Contrarian Ventures

CLIMATE COFFEE: A big thank you to everyone who joined us at the ☕ Climate Coffee in London last week! Also, a special shoutout to Earth and Greenworkx for co-hosting and helping make this event a success. 👊 💚 We hope this marks the beginning of a new tradition in building a stronger climate tech community in London. 🌱 Stay tuned for the next meet-up coming your way in January – we can't wait to see you there! 🚀 cc: Patrikas Feiferas, Alessandro Bertino, Max Bray, Richard Ng

CLIMATE COFFEE LONDON: ☕🌍 Last chance to register! Don’t miss the opportunity to join us for the first-ever ☕ Climate Coffee in London, where passionate climate enthusiasts, innovators, and investors come together to connect and share ideas over a cup of coffee. Our own Patrikas Feiferas and Alessandro Bertino will be there to share insights and connect with like-minded innovators. Event details as follows: 📍 London 📅 28th November ⏰ 8:30 AM 📌 Vermuteria - 38/39 Stable St, London N1C 4DQ Sign up via the link below – we only have a couple of spots left. See you all tomorrow! https://lnkd.in/dSc8j4un cc: Max Bray, Richard Ng, Tomas Kemtys, Earth, Greenworkx

CLIMATE COFFEE: ☕🌍 We’re thrilled to announce that we’re joining ☕ Climate Coffee, a monthly event series designed to bring together climate tech founders, investors, and enthusiasts. Taking place on the last Thursday of every month, we’re excited to kick off the London edition on November 28th, together with Earth and Greenworkx! Climate Coffee is an open community initiative founded in 2023 by Max Bray and Miguel de Ros to foster meaningful connections and collaboration within the climate tech space. With monthly meetups across Europe, including Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin and Paris, it has quickly become a go-to for sparking ideas and driving innovation to tackle the climate crisis. A huge thank you to Max Bray for having us on board and to Richard Ng from Greenworkx – we’re excited to team up and make this event happen together! ☕ Climate Coffee events are free to attend and open to all - for anyone interested in the space, from students to exited founders, to connect, share ideas and meet new people. Event details as follows: 📍 London 📅 28th November ⏰ 8:30 AM 📌 Vermuteria - 38/39 Stable St, London N1C 4DQ Sign up via the link below – we’d love to see you there! https://lnkd.in/dkj5xJBm

IMPACT WEEK: Our partners Rokas Peciulaitis and Tomas Kemtys are headed to Barcelona for Norrsken VC Impact Week, where global innovators, investors, and leaders are gathering to address today’s most critical challenges. If you’re also in town and share our passion for climate tech, let’s connect and talk about the future of sustainable innovation. 🤝 🌍

WE ARE HIRING🚀: Contrarian Ventures is looking for a talented Data Scientist/Developer to help us shape the future of data-driven venture capital. We'd love to hear from you if you have 3-5 years of experience in full-stack development, data scraping, machine learning, and more! 💡 What you’ll do: - Build automations to streamline workflows across our team - Create integrations between our tools - Analyze and leverage our data to guide smarter investment decisions - Create dashboards for real-time monitoring of our portfolio companies - Scrape and analyze data to deepen our market insights 📍 Join our team across Vilnius, Munich, and London and work with leading minds in early-stage climate tech investing. Interested? Apply in the comments below! 🤝

PODCAST: Great chat on The Pursuit of Scrappiness Podcast! 🎙️ Rokas Peciulaitis discussed what it takes to build resilient, impactful ventures in today’s landscape. Big thanks to the team for having us! 🤝 Full conversation in the comments 👇

INVESTOR CAMP: Tomorrow, we’re headed to #InvestorCamp 2024, where Lithuania’s VC and Angel Investor community will gather in one place. 🚀 Our Founder and Managing Partner, Rokas Peciulaitis, will be moderating a panel discussion on “Impact Investing: Why the Time is Now” alongside Juho Aminoff from the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Kristina Söderberg from SEB Greentech VC. If you haven’t secured your ticket yet, there’s still time. Don’t miss out on Lithuania’s biggest investment event—find the link in the comments. 🎟️ Startup Lithuania, Lithuanian Business Angel Network LitBAN, Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, thanks for organizing and having us! 🙌

