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Global HQ
London, United Kingdom
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Australia
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • Switzerland
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
Industries
  • Climate Tech
  • Industrial Tech
  • Carbon Capture
  • Circular Economy
  • Recycling
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy
  • Green Materials
  • Deep Tech
  • Mobility
About
AP Ventures is a London-based specialist venture capital firm that began as Anglo American Platinum's platinum group metals investment programme and became independent in 2018 with $200M from Anglo American Platinum and South Africa's Public Investment Corporation. Best known for early hydrogen bets such as Plug Power, Amogy and ZeroAvia, it closed its $316M Fund II in 2021. On 28 October 2026 it announced the final close of AP Ventures Fund III at $300M, about 5% below Fund II, from sovereign wealth funds, corporates, pension funds and family offices. Fund III has already backed 13 companies since its 2024 initial close, including Aether Fuels, Rubi Laboratories, CREW Carbon and Reclinker, focusing on industrial productivity, supply security and resilient energy systems.
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Investment Thesis

AP Ventures is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in London, with offices in Johannesburg and San Francisco, investing globally in early-stage technologies reshaping the industrial economy, including advanced materials, industrial processes, and energy systems. Since 2013, the AP Ventures team has invested in companies across the most complex industrial, materials, and energy segments, bringing experience and expertise from chemistry, materials science, engineering, and finance. AP Ventures initially invests at Seed and Series A stages and works closely with founders to help them navigate technical and commercial milestones and connect them with a global network of financial and industrial partners. The firm connects its Limited Partners and portfolio to a specialised network including the collective expertise of its team, investors, and its broader industrial community.
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Manager's Experience

Andrew Hinkly has more than 30 years in automotive, mining and venture capital, including senior roles at Ford where he sat on the North American Executive Committee and a decade at Anglo American including the Anglo American Platinum Executive Committee; he sits on boards including Amogy, Hazer, Fabrum and Rosy Soil. Kevin Eggers, a Chartered Accountant by training, spent 10 years at Anglo American in senior commercial and corporate finance roles and led its new ventures work from 2014 before co-founding AP Ventures. Together they have run the PGM and hydrogen investment programme since 2013 to 2014 and spun it out in 2018.

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Team

Andrew Hinkly - Founder and Managing Partner

Kevin Eggers - Founder and Partner

Alexis Garavel - Senior Investment Manager

Charlie Clark - Senior Investment Manager

Calum Ferguson - Investment Manager

Birgit Behrendt - Venture Partner

Charlotte Downie - Investment Analyst

Elisabeth Feldstein - Investment Associate

George Irven - Investment Associate

Khangzhen Leow - Investment Associate

Shimpei Yamashita - Investment Manager

Yonatan Sher - Head of Legal

Portfolio

Aether Fuels

Rubi Laboratories

CREW Carbon

Reclinker

Rosy Soil

Teragen Energy

Lydian Labs

Amogy

ZeroAvia

Plug Power

Infinium

Hystar

Attributes SAS

Mitico

Ravel Futures

Supersede

Snowfox

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