Hey everyone! Cherry Swayne here, Founder of Above and Beyond Recruitment, Carbon13 Domain Expert, organiser of online ClimateTech communities and Mother of two small, wonderful children. Most importantly to you though, I'm your Host of Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors💸
In a series of bitesize episodes, they will be sharing their opinion on the funding landscape for 2023, letting us know what they're most excited about in the ClimateTech sector and giving their advice to Founders looking to raise this year.
Happy listening💫
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Hey everyone! Cherry Swayne here, Founder of Above and Beyond Recruitment, Carbon13 Domain Expert, organiser of online ClimateTech communities and Mother of two small, wonderful children. Most importantly to you though, I'm your Host of Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors💸
In a series of bitesize episodes, they will be sharing their opinion on the funding landscape for 2023, letting us know what they're most excited about in the ClimateTech sector and giving their advice to Founders looking to raise this year.
Happy listening💫
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On the eighth episode of Funding a Better Future: Expert Insights from ClimateTech Investors, I spoke to Adam Chirkowski, Investment Director at Albion Capital Group LLP Group.
Albion Capital Group LLP have been established since 1996 - and they support visionary Founders with long-term capital and scale-up expertise. They choose startups with the potential to grow into enduring companies that reshape industries. Despite not being a pure-play Climate Investor; they have funded some pioneering companies in energy, AI for decarbonisation and battery technology.
Timestamps:
0.20: About Funding a Better Future and Above and Beyond Recruitment
1:11: Cherry’s introduction to Adam Chirkowski and Albion VC
1:38: Adam delves a bit deeper into Albion VC and their role
4:05: In your opinion, what does the funding landscape look like this year, both broadly and how Climate sits within that?
4:57: How ClimateTech investment compared to other sectors in 2022 and why
07:58: The balance between the cost of living crisis and will the demand from individuals for sustainable focussed services, products and technologies remain?
09:19: What parts of the ClimateTech sector are you most excited about?
10:08: The worldwide trend last year that was the energy crisis and the benefits (New solutions)
11:03: The shift of interest into property, from the focus on energy bills to the construction of property and the circular economy
11:18: The world of data
12:35: What do you look for in a good investment prospect and what advice would you give to a business looking to raise?
13:05: Marrying the vision and drive that they have with the commercial aspects to deliver it
13:39: Really understanding the problem they’re trying to solve, how valuable that is to customers and how it can scale
18:57: Is there anything you’re excited about in your own world of Albion VC?
21:05: Starting the conversation with Albion VC
21:22: Cherry’s conclusion
Video versions of these episodes are available here.
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