Your Weekly Climate Rundown

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‘

• LB Agtech: Simon and Ray have developed the BeeSTAR platform, offering advanced monitoring solutions for beekeepers. It provides real-time data insights on hive conditions and enables remote management to enhance hive health and productivity. [Seed] 🇦🇺

• ReBorn: Brian has created a stylish, sustainable homeware brand with products made from 100% recycled materials in the UK. Their eco-friendly designs reduce carbon emissions and landfill waste, promoting a circular economy and supporting local production. [Seed] 🇬🇧

• HYpe Certification: Chris and the HYpe team provide automated, real-time certification of hydrogen production, measuring carbon emissions intensity to ensure compliance with regulatory standards. Their platform reduces costs and workload, providing live monitoring and data security, making it easier for producers to achieve and maintain certification across multiple schemes globally. [Pre-Seed] 🇦🇺

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

‘2 CLIMATE INVESTORS‘

• Closed Loop Ventures 🇦🇺: Closed Loop Ventures invests in early-stage companies that drive the circular economy through innovations in material science, robotics, agritech, and sustainable consumer products. They focus on pre-seed and seed-stage opportunities, providing investments between $500K and $1M.

  _{Geo Focus: Global (with a focus on North America)}

  _{Backed: Algramo, Algaeing, AMP Robotics, By Rotation, Earthodic and more.}

• Pollination 🇦🇺: Pollination invests in climate and nature solutions, focusing on ventures with high commercial and environmental impact. They support early-stage to large-scale projects in nature-based carbon, regenerative agriculture, and climate tech, aiming to drive significant environmental and financial returns.

  _{Geo Focus: Global}

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

‘1 ESSENTIAL INSIGHT‘

Demo Day Pitching: Ditch the Disconnect.

Over the last few weeks we’ve been at a lot of climate startup demo days and pitch events, and typically most 3-5 min pitches have gone something like this;

The Usual Flow:
• Founder's story and the problem (often heavy and emotional).
• Brief mention of the solution followed quickly by huge market projections.
• Team credentials and a call to action.

Maybe it’s just us, but we can’t shake the feeling something’s not quite right with this approach.

The Disconnect: Jumping so abruptly from the problem's severity can feel jarring - "massive human suffering, so... big opportunity!"

We understand investors want to see (and invest in) huge opportunities, but this transition just feels off.

The Tweak: Spend more time and focus on showing your solution;
• Demo your product (even a simple prototype).
• Share real conversations with early (or target) customers.
• Highlight early impact and traction, no matter how small.

By showcasing what you're building and how it’s already helped your target customer address a huge problem, the potential for massive impact becomes clear.

As Seth Godin said; find your MVA, or "Minimum Viable Audience"? If you can help them, you can help many more.

The Takeaway: Focus on a "messy demo" over a market memo. Sharing your solution in action, not just market projections, can 10x your pitch success.

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Until next week,

Cheers,

Amy & Team Raaise

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