In our 13th episode, Baris Efe and Danijel Višević discuss the financing landscape for climate tech. Danijel Višević is General Partner and Co-Founder of World Fund, a Berlin-based climate tech VC (fund size € 300 M, 18 investments so far). Baris Efe is the Co-Founder and Head at Vali Berlin, the entrepreneurship hub of ESMT business school. We discuss why we need tech to tackle the climate crisis and the role of venture capital to finance it. Baris and Danijel analyze the state of European competitiveness and what can be done to improve it.
Links
· The World Fund White Paper on investing in climate tech
· Vali Berlin, the entrepreneurship hub at ESMT
· The Draghi report on the future of European competitiveness
· PwC’s report on the state of climate tech 2024
· The EU inc petition
Timestamps
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(01:26) – Danijel and Baris introduce themselves
(04:43) – Why we need tech to tackle the climate crisis
(05:45) – The role of venture capital to finance climate solutions
(07:35) – European venture capital vs other geographies
(08:36) – European competitiveness, the Draghi report, and our chance to step up
(10:20) – Pension funds investing in VC
(11:28) – How Danijel became a VC investor
(15:53) – Baris’ approach to working with climate start-ups at Vali Berlin
(19:26) – The World Fund’s Climate Performance Potential (CPP) approach to assess the emissions savings potential of technologies they invest in
(26:16) – Baris and Danijel each share an example of a start-up that inspires them
(33:07) – Danijel and Baris on what they hope the next German government will tackle
(37:27) – Failures are your friends
(40:45) – The need for EU Inc
(42:25) – Outlook for VC investing
Contact
For feedback on the show or to suggest guests for future episodes, contact us at scifi@esmt.org
