Perfecting Your Climate Startup Pitch Deck: A Masterclass
Are you a climate, sustainability, energy, or deeptech founder looking to secure investment in 2025?
The Climate Funding Challenge: Your pitch deck is the gateway to investment for your climate solution. However, even groundbreaking climate technologies frequently fail to attract capital because founders don't structure their decks to address the specific concerns and priorities of climate-focused investors.
Join Matt Ward (Founder of 4WARD.earth) and Hendrik Dik (Vertical Lead for Sustainable Industry and Climate at MassChallenge Switzerland) for an intensive masterclass revealing exactly how to craft a pitch deck that resonates with climate VCs and accelerates your fundraising journey:
Time & Date: May 20th @ 4pm CEST (10am EST)
Platform: Live here on Circle
Cost: FREE for all 4WARD.earth community members
What You'll Learn:
The Perfect Climate Pitch Deck Structure: Slide-by-slide breakdown of what climate investors need to see and in what order
Problem Framing: How to articulate climate challenges in ways that demonstrate both urgency and market opportunity
Impact Metrics That Matter: Which environmental and business KPIs to highlight for different investor types
Technology Explanation: Techniques to make complex climate solutions understandable without oversimplification
Market Size Calculation: Climate-specific approaches to defining TAM/SAM/SOM that investors trust
Competitive Positioning: Effective frameworks for differentiating your solution in the climate tech landscape
Business Model Design: Revenue structures that work for climate solutions with both immediate and long-term impacts
Visual Elements: Design principles for clear, compelling, and professional climate tech pitch decks
Before & After Examples: Real pitch decks from successfully funded climate startups, with detailed analysis
Learn more about 4WARD's fundraising & advisory services
Who Should Attend:
This event is specifically designed for climate and sustainability founders at all stages:
Idea and pre-seed innovators developing initial concepts
Early-stage startups preparing for first institutional rounds
Growth-stage companies looking to secure Series A+ funding
Why Attend:
The climate tech funding landscape requires specialized pitch approaches. Drawing from 4WARD's and MassChallenge's vast networks of climate investors and successfully funded founders, Matt and Hendrik will reveal the exact pitch deck strategies that lead to successful climate tech fundraising.
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
Learn more about 4WARD's fundraising & advisory services
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, with a proven track record of successful startups and exits.
Hendrik Dik is the Vertical Lead for Sustainable Industry and Climate at MassChallenge Switzerland, where he finds and accelerates high-potential startups with solutions to mitigate climate change or help industrial partners develop sustainable business models. A self-described "people-ventured technologist" with a passion for sustainability, Hendrik brings years of experience across multiple industries to help climate startups succeed. As a serial entrepreneur and impact investor himself, he combines deep knowledge of innovation, environmental science, technology commercialization, and corporate collaboration with formal education including an MBA and a Master of Advanced Studies in Management, Technology, and Economics.