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"Insured losses for Hurricane Helene are estimated at over $6B, but uninsured losses are far higher"... is your home at risk of a climate disaster? What about in 30 years?   Our newest portfolio company, First Street, has integrated with Zillow to bring users real-time climate risk data for each address and estimate how it will affect home insurance and home value over time. Zillow notes in a recent survey that more than 80% of buyers now consider climate risk when purchasing a home...do you?   #climaterisk #climatestartup #climatetech #VCfunding https://lnkd.in/es78BzEx

That's a wrap on #ClimateWeekNYC 2024! Great to connect with so many mission-aligned founders and fellow VCs doing the work every day to build a more sustainable future. Thank you to the 200+ founders/investors who came out Wednesday night to the event "Climate Connections" we co-hosted with Montauk Climate, MUUS Climate Partners, and NextEra Energy, Inc. Feeling energized for what's next!   A special thank you to Montauk Climate for leading the organization of this event, as well as our co-hosts and co-sponsors for helping to make it possible: MUUS Climate Partners, NextEra Energy, Inc., Ramp, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, and HSBC Asset Management #NYclimateweek #climatetech #climateVC #startups #NYCW2024

Pivotal insight from Unicorn founder Andrew Butt of Enable: don’t boil the ocean - start small. “Pick what is the most valuable use case where you can deliver the most impact and also with the least surface area – and create something which is really narrow but can solve a specific problem.” Varun Jain #startups #scaleup #unicornstartup #industrialtech #founderadvice

Interested in partnering with corporations like Schneider Electric? Schneider’s CTO of Global Innovation, Scott Harden, urges founders to “understand us” and frame their technology solutions in terms of specific use cases that the corporate is focused on.   This is an insight we heard across the board from Fortune 500 executives during SE Ventures Innovation Day: Know your customer. Speak their language. Build meaningful relationships over time.   #startups #startupgrowth #industrialtech #climatetech #schneiderelectric

Mindset switch: dare to view your competition differently. “Can you find a way to work with them versus having to compete with them?” Pradeep Gupta, VP of Generative AI & Accelerated Computing at NVIDIA, encourages startups to think of their competition as their “ecosystem” and work to expand the TAM for everyone. Hear more in the clip below from SE Ventures Innovation Day:

“People often ask me, why did you get into climate? And my answer is always… why haven’t YOU?”   Have you considered a career in climate? Planet FWD Founder & CEO Julia Collins says the time is NOW. Hear her Why in the clip below from SE Ventures Innovation Day. #climatetech #startups #mission

What intros have been the most impactful for your startups’ growth? Hear from SmartD Technologies' Founder & CEO, Simon Leblond, on what pivotal connection helped take their business to the next level. #startup #earlystage #acceleration #scaleup Gregoire VIASNOFF

“The biggest aha moment for me is understanding that the goal of sales is not to get revenues. The goal of sales as a salesperson is to find a pain point and help the customer solve a problem.” Hear more from brilliant unicorn founder Saar Yoskovitz, CEO of Augury, who spoke on SE Ventures “Industrial Unicorns” panel at our annual event. Follow SE Ventures for more insights from fast-scaling startups. #startups #venturecapital #industrialtech

What does a successful meeting with a big corporate look like? Kunal Sinha, Global Head of Recycling for Glencore, shares what you should aim for if you’re a startup having a first meeting with a potential corporate customer. #startups #corporatepartnership #SEVentures

“What helped us at Claroty was to have that ambition to re-imagine what the world could look like.” How does a startup scale to Unicorn status in the Industrial space? Claroty Co-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer Galina Antova advises founders to listen to your stakeholders to understand the real value your product can deliver – it’s not always what you think at first. Hear Galina Antova’s full go-to-market hack in the clip below from at SE Ventures Innovation Day and follow us for more insight from founders scaling fast in Industrial & Climate Tech. #startups #industrialtech #unicornstartup