James Byrne
Partner, Sustainable VenturesJames is an entrepreneur and one of three equity partners at Sustainable Ventures. Sustainable Ventures is the home of climate tech and the largest physical ecosystem of climate tech businesses in Europe. A full service ecosystem providing investment, community, support and workspace to climate tech businesses.
He has conceived, led and sat on the board of a number of portfolio businesses over the last 12 years including as Co-Founder of Sustainable Workspaces and is currently responsible for development at Sustainable Ventures. James has previously been an advisor to the Mayor of London whilst living in London. Having grown up in Greater Manchester, he now lives back in the region and is Sustainable Ventures partner lead for the North of England.

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