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Green is the new gold: Climate tech funding explained
Climate tech is in the spotlight as sustainability becomes an increasingly urgent goal. But what’s the best way for businesses in the space to fund their growth from Seed to supercharged scale-up in today’s tricky fundraising landscape?
Funding cutting-edge climate tech businesses is a complex challenge that calls for a strategic approach to funding.
Developing never-before-seen technologies means high upfront costs, with significant research and development investment required. Couple that with the fact that these solutions are often very technical and difficult to adopt, and it’s easy to see why climate techs have a much longer go-to-market timeline – as much as 25 years.
As that’s significantly more than most VCs investment timelines, many climate techs look for corporates and partners to establish early proofpoints – before seeking VC investment.
That’s why a blending approach is so helpful, as our Head of Climate Tech, Bailey Morrow, explains
Blended capital stacks are the best way for a company to go from ideation into commercialisation
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