Carbon Capture, Social Wagering, Climate VCs and The Swiss Startup Tank
Why hello there :)
How are things going? Personally, big things are underway for myself, especially with and our recent rebrand of 4WARD.VC’s angel syndicate. By the way, thanks to all of you that contributed your thoughts and feedback on our new logo - it was super helpful.
Here’s the winning design in case you’re interested:
And speaking of 4WARD.VC, between Monday’s session of The Startup Tank (which our investor panelists ended up having a tie for Startup of the Night), a super busy Thursday meeting new clients and dozens of potential angels and LPs at The Finanz22 Swiss Finance Fair and launching our Climate Tech VC Crew Slack community to connect likeminded climate tech investors (apply here if you’re interested to join), I had a pretty busy and productive week.
I hope you did as well. And if you were too busy grinding to catch Monday’s edition of The Startup Tank, it really was a great one. Check it out on Youtube now or when you have a chance.
As a recap, here’s a list of the phenomenal companies that presented (of which, our syndicate is actively looking at NeoCarbon - interested in learning more? Check out 4WARD.VC/syndicate for more details.)
PRESENTING STARTUPS INCLUDE:
NeoCarbon: Carbon recapture technology that's 10x cheaper than Climeworks
Sansbank: Security tokenized loans for real estate
Kluster: The one-click rental store setup for SE Asian merchants
WagerLab: Social wagering to bet your friends on anything
Localway: Doorstep delivery from the best local businesses
Xrossworld: Creating micro brand influencer campaigns at scale
Magic Kids: An AR game-based education app for kids
BTW don’t miss The Swiss Startup Tank May 9th @ 6pm CET (9am PST)
Presented in partnership with Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC), Sparrow Ventures and Wingman VC.
If you are you a Swiss startup looking for smart money investors, be sure to apply before all the slots fill up!
Upcoming Climate and Impact-Focused Startup Tank Sessions:
Note: As my personal goal is either to join a fund or launch my own climate & impact-focused micro fund, going forward, The Startup Tank will be shifting more to 4WARD.VC’s mandate of investing in pre-seed and seed climate and impact stage startups that move the world forward.
On that note, panelists for May 23rd’s session include phenomenal investors from 4impact, Peak Capital and Teal Impact and June 6th’s session will be presented in partnership with Climate Capital/C3.
So if you’re a startup helping to build a better world or an investor interested in world-positive companies, be sure to apply.
That’s all for now so have a great Monday,
Matt
PS. As I said, my personal goal is either to join an existing high-caliber climate & impact-focused fund or start my own with 4WARD.VC focused on investing in early-stage companies that move the world forward (like our syndicate currently does).
So, if you’re a venture fund looking to add hustle, deal flow, network and brand/thought leadership exposure to your team or an LP interested learning more about our transformative super-early-stage climate thesis, please be sure to reach out or contact me here for more details.
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