Sand River is delighted to welcome Gabbi Barker to the team! Gabbi joins Sand River from ERM where she worked as a climate risk consultant, supporting companies with scenario analysis, financial quantification of climate risks, and integrating climate considerations into core strategies. Originally from South Africa 🇿🇦 Gabbi’s love for nature was sparked by adventurous camping trips across sub-Saharan Africa, hiking Cape Town’s trails, and exploring its coastlines. She has seen firsthand the impact of climate change on regions like the Kruger Park, where prolonged droughts have strained water sources and disrupted wildlife habitats. These experiences confirmed her commitment to being part of the solution to protect and restore natural systems. Gabbi has been in the UK for the last 7 years having studied Finance & Accounting at the University of Edinburgh writing her thesis on the climate change intention-action gap among students. She subsequently completed a Master’s in Climate Change Management and Finance at Imperial College London, where she developed a strong interest in how financial systems can drive meaningful environmental impacts 🌍
About us
Collaborative capital for nature www.sandriver.vc Sand River is an investor which engages collaborative capital to have a positive impact on nature. Sand River exclusively supports and invests in businesses that value, protect and restore nature. The team takes a systemic view of the risks of damaging natural assets and the opportunities in restoring them. Investing in nature – Earth's living systems – represents the most significant investment opportunity of our era. Sand River was founded by Greg Robson and Edward Thorne and is named after a river in the Sabi Sands, a conservation area in South Africa. Rivers are sensitive ecosystems that are indicative of the health of their catchment area.
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2023
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🌍 See more about what Sand River and other investors are excited about in NatureTech... shout out Sand River's portfolio companies who are all leading lights in the emergent NatureTech space. WaterBear Network Maltento (Pty) Ltd The Landbanking Group Unwritten Thank you to The NatureTech Memos and Ollie Potter for your insights.
Simplifying NatureTech and Nature Finance || Strategy Consultant @ Monitor Deloitte and Founder @ The NatureTech Memos
What are top investors excited about in NatureTech?🌱🔍 We’ve huddled up with 9 of them to find out... They revealed the tech they think startups should be working on next And the solutions they're looking to back. We spoke about a range of topics including: 🍄 Fungi discovery 🌊 Ocean Data 📈 Measurement, Reporting and Verification Thanks to: Lena Thiede, Heidi Lindvall, Xavier Lorphelin, George Darrah, Piotr Bukanski, Edward Thorne, Antony Yousefian, Iván Markman, LAURA ORTIZ MONTEMAYOR 👇 Link in the comments Which start-up are you most excited about for 2024?
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Here's a recent profile on Greg Robson one of Sand River's founders by our friends at Blue Earth Summit. Thanks Guy Hayler and the Blue Earth team for all of your work in amplifying the voice of the innovators and entrepreneurs businesses that can value, protect and restore nature. 🌍 https://lnkd.in/eYPzvFYf
Meet Greg 👋 Founder / Partner of Sand River Over the next few weeks, in the run up to Blue Earth Forum, we are going to be profiling some of our favourite impact led investors who are joining us on June 25th/26th in London to find their next investment. It is a pleasure to be kicking this off with Greg Robson who has been incredibly supportive to us at Blue Earth Summit, attending and speaking at our events and backing businesses in our community.(all thanks to an introduction from Simon Lamb) Greg is obsessed with nature thanks to his adventures growing up in SA and now he is doing what he can to protect what he loves by backing the best businesses that have nature based solutions at their core. It is always a positive sign when CEO's you know endorse their investors and I know how much Sam Sutaria has valued the input from Greg since they invested in WaterBear Network...