Beyond Investor Capital: Accelerating Value Creation For Climate Tech Startups
Beyond Investor Capital: Accelerating Value Creation For Climate Tech Startups
A Strategic Masterclass with Matt Ward & Rob Hanna
Date: June 3rd 2025
Time: 4pm CEST (10am EST)
Platform: Live on Circle
Cost: FREE for all 4WARD.earth community members
Are you a climate tech founder focused primarily on investor funding while overlooking critical value creation opportunities? Discover how to build a comprehensive stakeholder value proposition that can dramatically accelerate both your funding journey AND your market adoption.
The Value Creation Challenge:
Most climate and sustainability founders focus narrowly on investor ROI when pitching, failing to recognize that investor returns always depend on creating value for multiple stakeholders beyond paying customers. This masterclass reveals how comprehensive value creation strategies lead to faster investment, higher valuations, and more successful climate ventures.
Join Matt Ward (Founder of 4WARD.earth) and Rob Hanna (Investment Alpha & P3 Innovation Expert) for an intensive session revealing the frameworks that have helped thousands of founders unlock hidden value pathways and secure premium valuations.
What You'll Learn:
The Value Creation Gap: Why climate tech investors pass on promising technologies that lack multi-stakeholder value creation strategies
The 5 Critical Value Streams: Beyond customer value - identifying and activating value for partners, communities, ecosystems, and regulators
Value Creation Readiness Assessment: A diagnostic framework to identify your venture's specific value creation gaps
Strategic Value Architecture: Building robust, multi-dimensional value propositions that attract both investors AND key stakeholders
Impact Value Multipliers: How to articulate climate-specific value propositions that unlock premium valuations
Investment-Ready Value Systems: Presenting comprehensive value creation strategies that significantly de-risk climate tech ventures
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Who Should Attend:
This event is specifically designed for climate and sustainability founders at all stages who want to accelerate both funding and adoption:
Early-stage founders developing initial value propositions
Growth-stage startups preparing for institutional investment
Scale-up ventures seeking to maximize valuation multiples
Why Attend:
Climate tech founders face unique challenges in articulating the full spectrum of value their solutions create. Drawing from their experience guiding thousands of founders, Matt and Rob will share practical frameworks for identifying, articulating, and monetizing all dimensions of value creation that lead to premium valuations and accelerated adoption.
4WARD's Strategic Fundraising Support
Exclusive Access to Expert-Level Support: 4WARD works with only a select number of high-potential climate ventures through our rigorous application process. Companies accepted into our program receive:
Professional pitch deck development with climate-specific framing and messaging
Direct connections to pre-vetted climate investors aligned with your specific technology sector
Customized fundraising strategy tailored to your climate solution's maturity and market readiness
Storytelling coaching to effectively communicate both impact and financial potential
Due diligence preparation to ensure you're ready for detailed VC scrutiny
Ongoing advisory support throughout the entire fundraising process
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About Your Hosts:
Matt Ward is the Founder & CEO of 4WARD.earth, which has built the largest local-to-global ecosystem of climate and sustainability professionals across 60+ cities worldwide. As a climate ecosystem builder and growth strategist, Matt has spent over a decade scaling startups and driving VC initiatives. He led 4WARD.VC's climate investor syndicate & accelerator program, facilitating investments in promising climate tech companies including EExion, REplace Energy, Maas Loop, and Mycocycle. Matt's also the creator of The Startup Tank, a Shark Tank-style climate investor pitch competition, ex-host of The Syndicate VC Podcast and has an advisory portfolio including Applied Bioplastics, ClimateCrop and DOTS.
Rob Hanna specializes in Investment Alpha, Venture Architecture, and Public-Private Partnership (P3) Innovation that drives highly profitable, scalable impact multiples. With over 30 years of experience working with 6,000+ venture founders across 100 countries, Rob leads 4WARD.earth's Austin city group. As Managing Partner at Social Wealth Partners and Managing Director of Social Wealth Investment Management, he focuses on early-stage climate impact investments and portfolio architecture for high-net-worth individuals seeking maximum ROI from impact investment alpha. Rob's proven frameworks have helped ventures create enduring value propositions that capture higher multiples of valuation while delivering meaningful climate impact.
Limited spots available. Register now to secure your place!