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2 February 2022

Greenbackers Alert: £400M UK/Breakthrough Catalyst RfP for technologies

This new Breakthrough Energy Ventures call includes: Clean hydrogen, Direct air capture, Long duration energy storage & Sustainable aviation fuel Breakthrough Energy was established in 2015 by Bill Gates and a coalition of private investors concerned about the impacts of accelerating climate change. In October 2021 Breakthrough Energy announced a new partnership to mobilise public and […]

How To

1 February 2022

Fundraising realities for founders in today’s climate tech market

Raising growth capital for your climate tech venture this year? Think your business is a slam dunk for funding because climate is becoming a hot investment category? Think again. It’s no easier than it ever was. Here are some thoughts from Greenbackers Founder and Managing Partner Robert Hokin – some which might make you a […]

Events

21 January 2022

Greenbackers Andrew Smith to speak at Global Festival 22 Decarb Connect

THURSDAY 25-27 JANUARY 2022 | LONDON & VIRTUAL Join Greenbackers’ Andrew Smith in-person for 2 days of discussions and insights on the latest pilots, business strategies, innovations and technologies needed to help us all reach our 2030/2050 net zero goals. Never has the spotlight been greater on the impacts of climate change than 2021, which […]

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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 […]

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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):• […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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