Built by founders, operators, and climate investors—aligned on one of the world’s most urgent transitions

Who We Are

Clean Cooling Capital is more than a climate VC. We’re a specialist team of entrepreneurs, fund managers, and policy insiders with decades of combined experience across cooling, climate, and venture, backing technologies driving a €600B market today, growing to €1.9T by 2035.

We’ve scaled platforms, shaped regulation, launched funds, and built climate companies from the ground up. Now, we’re putting that experience behind the next generation of cooling innovation.

Built by founders, operators, and climate investors—aligned on one of the world’s most urgent transitions

We’ve scaled platforms, shaped regulation, launched funds, and built climate companies from the ground up. Now, we’re putting that experience behind the next generation of cooling innovation.

Who We Are

Meet the Team

We’re former founders, climate investors, and sector specialists with deep technical and market insight in clean cooling—brought together by a shared belief: cooling must go clean.

Marc Chasserot

Co-Founder, Key Man focusing on Deal Sourcing

Industry pioneer and founder of ATMOsphere, the global platform for clean cooling adoption with 25,000+ industry stakeholders. Chaired 80+ international conferences connecting manufacturers with customers and regulators.

Achievements:

NaturalRefrigerants.com (millions of visits)
Natural Refrigerants Industry Label (2022) global standard
Key advocate of ambitious EU FGas and EU PFAS Regulations

Ben Churchill

Co-Founder, Key Man focusing on General Management

Serial entrepreneur and cleantech executive. Built and scaled Emrill, a facilities services company to 8,000 employees and €150M revenue before transition in 2014. Listed Urbanise on ASX for €179M in 2015.

Achievements:

European CEO Magazine “CEO of the Year
Trinity College Dublin teaching fellowship
M&A expertise: 3 transactions totaling €30M

Jeronimo Bejar

Co-Founder, Key Man focusing on Diligence

Experienced fund manager with €700M under management across Seed through Series B investments. Led diligence and direct investment decisions for portfolio companies across multiple industries requiring complex evaluation. Co-founded Eoniq.fund with Tom (10-year partnership).

Achievements:

Structured debt, equity, and quasi-equity expertise
Managed portfolio of +400 companies
Achieved 2,5x MOIC across equity investments

Tom Horsey

Co-Founder, Key Man focusing on Founder Support

Serial entrepreneur with 15 startups founded and 100+ angel investments across cleantech and technology sectors. Hands-on founder experience supporting early-stage companies through critical growth phases. Co-founded Eoniq.fund with Jerónimo in 10-year business partnership.

Achievements:

2021 AEBAN “Exit of the Year” at 8.5x return
12 portfolio companies reached Series B+ funding
Deep operational expertise in founder challenges

Our advisors

We’ve assembled the world’s leading technical experts in natural refrigerants, combined with pioneers in climate finance. Our advisory board provides technical due diligence on every investment and opens doors competitors cannot access.

Ricardo Gómez Barredo

is a senior financial executive with extensive experience in banking regulation, governance, and financial oversight, having served on BBVA’s Management Committee and as an independent board member of Garanti Bank. He adds strong value to Clean Cooling Capital by bringing institutional credibility, rigorous financial and regulatory expertise, and board-level governance to a first-time fund.

James Cameron

is a founding authority in climate finance and policy, having co-founded Climate Change Capital, an investment bank that grew to manage $1.5 billion. His expertise in energy efficiency (REEEP, Verv) and institutional governance provides a first-time fund with unmatched strategic and technical credibility for investment mobilization.

Prof Dr.-Ing. Armin Hafner

is a senior technical authority at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). His deep academic and engineering background provides essential, unbiased scientific rigor for technical diligence, assessing R&D risk, and validating the core intellectual property of clean-cooling ventures.

Dr.-Ing. Juergen Suess

is an expert in refrigeration and heat pumping, leveraging leadership roles as VP R&D at Danfoss and Global Head of Strategy for Danfoss Cooling. His hands-on experience as CEO and CTO of multiple clean-cooling startups (ECOOLTEC, Efficient Energy) provides a fund with a blueprint for scaling technology into a mature business.

Supreeth Shankarghal Mohan

CFO

Supreeth Shankarghal Mohan is a Chartered Accountant and hedge fund manager who founded India’s first Index Derivatives AIF, managing $100M+. Now based in New York and Dublin, he serves on investment and foundation boards while managing his portfolio through an Irish trust.

Gregory Yianni

Director Article 9 Compliance, JTC

Gregory Yianni, DipESG is Associate Director of Sustainability Services at JTC Group in London. An ACA-qualified Chartered Accountant with a BSc in Geography from the University of Bristol, he holds the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing and a Diploma in ESG. His experience includes six years at PwC UK specializing in ESG due diligence, decarbonisation, and sustainability assurance.

David Naughton

Legal Counsel, Byrne Wallace Shields

David Naughton is Partner and Head of Investment Funds and Financial Services Regulation at Byrne Wallace Shields LLP in Dublin, specializing in fund formation (hedge funds, private equity, UCITS, QIAIFs), debt capital markets, and regulatory compliance, with expertise in ESG, fintech, and digital assets. His career includes roles at William Fry, Maples Group, and A&L Goodbody, plus secondments with Nomura and UBS.

Bryan McLaughlin

AIFM, JTC

Bryan McLaughlin is a Dublin-based Private Equity Portfolio Manager at JTC Group, holding the DP Distribution (PCF-39E) designation. With over a decade in financial services at firms like BNY Mellon, JPMorgan, and MUFG, he is an Qualified accountant (ACCA) with expertise in private equity, fund accounting, and financial reporting.

Network Access

Our reach extends beyond the core team. Over two decades we’ve built a global network of 300+ industry partners across 45+ countries, from policy leaders to operators and capital markets specialists.
This network provides regulatory foresight, technical insight, and access to the most promising companies in clean cooling worldwide.

Our Philosophy

We believe in conviction-led investing. That means:

Deep sector expertise, not generalist capital

Technical fluency, regulatory insight, and commercial rigour

Operating support where it matters—and founder autonomy where it doesn’t

We built Clean Cooling Capital for one reason: to accelerate the decarbonisation of cooling.
Let’s get to work.

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Our Philosophy

We believe in conviction-led investing. That means:

Deep sector expertise, not generalist capital

Technical fluency, regulatory insight, and commercial rigour

Operating support where it matters—and founder autonomy where it doesn’t

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