Eco-friendly fund invests £350,000

A Shropshire-based company that builds environmentally-friendly homes has secured a six-figure investment. Living Villages received £350,000 from Low Carbon Accelerator (LCA), a fund that invests in low carbon producing companies.


A Shropshire-based company that builds environmentally-friendly homes has secured a six-figure investment. Living Villages received £350,000 from Low Carbon Accelerator (LCA), a fund that invests in low carbon producing companies.

A Shropshire-based company that builds environmentally-friendly homes has secured a six-figure investment. Living Villages received £350,000 from Low Carbon Accelerator (LCA), a fund that invests in low carbon producing companies.

In exchange for its investment, LCA has taken a 15 per cent shareholding in the company, which designs and builds energy efficient houses. The fund has agreed to invest a further £650,000 if Living Villages reaches agreed targets, which would take its stake in the business to 25 per cent.

Living Villages plans to build its developments on a larger scale and will use the funds to develop these projects.

The company’s main development is The Wintles in Shropshire, an estate of 40 homes all fitted with energy-saving and renewable energy generating technologies such as solar panels and solar water heaters, triple-glazing, insulated timber frames and heat exchange units.

Marc Barber

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Marc was editor of GrowthBusiness from 2006 to 2010. He specialised in writing about entrepreneurs, private equity and venture capital, mid-market M&A, small caps and high-growth businesses.

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