“Angel investing is not just for multi-millionaires”
This episode of Profit Meets Purpose features Emma Mee, Head of Membership and Marketing at Green Angel Ventures, the UK’s largest angel syndicate focused exclusively on climate tech. With a background that spans corporate sustainability, venture building, and climate innovation, Emma brings a grounded yet urgent perspective on what it means to fund and scale technologies that will define the future.
We explore how Green Angel Ventures leverages its syndicate model to combine capital with deep sector expertise, allowing over 300 members with money but with critical due diligence and advisory input.
Emma speaks frankly about the exit bottleneck that is constraining capital recycling and slowing the growth of promising companies.
Another core theme is the cultural mismatch between startups and corporates. Emma argues that while collaboration is essential for scale, the two sides often struggle to work effectively due to fundamentally different operating speeds, expectations, and incentives.
We also discuss diversity in investment. While women make up only 14 percent of UK angel investors, Green Angel Ventures has a higher proportion at 24 percent, though Emma is clear that more work is needed. She unpacks why women often approach investment differently, what barriers remain, and why increasing female participation is not just about equity but about the long-term resilience and reach of the portfolio.
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