Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors
Claim This Podcastby Cherry Swayne
Podcast Overview
<p>Hey everyone! Cherry Swayne here, Founder of Above and Beyond Recruitment, Carbon13 Domain Expert, organiser of online ClimateTech communities and Mother of two small, wonderful children. Most importantly to you though, I'm your Host of Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors💸</p><br><p>In a series of bitesize episodes, they will be sharing their opinion on the funding landscape for 2023, letting us know what they're most excited about in the ClimateTech sector and giving their advice to Founders looking to raise this year.</p><br><p>Happy listening💫</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
May 3, 2023
E11: Puja Balachander from Carbon13
<p>On the eleventh (and last!) episode of Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors, I spoke to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAA3EPkABbFQfL3X756mtPydACaDb30dbP-I" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Puja Balachander</a>, Head of Venture Launchpad at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/carbon13/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carbon13</a>.</p><br><p>The <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/carbon13/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carbon13</a> 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.</p><br><p>Timestamps:</p><p>0.20: About Funding a Better Future and Above and Beyond Recruitment</p><p>1:11: Cherry’s introduction to Puja Balachander and Carbon13</p><p>2:18: Puja delves a bit deeper into the Venture Launchpad</p><p>4:00: Who would be an ideal prospect for the launchpad and what stage should they be at?</p><p>5:50: Solid team, promising idea and progress on commercial and product</p><p>6:25: Are there any key themes that people are finding difficult that the venture builder can solve?</p><p>08:10: Needing funding to reach the next step</p><p>9:10: 1 on 1 coaching and community support</p><p>11:02: How do you see the funding landscape this year?</p><p>15:15: What can traction look like and how can Founders get it?</p><p>17:32: Are there particular parts of ClimateTech that are particularly interesting to VCs?</p><p>22:30: What tips would you give Founders looking to raise this year?</p><p>26:05: Are there any resources that you would suggest for someone to start to demystify the world of investment?</p><p>27:20: How can people get involved in the Venture Launchpad?</p><p>27:45: Cherry’s conclusion and the future of Funding a Better Future</p><br><p>Video versions of these episodes are available <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5HxHGzImYjhcGf9awbOHLU4-5n66tYko" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 3, 2023
E10: Kate Ronayne from Longwall Venture Partners LLP
<p>On the tenth episode of Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors, I spoke to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAGe6QwBFY6BebCzzswCQ_a4Q9Pmxr6vFxU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kate Ronayne</a>, Investment Director at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/longwall-venture-partners-llp/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Longwall Venture Partners LLP</a>.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/longwall-venture-partners-llp/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Longwall Venture Partners LLP</a> 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.</p><br><p>Timestamps:</p><p>0.20: About Funding a Better Future and Above and Beyond Recruitment</p><p>1:11: Cherry’s introduction to Kate Ronayne and Longwall Investment</p><p>2:18: Kate delves a bit deeper into Longwall Investment</p><p>4:10: What support do Longwall Investment give people post-investment? </p><p>6:10: What’s your opinion on the funding landscape this year?</p><p>6:20: What it means to be a generalist investor and how other sectors compare to ClimateTech</p><p>8:15: What parts of the ClimateTech sector are you most excited about?</p><p>10:43: Looking creatively at incumbent manufacturing technologies and trying to disrupt those</p><p>12:30: What advice would you give to Founders looking to raise for the first time ever?</p><p>13:44: Understand the interests of the funder, ask if they’re actively investing and talk to people they’ve invested in</p><p>15:23: The importance of customer feedback and value proposition</p><p>22:58: Cherry’s conclusion</p><br><p>Video versions of these episodes are available <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5HxHGzImYjhcGf9awbOHLU4-5n66tYko" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
April 21, 2023
E9: James Manktelow from Green Angel Syndicate
<p>On the ninth episode of Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors, I spoke to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAAe-X8BTFLFHQIUKTE-lK0Nl7O1czThDaU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">James Manktelow</a>, Angel Investor and CEO Mentor at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-angel-syndicate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Green Angel Syndicate</a>.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-angel-syndicate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Green Angel Syndicate</a> 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.</p><br><p>Timestamps:</p><p>0.20: About Funding a Better Future and Above and Beyond Recruitment</p><p>1:11: Cherry’s introduction to James Manktelow and Green Angel Syndicate</p><p>2:20: James delves a bit deeper into Green Angel Syndicate and their role</p><p>3:20: What’s your perspective on the funding landscape for this year? </p><p>4:35: Considering how inflation and interest rates affect Founders and their companies</p><p>5:23: Good news in the market</p><p>6:40: What are you most excited about?</p><p>8:02: E-mobility and the tech support of</p><p>8:29: Built environment, including commercial property</p><p>9:45: Biodiversity and the UK Kelp area</p><p>12:10: What stage of organisation and maturity do you focus on?</p><p>14:10: What advice would you give Founders looking to raise this year?</p><p>14:43: Getting profit ASAP</p><p>16:10: What resources can they use to make sure they’re being realistic with their PMV?</p><p>16:35: Angel Investor rule of thumb</p><p>17:41: The support of Green Angel Syndicate</p><p>18:56: Introductory pitch decks, thinking things through and coaching</p><p>21:37: Cherry’s conclusion</p><br><p>Video versions of these episodes are available <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5HxHGzImYjhcGf9awbOHLU4-5n66tYko" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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<p>Hey everyone! Cherry Swayne here, Founder of Above and Beyond Recruitment, Carbon13 Domain Expert, organiser of online ClimateTech communities and Mother of two small, wonderful children. Most importantly to you though, I'm your Host of Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors💸</p><br><p>In a series of bitesize episodes, they will be sharing their opinion on the funding landscape for 2023, letting us know what they're most excited about in the ClimateTech sector and giving their advice to Founders looking to raise this year.</p><br><p>Happy listening💫</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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