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2024 WA Climate Tech Investor Connect

We were excited to meet with investors in Perth!
Industry

Bold Predictions for 2024

We ask the experts for their insights on the 12 months ahead.
Industry

Understanding finance for startups with KPMG High Growth Ventures

If you don't have a finance background, it can be hard to understand what your finance function should look like as your startup grows.
Industry

R&D tax, grants and opportunities with KPMG

Government grants and tax incentives are a valuable source of non-dilutive funding for founders, particularly as capital markets have tightened.
Industry

How early is too early to talk to an investor?

We caught up with early-stage energy climate tech investors at Investible to pick their brains about investing in climate tech startups.
Companies

Transform our world by understanding it

Industry Report Partner Eratos built a platform optimised for physical world data
Industry

A powerful force in carbon removal, Stripe's Climate ambitions

Stripe isn't just a Fintech company, it has ambitious plans to be a key player in carbon removal. We caught up with Head of Climate, Nan Ransohoff, about Stripe's plans to create a market for carbon removal by pooling demand.
Companies

Bloom launches Australia’s first climate impact investing app

Founders Camille Socquet-Clerc and Bertrand Caron developed Bloom because they wanted to debunk the myth that making money and saving the planet weren't mutually exclusive.

News

Richard Branson and Mike Cannon-Brookes: Ditching coal can boost Aussie economy

Mike Cannon-Brookes and Richard Branson have called on Australia to shift away from coal power and towards renewable energy tech.

November 9, 2021
Found by:
Charlotte Connell
Carbon Market Talks Stumble at COP26 on How to Use the Cash

Talks at COP26 on international carbon markets are running into an obstacle: a row over how big a share of revenues from trading should be funneled toward countries that need money to adapt to climate change.

November 9, 2021
Found by:
Michael Molitor
Surging energy prices create perfect storm for PM

Demand and prices for coal and gas are surging just as Australia is trying to finalise plans for decarbonising its economy. What’s the story?

October 6, 2021
Found by:
Michael Molitor
Investible launches $100M AUD fund for early-stage climate tech startups – TechCrunch

Investible, the Sydney-based early-stage venture firm, announced today it is raising a $100 million AUD (about $72.3 million USD) Climate Tech Fund.

October 6, 2021
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Harvard and Other Schools Make a Choice on Fossil Fuels

Climate activists on campuses across the country have spent years organizing in the name of fossil fuel divestment. That organizing is starting to pay off.

October 6, 2021
Found by:
Michael Molitor
Forrest slams carbon capture as ‘failed’ technology

Andrew Forrest has blasted corporate net zero emissions targets as a ‘cop-out’ and criticised the controversial promotion of CO2 storage

October 6, 2021
Found by:
Michael Molitor
CEFC joins Future Super in backing Artesian’s green bond fund

Having invested in more than $700 million of green bonds since its inception, the CEFC is one of the country’s biggest backers of green bonds.

September 30, 2021
Found by:
Michael Molitor
Even U.S. bankers are getting anxious about climate change — Grist

Climate change will impact all governments, industries, and individuals. Housing and housing finance will not be spared.

September 30, 2021
Found by:
Michael Molitor
EU Says Carbon Market Cash Can Ease Cost of Energy Crisis

Cash can help ease the the cost of the energy crisis

September 30, 2021
Found by:
Mick Liubinskas
Climate Change Replaces Pandemic as Insurers’ Biggest Worry

Climate change has returned to the top of the list of insurers’ biggest concerns as the vaccine roll-out and gradual lifting of health restrictions see pandemic fears ease.

September 30, 2021
Found by:
Mick Liubinskas
Surging energy prices create perfect storm for PM

Demand and prices for coal and gas are surging just as Australia is trying to finalise plans for decarbonising its economy.

September 30, 2021
Found by:
Michael Molitor
Getting finance onside for climate

The world has finally awoken to the existential imperative

September 23, 2021
Found by:
Michael Molitor
Why it’s more profitable to back women-led start-ups

Tech companies founded and led by women perform better and make more money than those led by men - and the venture capital sector is starting to catch on.

September 20, 2021
Found by:
Mick Liubinskas
Banks are two faced when it comes to climate action

Major banks lent $835 million to expansionary fossil fuel projects last year, which was down by half. But the banks face AGM calls for this to drop to zero.

September 20, 2021
Found by:
Michael Molitor
How coal turned from biggest asset to biggest risk for energy companies

Financial risk analysis

September 16, 2021
Found by:
Mick Liubinskas
The market for stranded energy assets is heating up

What happens to big assets in coal, oil and gas with a move to renewables

August 31, 2021
Found by:
Michael Molitor
Brighte hits $1B in sustainable loans

Financing company Brighte has hit a major milestone

August 27, 2021
Found by:
Mick Liubinskas
Marking up dirty assets

Climate Tech VC Newsletter #68

August 25, 2021
Found by:
Mick Liubinskas
The economics of climate change: no action not an option

Swiss Re Institute Report from April 2021

August 25, 2021
Found by:
Michael Molitor