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7 September 2023 11:00-11:45Matverkstaden

We're bringing together a few giga-startups and investors—from venture capitalists to late-stage infrastructure funders—to accelerate the growth and global rollout of climate tech.


The planet is in desperate need of companies with massive positive climate impact. Now.

There's a growing list of promising startups with innovative solutions that could significantly help our climate. They're ripe for scaling, but need funding and guidance.

Conversely, more and more investors are looking to support sustainability and climate solutions. They're armed with capital and business acumen, searching for the right ventures.

So why do these startups still struggle to secure capital?

Yes, many climate-positive startups are hardware-focused, making it difficult to attract software-centric VCs. But there are still investors open to these opportunities, like family offices, corporate venture capitalists, private equity firms, and pension and infrastructure funds.

The money is there, waiting to be deployed—how do we make the connections faster? Do startups need a new approach? Or investors? Could better collaboration or cross-boundary syndication be the solution?

Join us and help fast-track the application of technology and capital for our planet!

THE PROGRAM 

11:00-11:45 

  • Startups
    • Karin Ebbinghaus, CEO Elonroad >> Electric Roads
    • Patrik Möller, CEO CorPower Ocean >> Wave Power 
    • Gustav Nilsson, Head of Production, Modvion >> Wooden Wind Towers
  • Investor panel
    • Monalotte Theorell Christofferson - CFO, Stena Sessan & Chairwoman, Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
    • Jared Balavender - Principal, Vestas Ventures
    • Jörgen Bodin - Investment Manager, Almi Invest Green Tech Fund
    • Rokas Peciulaitis - Founder & Managing Partner, Contrarian Ventures
  • Moderator: Jonas Bergqvist - Investment Manager, Almi Invest GreenTech Fund

    Speakers

    MODERATOR - Jonas Bergqvist
    Investment Manager, Almi Invest GreenTech

    Jonas is an Investment Manager with Almi Invest GreenTech and has more than 20 years’ experience from the energy and information technology sectors.

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    Karin Ebbinghaus
    CEO, Elonroad

    ”We are optimizing CO2 emissions from transportation with a data-centric platform for dynamic charging”

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    Patrik Möller
    CEO, CorPower Ocean

    Wave Power. To Power the Planet.

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    Gustav Nilsson
    Head of Production, Modvion

    Modvion accelerates the transition to renewable energy and materials by building wind turbine towers made from laminated wood – nature’s own carbon fibre.

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    Monalotte Theorell Christofferson
    CFO, Stena Sessan & Chairman, SVCA

    Monalotte Theorell Christofferson works as CFO at Stena Sessan and chairman of SVCA (the Swedish Risk Capital Association) and is driven by spreading knowledge about the importance of venture capital and the world-leading position that Sweden has in the venture capital industry. Rewarding active ownership and strong entrepreneurship in Sweden is necessary to continue driving the transition to a sustainable society!

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    Jared Balavender
    Principal, Vestas Venures

    Jared is a Principal at Vestas Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Vestas Wind Systems. With inside access to a portfolio of +169 GW of wind power across 88 countries, Vestas Ventures is uniquely positioned to support the scaling journey of complementary startups. Jared leads value creation activities for portfolio companies Hysata and Modvion.

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    Jörgen Bodin
    Investment Manager, Almi Invest GreenTech

    Almi Invest GreenTech is a seed and A-round climate tech VC fund with a portfolio of 35 companies – many hardware related with a huge CO2-reduction potential

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    Rokas Peciulaitis
    Founder & Managing Partner, Contrarian Ventures

    Rokas Peciulaitis is a Founder and Managing Partner at Contrarian Ventures - hands-on, community-focused and founders-vetted European early-stage VC firm committed to net-zero.

    Before starting Contrarian Ventures he was an inflation and exotic derivatives trader at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In addition, was part of the exclusive government program “Kurk Lietuvai” (eng. Create for Lithuania), where he was advising Lithuanian government institutions, including Ministry of Economy, Enterprise Lithuania (Startup Lithuania) and Ministry of Energy on entrepreneurship and key strategic projects.

    He is the founder of Energy Tech Summit and Climate 50 and enjoys building communities and platforms that accelerate pathways to net-zero. Rokas previously was a Chairman of Lithuanian Venture Capital Association, is a board member of a non-profit organization Vilnius Marathon and Art Center Rupertas and Passport. Diaspora foundation. His alma matter are University of Glasgow (M.A. in Economics), UCSB, and Harvard Business School (Executive PE and VC course). Rokus is a Kauffman fellow (class #25). 

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    This is a side event hosted by Almi Invest and will run alongside The Drop Conference.

    For more information, please contact Jonas Bergqvist: jonas.bergqvist@almiinvest.se

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