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Join our exclusive Panel Discussion https://lnkd.in/gKKFCHYh on "How Can Startups Effectively Integrate Sustainability to Attract Investors?" Join Jeffrey Beyer as he unpacks the rise of sustainable investing, shares key market data, and explains why investors are increasingly attracted to green startups. Don't miss out on this insightful session! The event streams LIVE on LinkedIn on March 27th, 5:30 PM GMT. #EquityMatch #SustainableBusiness #ImpactInvesting #StartupFunding #PanelDiscussion #Webinar 

📢📢Today, we had our kick-off for Stage 2! ▶️Simone Pies, Business and Impact Investor, was in charge of launching this new stage, which will focus on investment, scalability, internationalization, and investment readiness. ▶️During the panel titled "Ready for Investors? What It Takes to Get There!", Simone explained what investors are looking for in startups: from market potential and scalability to team strength. Of course, they also analyze product fit, traction, and financial data. ▶️However, to know which investor to approach, you need to understand them: ✅Angel Investors: FFF funding rounds, early stage. They involve more risk, smaller amounts, and typically equity. ✅After angels: Series A. Involves less risk, higher amounts, and equity. ✅Companies & complementary industries: They provide resources, technology, market access, and scaling opportunities. ✅Private equity: They look for mature companies and focus on profitability and long-term growth. ✅Crowdfunding: Early stage, does not involve equity. ✅Government loan: Any stage, no equity involved. 🎙️Additionally, Simone gave us some advice on how to identify the investors we need: “It’s important to know what type of investor you’re dealing with and to research them thoroughly, using tools like LinkedIn to gather more information. Keeping your LinkedIn profile up to date is crucial for this. Additionally, factors like the industry sector and geography are key. Alignment in vision, values, and company culture is equally important for a successful partnership”. Thank you very much, Simone, for sharing your insights! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #CleanTech #Startups #UPM #growth #sustainability #cleancities #smartcities #investors ClimAccelerator Climate-KIC EIT Climate-KIC Spain Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Happy Friday with #VCCentralGems 💎 ⚡️ 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗘𝗘: 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 Stéphane Ouaki 🇺🇦🇪🇺 Head of Department at European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘜𝘙 50 𝘵𝘰 200 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘴.

🔦 The State of Innovation in the Danube Valley... The GLOBSEC #Danube #Tech Valley Initiative and Dealroom.co report reveals some key factors to understanding the #region spanning over 14 countries. Here are some of my favourite takeaways: ↪ Over 10k #founders come from the region's best unis! ↪ 88% of #VC #investment has gone into startups in the Western & Central Danube regions. ↪ The region has produced 18 #unicorns 🦄 ↪ The region needs a strong & supportive #innovation #ecosystem ↪ Early-stage #investing is steadily on the rise but there is a scarcity of #scaling-up opportunities I am curious, what do you see as strengths & weaknesses in #CEE? Read the report: https://lnkd.in/dypy7bF8

📢 Last call for action for investors and start-up support organisations in Europe. 🌍 Don't miss your chance to participate in the Healthy Investment Central Eastern Europe (HICEE) project survey! Under the Horizon Europe programme, HICEE aims to transform the investment landscape by empowering startups, fostering cross-border collaborations, and amplifying venture investments. We can't do it alone – we need your insight to make it happen. 🔔 This is your final opportunity to share your experiences, challenges, and aspirations regarding early-stage investments in Central and Eastern Europe. Seize this moment and contribute to positive change! 🔗https://bit.ly/3xLRfTS EIT Health COBIN Angels Civitta Crowdberry Delft University of Technology Hungarian Business Angel Network MEDVIA #HICEE #InvestmentEcosystem #HorizonEurope #CEEInnovation #Entrepreneurship  

