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As we wrap up our inaugural Climate Angels cohort, we’re filled with gratitude for the vibrant community that came together to forge a path in climate tech investing. A huge thank you to each participant, instructor, speaker, mentor, and partner who contributed their time, knowledge, and passion to make this program a success. Special shoutouts to our incredible instructors, speakers and mentors from Lowercarbon Capital, MCJ Collective, Planeteer Capital & Sightline Climate (CTVC), Earthshot Ventures, Climate Capital, Climactic, Voyager Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, Gaingels, Elemental Excelerator, and many others who enriched our journey with their insights. Your contributions have been invaluable in empowering our participants to drive impactful investments in the fight against climate change. To our amazing participants, your enthusiasm and commitment to making a difference have truly inspired us. We’re excited to see how you’ll apply the knowledge and connections gained here to foster a sustainable future. Our next cohort of Climate Angels is in partnership with Terra.do, kicking off on April 18th! If you’re passionate about climate tech and eager to join a community of like-minded investors, we invite you to express your interest. Drop your info at https://climateangels.vc to apply to our upcoming cohort and continue this journey with us. Together, let’s keep pushing the boundaries of climate tech investing and create a lasting impact on our planet. #ClimateAngels #ClimateTech #AngelInvesting #SustainableFuture #ClimateAction Jennifer Turliuk, Vijay R., Nishant Mani, Sundeep A., Michael Luciani, Sophie Purdom, Leonardo Banchik, Cody Simms, Shawn Xu, Mitch Rubin, Max Frenkel, Kirsti Chou, Matt Logan, Peter Sun, Camilla Rizzi, David Lacklen, Agneta Rosenberg, Anthony Pancotti, Craig Vigor, dheeraj sanka, Gaby Peña Fraga, Jake Wombwell-Povey, Nikhil Neelakantan, Rob Joy, Stephanie Simon, Surbi Luhadia

Starting the day inspired by the future for climate solutions, incredible founders, and how an ecosystem can work together in support. Massive congratulations to Alisha McFetridge, Sean McFetridge, and the entire RainStick team on the announcement of your recent raise led by Stephen Nairne, Althea Wishloff and Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, along with Sevrine Labelle, Anne-Marie Christoffersen-Deb and the BDC Thrive Lab team along with angel investors. Alisha and the team have been previously supported by Leah Perry and the MaRS Discovery District climate team, and they were a finalist in the Spring 2021 National Impact Investor Challenge. Seeing the potential of this team and company continue to be realized is so inspiring, as they continue to navigate growth in a big market with the potential to scale significant impact in water use reduction. It's always inspiring to see different impact ecosystem players coming together to support Canada's best founders and companies to realise scale and success. #cleantech #cleantechnology #climatesolutions #impactinvesting #venturecapital #canada https://lnkd.in/dvMGpQSr

Tick-tock! Did you know that over the last 20 years, climate change has cost us $16 million per hour? 🚀 Welcome to Climate Hive, where we transform climate anxiety into climate ACTION! 🚀 🌿 Who Are We? 🌿 Think of us as your climate crusaders in the boardroom and beyond. We’re a blend of storytellers, entrepreneurs, networkers, and business growth experts, tackling the triple threat to climate innovation: ✅ Funding ✅ Sales ✅ Visibility Why? Because your brilliant tech idea needs more than just a pat on the back - it needs a robust runway to take flight. And for the climate tech vets? We’re here to ensure your solutions don’t just spark interest but ignite real commitment. Our unique "success-tied" business model means we’re all in this together- your win is the planet’s win, and it’s our win too. 🌱 Ready to join forces and make some real noise? Hit us up. 🌱 #ClimateHive #ClimateTech #ClimateAnxiety #SustainableBusinesses

🌍 Blue Earth Forum is back on 3-4 December 2024 🌍 Back by popular demand, Blue Earth Forum is a high-impact event designed for businesses looking to raise their next funding round and investors looking for solutions that drive systemic change. Our last Forum in June, held during London Climate Action Week, was a resounding success with 40 companies exhibiting/pitching, raising a collective £185 million, 200 investors in attendance and 800+ meetings (20+ per company on average). From the event, we have £37.5 million in due diligence and a projected conversion rate well beyond our 10% target. Interested? Apply now 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKyE-xrq Why attend? Join over 40 high-growth companies in 1-2-1 meetings with 200+ leading investors, from VCs to PE houses, all in one place to drive real change. Discover emerging trends, forge meaningful connections, and engage with purpose-driven solutions shaping our future. Guy, Will, Linley, Anurag, Celine, James, Angela, Baz, Joelson | B Corp, Ananya, Hugo, Simon, Jay, Toby, Patrick, Claudia, Nic, Tony, Phil, Yeo Ventures, Simon, Jonathan, Michael, Leon, Jen, Eoin, Ben, Hanli, Ben #BlueEarthForum #ImpactInvesting #Sustainability #ClimateAction

