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🌱🚀 Exciting news in the world of climate tech! Virescent Ventures, known for their impactful investments in climate-specific tech startups, is launching a new $200 million fund. This move signals a strong belief in the potential of climate technologies to lead the global energy transition. 🌞 The article by Jessica Sier in the AFR highlights the strategic shift from traditional venture capital methods to a more focused approach on climate tech. This is a big moment for the industry and a testament to the growing importance of sustainable innovation. 🌟 At RegenX, we're thrilled to see this development. It resonates deeply with our own journey, especially our early pilot projects. We believe this aligns perfectly with our mission to drive positive environmental change through technology. Virescent's Ventures commitment, coupled with their successful track record, sets a promising stage for the future of climate tech. It's a clear indicator that the sector is not just a niche, but a critical component of our collective future. AFR Article - https://t.ly/ncpi4 RegenX #CllimateTech #SustainableInvesting #GreenInnovation #RegenX #EnergyTransition

Just as there's more than one way to cook an egg, there's no single approach to cleantech funding. 🍳 Here are three new investment groups that are fuelling innovation in different ways: 1️⃣ Silence This early-stage climate tech VC fund, with its $35M capital, takes a fresh approach. Acting like an angel investor, Silence focuses on small, impactful investments across various climate startups, from virtual power plants to energy management systems. It's not about leading rounds or taking board seats; instead, it provides neutral, unbiased support, much like an angel investor but with more significant funding capabilities. 2️⃣ World Fund Closing a substantial €300M first fund, World Fund is all about decarbonisation technologies, with a strong emphasis on hardware. This fund is making strategic investments across Europe, including in quantum computing and sustainable food production, underscoring the importance of substantial follow-on investments to bridge the later-stage gap. 3️⃣ Frontline Ventures With $200M across two funds, Frontline Ventures is carving a niche by targeting B2B startups that straddle the Atlantic. Their strategy is to support UK and European ventures in their early stages and focus on U.S. scale-ups during growth phases, understanding that success often lies in bridging the geographic divide. For startups looking for financial help in the cleantech space, these funds highlight the diversity of support available. Whether it's angel-style backing, a focus on hardware, or bridging continents, there's a range of approaches to help bring innovative ideas to life. As ever, three questions to ask before submitting for any funding: Are you technology-ready? Are you business-ready? Are you market-ready? Do you have an investment strategy? 🤔 Drop us a line to discuss....and give us a follow 🔔 #CleanTech #RenewableEnergy #StartupFunding

The best outcomes in climate tech happen when companies can align their development milestones with their capital strategy. ClimateTech ventures aren't all capital-intensive, there are strategies and resources not available 5-7 years ago. Highlights from Nov. 10 ClimateTech Investor Panel - Capitalization and Financing (The briefing/recording is here:https://lnkd.in/gTZPzZh7) Karen Sheffield, MBA: (Managing Partner of Pachamama Ventures) Early-stage startups going to build a proof of concept (POC) need to get initial funding from friends and families, angels (several angel groups focusing on climate tech or impact investing), and government grants – there are so many now for climate tech companies, including IRA and more. Talk to grant writers to help you. Getting grants is hard, but getting funding from VCs before POC is even harder. Non-dilutive funding sources such as grants from governments are crucial for early-stage companies. and now more foundations and family offices want to invest in climate startups. Catalytic capital funds emphasize more on impact instead of maximizing financial returns solely. After you have revenue, there are revenue-based financing mechanisms that can help. (and more) Paul Burgon: (GP of Exit Ventures ) The best outcomes in climate tech happen when companies can align their development milestones with their capital strategy. A big difference between the cleantech 1.0 era and now is that the capital stack for climate tech has been developed rapidly and much more mature in the past 5-7 years. There are billions of hardware or cleantech funds, we see CVCs exploding, we see customer-financing models (customers as investors to build win-win outcomes, be creative, and build partnerships with customers), DOE’s loan office can support commercialization stage projects, and there are growth funds and infrastructure funds looking to back hard tech, etc. These didn’t exist 5-7 years ago, all are narrowing funding gaps substantially for first commercial operations. Especially CVCs can become your potential acquirers, so, look at companies in the ecosystem, and build partnerships. (and more) #climatetech #climatefinance #climateinvesting #venturecapital #angelinvesting #impactinvesting #cleantech #energytransition #decarbonization

