Richard Barker

Partner, Counteract
With 30+ years as CEO of food-waste anaerobic digestion and aluminum recycling firms, Richard Barker blends engineering, academic economics and investment banking to build a new carbon economy.
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About Richard Barker

Richard Barker brings over 30 years of hands-on CEO experience running sustainable businesses like food-waste anaerobic digestion and aluminum recycling companies, giving him unusually deep operational knowledge before moving into venture investing at Counteract. He combines an rare career mix spanning engineering, academic economics, investment banking, and multiple CEO roles, which he channels into building what he calls the new carbon economy rather than approaching climate purely from a finance background.

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Counteract is a venture capital fund solely committed to carbon removal technologies, with performance fees directly linked to CO2 reduction impact rather than just financial returns, and requires each portfolio company to plausibly remove at least 500 million tonnes of CO2 by 2050. The fund combines research, development and investment roles to support engineer and scientist entrepreneurs, backed by repeat founders with experience scaling global services companies and embedded with industrial strategic partners like Equinor Ventures.

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