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🌍 Climate Change: The Race Against Time As we sprint towards a sustainable future, climate tech startups are blazing trails with revolutionary solutions. But there's a hurdle we can't ignore: the Series B funding gap. Why does this matter? 🤔 1️⃣ Climate tech startups often require significant capital to scale their technologies and make a real impact. 2️⃣ The gap between early-stage funding and later rounds can be a make-or-break moment for these companies. 3️⃣ Without proper funding, potentially game-changing climate solutions may never reach their full potential. So, how do we build this bridge? 💡 🌱  Encourage the creation of specialized climate tech growth funds. 🏦 Engage traditional financial institutions in the climate tech space. 📖 Master the art of climate impact storytelling. As investors and industry professionals, we have a unique opportunity to support these innovations and drive meaningful change. 🤔 What are your thoughts on this funding gap? Have you experienced or observed this challenge in the climate tech sector? Let's discuss in the comment section : 👉 How can we work together to unlock the full potential of climate tech solutions and accelerate our path to a sustainable future? 🌍💚 Your insights are invaluable as we push the boundaries of innovation. Speaking of which... 📣 While we've been forging powerful partnerships left and right, we are preparing our next announcement…. Stay tuned for our company's next big move. Join us today and don’t miss our next #announcement 👉 https://www.keenest.co/ #ClimateAction #TechForGood #SustainableInvesting #InnovationFunding

What a fantastic show! Huge congratulations to Peter Brady and his team for organizing GITEX Impact. It was a pleasure meeting so many incredible individuals who are building and supporting technology with the potential to make a real impact on climate change. Here are a few takeaways from discussions with climate investors: - Even with groundbreaking technology, many traditional VCs are hesitant to invest unless they see clear commercial viability. - VCs entering the climate space need to adjust their expectations. Unlike traditional investments that target exits within 5-10 years, many climate tech companies may require at least 10-15 years for a successful exit. - While there are different types of carbon credits, companies relying solely on future credits for funding might face challenges due to a lack of trust and the growing demand for tangible decarbonization and sustainability solutions. - Incubators and accelerators may not provide huge amounts of investment, but they play a key role by connecting climate startups and entrepreneurs to other participants in the ecosystem. Utilize them! In climate, collaboration is key! - Governments MUST do a better job of streamlining and expediting grant application timelines and fund disbursement to enable entrepreneurs to take full advantage of these opportunities rather than spend months writing them and crossing their fingers. - More angel investors and philanthropists are needed in this space now more than ever. 😊 Feel free to drop me a DM if you’d like to chat about the climate space!

🗽#ClimateWeekNYC 2024: What a Ride! This week was non-stop for the Climate Investment (CI) team, and we’re buzzing with excitement from all the incredible conversations and connections! 🚀 Not only did we field a large CI presence across the city all week to make sure we took in all the notable #climatetech events, but we also hosted two epic events of our own! A massive shoutout and THANK YOU to our co-hosts at Keyframe Capital, Piva Capital, Galvanize Climate Solutions, and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) —what a team effort! 👏   📅 Our Tuesday breakfast was over-subscribed with standing room only for 150 attendees! 🙌 We showcased how Climate tech 2.0 is rising, with founders using the hard-won lessons of Cleantech 1.0 to scale tech that’s creating real impact today. It’s clear—the climate tech ecosystem has never been stronger and recent data is bearing that out, too!   📅 Yesterday, we swapped boardrooms for a Padel court 🏓—and it didn’t disappoint! Around 70-90 late-stage investors joined us for some competitive fun, but the real win was the deep dive into bridging the “valley of death” that climate startups face. From scaling risks to collaboration, the energy around getting climate tech to scale was unstoppable.   💡 Key Insights: ✅Climate tech 2.0 is here—and it’s ready to scale. We need to urgently plug the missing middle funding. ✅Collaboration across investors, founders, and stakeholders is critical for navigating the challenges ahead. ✅The climate tech ecosystem is buzzing with activity, and we’re just getting started.   We can’t wait to do it all again next year at #ClimateWeekNYC 2025. Let’s keep the momentum going! 💥

💚💚🗺️💥We are optimists! We believe that breakthrough technologies will tremendously contribute to CO2 emission reduction in the next 25 years. However, the enormity of scaling up climate technologies to achieve net-zero emissions presents severe challenges. These include securing capital, navigating regulatory hurdles, building industry trust, and potentially overhauling entire infrastructures. This task requires the collaboration of multiple stakeholders. 🗺️Thus our team at Contrarian Ventures, along with our friends at EQT Ventures have spent the past year crafting The Climate Brick the missing manual - a guide designed to help climate tech founders navigate the complexities of scaling climate tech breakthroughs. 💬In the process, we have interviewed over 3000 climate tech innovators, investors, policymakers, and industry experts. And today, we are thrilled to present the result: https://climatebrick.com a comprehensive guide for climate tech startup founders, covering all stages from pre-seed to IPO. This manual serves to support founders, investors, and all other involved stakeholders, guiding them through each step of this challenging journey. 🤝This task can only be accomplished through strong collaboration, where a standardized language is needed to enhance communication and efficiency. 👉 Thus pls join the movement & become a co-builder! This is just the beginning and we want to collaborate with all of you to make the transition happening. To build a greener world, we need speed, commitment, and optimism. 💚💚💚 Thank you all for this amazing collaboration: EQT Ventures Marvel Fusion tado° Northvolt 1KOMMA5° zolar Climeworks Tibber TWAICE and many more - special shot out to Rokas P. Jenny Dreier Sandra Malmberg 👋 Ted Persson Carl Ljunggren - let's build the future together! & Signatures/ Co-developers UBS Planet A Ventures Norrsken Pale blue dot Allianz Carbon Equity and many many more to come 🤗💥 Read our open letter & sign up via the link in the comments below.