A 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗖 amount. BUT. How is funding distributed across industry? 🤷🏽♂️ 2022 saw over $230 Billion in venture capital investments. Whilst this covers VC-funding on a whole, numbers highlighted below are still very similar specifically within climate solutions. 📉 Less than 4.5% of the $230B went to women-led, latino and black-owned businesses. It's always interesting to see diversity figures across growing industries, and in this particular case, there are still many barriers to entry within the wider scope of Cleantech. There are clear data sets (McKinsey & Company - https://lnkd.in/g5mFGy2X) that highlight the sense behind having a diverse workforce, which can ultimately create competitive edge. Key mentions in the article: Matt Petersen (Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), Kameale C. Terry (ChargerHelp!), National Coalition of Clean Energy Incubators, Taj Ahmad Eldridge (Include Ventures, Jobs for the Future (JFF). Read more in the link below ⬇ Diversity is an integral value at Quotacom and we believe it's 🔑 in accelerating the success of our partners. If your organisation is looking for a diverse search partner that focuses on digital innovation, drop me a DM to learn more 📩 https://lnkd.in/gG_sGBQm #climate #cleantech #diversity #DEI

Let's pave the way for collective investment in future innovations! Today, we unveil a feature that stands as a remarkable landmark for Roundtable: public communities. Currently, over 10 communities on the Roundtable platform are open to members keen on investing in premier startups. Our roster is something we take great pride in 🤩. A few notable mentions include: - Andrew Nutter’s Explorers - Millefeuille.ai (Nicolas Marchais) data scientists’ m.ai - Guillaume Rostand and Eytan Herzberg’s Le Club Startup - Super Capital (⚡️ Corentin Orsini ⚡️) ’s Super Capital Angels - Paul Lê & friends’ Unhiders - Adrien Montcoudiol & Antoine Sakho’s Mozza Angels - Christophe Maurissen & Constantin Meeus’s Wolf Pack - Hexa’s Saas Club (for Hexa alumni) (Thibaud Elziere, Quentin Nickmans, Amaury Sepulchre) - Roxanne VARZA’s Gold Diggers (for women angel investors) - Matthieu Stefani & OVNI Capital’s GDIY x Ovni - Christopher Zemina’s Future Fund - Vanessa Daurian Proust’s One Green - Maxime Paradis’s Paradise Club Eager to be a part of an investment community steered by some of the most formidable names in the ecosystem? Or perhaps you're contemplating establishing your own? Discover all our communities via the link provided in the comments. Evan Testa Julien Fissette Simon Ternoir Nicolas Delwaide Julien Antoine Lebastard Thibaud Elora B. Thibault Le Ouay - Ducasse

Why are the VC panelists (Fortune 500 and #cleantech executives) are so passionate and never more optimistic about #ClimateTech now? There are capitalization and financing options developing/maturing rapidly now which aren't available 5-7 years ago.  #venturecapitalist #angelinvestor #capitalization #financing #Startups

My feed today has been filled with announcements from people starting on exciting new journeys as they move along in their careers. Good luck to you all! 🍀 And I'm going to guess that there are some of you that have decided to take the leap and found a company (biotech/synbio 🧬 companies being the best choice, obviously 😁) - either jumping straight in feet first, or on the side whilst still having a "proper job". Either way, you have all my awe and support and I'll be flinging IP advice/education at you! One thing I've noticed, from working with synbio founders from the very earliest start of their journeys, is that a lot of founders have a very grand and noble initial focus - heavily impacting climate change for example by making product X in a greener way. But then they find that the world (VC) first wants you to get to a "minimal viable product", and one that makes some cash to boot. So instead of focusing on saving the world with your initial product X, you have to pivot and shift to make something small and expensive for rich people. And you have to prove it works. And that it can work on a big enough scale. You have the technology (or you will!) to make X but the world isn't yet at quite the right place for the technnology to make financial sense,so that market pull isn't there. But it will be. There will (soon) be a point where waiting for financial sense makes no sense. I'm finding that this switcheroo is pretty normal! I speak to someone one month, and the next month they have shifted their focus. The mindset is I think to do what you need to do to build your business, and hopefully come full circle to your original goals (if they still make sense). Of course, your original goals may have been entirely bonkers and some kind soul may have pointed this out to you! 🤪 It's a bit chicken/egg - the people with the money (for founders this means government funding, angels and VC) decide what gets funded and founded, and so what gets funded and founded won't change unless the motivations for the funders change. But there is a bit of a shift with more and more mission focused investors looking to invest into biotech and climatetech, and who understand that biology takes time to give you the rewards - financial or otherwise. And with the UK government putting £2billion into engineering biology over the next ten years, headed up by an awesome engineering biology team, I'm hoping that we can swing the balance in favour of biotech and biomanufacturing, prove technology faster and at scale and use biology where it can have the greatest effects. That was all to say, good luck founders! We need you! If you have to move away from what you initially wanted to do - don't feel bad, don't flog a dead horse, find your community, do what you need to do to get off the ground then come back to it later when your are loaded! #syntheticbiology #biotechnology #innovation #founders #postdoc #phd #startups

