Anglo American Platinum-backed investment fund AP Ventures has secured $30m from Compagnie Plastic Omnium for its AP Ventures Fund II fund.

Automotive component producer Compagnie Plastic Omnium has committed $30m to the second fund for AP Ventures, an independent UK-based venture capital firm set up by mining company Anglo American Platinum.

AP Ventures focuses on companies developing technologies in the hydrogen value chain, fuel-cell electric mobility and energy storage markets, and which are dependent upon platinum as a metal.

The other corporate LPs in AP Ventures Fund II are Anglo American Platinum, trading group Mitsubishi and Mirai Creation Fund II, a…

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.