Climate Global 2025 @ #WebSummit Vancouver
ClimateGlobal 2025: Where BC’s Climate Innovators Meet the Global Clean Economy
🗓️ May 26, 1:00–7:30 PM
📍 UBC Robson Square, Vancouver
Connecting global climate innovation to the BC ecosystem
On the eve of WebSummit, join us for a high-impact, one-day event connecting startups, investors, and industry leaders in climate technology.
Vancouver is emerging as a global hub where innovative minds converge—from Canada to Japan, Singapore, Europe, and Australia—to forge new pathways in clean tech and international trade.
🚀 What’s Happening
BC Climate Innovation Panel featuring the stars of the BC climate tech ecosystem
Global Market Entry Panel featuring experts on international dealmaking and market access for climate tech companies
Reverse VC Pitch, which allows founders to hear from investors about their thesis and portfolio needs
Networking & Investor meetups where you can connect with founders, investors, ecosystem partners that could lead to the next global climate venture!
🌳 Panel 1: BC Climate Innovation Panel
British Columbia is home to some of the world’s most exciting climate tech companies — spanning carbon capture, fusion, advanced materials, and beyond. This session brings together BC-based innovators to explore what gives this region an edge, how the landscape has evolved, and what global investors and partners should know.
Greg Twinney, CEO, General Fusion
CEO of General Fusion, leading the commercialization of fusion energy to deliver clean, limitless power for a sustainable future.Kel Coulson, Director of Policy, Carbon Engineering
Director of Policy at Carbon Engineering, shaping global climate policy to advance direct air capture and carbon removal technologies.Olivia Hornby, Managing Partner, Spring Impact Capital
Managing Partner at Spring Impact Capital, Olivia leverages over a decade of global finance experience, including roles at Goldman Sachs and RBC, to invest in early-stage Canadian ventures focused on human and planetary health.Dr. Shannon Bard, Award-Winning Climate Scientist
Shannon Bard, PhD, RPBio is an award-winning environmental scientist and corporate innovation leader specializing in helping deep science ventures scale from lab to market.
🌍 Panel 2: Regional Roundtable: Global Market Entry
From Canada to Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe — top voices discuss how to break into global markets, attract capital, and forge international partnerships.
Sam Hasty, Partner, Active Impact Investments
Partner at Active Impact Investments, Canada’s largest climate tech seed fund with over $180M AUM. Sam leads investments in infrastructure and carbon solutions and serves on the boards of companies like SWTCH, Jaza, and Aquacycl.Chad Rickaby, CEO, ClimateDoor
CEO & Co-Founder of ClimateDoor, specializing in scaling climate ventures through global partnerships, funding strategies, and sustainable development initiatives.Parham Peiroo, Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Partner at Boston Consulting Group, Parham co-leads the Climate & Sustainability practice in North America, advising on climate tech, carbon markets, and sustainable finance strategies.David Wynne, CEO, GreenTech Asia
CEO of GreenTech Asia, leveraging over 40 years in international business and diplomacy to guide climate ventures in market entry and trade policy across Asia.Ingrid Polini, Co-Chair, Brazilian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Brazilian-born tech entrepreneur and mentor with over a decade of international experience, founder and former CEO of SafetyDocs Global, co-chair of the Brazilian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce in BC, and co-host of the Find a Way podcast spotlighting immigrant founders.
🎤 VC Reverse Pitch
Investors take the stage to pitch themselves to startups, sharing what they’re looking for and how they support breakthrough climate ventures.
🤝 Networking + Investor Meetups
Mix, connect, and deal-make with VCs, corporates, government leaders, and climate founders from around the world.
Schedule
1:00 pm Registration and networking
1:30 pm Opening session
2:00 - 2:50 Panel 1: BC Climate Tech
2:50 - 3:10 Break
3:10 - 4:30 Panel 2: Global Markets
4:30 - 4:50 Break
4:50 - 5:50 VC reverse pitch
5:50 - 6:20 Government/Enterprises pitch
6:20 - 6:30 Closing remarks
6:30 - 7:30 Networking
Confirmed Startups:
Awesense
Carbon Engineering
FireSwarm Solutions Inc
Hydra Energy
Insectflux
Lite-1
Takachar
Verdi
Who It’s For
Founders ready to scale globally
Investors looking for dealflow beyond borders
Accelerators and ecosystem builders
Government and corporate climate champions
Our Sponsors
ClimateDoor: Connecting climate founders with customers, partners and capital
Spring Impact Capital: Canada's leading impact angel investing network
Land Acknowledgement
Climate Global acknowledges that this event takes place on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.