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11 January 2022

Scottish Climate Innovation showcased at Greenbacker’s COP26 SuperPitch.

The strength and vibrancy of Scotland’s climate technology sector was strongly in evidence during COP26, nowhere more so than at Glasgow-based Greenbackers Investment Capital’s “COP26 SuperPitch”, held at University of Strathclyde’s Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) in Glasgow on 9 November during the COP. 26 ventures, 9 of them Scottish based or Scottish impacting, were selected […]

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22 December 2021

Holiday greetings from Greenbackers – from all of us here, we hope you have a wonderful and low carbon time!

Seasons Greetings! Greenbackers is celebrating the holidays, COP26 and the great ventures that presented there all at once – so here are ALL the 21 Days of Christmas fresh from our LinkedIN Company page …and yes you can sing the first sentence of each…we think! Here we go… On the FIRST day of COPmas, Greenbackers […]

Events

21 December 2021

Andrew Smith at Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport policy conference.

Seminar: The UK renewable energy supply chain – next steps for sector development, international competitiveness, and CfD and Supply Chain Plans Tuesday, 25 January 2022 Greenbackers’ Andrew Smith will be discussing ‘supply chain resilience, commercialising emerging technologies, and remaining competitive‘ with David Acres, Head of Policy, EDF Renewables UK, Helen Thomas, Senior Supply Chain Manager, […]

How To

7 December 2021

Replay of Greenbackers Brown Rudnick’s IP Strategy Masterclass on 1 December

Any and every cleantech business should have a well-considered IP strategy, i.e. a documented approach to developing, protecting and using intellectual property, and addressing competitor IP, within their business plan. There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach and errors can be made by copying common strategies, or the strategies of other businesses, without care. Are you developing a […]

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3 December 2021

After COP26 and Greenbackers SuperPitch: The Stats and What’s Next?

Greenbackers had to take a short break post the COP26 SuperPitch. It was an exhilarating, but exhausting, time! Now we’re BACK and have been gathering stats from the event, editing and publishing all the event video clips, adding them to the Platform and planning for our next events to enhance the Showcase, not to say […]

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19 November 2021

Real value and growing drivers for all SME’s to embed ESG principles into their cleantech businesses.

November 15 – 18 saw Greenbackers’ Andrew Smith in Slovenia, and the beautiful ocean-side town of Portoroz. This trip crystalised his thinking on the importance, real value and growing drivers for all SME’s to embrace and embed ESG principles into their cleantech businesses. I was privileged to be invited to attend the 2021 SME Assembly […]

Events

9 November 2021

Greenbackers COP26 SuperPitch 9 November Full Agenda for Live and Online

Pre Webcast 14:00 – 15:00 Set-up 15:00-16:00 Registration, Networking, Exhibits by Sponsors and Venture Cohort 16:00 – 16:15 Transition to Auditorium 16:15 – 16:30 [Online Stream Goes Live] Welcome, Introduction, Programme and Agenda Overview Overview 16:30 – 16:40 Keynote Speech (Bertrand Picard, SolarImpulse Foundation) 16:40 – 16:50 Sustainable Transportation Cohort Pitches (5 x 2-minute pitches):• […]

Events

4 November 2021

Greenbackers Special Event. Live from COP26: Investors Showcase – register

9 November, 3pm-9pm UK (Live event), 4pm-6pm UK, 11am-1pm US EST, (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 […]

News

3 November 2021

Today’s Top of the COP: Finance Goes Green and Resilient

By Nigel Topping The race is on for private finance towards net-zero emissions by 2050 and new partnerships are set to drive exponential growth in resilience investments. In brief Through the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, over $130 trillion of private capital is now committed to transforming the economy for net zero. GFANZ has grown 25-fold since […]

Events

1 November 2021

Greenbackers Andrew Smith is recruited to help decarbonise the 6th most polluting “country” in the world.

SHIP ZERO Hybrid Event 1,2,3 Nov 2021 Glasgow, United Kingdom We are used to dealing with BIG problems. Helping to decarbonise the vital shipping sector certainly qualifies. The world goes along with significant parts of the energy mix and the food we eat is all impacted by the high levels of carbon generated. We are delighted that […]

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1 November 2021

Greenbackers Investment Capital announces partnership with Singapore firm TRIREC for clean investment at COP26.

TRIREC, a Singapore-based venture capital firm with decarbonisation as its investment mandate, is announcing its partnership with Net Zero Funding specialists Greenbackers Investment Capital, sponsoring its “26 For COP 26” SuperPitch program for Climatech start-ups to be held in conjunction with the UN Climate Summit, COP26, in Glasgow in November. Trirec’s focus is investment in renewable […]

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29 October 2021

Important information from ScotRail for travelling to Glasgow for COP26

We’re looking forward to welcoming COP26 to Glasgow between 31 October – 12 November 2021. We’re doing everything we can to ensure a smooth journey for everyone travelling during this time. The rail network will be much busier than normal, particularly around the central belt, with a lot of delegates travelling between Edinburgh and Glasgow. […]