Exciting Update! 🚀 LowCarbon.Earth hosted its demo day on the 25th and 26th of April. This concluded the third edition of the annual program between the Massive Earth Foundation and the United Nations Environment Programme. The two-day in-person Finale event, held in Bangkok, marked the culmination of a 12-week journey that began last year with over 400 applications from across Asia Pacific. 67 startups were selected and went through an intensive online boot camp. The top 14 startups were flown to Bangkok for an exclusive in-person event. The event featured investors and experts from across Asia Pacific and included engaging panel discussions, workshops, and networking opportunities, playing an instrumental role in the entrepreneurial journey of climate tech founders.  Low Carbon Earth is an annual accelerator supporting early-stage startups that are developing innovative, climate-friendly solutions to address pollution and climate change. https://lowcarbon.earth/ 🌏💡 #LowCarbonEarth #StartupInnovation #ClimateAction" 

𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 📢 Last week, I had the honor of leading a masterclass on Financial Planning and Strategy for startups at the Rural Spain ClimAccelerator, a program dedicated to advancing innovative sustainability solutions in rural areas, supported by EIT Climate-KIC. 🌱 The session was tailored to benefit the impactful and sustainable startups actively engaged in the cohort: Planetai Space Group, Agrolinera, ROORAL, XIZAN, Clic Recycle®, FLOC Ammonia solutions, Tunnll, Nellie Atlantic SL, Zenit, ForestChain and Water2kW. 💡 The session was broken down into four pivotal stages: 1️⃣ Understanding financial needs and funding goals 2️⃣ Exploring investment readiness and valuation setting 3️⃣ Diving into diverse funding sources and investor due diligence 4️⃣ Nurturing meaningful engagements between startups and investors for mutual growth 💫 Special thanks to Thais Glod from INNOBOUND.EU for inviting me to contribute to this session and support the innovation journey of these inspiring startups! #ClimAccelerator #StartupFinance #impactinvesting

On the road to a product 06/28/2024 I stepped back and had some great insights on moving forward, which will work on the next few weeks. 1.    Successfully incorporated as a Delaware Corporation. 2.    Class on How to accelerate your startup growth. 3.    Participated with LG Corp team to help create a better world. 4.    INHPO is a conference for startups and Investors in Bordeau France had presentation on it. 5.    Wonderful lecture out of Jerusalem about Unicorn Nation. 6.    Applied to CHILI Carbon + Hydrogen and Innovation and Learning Incubator Texas program. 7.    Applied to Energy Starter ADP corporation challenge in Portugal. Keep building and learning what we need to accomplish for our next milestone. #incorporation #innovation #greenenergy #perseverance

What is a reverse pitch? Industry partnerships are crucial to supporting startups. They can be first customers and early adopters of emerging technology and services. They can also be important collaborators in making sure an innovation meets a market need and has a clear commercialization pathway. One way to make sure innovators and startups are getting connected to those industry partners and priorities is through a reverse pitch event. It's an opportunity for partners from that sector (government, private business, or other established organizations and experts) to lay out their needs, technology, or projects they are developing, and their wish list for solutions that could come from or developed with startups. Grid Catalyst hosted a cleantech reverse pitch on March 20 with Bill Weber (3M), Al Innes (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency), Jeremy Lenz (national water and technology expert), Ellie Rabine (City of St. Louis Park), and Richard Graves, FAIA (Center for Sustainable Building Research/University of Minnesota). They laid out the priorities for their sectors and organizations and connected with founders at the event. Check out the video - https://lnkd.in/g5HcSgFj #AccelerateNorth #jargon #reversepitch #energy #startups #AprilAcceleratorAcademy

The kickoff for Stage 2 is coming up on September 12th! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 This stage, will be focused on investment scalability, internationalization and investment readiness. ▶️ Our kickoff event next week will feature an exceptional keynote panel titled "Ready for Investors? What It Takes to Get There!". Simone Pies, Business and Impact Investor, will explain how to prepare a pitch deck, how to find the right investor, and what impact investors are present in our market. ▶️ Additionally, Lia Alvarez, from EIT Climate-KIC Spain, will lead an Impact Hypothesis Q&A session to answer any questions startups may have about the process of filling it out. #Startups #UPM #growth #sustainability #investment #cleantech #cleancities #smartcities #investors #venturecapital ClimAccelerator Climate-KIC EIT Climate-KIC Spain Universidad Politécnica de Madrid