNC) is a for-profit company which invests in commercial companies which also sequester carbon and boost biodiversity. Peter Hollands is Chairman, Martin Hollands Managing Director, Barbara Sotowicz Non-Executive Director, Special Advisors James Griffiths (Forestry) and Simon Benney (I.T. & data). Investments are made at Seed Capital and Series A stages. BNC will normally take 3%-5% of the companys equity in an initial investment, potentially raised to 10%-25% in subsequent funding rounds. Projects with pre-money values between £2.5M-£15M are the main targets. BNC owns 4% of the equity of Cascadia Seaweed of Canada. BNCs Martin Hollands is a Senior Advisor to their Board, on Ecosystem Services & Restorative Aquaculture. Cascadia farms seaweed; its Plant Health Division is now selling liquid seaweed extracts via ReFeed Canada; bio-stimulant sales will begin in 2024: sales of cattle feed supplements (reducing methane emissions) by its Animal Health Division will follow shortly after. BNC has 6% of the convertible loan notes of Xilva AG of Switzerland, which provides a digital platform for investing in regenerative forests. The "Xilva FOREST+ PORTFOLIO" service catalogues rigorously assesses high integrity forests. The "Xilva GRADE" service provides a forest evaluation methodology for investors, project developers and corporate buyers. Martin Hollands is BNCs Director on Xilvas Board. Elsewhere in the Group, BNCs parent company, Bloomsbury Minerals Economics, holds 22% of the equity in Skarn Associates, the global leader in measuring each mines energy sources & usage, greenhouse gas emissions, water use, flood & drought risk. BNCs sister company Bloomsbury Information Capital holds 4%+ of the equity in Minviro, which provides software & consultancy on environmental optimization in mining & metallurgy.

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