3 Climate Startups, 2 Investors and Why Metrics Matter

G’day 👋

Welcome to the The Raaise Rundown—your weekly climate funding fix—designed to digest in less than a minute.

Let’s dive in to the 3 climate startups, 2 climate investors and 1 essential insight, for this week.

‘3 CLIMATE STARTUPS‘

• Rainstick: Darryl’s combining indigenous knowledge systems and modern electrokinetics for the future of agriculture. Seed 🇦🇺

• Bendi: Mandeep is cleaning up the fashion industry’s supply chains with AI driven fast traceability and 24/7 risk monitoring for easier due diligence. Seed 🇬🇧

• MetrikFlow: Alessandro's building an all-in-one ESG Platform for industrial companies. Empowering companies to track, reduce and report the impact of their supply chains with AI. Pre-Seed 🇩🇪

_{For details on these (and more) climate startups 👇.}

‘2 CLIMATE INVESTORS‘

• The First Thirty Ventures 🇬🇧: Focused on regenerating nature through soil by supporting early-stage data-driven tech companies that enable us to understand nature's value and its impact on economic productivity.

  _{Geo Focus: UK, Europe}

  _{Backed: UNDO Carbon, Ignitia Tropical Weather Forecasting, Rebel Meat, Wildfarmed and more.}

• Wedgetail 🇦🇺: Financing nature-positive projects to accelerate the Earth’s regeneration — and show others it can be done.

  _{Geo Focus: Global}

  _{Backed: Zorzal, Xylo Systems, Agronomeye, Sumday and more.}

_{To connect and put your startup in front of these (and other) climate investors 👇.}

‘1 ESSENTIAL INSIGHT‘

Early Traction Wins Investors: Why Metrics Matter

For early stage startups, demonstrating your ability to hustle and build an audience by showcasing a go-to-market strategy (GTM) with some early traction, even if it's pilot programs or a basic MVP, can impress investors. Investors want to see your GTM thinking and evidence of your execution.

Remember, investors back teams who can execute, and these early wins signal your potential for future success. So, focus on progress, not perfection – even small wins show you can move quickly and experiment, key skills for navigating the startup journey.

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Until next week,

Cheers,

Team Raaise

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