About this episode

The episode discusses the collaboration between Elemental Impact and Earthshot Ventures in advancing climate technologies through innovative investment strategies.

We all know that no single investment strategy—and no single asset class—is going to fund the climate innovation we need on its own. Moving real solutions forward takes multiple tools working together. That’s why I’ve long been drawn to catalytic capital and blended finance—using philanthropy to unlock risk-taking and bring more and different kinds of investors along. That’s what drew me to the work of Elemental Impact and Earthshot Ventures , two organizations founded by Dawn Lippert that are designed to move critical climate technologies from early validation to scale. Elemental uses philanthropic capital to de-risk and accelerate early solutions—but for those solutions to reach real commercialization, venture and private markets have to follow. That’s where Earthshot Ventures comes in, investing early in companies with a strong “why now.” Together, they direct capital into consequential companies to create impact at scale. In this episode, we’re joined by Dawn, along with Matt Logan, General Partner at Earthshot Ventures. We talk about how Elemental and Earthshot work together in practice, real examples of the companies and projects they’re backing, a new and innovative…

People in this episode

Host: Jason Rissman

Guests: Dawn Lippert, Matt Logan

Topics covered

• climate innovation
• catalytic capital
• blended finance
• venture capital
• philanthropy
• investment strategies

Keywords

• climate
• investment
• philanthropy
• venture capital
• Elemental Impact
• Earthshot Ventures
• catalytic capital
• blended finance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Elemental Impact, Earthshot Ventures

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