Lunch: Exploring Non-Dilutive Capital Tools for Climate Tech Investors
Calling all Boston-based self-identifying women and non-binary professionals actively deploying capital to climate startups! As non-dilutive financing is a hot topic and a vital part of a robust climate capital stack, we’re delighted to continue community-building by hosting a lunch focused on two key components: venture debt and project financing.
This event is a free opportunity to meet other climate investors based in Boston.
Shelby Wagner, VP of Climate Tech at JP Morgan Startup Banking and Katherine (Katie) St. James, Associate at Spring Lane Capital will kick the conversation off with helpful overviews to guide our discussion around these two components of non-dilutive capital. We hope to learn from each other in an honest and rich conversation; Chatham House Rule will apply.
About our speakers
Katherine (Katie) St. James is an Associate on the deal team at Spring Lane Capital, where she invests in the missing middle of sustainable infrastructure. Previously, she was Senior Director of Programs at Greentown Labs and worked in process improvement and commercial strategy at Schneider Electric. Katie holds a certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy from the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and a BBA in Finance and Economics from Loyola University Chicago.
Shelby Wagner is a vice president on the J.P. Morgan Climate Tech banking team, which specializes in financial services, capital solutions and other strategic corporate needs for companies advancing decarbonization through innovative technologies. Shelby joined JPM in 2023 after spending almost 8 years at Silicon Valley Bank also focused on early-stage climate companies.
Many thanks to JP Morgan Startup Banking for sponsoring the lunch to enable a free opportunity to meet and learn from other climate startup investors in Boston. Thank you as well in advance to our speakers who have volunteered their time to support our growing community!