Climate Collective - Digital Technology x Climate
Join Climate Collective, Celo Foundation and Mercy Corp Ventures for a NYCW community networking event over food and drinks at the Celo Foundation office in SoHo.
What to expect:
After a program packed climate week, we are inviting our community to come socialize, debrief and relax. Drinks and food will be provided with vegetarian and NA options.
Who will be there:
Early stage climate tech founders, VC, Angel Investors, and members of the Celo, Climate Collective and Mercy Corp Ventures teams.
For all: Please join us if you are interested in building climate solutions with the use of digital technology.
About the hosts:
Mercy Corp Ventures:
Mercy Corps Ventures is a family of funds focused on backing startups building solutions for climate adaptation and resilience in emerging markets. Through our investment fund and Venture Lab, Mercy Corps Ventures has invested in and partnered with >70 category-leading climate startups globally impacting the lives of over 35M people. We are proud 2X Global Members with 45% of our portfolio companies founded or co-founded by women.
Celo:
Celo is an emerging Ethereum Layer-2 and mobile-first blockchain network built for the real world and designed for fast, low-cost payments worldwide. The Celo ecosystem consists of a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (the Celo Platform), the CELO native token, USDC, and USDT (both enabled as gas currencies), several Mento stable assets (cUSD, cEUR, cREAL, eXOF), and popular, blue chip infrastructure including Uniswap V3, Curve, Chainlink, and Rarible, among others. Launched on Earth Day in 2020, the open-source Celo mainnet supports a rich ecosystem of projects (1,000+) contributing to Celo’s global mission of prosperity for all. For more about Celo, visit https://celo.org/.
Climate Collective:
A leading community of entrepreneurs, investors, non-profits and scientists leveraging digital technology (AI, blockchain, geospatial) for climate and nature action at scale. Their mission is to unlock technology and data innovations that accelerate progress towards local and global climate and nature goals.