One more on #climatetech! Startups matter for scaling climate and energy innovation, and public funding matters for startups especially in deeptech. But what's next? In our new paper in Nature Energy, we show that for publicly funded climate-tech startups, investment from strategic corporate investors is particularly complementary and improves IPO / M&A rates by 155% compared to 78% from other private / venture capital investors. Led by Kathleen Kennedy and co-authored with our dream team including Morgan Edwards, Claudia Doblinger, Nate Hultman, Ellen D Williams, Maria Antonieta Borrero Angarita, and Zach Thomas! Here's the paper in Nature Energy: https://rdcu.be/dH0aG Kathleen's thread on X / Twitter: https://lnkd.in/g7bknHDG And all this builds on our previous paper in Joule: https://lnkd.in/g7NatpnF #climatetech #deeptech #startups #venturecapital
To meet global climate goals, diverse funding sources for climate-tech start-ups is key. A new Nature Portfolio study finds corporate investment in publicly funded climate-tech start-ups improves exit rates by 155% compared to 78% from private investments: nature.com/articles/s4156… “Understanding the combined effects of public, private, and corporate investments is essential for improving start-up outcomes & incentivizing funding in the right direction,” lead author CGS Assistant Research Professor Kathleen Kennedy on the new Nature Portfolio study on climate-tech start-ups.