On the ninth episode of Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors, I spoke to James Manktelow, Angel Investor and CEO Mentor at Green Angel Syndicate.

Green Angel Syndicate is the UK's largest network of specialist investors fighting climate change, searching out, assessing and selecting the innovations that will make a difference, and then investing in them to enable their development. They focus on companies whose radical grassroots innovations introduce the technology, machinery and process required for the practical changes needed throughout the global economy that will slow down, arrest and then reverse global warming.

Timestamps:

0.20: About Funding a Better Future and Above and Beyond Recruitment

1:11: Cherry’s introduction to James Manktelow and Green Angel Syndicate

2:20: James delves a bit deeper into Green Angel Syndicate and their role

3:20: What’s your perspective on the funding landscape for this year?

4:35: Considering how inflation and interest rates affect Founders and their companies

5:23: Good news in the market

6:40: What are you most excited about?

8:02: E-mobility and the tech support of

8:29: Built environment, including commercial property

9:45: Biodiversity and the UK Kelp area

12:10: What stage of organisation and maturity do you focus on?

14:10: What advice would you give Founders looking to raise this year?

14:43: Getting profit ASAP

16:10: What resources can they use to make sure they’re being realistic with their PMV?

16:35: Angel Investor rule of thumb

17:41: The support of Green Angel Syndicate

18:56: Introductory pitch decks, thinking things through and coaching

21:37: Cherry’s conclusion

Video versions of these episodes are available here.

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