Trellis Climate

Calling all FOAK climate companies and partners 📣 We are excited to share our guide on resources for FOAK project preparation and development. This guide features readiness checklists, accelerators, workshops, project databases, and more—designed to help accelerate the deployment of first-of-a-kind climate projects. We invite you to explore and leverage these resources 📚 : https://lnkd.in/grRursf8 #FOAK #ClimateStartups #ClimateTech

First-of-a-kind financing was a major topic of conversation at New York Climate Week. Our team attended dozens of events focused on FOAK and the missing middle. A few themes stood out:   1. Mentions of FOAK are at an all-time high! 2. However, there are still only a handful of successful FOAK climate financing examples, and accessing this funding remains a major barrier to deployment. 3. It’s going to take collaboration across the entire climate ecosystem–including catalytic capital, corporate offtake, tax credits, insurance, and project finance–to scale solutions at the speed the climate needs. After such an exciting week, we’re energized to continue our work with diverse partners–both new and old–to help tackle the climate crisis and to provide catalytic capital to FOAK climate projects. Read on for more NYCW takeaways: https://lnkd.in/egKn-Hss #ClimateFinance #ClimateTech #Foak #Firstofakind #NYCW24

This is the final post in our series on tools for FOAK project deployment. Previous posts explored development readiness checklists and accelerators. Today we’ll look at FOAK case studies, including: ▶ Deanna Zhang's list of ten FOAK projects  ▶ The Climate Brick's seven case studies + frameworks ▶ CREO’s review of carbon management projects ▶ Net Zero Insights' ten Climate projects from 2023 ▶ And Cipher News’ clean-tech project tracker  In addition to these resources, our resource hub also features case studies by Prime Coalition, RMI, Sightline Climate (CTVC), ClearPath, LPO, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, and Madison Freeman. Are there additional case studies you look to for lessons on FOAK deployment? Share them in the comments! Tags: Deanna Zhang, The Climate Brick, Sophie Thorel, Kobi Weinberg, & Net Zero Insights #climatefinance #climatetech #foak #firstofakind 

Today is part 2 of our Resource Hub features! In our first post, we highlighted checklists for FOAK preparation. Today, we’ll look at five accelerators focused on project deployment. Which additional accelerator programs and advisory services are actively supporting emerging climate project scale up? #climatefinance #climatetech #foak #firstofakind Tags: Ilya Tabakh, Mitch Rubin, Elemental Impact, Third Derivative, Pilar Carvajo Lucena, & Dianna Pourciau Singh, PMP

Preparing for FOAK projects can take years of preparation with minimal support. With that in mind, we brought together several resources supporting FOAK deployment in a Resource Hub–which includes readiness checklists, accelerators, project databases, and more! Our goal is to shine a light on the resources that are available for FOAK project preparation. You can find the resource hub here: https://lnkd.in/grRursf8 Over the next few weeks, we will highlight several tools from the Resource Hub. We invite you to share additional resources that have proven useful in your own FOAK journey. For today, here are four development readiness checklists that stand out. Are there additional checklists you have turned to in your project preparation?  Links for images:  1: https://lnkd.in/gJxsxVkJ  2: https://lnkd.in/dXzvX9VZ  3: https://lnkd.in/g3jMfF7S 4: https://lnkd.in/gxGRNeBp Tags: Will Dufton, The Geneva Association, Yair Reem, Extantia, Energy Transition Finance LLC, & Michael Walton #climatefinance #climatetech #foak #firstofakind 

We're thrilled to be co-hosting this FOAK Pitch Night at NYCW! Thanks to Deanna Zhang and Jack Fritzinger for organizing and curating a such great group of companies and judges/co-hosts.

Prime’s Director of Impact Accountability and Project Frame, Keri Browder, brought our vision of a world in which humanity thrives without the threat of climate change to the White House’s Climate Capital Convening! Attending on behalf of Trellis Climate, our newest catalytic program to commercialize FOAK projects to mitigate climate change, Keri was among others working to bring high-impact climate solutions to reality. Learn more about the Convening and Keri’s takeaways 👉 https://lnkd.in/ebupXfNq #ClimateCapital #ClimateFinance #ClimateInnovation #ClimatePhilanthropy #ClimateAction

Tim McDonnell asked Lara Pierpoint of Trellis Climate, "What's the most helpful thing philanthropy in particular can do to scale climate tech?" See her response in this edition of the Semafor Net Zero Newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eE-7HjP2 #ClimateTech #ClimateFinance #CatalyticCapital #ClimatePhilanthropy #CleanTech #Philanthropy

Thanks to my fellow panelists for the fantastic conversation and to Foresight Canada for organizing a great session!

Earlier this week, I had the privilege of joining Brinc's #FOAK Financing Panel with Amir Chireh Mehr, David Hirsch, Daniel Goldman and our moderator Deanna Zhang. I thoroughly enjoyed the thoughtful discussion, and I was happy to share more about Trellis Climate and some some keys to a successful FOAK project, including robust project development and community engagement.