Carbon Removal: Investing & Scaling

​Join us for an engaging and interactive event on carbon removal where we will explore the critical intersection of investment and innovation. The event brings together investors, startups, corporations, and sustainability experts in the carbon removal space.

​The event features two panels:

• ​1. Investor Reverse Pitch: Leading investors in carbon removal share what they look for when funding startups, providing invaluable insights for entrepreneurs.

• ​2. Startup Showcase & Corporate Collaboration: Advanced carbon removal startups and corporate leaders discuss best practices for successful startup-corporate partnerships, navigate the complexities of large off-take agreements, and discover how to effectively integrate innovative carbon removal solutions into your corporate sustainability strategy.

​The Agenda:

• ​1:00pm - Doors Open

• ​1:15pm - Programming Starts - Opening / Welcoming remark MTB

• ​1:20pm - M-Lab introduction

• ​1:30pm - Investor Reverse Pitching:

  • ​Carbon Removal Partners - Giancarlo Savini - Partner

  • ​ENEOS - Kei Morita, Vice President - New Technology and CVC

  • ​Marunouchi Innovation Partners Affiliated to Mitsubishi Corporation - Ryoh Ohashi - Vice President, Silicon Valley Branch

  • ​Yazaki - Joshua Lipan - Program Manager

  • ​moderator: Marco Marinucci - CEO at Mind the Bridge

• ​2:10pm - Panel Discussion 2 : How to successfully work with corporations that are investing and scaling carbon removal

  • ​Microsoft - Ayo Olabimtan - Director Climate Innovation Fund

  • ​Climeworks - Joe Rigodanzo - VP Partnerships

  • ​Idemitsu - Yamato Adachi - Senior Manager

  • ​Mitsubishi- Ryosuke Sasaki - Senior Manager, Mineral Resources Group & Environmental Energy Group

  • ​moderator: Giancarlo Savini, Partner at Carbon Removal Partners

• ​2:45pm - Networking

• ​3:00 - End of Event

​About the organizers:

​Mind the Bridge is a global platform delivering open innovation advisory services & products to corporates and startup ecosystems worldwide.

​Carbon Removal Partners is a Zurich-based VC (with an office in SF BA) with a focus on the growing Carbon Removal industry. In 2023, Carbon Removal Partners launched its first fund that invests into technologies to withdraw carbon from the atmosphere in a permanent manner, as well as into companies along the Carbon Removal value chain. It is CRP’s goal to collaborate with the most ambitious entrepreneurs in the industry to grow a high-quality global Carbon Economy.

​M-Lab is an open innovation platform based in Silicon Valley, leading the next generation of innovation by leveraging members' business capabilities and access to resources across industries and organizations since 2016. Focused on common initiatives to form co-innovations in the mobility, healthcare, climate-tech, materials, and other sectors, M-Lab tackles complex issues by aligning commercial interests and societal needs through multi-stakeholder involvement, including local partners and the startup ecosystem.

​The M-Lab consortium includes but is not limited to Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., ENEOS, Yazaki Innovations, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Mitsubishi HC Capital, Mazda USA, Takenaka, and Nitto Innovation.

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