Clyde Hutchinson

As General Partner at TEAM ABC, Clyde is investing in early stage startups in air, land and sea transportation focusing on sustainability and digital transformation.

He was one of first signatories of the UNEP Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative. He is an active member of the UN ICAO Coalition for Sustainable Aviation and the World Ocean Council. He has led several international innovation and startup programs such as Propeller Shannon (backed by Boeing and Datalex), Founder of Viva Air Labs (Latin America’s first innovation hub for Aviation) Medellín, Colombia.

Experienced mentor and evaluator working with EIC Accelerator, EU BlueInvest, EIT Digital/Food (Water Scarcity)/Health, RIF Cyprus, Port XL, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, USC Incubator and Enterprise Ireland. Spent his early career as academic researcher working at University of Cambridge, ZSL London Zoo, Imperial College and Tokyo University focusing on international development, conservation and effect of habitat destruction on human health in UK., Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Uganda), India and the Caribbean

I am committed to global innovation and entrepreneurship having worked across 5 continent and spent the last 15 years mentoring startups to enable to access talent, scale and get investment.