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Fintech loses UK funding crown as VCs bet on global green transition – industry report from Sifted

Sifted reports that energy and transportation startups have raised the most so far in 2023 The UK’s energy startup sector has raised the most VC cash in 2023, knocking fintech off the top spot it has held for a decade. Startups in the energy sector have picked up $3bn so far this year, just shy […]

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Scope 3 Emissions Tracking, Blockchain & Bitcoin & the Follically Challenged!

Greenbackers Andrew Smith and Temple Melville of ScotCoin discuss the climate emergency and how blockchain could help track level 3 emissions. Listen now: Greenbackers Andrew Smith joined his old friend Temple Melville to discuss the climate emergency and Temple’s recent project- ScotCoin, Scotland’s first and only crypto currency. SCOT (as it’s known) is formed as […]

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IMPORTANT DEADLINE APPROACHING – 27TH JULY 2023

If you are a non-UK business looking to benefit from Scotland’s academic institutions to accelerate their R&D activity you should read this: £100,000 boost to business-academic inward investment | Interface Online (interface-online.org.uk) Scotland has a great environment for early stage businesses with excellent policy support. This initiative is the latest example of that. The Scottish […]

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Climate Pitch Event - Greenbackers

Greenbackers Climate Pitch: Success! Connecting new tech ventures to investors, first adopters and go-to-market partners!   

The recorded pitching event showcased 16 leading clean tech founders to an in-person audience of over 50 Investors, market partners and a live online audience of global, tech-hungry funds on the 11th of May 2023 at Barclays Eagle Labs Glasgow. Greenbackers gathered pre-screened, curated, investor-ready climate ventures for the first of two annual pitching events […]

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Net Zero Technology Centre collaborates with ADNOC, AWS, BP and Hub71 to launch$1 Million Decarbonization Technology Challenge

Energy transition technology innovators around the world should take a look at the Decarbonization Technology Challenge led by ADNOC in collaboration with AWS, bp, Hub71 and Net Zero Technology Centre. This is a competition and 10 finalists will pitch their innovations to judges in December 2023, with winners receiving up to $1 million to pilot […]

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Greenbackers Supports Call for the Capitalisation of the Marine Energy Sector

Summer of 2022 saw consultations between University of Edinburgh‘s Andrew Aveyard and Greenbacker’s Andrew Smith on ways which investors might be encouraged to look, or look again, at the marine energy sector. Scotland, where Greenbackers are based, is blessed with excellent resources (the oceans and seas lapping at our shores), excellent infrastructure for testing and […]

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Andrew Smith to speak at Oceanovation in The Hague

Andrew will share his take on the early stage cleantech investment environment, and whether Greenbackers Investment Capital can be of assistance to your early stage cleantech firm in helping attract investment. Andrew’s network receives a 30% discount using code OCVN30. OCEANOVATION Festival provides a unique opportunity to learn, connect, be inspired, and do business while […]

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