Samia Qader’s Post

What a fantastic conversation on the Climate Tech 360 podcast with Samia Qader and Lara Pierpoint, Managing Director of Trellis Climate. You do not want to miss this episode as they discussed the power of catalytic capital to bridge the FOAK financing gap and accelerate climate tech solutions, also highlighting Prime’s other pioneering catalytic capital programs, Azolla Ventures and Prime Impact Fund. A big thank you to Samia for the insightful conversation! 🙌 #ClimateFinance #Philanthropy #ClimateAction #FOAK #ClimateTech

The "valley of death" is a well known challenge with commercialization: it's really hard to get a technology from the lab bench to full scale production. Now, that same challenge is hitting climate tech, but this time with more urgency. The best approach I've seen is from hands-on venture firms who take an active role in their portfolio companies. They hire leaders who are experts at scaling large operations and have expanded facilities before. They problem solve with the scientists. And, of course, they buy time and resources by seeking out non-dilutive funding from the government. These funds can be critical in getting companies more runway as they tackle the challenges that inevitably arise. What have you seen work? #ClimateTech #VC #ValleyOfDeath Gift article from Bloomberg here 👇

Third Sphere, ten-year veterans in climate investment, distinguish themselves by heavily investing in hardware solutions. At the recent PLANETech - Climate Change Technologies conference in Tel Aviv, Shaun Abrahamson, a Managing Partner at Third Sphere, shared some key takeaways with us. What really impressed Abrahamsom was how Israeli climate tech startups are laser-focused on developing solutions for right now instead of getting distracted by far-future possibilities or past challenges. Abrahamsom sees this approach as a recipe for success and hopes more teams adopt this mentality. Check out the video to learn more! #PLANETech2024 #ImpactNation #climateinvesting #sustainability #greenfunding #ThirdSphere

Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital, led by Alain Wildanger and Laurent Hengesch, is launching a €60m fund dedicated to climate tech, aimed at investing in European early-stage startups focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and facilitating decarbonisation through hardware or software development. The fund, led by Quentin Dupraz, will prioritise investments in technologies that are essential for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital sees climate tech as a compelling investment opportunity, given the urgent need for emissions reduction and the potential for disruptive innovation in this sector. #ClimateTech #GreenInvesting #StartupFunding #Decarbonisation #NetZero2050 #EuropeanStartups #ClimateChange #VentureCapital #SustainableInvesting #TechInnovation #ClimateAction #ClimateFinance #EnvironmentalTechnology #RenewableEnergy #CleanTech

Calling Queensland’s most ambitious climate tech founders looking to raise capital! EnergyLab is coming to Queensland and applications are now open 🙌 The brand new Investment Ready Program runs over 12 weeks and will equip startups with the right tools and know-how to navigate the many challenges of raising capital: 💡 understanding VC investment criteria and screening processes, 💡 how to streamline your investor outreach, 💡 how to articulate the opportunity by thinking at investors’ level, 💡 developing a clear path to growth, 💡 nailing the pitch, and 💡 closing the deal. Successful applicants will be mentored by experienced climate tech experts and introduced to Australia’s most active climate tech investors. The program is backed by QIC and completely free to eligible Queensland-based startups working on solutions to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, address the impacts of climate change, and other environmental issues such as waste and biodiversity 🌿 Visit the link to find out more 👉 https://loom.ly/d2IuR08 #TeamMoretonBay #MoretonBay #CityOfMoretonBay #Queensland #Australia #QLDBusiness #Innovation #StartUp #SmallBusiness #InnovateMoretonBay

Taking the long view seems at odds when a climate emergency is in front of us. However this capital intensive “valley of death” phase for climate tech firms echos my research with over 75 founders, academics, regulators and VC firms. The capital intensive needs to build manufacturing capacity is different than SaaS companies. As leaders, we need to help bridge this gap and help founders raise funds to scale. VC firms can’t just apply the same 5-8 year model to climate tech firms. Leaders need to lead.

It‘s gettin‘ hot in here! Literally. On this planet. The only planet we have by the way 🫠 So it’s great to see that investment focus is on it as well. Let’s keep it up. Let’s stay focused. Let’s keep investing. To not do would anyways be so much more expensive. And throwing in money later is impossible. You can’t fix a dead planet with money. So the time is now! #climateadvocacy #climatetech #leanin

Make sure to join us for Net Zero Insights State of Climate Tech 2023 Webinar! I will try to chip in with some thoughts of mine to the discussion.

"When I think about whats going to really change things, I see where the max amount of people can benefit, so it's not just the wealthiest among us who get to participate. its folks who are struggling to make it day by day... It's the funding so that people in rural areas get to have reliable electricity." #SpeakerSpotlight: Nneka (Uzoh) Kibuule Kibuule is a Principal at Aligned Climate Capital where she invests in #energy, #sustainable land use, #cleantransportation, resilient and efficient infrastructure #startups. She spoke at last year's Techonomy Climate West conference on "Funding The Climate Tech Boom", and will be joining us on stage on April 3rd this year as well. You can learn more about Kibuule, Techonomy Climate, and register here: https://lnkd.in/ec_HEamE #climate #conference #event #network #community #tech #founders #investors #technology #climatechange #sustainability

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