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Reverse Pitch
Thursday, March 09, 2023, 12:00 PM PDT
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Sustainability Business Supporters, Investors, And Other Funders Will Be (Virtually) Pitching To YOU.

  • Virtual event. Single ticket cost: $15
  • Free for WCS members. No promo codes needed.
  • Interested in membership? Please learn more here.

We’re flipping the script! A couple dozen folks from the entrepreneur support, investor, and banking community who prioritize sustainability and environmental solution businesses will be pitching to WCS founders, entrepreneurs, and innovators. 

Those pitching will range from grantors and pre-seed investors to venture capitalist and angel investors to specialty banks. See below for the list of who’s giving their elevator pitch. WCS members who attend this event will get priority attention. 

Who You Can Expect To Be There:

  • VERTUELAB - VertueLab is nonprofit fighting climate change by providing funding and holistic entrepreneurial support to climate tech startups.
  • IDEASHIP - Ideaship™ is a patent capital fund providing in-house patent department services, external patent counsel funding, and fundraising support for early stage startups.
  • ENERGY FOUNDRY - Energy Foundry invests venture capital in today’s most promising energy & cleantech innovators, and they work with the world’s leading companies to build and scale new ventures.
  • ELEMENTAL EXCELERATOR - Elemental Excelerator is on a mission to redesign the systems at the root of climate change.
  • LOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR (LACI) - LACI is unlocking innovation through startups, transforming markets with partnerships and enhancing community inside our campus and out in our neighborhoods.
  • THE URBAN FUTURE LAB (UFL) - The Urban Future Lab (UFL) is New York City’s hub for smart cities, smart grid and clean energy. Their space hosts several programs focused on educational, policy and market solutions to the issues of sustainability.
  • POWERHOUSE - Powerhouse is an innovation firm that works with leading global corporations and investors to help them find, partner with, invest in, and acquire the most innovative startups in clean energy, mobility, and climate.
  • PRIME IMPACT FUND - Prime Impact Fund invests in transformative technology companies with the potential for gigaton-scale climate impact.
  • FARMHAND VENTURES - FarmHand Ventures is a Venture Capital and Private Equity agency.
  • THE CLIMATE PLEDGE FUND - The Climate Pledge Fund is a $2 billion venture investment program supporting the development of sustainable technologies and services that will enable Amazon to meet our net-zero carbon goal.
  • BIOMIMICRY INSTITUTE - The Biomimicry Institute is on a mission to help solve humanity’s biggest challenges through the adoption of biomimicry (nature-inspired innovation) in education, culture, and industry.
  • EARTHSHOT VENTURES - Earthshot Ventures invests in entrepreneurs making a dent in climate change.
  • PANGAEA VENTURES - Pangaea is a hardtech and impact investor. They invest in start-up companies using advanced materials to make our world better by creating products to tackle tough problems in hard tech.
  • AVESTA FUND - Avesta Fund is a Seed-stage venture capital firm focused on the defining challenges of our generation – climate change and inequality – while prioritizing diverse entrepreneurs.
  • THIRD SPHERE - Third Sphere works for founders transforming global systems. 
  • ANTIN INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS - Antin Infrastructure Partners targets majority stakes in the energy and environment, telecom, transport and social infrastructure sectors.
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