At what stage do you invest? We only invest post seed finance where companies have proof of concept and are already involved in prototype testing or early commercialisation of applications. We only invest in unquoted companies.  Back to top
|
Can I buy a fuel cell? Yes! Commercial sales for industrial buyers have already occurred. Commercialisation for end consumers for residential, and transportation applications face several challenges before fuel cells will be made available. Visit our section on Applications for a complete summary. Back to top |
Can I co-invest in Conduit Ventures Limited investee companies? We are happy to discuss these possibilities as long as all necessary regulatory and confidentiality procedures are observed before commencing such discussions. Back to top |
How do I get you to look at my company seriously?
Contact Us by phone or e-mail and describe your business in outline. If it meets our initial screening criteria we will then ask for more information and may wish to meet you. We will let you know a short time thereafter whether we wish to engage in a serious dialogue. Thereafter we expect to take between two and six months to decide whether to invest, the timing being dictated largely by the speed of data availability and approaches to negotiation. Back to top |
How do you ensure my intellectual property is protected? We are very alert to the concerns that investees may have in this regard. Conduit Ventures Limited has clear formal procedures for ensuring firewalls and confidentiality between its investors and investees and will acquaint all potential investees with the details of such procedures should they wish. Back to top |
How is Conduit Ventures Limited structured?
Conduit Ventures Limited is the manager to Conduit Ventures Fund (the "Fund") which is registered as an English Limited Partnership. Back to top |
How is Conduit Ventures Limited unique from other venture capital firms? Conduit Ventures Limited is the first fund based in Europe to focus exclusively on the different fuel cell and related hydrogen technologies. We are also unique in Europe in having four of the worlds' leading companies in fuel cells and hydrogen technologies and their potential applications as our capital providers - and when appropriate - co-investors. Back to top |
Is the Fund closed? No. We expect to attract further large industrial and /or financial corporations to invest alongside:
We have obtained regulatory approval from the FSA and we also invite wider participation from qualifying individuals and financial investors. Back to top |
What are you mainly looking for in an investment? We look at the technology, application, competitive position, market scalability, route to market and the quality of the management team. Back to top |
What do you invest in? We only invest in fuel cell and related hydrogen technologies. This includes all the different fuel cell technologies and every stage of the value chain from fuel delivery, reforming, purification and storage to materials and components for the fuel cell stack and related power conditioning systems to applications and system integration and manufacture. Back to top |
What size of investments do you make? This depends on the specific opportunity and the diversity of our investment portfolio at any particular time. We expect our investments to be no less than $1 million (Euros or US Dollars). We will also lead arrange larger fundings where appropriate and build a large syndicate of like-minded investors. Back to top |
Where do you invest?
We expect to make most of our investments in Europe, Canada and the United States of America. We will make investments elsewhere when exceptional opportunities arise and when we have a local investor as co-investor who can monitor our interests. Back to top |
Why do investors provide capital to Conduit Ventures Limited? Our investors have a variety of motives including:
- to obtain significant financial returns from investing in the emerging hydrogen economy
- to derive future prospects for joint venturing or partnerships
- to observe developments in the emerging hydrogen economy that might affect their wider business interests, and broaden their technology footprint.
Back to top |
Why use a fuel cell? Fuel cells have a number of advantages over other power generation technologies. They have the potential to use less fuel, to have greater efficiencies and to be more economic than competing technologies. Visit our section on Fuel Cell Types for a complete summary. Back to top |
