Connecting with Gamechanging Climate Companies + Monday’s Monster Startup Tank Lineup with Techstars, Unreasonable & Bosch
Hi, how was your weekend? I’ve been INCREDIBLY busy (with the future of 4WARD.VC’s climate syndicate & investor group - which I can't make public yet...), so I’ll keep this one short.
4WARD.VC has some VERY exciting news coming soon! In preparation for that and in keeping with our goal to be the most connected, well-networked and helpful investors to “accelerate” our portfolio’s growth and impact, we’re looking to meet potential high-value, super-connector mentor/advisors across the industry landscape to bridge the gap between large corporates and startup innovation
Because that’s where the real impact is, scaling climate solutions to decarbonize industry!
So, if you work in any of the following industries or are very well-connected and interested in occasionally connecting with gamechanging climate companies and making strategic intros to help your network hit their sustainability, impact and profit goals, please say hey and share a little more about yourself and your background.
Primary Industry Focuses:
Food & Agriculture (including CPG, food brands, retailers, packaging etc…)
Construction & Real Estate (including CRE, builders, suppliers, municipalities)
Recycling & Waste Management (including govts/municipalities)
Commerce/Ecommerce & Fashion
Manufacturing, Plastics & Materials
Energy Storage & Generation (including utilities, renewables etc…)
Transportation & Mobility (including municipalities)
Finance, Banking, Payments & Insurtech (not including crypto/blockchain)
Oil & Gas
Reach out and help us scale more solutions to combat climate change!
matt@4ward.vc
And Don’t Miss Monday’s Monster Startup Tank Lineup with Techstars, Unreasonable & Bosch!
12/5 @ 5-7pm CET (8-10am PST) live here on Linkedin
Today's Investor Panelists Include:
Baptiste Fradin @ Techstars Sustainability Accelerator
Paulina Szyzdek @ Bosch Ventures
Pratibha Vuppuluri @ Unreasonable Group
Presenting Companies:
Factoree: Helping COOs and manufacturers navigate toward greener production
Nextract: Lased-based production of sustainable catalysts to power global hydrogen economy
Phelas: Liquid air energy storage enabling a 100% renewable future
Mount: The rent-anything platform enabling Airbnb hosts to offer anything as a bookable amenity
More presenting companies to be announced soon!
Apply to pitch at https://thestartuptank.com/apply
The Startup of the Night Award - Presented by Yugen - The Design Agency for Climate Tech Startups
As a startup, nothing's more important than appearing professional and getting prospects in your pipeline. That's why we're thrilled to be partnering with the Yugen Design Agency on an AWESOME prize for the winner of tonight's program.
1st Prize: The winner will receive £5k of design services that could include a custom built landing page, Investor ready Pitch Deck, Product Design MVP Prototypes or brand identity design. - A complimentary service to be determined to help you move the needle.
Consolation Prize: Free 1-1 Discovery Workshop on how to position your brand for the best chance of investment success
For more details, visit https://4ward.vc/design and tell them The Startup Tank sent you :)
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Upcoming Startup Tank Pitch Sessions!
And don’t worry, there’s lots more Startup Tank planned in the coming months, with sessions Dec 19th, Jan 9th and 23rd planned in partnership with great investors like Clean Energy Ventures, Rockstart, Nucleus Capital and many others, so be sure to stay tuned, subscribe on Youtube | Apple | Spotify etc… and apply to pitch here.
That’s it for now. I’ll see you all next Monday!
Matt
PS. Have you joined our Climate Tech Startup Crew Slack? If not, it's a great place to network and collaborate with 530+ other climate techies focused on solving major real world problems. https://4ward.vc/startupslack