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Katie Brigham tackles climate tech's dreaded "missing middle" in her latest. Here's a sneak peek at what experts have to say about the chasm that lies between a climate company’s early funding rounds and its eventual commercial scale-up: “The capital needs of these businesses have just outgrown their early stage backers. But the infrastructure investors have absolutely no appetite whatsoever for taking on an unproven technology and scaling.” — Francis O'Sullivan, managing director for S2G Ventures' energy investments. "Venture funding, in some sense, was built for scaling software companies. You’re talking about a capital light business that generally is creating something that enters a white space, and for which there’s huge amounts of market potential.” — Lara Pierpoint, managing director of the new catalytic capital program Trellis Climate. Read the full piece for additional insights from Brook Porter of G2 Venture Partners.
