YOUR CLIMATE STARTUP HITTING A WALL? MASTER THE PATH FROM PITCH TO FUNDRAISING & EARLY GROWTH!
Are you a climate or sustainability founder struggling to break through the barriers of early-stage growth?
Do you find it challenging to convert a great pitch into the tangible partnerships, pilot programs, and sustainable scaling your venture needs to survive and thrive? Is fundraising draining all of your time for very little money?
The climate tech landscape is fiercely competitive. Many promising startups get stuck facing the same critical hurdles: securing strategic funding, landing that first enterprise pilot, building meaningful partnerships, and scaling without burning through their runway.
Join Matt Ward (Founder & CEO of 4WARD.earth) and Mehak Chaudhary (CMO & Growth Expert at 4WARD) for an intensive masterclass where they'll share battle-tested strategies from building the world's largest climate professional network and coaching hundreds of climate ventures to successful funding and growth.
Time & Date: Tuesday July 15th @ 4pm CEST
Platform: Live here on Circle
What You'll Learn:
Strategic Fundraising Mastery:
Investor perspective: What climate VCs and syndicate investors actually look for when evaluating startups
How to position your climate solution for maximum investor appeal in today's market
Alternative funding strategies beyond traditional VC (grants, strategic partnerships, revenue-based financing)
Common fundraising pitfalls that kill climate startup deals—and how to avoid them
Enterprise Partnership & Customer Acquisition:
Proven frameworks for establishing corporate pilots with Fortune 500 companies
How to convert pilots into long-term, high-value contracts
Building strategic partnerships that accelerate growth (lessons from Google, Mercedes, Microsoft, Siemens partnerships)
Crafting value propositions that resonate with enterprise sustainability teams
Scaling Climate Ventures:
Growth strategies that balance impact and profitability
Marketing approaches that work for B2B climate tech
Building enterprise client-based traction for early-stage companies
Operational lessons from scaling climate businesses across multiple markets
Live Q&A Session: Bring your specific fundraising, growth, and partnership challenges—Matt and Mehak will provide personalized insights and actionable advice.
Who Should Attend:
This masterclass is essential for:
Climate tech founders preparing for or currently fundraising
Sustainability startup leaders seeking strategic partnerships
Early-stage companies looking to land their first enterprise customers
Scale-ups ready to accelerate growth through strategic alliances
Anyone building climate solutions who wants insider insights on fundraising and growth
Why This Matters Now:
The climate funding landscape is rapidly evolving. While capital is available, competition is fierce and investors are increasingly sophisticated about climate tech opportunities. Success requires more than just great technology—it demands strategic positioning, strong partnerships, and growth tactics specifically tailored to the sustainability sector.
Drawing from experience building 4WARD's global ecosystem and coaching hundreds of startups & climate ventures, Matt and Mehak will share the exact playbooks used by successful climate startups to secure funding and scale rapidly.
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 serial entrepreneur and climate ecosystem builder, Matt has spent over a decade building, scaling, and successfully exiting multiple unfunded e-commerce and media companies before transitioning to focus on climate tech.
His entrepreneurial experience includes founding and scaling several bootstrapped ventures from concept to profitable exit, giving him deep expertise in lean growth strategies, customer acquisition, and building sustainable businesses without external funding. This hands-on experience in building companies from the ground up provides invaluable insights for climate founders navigating funding challenges.
In the climate space, Matt has led 4WARD.VC's investor syndicate and accelerator program, and created The Startup Tank, a Shark Tank-style climate investor pitch competition. He also hosts The Syndicate VC Podcast and maintains an advisory portfolio including Applied Bioplastics, ClimateCrop and DOTS, combining his operational startup experience with deep climate tech ecosystem knowledge.
Mehak Chaudhary brings 15+ years of experience scaling high-growth, VC/PE-backed businesses across the USA, EU, and UK, turning ambitious companies into category leaders. She has worked across e-commerce, SaaS, health tech and climate tech, most recently building a $500M pipeline for a DAC company.
Mehak specializes in building enterprise client-based traction for early-stage companies, creating and building partnerships with industry giants including Google, Mercedes, F1, KPMG, Microsoft, DeepSky, and Siemens. She's passionate about growth that drives both revenue and real-world impact for companies building for people and the planet.
4WARD's Strategic Growth, Fundraising & Business Support
Ready to accelerate your climate venture's growth? 4WARD works with climate startups and scale-ups to provide:
Strategic fundraising guidance and investor introductions
Enterprise partnership development and corporate pilot facilitation
Growth strategy optimization for climate tech business models
Marketing and business development advisory specifically for sustainability companies
Access to 4WARD's global network of climate professionals, investors, and corporate partners
Learn more about 4WARD's strategic consulting, fundraising & advisory
Don't miss this opportunity to learn from two of the climate tech ecosystem's most experienced growth and fundraising experts. Register now and transform your approach to building and scaling your climate venture.