Arjun Jairaj is an investor with noa VC. The team at noa are building Europe’s largest tech fund dedicated to transforming the built world. They invest in pioneering founders and breakthrough technologies that decarbonise the built world.

During this series of bite-sized episodes, I’ll be speaking to investors from across the climate ecosystem to get their reflections on 2024, insights about the funding landscape for 2025, advice for founders looking to raise, and finding out what they’re most excited about for the coming year.

1:36 - Intro to noa VC and their investment thesis.

3:09 - What stages and areas do noa VC invest in?

3:46 - Is built environment primarily deep tech and hardware based?

5:28 - Arjun’s reflections on 2024’s fundraising market.

11:01 - What do you think companies in your portfolio have that has made them particularly successful?

13:27 - Predictions for the 2025 market for early-stage climate investment.

19:54 - What are noa VC looking for in teams and startups when you invest?

21:30 - What is the minimum you’d be looking for in a team at an early stage and do you think gaps can be filled by fractional executives or advisors?

23:45 - Advice for founders looking to raise this year.

26:02 - Advice for founders on how to manage the fundraising process and make sure the business is still being well looked after whilst their attention is elsewhere.

28:25 - How to get in touch with Arjun and noa VC.

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Stuart Ferguson is an investor with Sustainable Ventures, who as well as offering investment to earth-saving startups, also operate two co-working spaces in London and Manchester, with sole focus on climate tech. In fact, we here at Above & Beyond use their London space regularly.

Stuart is particularly passionate about early stage investing and loves working with new entrepreneurs to help them realise their ambitions.

During this series of bite-sized episodes, I’ll be speaking to investors from across the climate ecosystem to get their reflections on 2024, insights about the funding landscape for 2025, advice for founders looking to raise, and finding out what they’re most excited about for the coming year.

1:27 - What are your reflections on 2024 for investment?

2:38 - Were any of your portfolio companies particularly notable last year? What do you think helped them succeed?

4:00 - What do you predict for the UK climate funding landscape in 2025?

6:37 - Are you seeing a difference in how climate companies are positioning themselves?

8:15 - What do you look for when making investments?

11:34 - What support do Sustainable Ventures offer post-investment?

13:26 - What parts of the climate industry are you excited about and see potential in?

15:41 - Advice for founders looking to raise funds this year.

19:42 - What is the minimum viable amount of traction you’d be looking for?

22:59 - How to contact Sustainable Ventures.

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Roberta Franchi is an investment associate at Counteract. Counteract is a carbon removal company combating the climate crisis through research, development and investment. They give engineer and scientist entrepreneurs the financial and strategic support to turn fresh ideas into self-sustaining businesses with the potential to capture or store greenhouse gases at a global scale.

During this series of bite-sized episodes, I’ll be speaking to investors from across the climate ecosystem to get their reflections on 2024, insights about the funding landscape for 2025, advice for founders looking to raise, and finding out what they’re most excited about for the coming year.

1:37 - An intro to Counteract

3:04 - How was 2024 for the CDR market?

6:48 - What is driving corporates to sign off-take agreements?

9:35 - How do you see the 2025 CDR market developing?

13:19 - What do you look for in investments?

15:45 - What are you excited about in the CDR landscape?

17:49 - What advice do you have for founders looking to fundraise?

19:39 - Where can people find out about grants they could apply for?

21:04 - How to contact Counteract and Roberta.

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