Drashta Ventures

Drashta Ventures (now operating as Drashta Impact) is a London-based impact venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Milti Chryssavgis. The firm focuses on accelerating climate solutions and de-risking impact investing, with a mandate spanning cleantech, biotech, therapeutics, and healthcare at early and mid-stage. Chryssavgis began his career in investment management developing multi-manager portfolios of systematic trading strategies. He was later joined by Nicholas Parker — a pioneer in sustainability investing credited with coining the term CleanTech — who brings more than three decades at the forefront of impact investing. Drashta has made 4 investments to date, writing checks between $500,000 and $3 million at Seed and Series A stages. Portfolio companies include Solarvest BioEnergy, which received $1 million in initial financing plus a $750,000 second tranche from the firm. Ecosystem partners include Jaderberg & Cie (impact family office), Greenbackers (climate and cleantech specialists), and Innovator Capital (London-based climate tech advisory). The firm's defining structural innovation is a capital preservation model under which Drashta only profits when underlying investments succeed and after investors receive their initial outlay and returns in full. This structure, combined with the firm's Ecosystem Investing approach, is designed to reduce barriers to deploying capital into climate solutions. The team spans 9 nationalities, speaks 11 languages, and draws on backgrounds in private equity, cleantech, investment banking, international development, and insurance.