Climate Insiders 2023 Review and 2024 Preview🎁🎄
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In July, I left the VC fund I helped launch to focus on building a movement within the Climate Tech ecosystem. My goal is to accelerate community efforts to direct more capital to the real technological solutions and offer new pathways for people to get involved.
Many of us want to contribute to the fight against climate change, but often don't know how or haven't been given the opportunity. We aspire to invest in alignment with our values, but the options available are limited.
In August, Climate Insiders 2.0 was launched, and we have achieved significant milestones.
Moving forward into 2024, our focus remains on building and expanding. Our aim is to help you become part of this movement and find the most suitable role for yourself ✊
Let's take a moment to reflect on the past 6 months and look ahead to the future! 💫
2023 Year in Review
We launched a cohort-based course called Invest in Climate Tech Like A VC. Over 300 people enrolled in the course, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive (4.9/5 —> See reviews ⭐️)
We organically scaled this newsletter from a dormant state to 2,400 weekly readers in just 6 months. Creating valuable content requires a significant amount of time. Thank you for reading and sharing 🙏
We have produced 40 episodes of Climate Insiders 🎙🌎 and turned it into a podcast that ranks in the top 5% worldwide (not just in Climate Tech). PS: There's a little hint on new branding below 👇
We have successfully launched a community of 130 Climate Tech angel investors and have closed 5 deals since August 🔥. You too can join us and gain access to unique early-stage dealflow. Click here.
Our Big Plans for 2024
Investing in startups has historically been difficult: lack of money, lack of access, lack of understanding, and administrative complexity...
We intend to disrupt this space by making it simple and accessible to everybody.
Here is what's in the works:
A new branding to professionalize our game and communicate our ambition.
A platform that offers you 1 amazing early-stage Climate Tech deal per month. These are deals in which we personally invest and have conducted all the due diligence work that a VC would do. When we support these companies, we truly mean it 💥 Here is the link if you want to invest with us.
Super high-caliber guests for the podcast. We will continue to up our game and invite the most inspiring figures in Climate & Sustainability. If you have any guests to suggest (even if you don't know them personally), please let us know 🎙. Here is a preview of the lineup for next year 👀
We would love to learn what you want us to do in 2024. Simply reply to this email with any feedback and ideas you have for this Climate Insiders community to grow in the most helpful direction.
Thank you for being a part of this journey. You're the reason we do all this 🙏
Until next year, take good care of yourself 🎄
Yoann
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