How to Finance Your Climate Impact Startup - Examining Alternatives to Venture Capital
Join us at the University of Maryland, College Park on Monday, April 8 from 2-4 p.m. to learn more about alternative financing options for your climate impact startup. The session will examine government grants/non-dilutive funding sources, debt-based sources of funding, and non-extractive financing solutions as means of funding environmental impact ventures.
Tentative Agenda:
2-2:30 p.m.: Doors Open & Networking
2:30 p.m.: Welcome from MEIA & Mtech
2:35 p.m.: Non-Dilutive Funding Options Panel, moderated by Erin Davis, COO, Enduring Planet
Steve Cowan, Chief Investment Officer, Maryland Clean Energy Center & the Climate Catalytic Capital (C3) Fund
Eric Wachsman, Director, Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
Taji Amani, Business Relationship Steward, Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy & Seed Commons
Ronnie Gist, Associate Director, Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS)
3:05 p.m.: Break (including time to see the eclipse!), Snacks & Networking
3:25 pm.: Learning from Entrepreneurs Panel, moderated by Justin Brodie-Kommit, Co-Founder, Baltimore Climate Tech Meetups
Mehdi Khandani, CEO, Resensys
Gaby Jadotte, Director of Operations, WeSolar
Mark Juetten, Portfolio Development Officer, Early Charm Ventures
3:55 p.m.: Networking & Close of Event
Representatives from the following organizations will be on-hand to answer your questions related to business funding during the networking portions of the event:
This is the first Maryland Climate Tech Meetup, sponsored by the Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator and hosted by Mtech at the University of Maryland. The goal of Maryland Climate Tech Meetups is to help catalyze a robust community around climate-tech innovations, increasing connectivity among different actors in the ecosystem. We also aim to identify and fill critical support gaps to better support climate-impact ventures.