Investors Go All-In on Iberia’s Cleantech Boom | Suma Capital
NET-0 | Inside ClimateTech, Startups & Venture Capital · 2026-04-28 · 38 min
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In this episode of NET-0, I speak with Natalia Ruiz Sáez, Managing Partner at SC Net Zero Ventures. SC Net Zero Ventures is a Climate Tech growth fund managed by Suma Capital. The fund recently closed at €210 million and focuses on backing industrial decarbonization scale-ups across Europe. Suma Capital is one of Spain’s leading alternative asset managers, with around €1.2 billion under management and a strong focus on sustainable investment. Through SC Net Zero Ventures, Natalia and her team invest in companies that can help scale the next generation of clean industrial technologies. Iberia is becoming one of the most exciting regions in Europe’s clean industrial transition. The region combines world-class renewable resources, competitive electricity prices, strong engineering talent and growing investor interest. But turning that potential into scalable, bankable companies and projects is still the hard part. We talk about why clean tech investment in Iberia is growing, what still holds the ecosystem back, and why scaling industrial technologies is so different from scaling software.