The Drop

🛎️🛎️🛎️ Coming to The Drop? Have you started applying for the Ripples yet? We're excited about these! 🛰️ Next Generation Grid Hardware: Building the grid of the future without breaking it Run by: Chloe Coates, Zero Carbon Capital & Marc Bouchet, TDK Ventures 🧊 Refreezing the Arctic: How reflecting the sun and pumping water could preserve ice Run by: Anton Keskinen, Operaatio Arktis & Hugh Hunt, Center for Climate Repair 📃 When impact is obvious, why report on it? The real value drivers of impact reporting Run by: Liza Rubinstein Malamud, Carbon Equity & Jean-Baptiste Curien, Nysnø Climate Investmentsø & Kristin Aamodt, ArcTern Ventures Read more about these Ripples and browse the others 👉 https://lnkd.in/dtbpEMYP

The Ripples just keep coming! 3 more to look forward to 🙌 🎲 Geopolitical Games & Arbitrage Adventures: Exploring the impact of geopolitics on climate innovation Run by: Guy Vidra, Collaborative Fund & Tom McQuillen, ReGen Ventures 🐘 The Elephant in the Room: Strategics in climate tech Run by: Tobias Jahn, Hitachi Ventures & Kike Miralles, Starlight Ventures 👩🎨 Designing CDR Portfolios For Scale Vs. Certainty: Exploring the risk and rewards of open and closed systems Run by: Benjamin Tincq, Marble & Poppy Russell, Counteract Read more about these Ripples and browse the others 👉 https://lnkd.in/dtbpEMYP

And they call this free market capitalism?! While increasingly loud voices criticise the green sector subsidies, fossil fuels got a $7 trillion handout. This is total madness. Luckily we have some amazing people in policy fighting for the green sector's voice to be heard. Join Suzana Carp and me at The Drop to work together on outsmarting the petro lobby! Link in Comments 👇 Credentials for the infographic to the wonderful Nat Bullard

"One of the things that always feels mystical within the climate space for founders is yes, there's equity, and yes, there's this concept called FOAK, which is complicated with lots of different funders, but there's a whole range of different capital solutions in between that are accessible…and easy to understand."💡💰 👑 The wonderful Laura Fox (Streetlife Ventures) is coming back to The Drop for her 3rd year to host a Ripple on practical approaches to building your climate capital stack. Co-hosted with Amir Chireh Mehr from Elemental Excelerator and Ryan M. Macpherson from Autodesk. 🙌 Read more about her Ripple and browse the others 👉 https://lnkd.in/dtbpEMYP

More Ripples to look forward to in September at The Drop! 🔔 🤝 The New Green Tech Lobby: Empowering advocacy and action in the environmental transition  Run by: Jessica Burley, Planet A Ventures & Suzana Carp, Cleantech for Europe 🪸 Biodiversity: The final frontier in sustainability  Run by: Kevin Webb, Superorganism & Siddarth Shrikanth, Just Climate, & Gemma Shepherd, 2150 🇪🇺 Climate x Sovereignty: Can Europe's net zero ambitions survive geopolitical volatility?  Run by: Alex Bakir, Norrsken & Brett Bivens, Radian Holdings What's a Ripple?  Ripples are small, interactive sessions organized by and for the climate community. They focus on deep knowledge sharing on a specific topic to drive it forward and accelerate the transition. See all the Ripples 👉 https://lnkd.in/dtbpEMYP 

Konstantina Koulouri (NatureFinance) and Frederic Fournier (Open Forest Protocol) discuss their upcoming Ripple at The Drop on Web3 and nature markets: 'The Rise of Web3 - Nature's potential in the digital age.' Have we mentioned that this year, we'll have 48 Ripples? That's 27 more than last year 🤯 Most of them are up on the website 👉 https://lnkd.in/d8QtS5HD

Gil and Daniel met up at HackSummit to discuss their upcoming Ripple at The Drop. 🤩 They're talking about the untapped climate opportunity in the food sector. Take a look at their Ripple and all the 40+ others! 👉 https://lnkd.in/d8QtS5HD

Hi #Climate #Tech and #VC bubble! Make sure you join The Drop conference, and please swing by in the perfect side event for you: #OpenSource is the way to go on collaboration and innovation. Lets exchange on it! https://lu.ma/9ooox668 See you in #Malmö! The Linux Foundation, LF Energy, EVerest Project, PIONIX GmbH, Pale blue dot, Hampus Jakobsson

👋 It's time to get to know the amazing, amazing people behind The Drop 2024 Ripples, which are decentralized sessions run by the climate community. Carmen’s the founder of Cocoa 🍫 and she's running a Ripple with Devika co-founder of Wilbe.com on the many paths to investing in science and deep tech. Thanks for the chat, Carmen, and can't wait for your session! 💗 See Carmen and Devika’s Ripple and all the rest 👉 https://lnkd.in/d8QtS5HD

The first keynote speaker of The Drop 2024 is General Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE 📣 Richard's expertise lies in the intersection of climate change, sustainability, and security. As a British Army general, he wrote a Review of Defence's Approach to Climate Change and Sustainability. He was also the Non-Executive Director for Climate Change and Net Zero for the UK Ministry of Defence. These days, he's busy as the Chair, Director, and Advisor for several renewable energy and environmental sustainability startups. Richard’s keynote will explore how climate change affects geopolitics and security. He’ll also discuss opportunities for dual-purpose investments in companies that have climate benefits inside and outside the military space. Here's a sneak peek at what he hopes you'll take away from his talk.👇