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2024 WA Climate Tech Investor Connect

We were excited to meet with investors in Perth!
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Navigating Self-Doubt in Climate Jobs

Exploring self-doubt or 'imposter syndrome' in climate jobs
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Bold Predictions for 2024

We ask the experts for their insights on the 12 months ahead.
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The 10 Keys to Scaling in Climate Tech

Founder & CEO of CIM, David Walsh, shares key learnings from his journey
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2023 At Climate Salad

It was a big year... just how big???
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Meet the 2023 Queensland Women in Climate Tech Fellowship Cohort

Meet the inaugural Queensland Women in Climate Tech Fellowship Cohort

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Market downturn is starting to infect climate tech

Dealmaking fell three straight quarters to pandemic levels.

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
What can I do about climate change? 14 ways to take positive action

Amid warnings of record temperatures and raging wildfires in Europe, many people are asking – what can I do about climate change? More than you think, perhaps

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
'Big oil' bankrolls more climate VC deals, a dilemma for founders

The flow of fossil fuel dollars into climate-tech VC deals jumped in recent years—but accepting checks from "big oil" isn't a straightforward proposition for some green startup founders.

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
5 Climate Tech StartUps Tackling Existential Global Problems

The world faces the harsh realities of climate change, with rising sea levels, severe droughts, and catastrophic wildfires becoming more frequent and intense. The need for solutions to mitigate the devastating impacts of climate change has never been more pressing

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Italian plan to ban lab-grown food criticised as misguided

The Italian government has approved a draft law that would ban food grown in laboratories, including artificial meat, as it seeks to “safeguard our nation’s heritage”.

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Elephant in the dining room: Australian start-up makes woolly mammoth meatball

An Australian company lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct pachyderm, saying it was meant to fire up public debate about the hi-tech treat.

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Climate investor group IIGCC unveils net-zero transition initiative

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has launched a climate initiative aimed scaling and accelerating climate-related corporate engagement.

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
The White House's 2024 budget proposal prioritizes climate tech

The Biden administration's 2024 Proposed Budget signals a sustained future for the climate tech sector.

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Three steps towards building the climate tech talent pool

Recent articles have opined that the slew of layoffs from large tech firms could help channel more talent into jobs that leverage technology to address climate change. Some have even suggested that big tech’s “implosion” could be a watershed moment for moving more talent into the sector.

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Climate deal struck after Labor and the Greens reach safeguard mechanism agreement

The federal government has secured the support it needs to implement its central climate change commitment, after reaching a deal with the Greens following months of safeguard mechanism negotiations.

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Rich Lister’s $100m investment in ‘huge commercial opportunity’

Rich Lister and philanthropist Alan Schwartz will on Wednesday commit $100 million to investments in carbon reduction initiatives, with millions more to advocate for policy and regulatory change, and insists the money is far from charity.

April 5, 2023
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Giant Leap for climate tech despite economic slowdown

Bucking economic headwinds, the climate crisis is a key driver of growth in Australian startups, a benchmark report shows.

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, say experts

The world is facing an imminent water crisis, with demand expected to outstrip the supply of fresh water by 40% by the end of this decade, experts have said on the eve of a crucial UN water summit.

April 5, 2023
Found by:
Olivia Utharntharm
Hub71 and Investible’s Partnership Opens Doors for ClimateTech Startups

Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has found a new ally to help startups gain access to capital, with its recent partnership with Investible, the Asia-Pacific based venture capital firm.

April 5, 2023
Found by:
Olivia Utharntharm
US regulators say SVB customers will be made whole as second bank fails

In an extraordinary action to restore confidence in America's banking system, the Biden administration on Sunday guaranteed that customers of the failed Silicon Valley Bank will have access to all their money starting Monday

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Climate agrifoodtech bucks global funding decline as sector brings in $29.6bn in 2022

Funding to foodtech and agtech (agrifoodtech) startups reached $29.6 billion in 2022, down 44% year-over-year (YoY), according to a new report from food, agriculture, and climate-tech venture capital firm AgFunder, in collaboration with global ecosystem partner Temasek.

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
New Board Appointments Enhance Rumin8's Climate Tech Development Experience

Australian climate technology company Rumin8 has announced the appointment of a new board member and board observer, both with significant climate-tech company development experience, in an effort to enhance its climate-tech development experience.

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Carbon Counter: Meet the woman who wants to create an Australian 'carbon unicorn'

Sophia Hamblin Wang and her company MCI is powering the carbon economy with carbon dioxide taken from the atmosphere

March 22, 2023
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Electricity is in the air as scientists discover new power source

Australian researchers have discovered a substance that converts air into electricity, opening the way for future devices to be powered by the air around them.

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm