Events
9 November, 3pm-9pm BST (Live event), 4pm-6pm BST (webcast) Greenbackers are delighted to present our #26ForCOP26 cohort of Cleantech Ventures who are all seeking to move the needle on climate change with their innovative solutions. This group of 26 were chosen from hundreds of applicants and have been deemed “investment ready” by the Greenbackers team. […]
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Bringing together Governments, industry and investors, the COP26 summit will gather all parties to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Being held in Greenbackers home town of Glasgow, here is a calendar of events that you can join. 1-12 NovemberThe presidency programme schedule […]
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Published in Scottish Financial News Robert Hokin, the co-founder of Greenbackers Investment Capital, is set to showcase 26 of the most promising “Cleantech” emerging businesses in front of thousands of delegates at the COP26 United Nations Climate Summit in Glasgow this November. For some years now, Robert Hokin and his team have been running the Scotland-based […]
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Raising capital for your cleantech business? Have you considered how to deal with term sheets from interested funders? See the replays of Brown Rudnick and Greenbackers webinars hosted in September and October to help you navigate this complicated, but critical area of fundraising. Securing a Term Sheet – originally broadcast 21 September Hosted by Neil […]
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Published in The National A SCOTS investment firm is showcasing more than two dozen cleantech businesses set to win approval with the COP26 climate conference audience in Glasgow. Greenbackers Investment Capital provides pre-screened, curated investment deals for funds looking to deploy capital into innovative, early-stage cleantech ventures, which are also known as earthtech and oceantech. […]
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Tuesday 5th – Thursday 7th October 2021
Greenbackers are delighted to be involved with Decarb Connect EU 2021 with our own Andrew Smith as a speaker on the topics of cross-sector collaboration, investments and business models.
Decarb Connect Europe convenes the most high profile audience of European industrial leaders, along with their investors and solutions partners, to explore how we move from targets to strategy, from strategy to transformation and from transformation to measurable results. […]
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Are you at the forefront of cleantech innovation in Canada? Know anyone who is? We want to hear from you! Foresight is pleased to introduce the Foresight 50, an annual program that showcases 50 most investable companies who are leading the transformation to a green economy. Greenbackers are supporting Foresight Canada, who are searching Canada […]
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Raising capital for your cleantech business? Have you considered how to deal with term sheets from interested funders? Join the replay of Brown Rudnick and Greenbackers Investment Capital Zoom call to help you – free to join: Securing a Term Sheet – originally broadcast Tuesday 21 September Hosted by Neil Foster, Global Chair of Technology […]
Events
Raising capital for your cleantech business? Have you considered how to deal with term sheets from interested funders? Join Brown Rudnick and Greenbackers Investment Capital for two webinars in September and October to help you – free to join: Securing a Term Sheet – Tuesday 21 September 4:00-4:30 PM BST Hosted by Neil Foster, Global […]
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Berlin/Eberswalde, Germany – September 7, 2021 – Startup Dryad Networks today announced a pilot program for its ultra-early wildfire detection IoT (Internet of Things) solution. The firm is looking to partner with up to ten forest owners to validate its solution at scale in areas of the world plagued by wildfires including the Americas, Europe, […]
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Friday 10th September 12 noon
Andrew is a speaker at the upcoming SPE Offshore Europe Virtual conference on behalf of Financing Technology to Net Zero UK
The SPE Offshore Europe Virtual conference will be a unique learning and networking opportunity ahead of COP26 […]
How To
Why have a data room for your funding round? It is well recognized that data rooms are indispensable in the M&A process. What is less well known is that they create just as much value to start-ups that are raising capital. The successful modern start-up is increasingly turning to data rooms for a number of […]
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An average venture capitalist meets approximately two new companies per day, 250 days per year. That’s 500 potential investments every year. Plus, VCs also receive thousands of cold emails, unsolicited pitch decks, even the occasional pitch in an elevator. […]
Press Releases
Greenbackers Investment Capital has announced a partnership with R&D and Intellectual Property specialists, GovGrant offering promising climate and clean technology further support during Greenbackers 6-month investment program in the run up to COP 26, the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, this November. 26 Entrepreneurs have been selected and are currently being featured on a new […]
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Greenbackers Investment Capital and Swiss based angel syndicate GoBeyond have announced a partnership to support the growth of early-stage climate start-ups creating solutions to help reach Net Zero faster. The partnership’s main goal is to facilitate connections between Angel investors interested in supporting the transition to a low carbon economy and start-ups working at the […]
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Greenbackers Founder Robert Hokin was interviewed by Forbes.com sustainability contributor Marianne Lehnis about his thoughts about climate technology, investment, and future opportunities. In the past 15 years, Robert Hokin, Managing Partner at Greenbackers Investment Capital, has seen cleantech grow from “an alternative asset class that’s kind of nice to have” to a burgeoning investment opportunity: “There’s pressure on boards to […]
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Greenbackers are delighted to be involved with the UN Sustainable Finance Initiative as the second version of their Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles is developed. Andrew Smith, Greenbackers Partner and Executive Director has been involved in this work from the beginning, having been close to the emerging Blue Economy for nearly ten years and helping […]
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Greenbackers Investment Capital have revealed the names of 26 climate innovators who have been selected to participate in a 6 month program to help promising cleantech start-ups secure investment from international investors. Launched on 20 May this year, the program will see this cohort promoted and introduced to Greenbackers international cleantech investor network via their […]
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With patented polymer Sfere technology, Qualus is helping tanneries around the world reduce water consumption by up to 40% and chemicals by up to 15%. Greenbackers client, Qualus, the leading provider of sustainable solutions to the leather industry, has secured £1 million of financing in a Series A round led by Irrus Investments, an Ireland based […]
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Robert Hokin, Manager Partner, Greenbackers
We here at Greenbackers have been recommending, recording and reviewing video pitches for quite some time now, we’re big believers. It’s an important weapon for deepening investor engagement. There’s a whole industry springing up around this, but we’ve seen some self-made ones that are good too! […]
Events
Thursday 8th June at 10am BST / 11am CET Andrew will explain how Greenbackers support investors in cleantech start-up businesses, and how founders can improve their chances of securing investment. For any ventures seeking Seed or Series A or B investment, this is a must. You’ll have the chance to ask questions, as well as the […]
Events
Monday, 31 May, 2021 4:00pm – 4:30pm BST (UK), 11am – 11:30am EST (US)
Andrew is part of a panel of investors put together to address: “Ocean Innovation Initiatives: What investors want you to know.” The WOC has been developing and coordinating the “Global Blue Economy Innovation Initiatives Network” for several years to connect the growing number of ocean-sustainability related accelerators, incubators, […]
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Watch the Videoclip featuring William R. Baldinga International law firm Brown Rudnick LLP is partnering with GreenBackers Investment Capital on their climate technologies pitch programme “26 for COP26,” the United Nations Climate Summit being held in Glasgow in November. Delivering a global address during the launch of the program William R. Baldiga, Brown Rudnick’s CEO […]
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Watch the Videoclip of Bertrand Piccard’s speech Green aviation pioneer and Founder of the Solar Impulse Foundation, Bertrand Piccard, delivered the keynote address on Thursday, 20 May, at the launch of Greenbackers 26ForCOP26 Super Pitch Launch. Speaking about Solar Impulse’s heritage and mission, their program to solve the world’s climate challenges by identifying more than […]
Events
Greenbackers fired the starting gun on their 26ForCOP26 Cleantech investment program today via a globally broadcast webinar with over 2000 Cleantech investors having registered to attend.
If you missed the live event or wish to see it again, access an on demand playback of the full 1 hour webcast through the link below. […]
Events
Thursday June 3, 2021 11:30 – 1300 PM GMT
The IoT Tribe Connected Places Accelerator Tech Games conference.
Join Robert on June 3rd for the IoT Tribe Tech Games, which will feature 10 outstanding startups from our Connected Places accelerator programme, offering key solutions to drive the achievement of Net Zero goals. […]
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Event: Thursday 20 May 2021 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM GMT
Greenbackers are delighted to announce Bertrand Piccard of Solar Impulse will be addressing the audience at Greenbackers SuperPitch launch. Bertrand is renowned for completing the first global circumnavigation in a solar-powered electric airplane (Solar Impulse) in mid-2016 and Greenbackers are working closely with the Solar Impulse Foundation team […]
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DAY 2 Wednesday, May 12, 2021 13:00 – 14:00 PM GMT
EIC (Energy Industries Council )The North Sea Decarbonisation Conference. Andrew is a panelist on The North Sea’s pathway to financing net zero […]
News
Greenbackers have extended the application date dead for COP26 SuperPitch applications to Midnight, Friday 14 May, in order to give technology ventures more time to submit. We’re also pleased to report that, as of today, 1590 delegates (mostly funders) have signed up to our Launch Event on 20 May – a fantastic result which we […]
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Global Legal Practice Brown Rudnick has announced a partnership with Net Zero Funding specialists Greenbackers Investment Capital to offer promising climate and clean technology start-ups a chance to meet and secure finance from investors during a pioneering 6-month investment program in the run up to COP 26, the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, this November. […]
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When Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg completed the first global circumnavigation in a solar-powered electric airplane (Solar Impulse) in mid-2016, Greenbackers was pivoting from an events organisation to one focused on mobilising capital for entrepreneurs to fulfil their ambitions within the cleantech world. Now, Greenbackers is working closely with the Solar Impulse Foundation team, inspired […]
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Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP) has partnered with NetZero Funding specialists Greenbackers Investment Capital to offer promising climate and clean technology start-ups a chance to meet and secure finance from investors during a pioneering 6-month investment program in the run up to COP 26, the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, this November. Selected MSIP entrepreneurs […]
Events
Thursday 20 May 2021 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM GMT
Greenbackers are celebrating the fact that its hometown of Glasgow is hosting the UN Climate Change Conference in Nov 2021 by selecting the 26 most promising Cleantech ventures and helping them secure growth funding from its proven global Cleantech investor base. […]
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 9 AM – 1 PM GMT (registration from 8.30AM)
International Conference on Ocean Energy
ICOE2021 – Energizing a Powerful Blue Economy
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM US EDT
International Conference on Ocean Energy
ICOE2021 – Energizing a Powerful Blue Economy. […]
Events
Thursday, 6 May, 2021
Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum policy conference […]
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North East solar power innovator Power Roll is set to break into the Japanese market after securing a strategic partnership with one of the country’s leading energy companies. The Sunderland firm has developed an ultra-thin solar film which can both generate and store electricity, and it can produce green electricity up to 20 times more […]
Insights
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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By John Steedman, Partner, Greenbackers
The subject of a licensing business model arises frequently when a process technology is developed and the owner wishes to speed up monetisation of their Intellectual Property (IP) without substantial capital funding.[…] […]
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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. […] […]