LONDON RECAP: Last week, our team had the opportunity to participate in two important gatherings focused on the future of ESG and climate tech. 🌱 Our Head of ESG and Impact Rūta Skarulskė attended "The Frame" conference hosted by VentureESG in London. It was an insightful event, bringing together GPs, LPs, and service providers, all working to integrate ESG into investment strategies. As a first-of-its-kind event, it offered valuable takeaways and sparked conversations around responsible and impact investing. We’re excited to carry these insights forward and are already looking ahead to next year! 🔥 Also, Rūta Skarulskė, Alessandro Bertino, and Tomas Kemtys were at 🔥THE HEAT, Climate Tech Festival at Harwell Innovation Center, hosted by VOYAGERS.io (kudos to Hugo Paquin, David Rowan 🙌). At this inaugural #ClimateTech Festival, our team led a discussion on the myths and realities of raising capital from impact climate tech funds. They tackled key questions from founders, shared experiences, and highlighted the unique value such funding brings to startups. It was a fantastic opportunity to connect with forward-thinking founders and investors who are shaping the future of climate tech. Visiting the UK’s climate tech ecosystem is always energizing, and we can’t wait to see the positive impact these collaborations will bring! 🌎

THE DROP RECAP: Great few days at The Drop last week—an essential gathering for the most forward-thinking conversations on climate action and innovation. 🌍 Our highlight was co-hosting The Climate Brick x The Drop workshop, which brought together 100+ investors, operators, and ecosystem players for an engaging session. A huge thank you to our exceptional moderators: Yair Reem, Thong Le Hoang, Dr. Moritz Belling, Ted Persson, Alessandro Bertino, Jessica Burley, Rokas Peciulaitis, Dr.-Ing. Mark Windeknecht, Philip Specht, Nathaniel Lowbeer-Lewis, Kristen Rocca, Ragna Portelli, Michelle Capiod, Elisabeth Schrey, Serhat Aydogdu, Sebastian Peck, Adam Ross, Christian zu Jeddeloh, and Estella Langheim for driving such impactful discussions. Special thanks to EQT Ventures, DCVC, and Morgan Stanley for co-hosting with us, and kudos to Robina v. Stein and Agne Gudonaviciute for organizing everything so seamlessly. 💚 🤝 We’re excited to continue these crucial conversations next year. Thanks again to Pale blue dot and The Drop organizers for bringing us all together! 🙌

WHERE YOU CAN MEET US THIS FALL: Our team is continuing its busiest travel and event season yet! Here's where you can catch us across Europe this September and October—whether you're a founder, investor, or just a fan of climate tech, let’s grab a coffee and chat 🖐 🚀 Patrikas Feiferas is heading to Oslo Innovation Week,  where he’ll be co-hosting the Climate Champions Breakfast together with Startuplab, SET Ventures, Nysnø Climate Investments and Sandwater. There are only a few spots left, so DM Patrikas if you want to join this power-packed morning! ☕️ (register in the comments below). 🚀 Our Principal, Alessandro Bertino, heads to his homeland for Italian Tech Week in Turin. Catch him there as he dives into the Italian climate tech scene. 🚀 Robina v. Stein and Tomas Kemtys will dive into the buzz (and pretzels!) at Bits & Pretzels in Munich. 🍻 🚀 Iohan Dessard will join the best ops heads in Europe at SuperReturn CFO/COO in Amsterdam. Expect some deep dives into all things operations and finance! 💼 🚀 Rokas Peciulaitis will be moderating the Startup Lithuania Investor camp panel on "Impact Investing: Why the Time is Now", together with Juho Aminoff from European Investment Fund (EIF) and Kristina Söderberg from SEB Greentech VC. 🚀 Alessandro Bertino will join Sifted Summit in London - where the most ambitious founders and investors collide. 🚀 Both Patrikas Feiferas and Alessandro Bertino will join BloombergNEF London Summit. 🚀 Robina v. Stein will head to Hamburg to Open day for Free Electrons Program event. 🚀 Robina v. Stein’s also making a quick stop at the Engaged Investments Conference in Prague. 🚀 To wrap up the month, Robina v. Stein and Jonas Kavaliauskas will head to Stage Two in Berlin to connect with some of the best university-based startups in Europe! 🎓 We’re beyond excited to criss-cross Europe and meet with our climate tech ecosystem friends, startups, and investors. Attending any of these events, or will you be in town too? Let's connect! 🙌