Private market capital introductions with a sustainable investment focus
Our Guiding Principles
Impact
Positive impact on people, planet & profit.
Innovation
Intelligence
Emissions are created throughout the built environment lifecycle
Landfill or Recycle
Extract & Process Raw Materials
Transport to Factory
Manufacture Construction Products
Transport to Site
Construction
Use & Maintenance
Demolition
Haul Away Waste Materials
Reshaping the built environment is key to a sustainable, low carbon future
An interdisciplinary solution
Mont Varou is unique
Infrastructure
- Low carbon transport networks
- Recycling plant and machinery
- Renewable energy production & storage
Natural Resources
- Biomining
- Mine site reclamation
- Sustainable metallurgy
Private Equity
- Advanced construction materials
- Decarbonisation of industrial & chemical processes
- Smart building technology & PropTech
Real Estate
- Deep energy retrofitting
- Intelligent, BREEAM & LEED certified buildings
- Regeneration projects
We combine multi asset class expertise with extensive capital markets experience
We combine multi asset class expertise with extensive capital markets experience
Our introductions evolve
into long term partnerships
INVESTORS
Endowments
Foundations
Family Offices
HNW Individuals
Insurance Companies
Pension Funds
Sovereign Wealth
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Infrastructure
Natural Resources
Private Equity
Real Estate
LOCAL PARTNERS
Academic & Research Institutions
Architects
Engineers
Entrepreneurs
Inventors
Scientists
Contact
- +44 (0)1534 619173
- +44 (0)7797 896675
- richard@montvarou.com
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Mont Varou Limited
PO Box 771
Ground Floor
Colomberie Close
St Helier
JE4 0RX
Credentials
Mont Varou Limited was founded by Richard Urban, a director of funds and investment companies with over £4 billion of assets under management. Richard has extensive investment and governance experience spanning infrastructure, natural resources, private equity and real estate.
Richard is a Professional Member of the Institute for Materials, Minerals and Mining, a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Richard has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London and he is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors.
Richard holds a BSc (Hons) in Investment and Finance in Property from University of Reading and an MSc in Mining Engineering with distinction from Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter.
Richard’s MSc research achieved a world first by applying fuzzy logic to the assessment of risk in the cobalt supply chain, with a particular focus on sustainability. The research was supported by non-governmental organisations and world leading brands from the consumer electronics and electric vehicle manufacturing sectors.
Richard is also a graduate of the Blockchain Strategy Programme at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and the Sustainability Leadership and Corporate Responsibility Programme at London Business School.