Investing In the energy transition
The Energy Transition is a pathway from fossil-based energy to a sustainable zero-carbon future for the power generation, transportation and industrial heat sectors. This transition depends on the disruptive forces of low-cost renewable power, falling energy storage costs and transformative advances in digital electronics and data science.
To integrate these changes into a fully electrified economy, the de-carbonised and renewable energy systems of the future will require huge investment in flexibility and resiliency, providing once in a lifetime investment opportunities.
adaptogen capital
Adaptogen was founded to provide insightful expertise to our investors and help them navigate the energy transition as sustainably and profitably as possible
We are focused on investment opportunities in new energy storage asset classes, as well as those from distributed energy and demand side response markets
We believe the provision of flexible and specialist capital is essential to successfully decarbonise our economy and create a more sustainable future
BATTERY Storage and flexibility strategies
Flexibility and resiliency is at the heart of the Energy Transition, whether in grid scale and distributed storage assets, or demand side aggregation and response.
Digital Intelligence is key to generating attractive financial returns from storage and flexibility assets. Optimisation across complex digital energy markets requires AI software and a detailed understanding of power market structures.
The de-carbonised power system of the future will also generate investment opportunities from providing locational and balancing services to counteract the natural impact of intermittent renewable generation
corporate sustainability
We are committed to fully implementing a corporate sustainability policy across both our investments and our own operations. We integrate rigorous ESG risk analysis and standards into our investment process and subsequent management, including Environmental, Health and Safety, Community Impact and Governance factors.
Adaptogen Directors
With over 90 years of investment experience across the energy and real asset investment markets, our founders bring a wealth of understanding about generating sustainable financial value for family office and institutional investors . We also have an extensive storage investment background as some of the earliest investors in the UK battery storage industry from 2014.
The team’s experience of building a leading global energy trading business and investing for decades across the renewable energy and utility industries gives us deep insight into the investment opportunities presented by BESS assets and the energy transition.
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Dimitri Chandris
Chairman
Experienced Energy and Real Asset Investor, Chairman UK Property, Shipping & Investment Co
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Alex Beard
Founder
Ex-Partner Glencore, Global Head of Oil & Gas
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James Mills
Managing Director
Experienced Energy investor across private and public markets
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Caspar MacDonald-Hall
Director
Leading Real Asset Investor, Founder and CEO of London and Cambridge Properties Ltd
Strategic Advisors
Adaptogen is supported by several strategic advisors with extensive experience across the energy storage and utility industries. Their insights into utility market design, project development & execution and technological advances in battery storage technologies provides an invaluable support to the Adaptogen board and its investors.
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STEPHANIE HAZELL
Ex Head of Strategy, National Grid
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GEORGE GRANT
Former MD Intergen, UK power generator & project developer
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DR JACQUELINE EDGE
Senior academic and battery researcher, Imperial College London
Investment Team
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JAMES MILLS
Managing Director
Experienced Energy investor across private and public markets
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PATRICK KILKENNY
CFO/COO
Experienced Alternative Investment Fund CFO/COO across Infrastructure, Private Equity & Real Estate
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RICHARD WHITMORE
Asset Management Director
Experienced renewables & storage project developer, former head of Energy Storage, Ørsted
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CLINTON FORBES
Investment Director
Extensive Real Estate & Debt Investment Experience. University of the Witwatersrand, BSc Quantity Surveying
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MATTHEW JUSTE
Management Accountant
Experience in audit and valuations of mid-market listed companies. MA Economics
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JAKE SOWE
Associate - Head of Research
MSc Sustainable Energy and former Li-ion battery research assistant, Imperial College London
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ALICE CHAPMAN
Senior Analyst
BA History and Politics, University of Cambridge
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NOURIEL LEICHTER
Analyst
MSc Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment, University College London
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MANUEL NUNES
Analyst
MSc Investment and Wealth Management, Imperial College London
ADAPTOGENS
Adaptogens are natural compounds theorised to improve the resiliency and optimal functioning of the body's immune system against stress. Similarly, we provide growth capital as a means of building the assets and companies that will help adapt our energy system to the ever increasing stresses generated by climate change.
