It’s about creating opportunities for the circular economy, and clean at TRL (Technology Readiness Level) 7 or early commercialisation stages.
We seek out startups where scientific ingenuity meets venture-scale returns. Our portfolio companies are built on fundamental discoveries—not iterations—with IP that defines new asset classes.
Opportunities are mainly based on rewriting industry rules by delivering radically better value and creating entirely new markets rather than just capturing existing ones.
Their Potential? Turning industry assumptions into vulnerabilities.
Opportunities are mainly based on rewriting industry rules by delivering radically better value and creating entirely new markets rather than just capturing existing ones.
Their superpower? Turning industry assumptions into vulnerabilities.
For DB Ventures, systemic impact means greater value. It challenges outdated economic structures, democratises access to resources, and shifts value creation toward people and the planet.
Consumer expectations are shifting. Regulatory environments are evolving. And traditional systems are under strain. The next wave of growth will belong to those who reimagine how business is done.
Our unique five step approach brings security to investors and founders going forward.
To support our five step approach on portfolio selection, Dark Bridge Ventures uses a growing team of industry and technology specialists to add another layer of scrutiny and validation to potential portfolio members.
Why It Matters
The green economy is an economic model that prioritises sustainable development and infrastructure, circularity, clean energy, and governance to protect the environment, and promote resilient societies while creating wealth.
DB Ventures provides a portfolio of business opportunities based on disruptive companies and technologies:
A serial innovator entrepreneur with a proven history of pioneering change across industries and cultures combining strategic foresight, disruptive thinking, and a relentless drive to transform ideas into tangible impact.
With 25 years of experience spearheading cutting-edge solutions, he thrives at the intersection of creativity and execution, turning visionary concepts into market-defining realities.
His passion for exploring and learning has taken him to over 60 countries, where every culture has sharpened his global mindset. The journey continues—because the best innovators never stop discovering.
For Benjamin, no angle on clean energy, sustainability, or tech is taboo. Far-out ideas are fodder for a wider frame on the world and for identifying new opportunities. From physics and chemistry, to new social models and ways of making life fulfilling–the possibilities luckily never end. But it can be difficult to explain what’s in your head. Turning that spark of creativity into a concrete vision and then into a product that changes the way we think and the way we live–that’s how Benjamin illuminates the dark bridge.
Outside of technology and science, Benjamin is a writer, climber, and musician. He is currently turning an old academic project on the history of energy into a new popular science book and writing news articles on the human rights of clean energy. And if you’re interested in ammonia, click here.
Ashton brings over 25 years of business and investment expertise in renewable energy, clean technology, and ESG finance. He has successfully originated, launched, and financed start-ups, and developed partnerships with key industry players. Additionally, he has negotiated power agreements that align with long-term sustainability objectives, focusing on business development, client relationships, and strategic planning.
As an accomplished oarsman, Ashton has achieved top club-level status in the UK and regularly competed at the Henley Royal Regatta, notably securing a significant victory in 1998. His passion for the outdoors and the natural world has led him to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and undertake rafting and trekking expeditions in the Zanskar Gorge of the Himalayas. After residing in southwestern France for a decade, Ashton recently relocated to Barcelona, where he now lives with his family.
