About
Planet First Partners is a growth equity sustainable investment platform based in London that backs companies advancing the transition to a sustainable economy. It operates a Sustainable Economy Transition Fund focused on technologies that enable decarbonization and environmental sustainability. In August 2024, the firm led Riverlane's $75 million Series C, alongside ETF Partners and Singapore's EDBI, in the first European quantum computing Series C. Planet First Partners invested in Riverlane based on the potential for quantum error correction to accelerate breakthroughs in climate science, materials discovery, and pharmaceutical development. The firm views quantum computing as a transformative technology for sustainability, particularly in computational chemistry and materials simulation, and the Riverlane investment shows the growing overlap between climate tech and quantum computing investment theses in the global venture capital ecosystem.
Quantum Specifications
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