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Transition Global

London, United Kingdom · Invests in UK; Europe; US · Website

Thesis

Transition Global backs founders solving the climate crisis through fundamental transitions in how humanity produces energy, manages resources, and builds infrastructure. Using the Stockholm Resilience Centre's Planetary Boundaries Framework, they invest only in companies that can materially improve at least one planetary boundary without harming others. They combine David Helgason's technology scale-up experience with climate sector expertise to provide both capital and operational support.

Likely not a fit for

Pure carbon credits/offsets without direct impact, greenwashing, consumer-facing products without systemic impact, duplicative solutions where market leaders exist

How they invest

Lead or follow
Leads or follows
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Not required
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

2 contacts on file

DH

David Helgason

General PartnerCo-founder & General Partner · Primary contact

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Ari Helgason

General PartnerFounder

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Transition Global Research Document Investment Thesis Transition Global is a climate-focused venture capital firm founded with the mission to accelerate humanity's inevitable transition to a sustainable future. Led by David Helgason, Unity Technologies co-founder, the firm brings large-scale technology and infrastructure expertise to climate entrepreneurship. Their core belief is that the largest

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