Nick Goddard
UK Venture Partner at Factor[e] Ventures
Nick Goddard
UK Venture Partner at Factor[e] Ventures
Dorking, England
Overview
Work Experience
UK Venture Partner
2018 - Current
Factor[e] Ventures is an early stage impact investor focusing on companies developing technologies which will enable UN Sustainable Development Goals to be met in the areas of energy access, agri-tech, sanitation and affordable transport
Advisory Board Member
2012
Have worked with the company since its formation and now sit on the Advisory Board
Consultant
2011
Thought Canal Ltd is a company through which I offer individual consultancy services to clients. I retain links to the City through serving on the 'Kitchen Cabinet' (effectively, steering committee) for the Long Finance Initiative
Finance Director
2013 - 2019
Spinetic Energy Limited was set up to commercialise a novel wind energy capture system which will combine the deployability of solar panels with a competitive cost of energy.
Director
2015 - 2016
Appointed on a temporary basis to represent the interests of IP Group plc
Board Advisor
2011 - 2013
Day One was set up to source and finance energy efficiency building retrofit projects, mainly in the public sector. I worked with the founders to help them establish and fund the company
Consultant
2011 - 2013
Technology Greenhouse represents a group of independent consultants working in the renewable energy and cleantech sector. I was one of the founding partners
Consultant
2007 - 2011
Techno-economic consultancy and project management mainly related to a carbon reduction agenda. Completed several large projects for the Carbon Trust
Director
2007 - 2009
Part time CFO of Heliswirl, a VC-backed spin out from Imperial College exploiting a novel design of pipe aimed at the petrochemical and upstream oil and gas industries
Head of Financial Markets Group
2005 - 2009
Carried out technical and commercial due diligence on around a dozen potential private equity investments in Europe and the Middle East. This service was offered on a part-time basis through Pira International (part of BASF).