Greenbackers Climate Tech Pitch is now open for applications. Greenbackers is seeking and selecting the world’s most investable, early-stage climate tech ventures and helping them secure funding from our base of global climate & cleantech investment funds, during All-Energy and Dcarbonise.
Applications are now open for participation in the program. Any climate tech ventures seeking Late Seed, Series A or Series B round funding are eligible to apply.
Successful applicants will benefit from significant profile raising, along with the opportunity to pitch their venture in front of leading VC investors and corporates. Greenbackers will work with them to ensure their business is “investor and pitch-ready”, providing a host of valuable support services from Greenbackers Key Partners and Sponsors.
Raising Funding? Want to pitch? Here’s how the program works
All ventures must first apply to the program – there are no restrictions on geography, but we can only accept so many, so apply now!
If selected, you will be featured and promoted in our exclusive online dealroom which currently has 370+ venture fund members and to our wider network of over 3000 Climate Tech investment funds globally.
Selection also guarantees your slot to Pitch at Greenbackers Climate Pitch– a high-profile investor event being held in Barclays Eagle Labs, Glasgow during All-Energy on 11 May.
As well as presenting live before a room full of investors, the event will be livestreamed, plus your pitch will be recorded and sent out to a wider audience after the event. Greenbackers also proactively co-ordinates all communications, discussions, and due diligence between your venture and investors who express an interest during or after the pitch. It is a very hands-on program.
You can also participate in a series of future pitch events scheduled throughout the year.
Criteria – please be prepared to meet the following when applying to the program
- An innovative business in climate tech, cleantech, ocean economy or related
- Seeking Late Seed or Series A, or B equity finance or Convertible Loan Note and have raised a funding round previously (i.e. NOT pre-seed)
- A Strong team (with a plan to fill any gaps)
- A differentiated technology/service solution to a defined problem that can ‘move the dial’ on climate change
- A scalable business model and reasonably large (and defined) addressable market
- Some form of market validation of the technology: sales, customer trials/testimonials or independent assessment
- Pitchdeck, Business plan with financials ready and available
- Clear strategy and exit vision with a justifiable pre-money valuation
Don’t just take our word for it!
“The relationships introduced by Greenbackers not only provided funding, they are already adding value to us through their connections in manufacturing and scale-up” Neil Spann, Managing Director, Power Roll, RAISED £5.3m
“We looked at 800+ deals last year and closed on just a handful of them, so pre-screened deal flow like this is a huge help” ArcTern Ventures, Canadian/European Cleantech Fund
Ventures: Apply for selection to the program here (terms apply):
Investors and Fund managers can register to access Greenbackers Showcase – our online deal room, and to attend as delegates either live or online
Sponsors: for brand association, please contact our team for details of customized partnering and sponsorship packages here:
Greenbackers Climate Tech Pitch ‘23 is managed and operated by Greenbackers Investment Capital Limited.
Greenbackers is a specialist venture firm focussed on climate & cleantech capital globally with offices in London, Glasgow & Houston, operating as private placement advisors. Greenbackers mission is to accelerate equity capital flows into the climate space and have developed a secure, private deal-sharing platform to streamline the origination process and increase efficiency for investors.