🚀 Wow inspiring - we can learn alot in The Nordics and Europa!. Engine Ventures by Massachusetts Institute of Technology is once again leading the way in "deep / tough tech" investments and company building. 🌍💡 https://lnkd.in/dcZXUSKb They've just raised a new $400 million fund III to tackle some of tech’s toughest challenges! This impressive milestone is a testament to their vision and dedication to groundbreaking innovation. A key driver behind this growth, as CEO Katie Rae highlights, is the “major policy shift” by the federal government with initiatives like the CHIPS Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. These measures are bolstering infrastructure and climate technology, providing strong incentives for private sector investment. The capital stack is much stronger than it was 7 years ago, showcasing the importance of a robust manufacturing base. As we face technological, economic, and security pressures in Europa there's much we can learn from The Engine’s journey over the past 7 years. Denmark, The Nordics, and Europe can leverage our strengths – with pride in our science-based startups, top-notch technology universities like DTU - Technical University of Denmark, and Technical University of Munich, TUM, and a very talented science based workforce. 🌱💪. It’s time for investment leaders to recognize the long-term economic potential and resilience of these deep tech companies. Let's attract more institutional investors, pensions, and individual managers to The Nordic's and Europe's early-stage deep tech space - to create lasting impact and financial return! 🌍✨ Sue Siegel, Anders Kjær, Jakob Rybak-Andersen, Søren Jessen Nielsen, Agnethe Leonora Hjarnø Boysen, Jacob Graves Beck, Dynelectro, Bioomix, CELLUGY®, Measurelet, PSV #DeepTech #Innovation #Investment #NordicTech #Greentech #Healthtech #Industry40 #MITTheEngine #FutureTech #SustainableInvestment #EuropeanTech #StartupEcosystem

Our in-app discussions this month are gearing up to tackle the hottest topic: "Investments in Cleantech" 💰 Curious about the future of sustainable investments? Want to explore the latest advancements in cleantech and how they're reshaping industries? Your search ends here! We've gathered the brightest minds and industry pioneers to guide you through this green investment journey. 💼🌱 During our series of discussions, you will: 🚀 Gain exclusive insights into the most promising cleantech startups and initiatives 📈 Discover the financial opportunities and returns in the rapidly growing cleantech market 💼 Hear from seasoned investors on their successful strategies and lessons learned 🌿 Learn how you can align your investments with a sustainable future We are going to be joined by: Rajendra Bhaskar (COO & Director, Vishawas Finvest) Nilesh Maurya,MBA (Director - Investments, Omega Capital Consultants) Shruthi Cauvery Iyer (Founder and Managing Partner, CaHa Capital) Shantanu Chaturvedi (AVP, Transition VC) Abhinav Chandra (Co-Founder, Stealth Startup) Mohammed Shoeb Ali (Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Transition VC) Harsh Modi (Community Lead, StartupLok Community) Register here so that we can alert you for our In-App Discussions https://lnkd.in/d6U_NxEn 🌐 To join Blue Circle and participate in this insightful AMA, simply download our app from [App Store/Google Play] the link below https://lnkd.in/eNSUCex #cleantech #investment #cleantech

Excited to host an AMA session with Blue Circle on the importance of Venture Studios to tackle Climate Change Please register on the link in Blue Circle’s post below if you want to be a part of this important conversation #climatefinance #climatetech #climate #sustainability