Despite recent macro headwinds, the stage is set for long-term adoption of climate tech solutions and investors remain committed to the sector. Report Highlights: $11B in US VC fundraising closed in the last four quarters Climate tech VC fundraising has held up well, settling at a historically high level.    14% Decline in deal activity since 2021   Compared to the 24% decline in overall US VC deal activity, climate tech remains resilient.    60% Of climate tech companies with less than 12 months of cash runway  Cash continued to fall for climate tech startups in 2023.     Read @Silicon Valley Bank’s annual report for a full update on what recent venture trends mean for the #climatetech ecosystem. https://lnkd.in/gCETKZZz

No matter who will win the US elections, Europe needs to get its act together and strengthen its resilience. Given the rising geopolitical tensions, we have to speed up significantly. Climate tech, which is the foundation of today's and tomorrow's leading industries, is of extraordinary importance here. We can't let others lead the way when it comes to batteries and energy, raw materials and supply chains, food and agriculture, construction, industry and transportation. Europe leads in climate tech R&D and patents, and we have most climate tech startups. It's time to let them grow and scale! 📈 If you are in Barcelona attending Impact/Week, you're very welcome to discuss with Pablo Pedrejon from Seaya Andromeda and me how to let European climate tech startups scale and why this is of significant importance for our continent's resilience. 🇪🇺

Looking forward to being on the circularity stage at this free event by Startup Discovery School, as part of a panel sharing insights on "Advancing the Circular Economy: How do we scale the circular economy?" #circulareconomy #startup

The agenda for the fourth annual SOSV Climate Tech Summit is now live! The 19 main sessions and 9 breakouts (so far) feature an all-star cast of VCs, founders and technologists who are important players at this moment in climate tech, with all its perils, promise, and wild new ideas. These are the breakout sessions we have so far! More to come next week. - The Most Important Climate Metric No One Optimizes For - Perspectives from India's Strengthening Climate Tech Ecosystem - Scaling Climate Tech: Founder Office Hours with Schrep - Syensqo Ventures: "We are scientific explorers" - Mapping New Cleantech Across America - Raising $$ and Building (multiple) Climate Tech Companies - What can we learn from those who have done it? - Deep Tech for Deep Opportunities - Powering the Future: Navigating the New Electricity Landscape - Preparing for an Early Stage Climate Financing 👉 Register today! - https://lnkd.in/etFmQ8ex #ClimateSummit #SOSV #emergingstartups #ecosystem #climatetech

Our friends at Contrarian Ventures - alongside EQT Ventures - are today unveiling The Climate Brick, the missing manual for the climate journey. 90% of CO2 emissions are estimated to be abatable by technology over the next 25 years. However, most innovations that shape modern life were built on common frameworks. Climate innovation doesn’t have one, yet. Today marks a call to change that. Since decarbonization is the greatest economic transition in a century, the 50 signatories of our open letter – representing many of Europe's leading climate tech companies and financial institutions – have pledged to create The Climate Brick, the missing manual for scaling climate technologies. We use today's leading European climate tech companies as bricks to build a greener future, enabling a large-scale technology shift. After analyzing 3,000+ companies and interviewing 100+ pioneers and experts, The Climate Brick is today publishing a comprehensive study with guidance on how to scale climate tech companies. It recognizes seven distinct company profiles, or bricks as we call them: Gigascaling; Green Deployment; Asset-as-a-Service; Product Disruption; New Technology; Moonshot; Companion Software. We’re only getting started. The Climate Brick is an open community being co-built by members together. Are you also on a mission to create impact at scale? Read our open letter via the link in the comments below, and join the movement!

Porter Wong is hosting an event for Clean Tech Startups who are looking for investors! This event, hosted by CleanLeap, is designed to catalyze the transformation of the climate tech landscape by accelerating the journey from innovative concepts to market success. Segments: 1st Segment: ClimateLaunchpad US pitch competition finals - one of the world’s largest green business ideas competition 2nd Segment: Fireside Chat with Investors Delve into the heart of climate tech investments during our fireside chat with esteemed investors and specialists. These influential panelists will share their perspectives on the current opportunities and challenges in climate tech investments tech. Partial Panelists List: Stacey King, Advisor, California Innovation Fund Matthew Stotts, General Partner, Cerulean Ventures Terry Kelly, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney About Clean Leap: At Clean Leap, our mission is clear: to transform the climate tech landscape. Beyond mere support, we catalyze change by partnering with entrepreneurs who are crafting our future. Join us as we take strides towards a sustainable tomorrow. #cleantech #investors #pitchevent