On the eleventh (and last!) episode of Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors, I spoke to Puja Balachander, Head of Venture Launchpad at Carbon13.

The Carbon13 Venture Launchpad is designed to surround start-ups with a carbon-obsessed ecosystem in order to achieve a potential carbon reduction of 10 million tonnes of CO2e per year once at scale. This is the only accelerator which can support a climate start-up from any sector, which hasn’t raised equity finance yet, to understand its true potential on carbon.

Timestamps:

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

1:11: Cherry’s introduction to Puja Balachander and Carbon13

2:18: Puja delves a bit deeper into the Venture Launchpad

4:00: Who would be an ideal prospect for the launchpad and what stage should they be at?

5:50: Solid team, promising idea and progress on commercial and product

6:25: Are there any key themes that people are finding difficult that the venture builder can solve?

08:10: Needing funding to reach the next step

9:10: 1 on 1 coaching and community support

11:02: How do you see the funding landscape this year?

15:15: What can traction look like and how can Founders get it?

17:32: Are there particular parts of ClimateTech that are particularly interesting to VCs?

22:30: What tips would you give Founders looking to raise this year?

26:05: Are there any resources that you would suggest for someone to start to demystify the world of investment?

27:20: How can people get involved in the Venture Launchpad?

27:45: Cherry’s conclusion and the future of Funding a Better Future

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On the tenth episode of Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors, I spoke to Kate Ronayne, Investment Director at Longwall Venture Partners LLP.

Longwall Venture Partners LLP support early-stage businesses that are harnessing the UK's expertise in science R&D to address the global challenges of tomorrow. They invest in companies that have the potential to disrupt an existing market or gain a material share of a new market, with a preference for B2B opportunities rather than consumer products.

Timestamps:

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

1:11: Cherry’s introduction to Kate Ronayne and Longwall Investment

2:18: Kate delves a bit deeper into Longwall Investment

4:10: What support do Longwall Investment give people post-investment?

6:10: What’s your opinion on the funding landscape this year?

6:20: What it means to be a generalist investor and how other sectors compare to ClimateTech

8:15: What parts of the ClimateTech sector are you most excited about?

10:43: Looking creatively at incumbent manufacturing technologies and trying to disrupt those

12:30: What advice would you give to Founders looking to raise for the first time ever?

13:44: Understand the interests of the funder, ask if they’re actively investing and talk to people they’ve invested in

15:23: The importance of customer feedback and value proposition

22:58: Cherry’s conclusion

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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

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