Climate Tech Demo Night - AWS, Collab Fund, Streetlife Ventures
Come see the freshest Climate Tech demos in New York, this time with a focus on Adaptation Tech & Special Guest Q&A with NYC Chief Climate Officer.
As temperatures in 2024 hit record highs of 1.29°C above the 20th-century average and climate-driven extreme weather disasters increase, the world desperately needs climate adaptation technology. Climate disasters caused ~$450B+ in damages in 2024, and are growing at an accelerated pace already in 2025. Alongside homeowner damages, The World Economic Forum estimates that $4 trillion in corporate assets alone will be at risk in the next 5 years.
Adaptation has historically received only 7% of climate finance, but those numbers are increasingly expected to change, as corporates, financial institutions, insurers, and others build resilience into assets, cities, and homes in the coming years
This special edition of the quarterly Climate Tech Demo Night series will feature:
A special Q&A with Rit Aggarwala, NYC's Chief Climate Officer on how cities are moving forward in important climate work (especially related to adaptation and resilience) despite the federal-level changes
Demos from leading startups building adaptation solutions
Come see the latest and greatest demos from startups including:
Aquaria - creating the future of water, from the air
Clarity AI - identifying climate-related risk within physical and financial assets
Renovate Robotics - hardening and adapting home roofs against climate disasters
Snofox - transforming the impact of the global cold chain against rising global temperatures
Tempest - hyper accurate weather predictions powered by a network of 80k home weather stations
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This is not a pitch night, but a chance to go deeper into the tech of climate solutions that can make tangible differences to the livability of our cities and planet. Demos will start at 6:30pm.
Please also join us for great people, food and drinks, and great conversation after the demos in the SOSV Indiebio space!
Note: due to high demand, we will prioritize accepting startups CxOs, VC partners, and corporate executives that want to work with Climate Tech Startups.
Hosts:
AWS for Climate Tech Startups
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud, offering over 200+ fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing climate tech startups– use AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster. The AWS’ Climate Tech Startups Team offers experts, funding, and technical support to help Climate Tech startups grow and tackle the climate crisis.
Streetlife Ventures invests in the $5 trillion market opportunity at the intersection of cities and climate. We leverage our 30+ years of urban experience and 15,000+ member platform of climate founders, operators, policymakers, and emerging talent to build sustainable cities. We invest in pre-seed and seed startups across the buildings, energy, mobility and logistics, waste and water, and adaptive infrastructure sectors. We also partner with cities, real estate developers, and infrastructure groups to de-risk urban climate solutions and accelerate a startup's path to commercialization.
Collaborative Fund backs entrepreneurs pushing the world forward.
Climate Tech Cities is the largest place-based climate tech community in the world. We bring together entrepreneurs, activists, scientists, investors, and policymakers in cities across the globe to take climate action in their streets and neighborhoods. We send weekly newsletters and host topical panels, happy hours, site visits to infrastructure projects, and more. Since 2021, we have welcomed newcomers and old hands in climate to work on, share, and grow as we build solutions towards a decarbonized future. Join your local NY Climate Tech chapter today!
We're incredibly thankful to SOSV for their support.