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Founders! Looking to be featured in an upcoming ClimateRaise newsletter? Learn more on our website (https://lnkd.in/gE2D8WA) and let us know through this founder feature form (https://lnkd.in/efSt5DuQ)! We feature early-stage climate startups (and sometimes funds!) led by founders from historically marginalized backgrounds. If you're raising now (or will be in the next 6-12 months), we'd love to get you into an issue.

Great ideas and grand visions are fleeting without deep commitment and tenacity. Join us for a conversation with Carla Javits of REDF and Omar Woodard of HRS Management as they dive into what it takes to grow a movement, focusing on REDF's pioneer venture philanthropy that has galvanized a national movement of social change. Get ready to listen, learn, and start building a better future: https://bit.ly/3w76Ixd

🌟 Insights from Angel Investors: Fostering a Thriving Tech Community! 🚀 "It's not just about investment, it's about building a strong community." Wise words from Angel of the Year 2023 Josh Garratt, CEO of Southern Angels, resonated deeply at the Perth Angels Annual Investment Breakfast. A well-attended event united WA's Angel Investors, Business Leaders, and Founders to explore angel investing, aligning with West Tech Fest 2023. The key takeaway? Prioritising community fuels resilience, driving innovation in Australia's tech sector. Join the conversation! What do you believe drives a thriving tech community? Share your thoughts! 📸 Pictured. ▪ Top: Jess Walker (AirTree), Silk Kadala (Blackbird), Josh Garratt (Southern Angels), Dan Jovevski (WeMoney), Brady Flockart (Starmate). ▪ Bottom Left: EXTAG Lan with amazing Female Founders Kareena Waters (Industry OneCARD) and Erin Bell (Co-Connect App). ▪ Bottom Right: Wilson Casado, FAIM (Visagio), and current Chair for Perth Angels. #TechInnovation #AngelInvesting #CommunityBuilding #WestTechFest2023

Celebrating Collaboration! 🚀 🌍 Representing Atlas Ventures, Natalia Rivas joined ZINC, Sustainable Womens Network, and Alma Angels office hours for Women building Climate Startups. With a bustling event attended by 30 startups and over 30 investors, it was a dynamic platform for networking and support. Along with startup and investor matchmaking, the event also featured insightful investor panel discussions and breakout sessions on fostering more opportunities for female founders in the ecosystem. Action items emerged: 1) Bring a male colleague to future events to enrich discussions. 2) Evaluate your LinkedIn network to identify any gaps in coverage when obtaining deal flow from your network, where do you typically overindex, and ensure broader representation across all networks. A big shoutout to all the inspiring founders and investors who participated! As Atlas has many sustainability themes in our scope (energy, efficiency, carbon capture, etc), we got some great potential dealflow at the event. #ClimateStartups #WomenInTech #Networking #Investing

Starting a company is not hard - what’s hard is keeping it going. I spoke to a female climate tech founder last week. She already raised $1.3M out of $1.8M. She told me the toughest part of being a founder is not fundraising, sales or product. No. The toughest part of being a founder is getting "NO"s - 95% of the time (when you are raising capital.) The toughest part is the emotional resilience required. It’s to continue no matter how you may feel. Here are 4 ways to build emotional resilience as a founder. __ ♻️ Repost it to your network and follow Helena Wasserman for more. ✍️Sign up to my weekly newsletter to crush it with your climate startup! Link in bio.

The first in a series of partnership announcements. Thank you VentureCapital Magazin for your support and strengthening the community! Great to have you on board Mathias Renz, Daniel Ignatenko and Janine Heidenfelder! "Since May 2000, VentureCapital Magazine has been informing investors, innovative entrepreneurs and intermediaries about trends, transactions and background information on private equity, entrepreneurship and technology. Together with the online products VC-Magazin.de and the weekly newsletter Private Equity Flash, VentureCapital Magazin is the leading private equity portal in the German-speaking world." Matthias Trost, Jochen Hauff, Stefano Cruccu, David Hunt, Ivonne Briceño, Julia Bauer,Britta Muzyk - Tikovsky, Florian Hempel, Dr. Sonja Stuchtey, Richard Youngman, Parneet Kaur #wildfireprevention #floodprevention #urbanresilience #desalination #reflectivecoatings #foodsecurity #waterusage #regenerativeagriculture #biodiversity #climateadaptation #climateresilience #climatejustice #adaptyourworld

