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Why should your climate/cleantech start-up or scale-up have an advisory board before you start your fundraising campaign, or even at all? How to create one? Greenbackers Managing Partner, Robert Hokin, shares thoughts on how and why this should matter to your executive team. I was recently asked by an enterprising fintech start up to join […]
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Our own Andrew Smith chatted to Gavin Bryce as part of Greenbackers series: ‘Greenbackers Conversations with Partners’ to introduce Daysix and what they do. […]
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Our own Andrew Smith chatted to Dan MacNeill as part of Greenbackers series: ‘Greenbackers Conversations with Partners’ to introduce Sheffield Haworth and what they do. […]
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The foreign exchange or “forex” market (also abbreviated to “FX”) is the largest financial market in the world – larger even than the stock market, with a daily estimated volume of $6.6 trillion. The market determines the relative values of currencies and operates across the globe. You can exchange foreign currencies 24/7. Understand the fundamentals of currency […]
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Greenbackers Investment Capital recognises that many of the today’s most impactful high-growth companies are led by inclusive teams with women leaders. It’s a paradox, women are more affected by climate change than men, and yet greentech is currently a male-dominated field. When it comes to creating climate solutions, the female perspective is sorely lacking. However, investing […]
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Chris Parkhurst, Granted’s Regional Development Director, gave an informative presentation on current UK agri-tech grant funding opportunities in their recent webinar. Find more information about the specific afgritech funding calls discussed and to book a FREE consultation call with Chris at Granted Consultancy to discuss your own innovation project, email chrisp@grantedltd.co.uk. About Granted Granted specialises in […]
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The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest climate package in history! So how can US and Non-US startups get a piece of the largest climate bill on the planet? Here are some tips and takeaways from founders, investors and consultants in getting to grips with this. No need to move your HQ if you are […]
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By Michael J. Coren Climate Advice Columnist, Graphics by Naema Ahmed, posted on LinkedIn by Jigar Shah. “Gasoline cars are cheaper to refuel than electric vehicles.” I’ve heard this claim pop up everywhere from Massachusetts to Fox News over the past two years. My neighbor even refuses to plug in his hybrid Toyota RAV4 Prime over what he calls ruinous electricity rates. What […]
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Large industrial and energy companies (excl Powergen) account for about 31% of global GHG emissions. So it follows that they should shoulder much of the burden of delivering the new zero targets that governments and companies have signed up to in recent years. In order to do so, many of them will need to embrace new […]
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[Updated from original post April 2022.] HMRC’s EIS (and SEIS) scheme is a great way for UK based early-stage businesses to attract potential investors and accelerate their growth. For any UK technology business, NOT to have it excludes you from an entire class of early stage invesestors: mainly UK angels, Angel Syndicates and EIS funds. […]
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John Steedman
An early experience in Corporate Venturing was being on a Q/A panel at a conference in 2007. What followed rocked me back on my heels as an entrepreneur in the audience shared his harrowing story of how a corporate had “stolen” his IP […] […]
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Mark Hannigan
2020 has been an unprecedented year in so many respects and the combined effects of the COVID pandemic, Big Oil (Energy) committing to net zero and the US election have all played their part in accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy economy. […] […]
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