​Spend a morning with Peter Nocchiero (Alternate Future), Nat Bullard (Halcyon), and Priscilla Tyler (True Ventures).

​They will be leading a conversation on Product/Market Fit for climate startups.

​Product/Market Fit remains an elusive challenge for many climate startups. We hear this on an almost daily basis from the climate tech community, but it’s not magic or rocket science.

​This keynote + panel formatted event will take you through strategy and tactics on how to improve your speed and velocity toward PMF, as well as an understanding of where the market is and how your peers are doing with this same challenge.

​Who should come?

​The event is recommended for startup founders and exec teams, VCs, accelerators, and corporate innovation teams/programs.

​Diverse perspectives

​Your speakers will be providing a diverse set of perspectives - Peter is a former VP of Product , Nat is a current Founder, and Priscilla is a climate tech Venture Capitalist.

​This event will be hosted by 9Zero Climate Hub in downtown SF with co-founders Matt and Duncan and coworking manager Laura.

​BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE

​PMF State of the Market Insights

​Peter, under mentorship with collaborator and data product expert, Nat Bullard, has created a PMF State of the Market Insights Deck. The deck uses primary data collected directly from climate founders. 

​This deck has not yet been released to the public and attendees of this event will be the first in the world to see it and gain expert commentary from those with their finger on the pulse of the market.

​More about the speakers

​Peter (Alternate Future)

​Peter is founder of climate tech advisory shop Alternate Future, helping founders with product, gtm, scaling, and fundraising. He is a product/market/fit expert and an operator at heart. He has 15 years of experience as VP Product and another 5 years as advisor to some of the best and brightest climate founders in the world - eg Bruce Falck and Nat Bullard’s energy information platform, Halcyon AI that raised a $10.8M seed round from Obvious Ventures, Congruent Ventures, and Overture Ventures. Peter has been with them from idea stage through seed raise through now, helping with guidance on their design partner program, MVP launch, target market, pricing, first enterprise deals, speed-of-learning, and progress on product/market fit.

​He has a broad range of experience across climate tech contexts, including product mediums such as AI, SaaS, Data, BI, Marketplaces and solutions spaces including Carbon Accounting and Management, Scenario Planning, Energy Information, CDR/MRV, Climate Risk, Sustainability/ESG and ESG Investment.

​Peter runs Product/Market Fit bootcamps for climate startups. His last cohort included some of the best and brightest across nearly all climate tech contexts and stretching the globe - SF, Calgary, DC, NY, Rio, LON, PAR, Bordeaux, BER, and Cape Town.

​He is also running Product-Market Fit Programming for Climate Collective’s AI x Climate accelerator program. Climate Collective’s CEO, Anna Lerner, is a thought leader in the climate world, building her chops with The World Bank and Meta. The program is funded by tech entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist Patrick McGovern, and has partnerships with the United Nations Development Programme, arm, and Crusoe.

​Peter co-authored the Climate Action Guide for Startups & SMEs in partnership with Priscilla Tyler and True Ventures and has mentored for Techstars Sustainability Paris, ClimateRaise, and the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship

​Nat (Halcyon & nathanielbullard.com)

​Nat has spent nearly two decades at the intersection of climate, technology, strategy, and capital markets. He is focused on how businesses approach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.

​He has helped grow a major research company, built definitive research products and corporate growth strategies, written hundreds of thousands of words, delivered hundreds of keynotes and given too many executive and board briefings to count.

​He is a climate-focused keynote speaker, board-level strategy facilitator, consultant, and advisor and founder. He is a co-founder of Halcyon, an AI-assisted research and information platform focused on energy transition and decarbonization. He is the founder and managing director of Business Climate, a Singapore-based decarbonization consulting company. He is a member of the advisory boards of climate and energy think tank Ember and utility enterprise data and community solar platform Arcadia. He was a venture partner at early-stage climate tech venture capital fund Voyager Ventures from 2022 to 2023. He was a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Market Risk Advisory Committee's Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee from 2019 to 2021.

​Previously, he spent 15 years with BloombergNEF. He joined New Energy Finance as a startup, and worked there through its acquisition by Bloomberg, integration as BloombergNEF, and expansion to cover every sector of global emissions. He finished his time there as the group’s Chief Content Officer. In 2014, He began writing Sparklines, a weekly column and newsletter on energy and climate, for Bloomberg clients. He published my last column in December 2023 for more than 250,000 subscribers.

​Priscilla (True Ventures)

​As a Vice President at True, Priscilla (“PT”) leads initiatives that support founders and their teams in scaling their companies, with a particular focus on funding and advancing climate technologies. She has built a deep climate tech investment portfolio, helping True back 20+ startups that are tackling some of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges. Trues investments include Gridware (wildfire prevention), WattCarbon (decarbonization marketplace), Understory (climate risk analytics), Iceye (satellite-based environmental monitoring), Artyc (sustainable cold chain logistics), and more.

​Her commitment to climate is both professional and deeply personal. Her husband, James, works at Kodama.ai and previously served as a hotshot forest firefighter for three seasons in the El Dorado Forest. His firsthand experience battling wildfires was a huge inspiration for PT, strengthening their shared dedication to addressing the climate crisis through technology and innovation.

​In addition to investing in climate tech, PT is the driving force behind True’s Follow-On Fundraising Support Program, which helps portfolio founders secure additional capital as they scale. She also works closely with companies to implement sustainability best practices, including reducing carbon emissions through software and services.

​​About 9Zero:  We are a community of founders, investors, engineers, scientists, and innovators who together, drive climate action. Through our club, events, meetups, and connections, we spark collaboration and accelerate solutions. If you’re working toward a healthier, more resilient world, you belong here.

​Notes:

​By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of SF Climate Week.