The number one thing investors are looking for in an early startup? The founder that believes in themselves. From the outside, Future House in Clapton looks like a fight club, not an event space. Inside, the pink neon “Just f***ing build something” adds to the vibe. I went there last week to the FutureLondon.org event to listen to founder and investor stories. I had been doing a little research recently on what’s the number one element of a pitch story. Every time I talk to an investor, I get the same response - team/founder/people. Neer Nagda added another layer to this answer in his insightful talk. "The most important thing that investors are looking for is a founder that believes in themselves," he said. Makes sense. A founder that believes in themselves will keep going in the hardest times, sacrifice a lot, and not give up. Now, that’s nothing to do with a pitch story, and everything to do with the stories we tell ourselves. And the people that surround us and believe in us when we have doubts. Everyone needs that kind of support, but from what I see, climate founders need it even more. They’re not only fighting the fight of getting the business off the ground, finding money, and becoming profitable. They often feel like the solutions to the climate crisis they offer are too late or too small to make a difference. To all climate fighters out there, keep fighting! What you do matters, a lot. I hope you surround yourself with people that believe in you. PS: If you know someone that has a bit of a wobble, give them a confidence boost. They’ll never forget it. PPS: If you need help crafting your pitch story, I’m here to help. +1 to confidence. #storytelling #climatefounders #fundraising

The goals and plans we make today, have the opportunity to significantly impact the outcome of the year ahead. To help climate founders prepare for a fruitful new year, CrowdSolve has 3 Mini Camp offerings in December. Learn from startup experts about how to successfully network, measure your innovation's climate impact, and perfect your pitch and story. 📆 December 5 & 7, 2023 How to Network Your Way to $100K Getting ready to raise money? Learn insider tips and tricks to land more investor meetings and increase your pipeline.  ⚡️ $99  👨🏫 Led by Tim Wolters (+ some special guests)! 📆 December 11 & 12, 2023  Impact Measurement for Climate Startups How on earth do you measure a gigaton of carbon reduction? Learn from experts and begin your startup’s impact model.   ❇️ $99  👏 Led by Rob Kellogg & Catherine Griffin 📆 December 13 & 14, 2023 Pitch Deck 101 for Climate Founders Your pitch deck should help you sell your story, not create confusion. Build your deck with help from a pitching expert in this 2-day program.  💛 $99  🎙️ Led by Amanda Vrbas & Robert Bean Learn more & sign up here: https://lnkd.in/g6mZ6zpB

The fundraising dip for climate-tech in 2023 first half is likely temporary, given the reality of climate change and the cultural and economic momentum behind solving it. At Indiginus we expect more of our fundraise-marketing business to come from climate-related funds in the future. COMING SOON: an Indiginus fundraise marketing effort for a fund that leverages incentives from the 'Inflation Reduction Act' - really a piece of climate-change legislation - to drive both energy efficiency and investor returns. #Climatetech #climatefinance #inflationreductionact #fundraisemarketing Galvanize Climate Solutions https://lnkd.in/gB-_MZnZ

To all female climate founders, this one’s for YOU 👇 1 week ago, I joined an *awesome* and unique accelerator programme called Unstoppable Women. Led by the one and only Helena Wasserman. I cannot even begin to describe how much it’s PACKED with amazing content. From developing an unstoppable mindset to fundraising and sales methods, Helena gives it ALL. On top of that, there are weekly mentoring sessions to level up your game and ask any questions. 🔥 It’s been only one week, but I already got so much from it! Helena is helping you all the way, whether you want to: 👉 Fundraise for your climate startup 👉 Have exposure to investors 👉 Be part of an awesome community 👉 Have strategic advice on fundraising & sales 👉 Launch a Climate startup 👉 Build your audience and have a voice If you’re ready to unlock the growth of your Climate startup, join us! DM me and I’ll send you the link. See you on the inside. 🤍