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ClimateHack Amsterdam: VCs Predict - Climate Investment 2025-2030

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You're invited to ClimateHack Amsterdam!

  • Date: November 27, 2024

  • Time: 17:00-19:30 pm

  • Venue: RIOT Restobar at Conscious Hotel The Tire Station

  • Dinner Special: Following the event, ClimateHack attendees can take advantage of a sustainable, zero-waste 3-course dinner for €39.50 (drinks excluded) at RIOT Restobar. Please make a reservation HERE.

The November 27th meetup will feature leading climatetech VCs as they discuss current climate investment trends and make predictions for 2025 and beyond.

PANELISTS

  • Liza Rubinstein Malamud, Co-Founder and Chief Climate Impact Officer, Carbon Equity.

    • Carbon Equity enables private capital to invest in the world’s best climate private market funds. Liza leads the climate impact strategy, due diligence, and reporting of the platform; supports the development of climate investing standards in international committees (Project Frame, GIIN); and speaks and publishes frequently on the energy transition. Carbon Equity currently has €275M under management from more than 1,000 investors; has invested in 22 funds in Europe and North America — including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Energy Impact Partners and Altor — and has supported the growth of 150+ climatetech companies.

  • Gijs van der Hulst, Founding Partner, Positron Ventures.

    • Gijs has been interested in science since a young age. After a detour in the corporate world he recently co-founded Positron Ventures, and helps and funds scientist-entrepreneurs who are pursuing moonshots for (planetary) health. 

  • Charlie Macdonald, Investment Manager, Rubio Impact Ventures.

    • Charlie is an Investment Manager in the Planet team at Rubio, an impact venture capital fund focused on highly-scalable tech companies that solve our most pressing global problems. He is also an Ambassador for Climate Mosaic, an inclusive community for climate-focused founders, and a Mentor for the Carbon13 climate accelerator. Previously, Charlie worked in impact and climate VC at World Fund and Giant Leap

  • Austin Wood, Investment Manager, SET Ventures.

    • Austin is an Investment Manager at SET Ventures investing in digital energy technologies across Europe at the late Seed/Series A rounds. Previously, Austin played a key role in helping Wallbox scale from 100 to 1,400 employees raise over €100M in funding, acquire four companies, and IPO on the NYSE. He also managed the Smart Cities portfolio at Endeavor, an organisation that supports entrepreneurs around the world by connecting them with investors, mentors and talent.

  • Desirée Pettersson, Investor and Head of Impact, Satgana

    • Satgana is an early-stage Climate Tech VC investing in both Europe and Africa. Central to Satgana's long-term mission is building a bridge between Europe, known for its environmental stewardship and rapidly-developing Climate Tech VC ecosystem, and Africa, home to the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population with vast renewable energy potential and natural resources. Desirée previously worked at Rockstart’s Energy Fund in Amsterdam and currently divides her time between Africa and Europe.

AGENDA

  • 4:45pm - Doors open

  • 5:15pm - Panel session

  • 5:45pm - Audience Q&A

  • 6:00pm - 30-second community pitches

  • 6:15pm - Drinks + Snacks + Networking

  • 7:30pm - Event concludes

  • DINNER SPECIAL: Following the event, ClimateHack attendees can take advantage of a sustainable, zero-waste 3-course dinner for €39.50 (drinks excluded) at RIOT Restobar. Please make a reservation HERE.

Whether you're starting a climatetech business, looking to connect with startups to invest in, or want to network with other climate-minded professionals - ClimateHack Amsterdam events are for you!

The event is free but registration is necessary.
Please cancel if you do not plan to attend.

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About ClimateHack

ClimateHack is a global community-driven by and for climatetech entrepreneurs and innovators. With meetups across the globe, a weekly climatetech industry newsletter, weekly reports on climatetech, and an annual summit, ClimateHack is the best way for climatetech professionals to connect, exchange, and drive investments into tech that matters. Events are topic-focused to ensure high-value interactions and are attended by a mix of VC/investors, founders, and academics.

About Conscious Hotels

Conscious Hotels is a stunning, eco-sexy hotel chain in the heart of Amsterdam consisting of 4 hotels: Conscious Hotel Museum Square, Conscious Hotel Vondelpark, The Tire Station and Conscious Hotel Westerpark.

We strive to be as green, sustainable and eco-friendly as possible. Guests have the reassurance of knowing that the hotel is run on environmentally-sound principles and is Green Key Gold Certified. For example: the furniture comes from sustainable sources, all used materials are certified or recycled and cleaning is done without using chemicals. Our newest hotel Conscious Hotel Westerpark is even 100% electric and solely powered by Dutch wind energy.

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Location
Riot Restobar
Amstelveenseweg 7, 1054 MB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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