EARTH DAY 2024 Most of us have an idea that we'd like to #MakeADifference, a positive difference, in some small way, right? OK, but it's not always that easy. We are a time poor generation. There are some ways that don't take all our limited time but can still make an impact. If you have #savings or #investments you could be #investing with intention. Investing in companies that are doing positive stuff with regard to the #environment and #climatechange? Companies that take the #EarthDay2024 idea of #PlanetVsPlastics seriously and are doing stuff that makes a positive impact. So how does it work? Well, we start by working through what you don't want. Next, we look at what you do want. Together we build your portfolio to achieve your goals, whatever they are. We've got your back and that's where we stay - with you - managing your portfolio - on hand to answer questions. We'll be there. How does that sound? Ready for some #ImpactInvesting? Paul Edwards Chartered (MCSI) Capital at risk (Photo: PCE Images)

This week Emilie Mazzacurati and I had the opportunity to attend Battelle's #ICR24 event alongside some amazing and visionary ecosystem and company builders in the climate resilience and adaptation space. Key take aways from this conference: 🔬 Research and innovation is happening across various fields that we can leverage to address adaptation and resilience challenges but we need company builders to realize these opportunities! 🏛 With massive government funding for infrastructure, energy systems, national security, and science comes huge opportunity to fund the next generation of adaptation and resilience founders BUT we need clear demand signals from government and better procurement programs at early stages 🌳 We need to find agile ways to test solutions alongside communities so that we can refine them with impact in mind and solicit feedback from those who stand to gain and lose the most as solutions are commercialized 🏗 Creative and catalytic capital sources are needed to fund new innovations in this space. We urgently need philanthropy, government, and the private sector working TOGETHER to build a capital stack purpose built for resiliency impact! As we learned on climate tech mitigation, it takes a village to build an ecosystem. I'm thankful that our team at Tailwind has the opportunity to work with so many visionary leaders as we create the enabling conditions for scale in the climate adaptation and resilience space. Sonam Velani Julia Kumari Drapkin Alex Laplaza Geoffroy Bablon Monika Serrano Jason Glaser Melinda Sych Doug Parsons Tyler Felous

Small steps, big impact. 🌱 Discover how collective action is driving climate resilience. Listen to DOST Assistant Secretary Juanillo Jr., PhD, on the roles of government, startups, academia, and individuals. Want to get involved in shaping the future of climate resilience? Join our community of volunteers and contribute to impactful projects! Visit https://buff.ly/47oK15L to learn more! #ClimateResiliency 💚 #SFTechWeek #DEVCONxTechWeek #TALINOxTechWeek

I love how each of these conversations has bits of advice that spans roles and sectors. In this week’s show we sat down with Ramsay Siegal, partner at Earthshot Ventures and asked her to share some advice for founders, sustainability pros, and those who might want to jump into the climate tech space. Takeaways from our conversation: - Everyone should learn to be a salesperson - Good design (or lack thereof) could make or break your business - Avoid the valley of death: Get buy-in and traction as soon as possible - There's a correlation between revenue and impact if you do it right - It’s a better time than ever to be in the climate solutions space You don’t have to have a technical degree to be active in the climate industry, and Ramsay reminds us that every specialty and role is needed as we transition into this new economy. Enjoy the 🎙️ show! #sustainabilitytalk #venturecapital #ESG #climatetecch #lessonslearned #careeradvice #sustainabilitypros

Our own Jane Melia was quoted in this spot-on WSJ article from Yuliya Chernova reporting from #ClimateWeekNYC (Climate-Techs Want to Save the Planet. First They Need to Save Themselves) Yuliya looks at the challenges climate-tech founders currently face in raising new money. Some of it is related to higher-for-longer-interest rates. Some of it is the shifting political winds (Nov 5 can’t come soon enough!). Jane is confident that federal tax credits are durable no matter who wins. While AI is getting a lot of attention, let’s not underestimate the scale and momentum of the clean energy revolution that will solve an existential crisis (hello Helene!). And there aren’t just a few big players trying to create a killer app (no pun intended). Rather climate-tech requires a lot of work in a lot of sectors, and Harvest is proud of our outsize contribution to dramatically downsizing the climate impact of our homes. We’re passionate about decarbonizing your home. Other startups burn brightly for renewable transportation fuels. Still others manufacture solutions to industrial emissions. Competition for investor dollars is fierce. But Harvest has a commercial product that customers love and is already gross margin positive. We continue to attract state and federal grant dollars, and complement that with VC funding. We aren’t standing still – we’re all about Pods in Homes! gift link: https://lnkd.in/gDfDHDVT