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October 2024 Edition

Climate Startup Week - 2022

ClimateLaunchpad National Finals India

ClimateLaunchpad is a global green business idea competition with a mission to unlock the world’s cleantech potential that addresses climate change. Several green startups join this program every year and after going through months of training and mentoring, they pitch their business ideas at the finals. The crème de la crème of green startups from India will pitch at the national finals to battle for their spot at the ClimateLaunchpad 2022 Asia Pacific Regional Finals.

Pre-Application Webinar for Wipro Climate Challenge

The Wipro Challenge, supported by Wipro Foundation is a unique entrepreneurial hackathon for college students themed on “Data Science for Circular Economy”. The Pre-Application Webinar for Wipro Climate Challenge provides a platform for prospective students to put forward any queries that they have in understanding the details of the challenge such as the application process, program structure, problem statement, eligibility, offerings, etc.

ClimateLaunchpad National Finals Nepal

ClimateLaunchpad is a global green business idea competition with a mission to unlock the world’s cleantech potential that addresses climate change. Several green startups join this program every year and after going through months of training and mentoring, they pitch their business ideas at the finals. The crème de la crème of green startups from Nepal will pitch at the national finals to battle for their spot at the ClimateLaunchpad 2022 Asia Pacific Regional Finals.

ClimateLaunchpad National Finals Sri Lanka

ClimateLaunchpad is a global green business idea competition with a mission to unlock the world’s cleantech potential that addresses climate change. Several green startups join this program every year and after going through months of training and mentoring, they pitch their business ideas at the finals. The crème de la crème of green startups from Sri Lanka will pitch at the national finals to battle for their spot at the ClimateLaunchpad 2022 Asia Pacific Regional Finals.

ClimateLaunchpad National Finals UAE

ClimateLaunchpad is a global green business idea competition with a mission to unlock the world’s cleantech potential that addresses climate change. Several green startups join this program every year and after going through months of training and mentoring, they pitch their business ideas at the finals. The crème de la crème of green startups from United Arab Emirates will pitch at the national finals to battle for their spot at the ClimateLaunchpad 2022 Asia Pacific Regional Finals.

Essentials of Fundraising for Early-Stage Climate Tech Startups - The Investor's Perspective

Want to learn more about how to go about raising capital for your climate tech startup? This session is part of a two-part mini-series on the Essentials of Fundraising where you can gain insights from a panel of actual Investors who have been actively investing in this domain. Learn more about their sub-sectors of interest, portfolio startups, and outlook on the sector and design your own fundraising strategy.

Essentials of Fundraising for Early-Stage Climate Tech Startups - The Entrepreneur's Perspective

 

Microsoft Credits Webinar

Anyone who has started a company knows firsthand that the journey can be unpredictable. Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub was designed with this in mind. Based on feedback from founders like you, Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub provides cloud credits to build on Azure without restrictive timelines. As your startup grows, the number of free Azure credits you receive grows with you, so you can save money and develop at your own pace.

Carbon Dating - Women Entrepreneurs in Climate

Carbon Dating is a unique networking initiative by Climate Collective Foundation. This is a session exclusively for Women in Climate Entrepreneurship (WICE) Cohorts since 2019 as well as women founders in the Climate Collective community. Meet and greet with the alumni and share your experiences.

Miro Credits Webinar

Give your startup the tools it needs. From sprint planning to customer journey mapping — our ready-made templates let you beautifully organize and share your ideas. Templates like Kanban and Product Roadmap, and integrations with tools like Jira, Confluence, and Slack put your plans into action.

Amazon AWS Credit Introduction

Leveraging AWS VC & Startup Ecosystem for scale: Since 2013, the AWS Activate Program has been the launching pad of some of the most successful startups around the world and we wish you to follow the same journey! Join us for a 30 mins session where we will present to you the different startup programs from AWS that you can leverage as you build & scale your startup.

Carbon Dating - Founders meet Founders (Energy)

Carbon Dating is a unique networking initiative by Climate Collective Foundation to let the Climate Collective community and external interested members meet people from similar or other domains. This is a session exclusively for Founders of energy and mobility startups to meet other Founders and share their journey.

Webinar on Carbon Credits

Voluntary Carbon Markets are booming and already crossed $800 billion in 2021. Carbon Credits provide a lucrative opportunity for offsetting carbon emissions, and also provide a financial incentive for the same. We are bringing an exclusive workshop on carbon credits for anyone who is interested in exploring this space. We are inviting startups, early-stage ideas, ESOs, investors and basically anyone who is interested to learn about the potential of carbon credits and offsets. The session is open to all with prior registration. The session aims to provide a platform to enhance the understanding of carbon markets, credits, offsets and emerging trends and opportunities in the industry. Run by the industry leaders, the session will provide an opportunity for potential collaboration and partnership opportunities as well as the role of technology like Blockchain in offsetting carbon and generating credit.

Masterclass on How to Hire the Right Talent, with Climate Asia

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Zoho Credits Webinar

The Zoho for Startups program offers eligible startups more than 45 software applications to solve all business problems. they are even available under various integrated bundles, specific to different departments and purpose, to help put a business completely on the cloud. Startups are eligible to avail upto 1.86 lakhs INR worth of Zoho Wallet credits for a period of 360 days. The program is open only for new users of Zoho with no history of paid subscriptions. The Zoho Workplace bundle alone is subject to a credit limit of 1 lakh INR during the offer period. All startups can avail 1 lakh INR worth of credits to explore Zoho for their business. Further, startups interested in hosting their email with Zoho can get an additional 86K INR worth of credits to explore Zoho Mail and related services. These credits can be used to explore individual Zoho applications as well as for bundles like Zoho One, Remotely, Workplace, etc. They can also be used for renewals, upgrades and add-ons during the validity period.

Workshop on Introduction to Credits

If you are a cleantech or climate startup, learn about the “Climate Startup Credits” program by Climate Collective. Whether you’re just getting started or have already started building, these credits are designed to lower your startup costs, help the startup build, grow, go to market faster and scale their business through the provision of cost-free or discounted tools, resources, and expert support. We have partnered with Amazon AWS, Microsoft for Startups, ZOHO, HubSpot, Freshworks, Typeform, Notion, Miro, Mathworks, etc., and more will be integrated. Join us to get started on credits, offers, and perks by utilising these initial credits. This webinar will address how to leverage these credits and their offerings.

Climate Jobs Fair

 

Carbon Dating - Founders meet Founders (Plastic Waste)

Let’s talk about plastic waste management, ocean pollution, and solutions for the environment. Be part of the largest networking event for founders and executives in the plastics industry. This session will serve as a forum for exchanging ideas, and visions. This session is exclusively for Founders and executives of climate tech startups to meet other Founders and executives and share their journey.

Climate Jobs Fair

 

Blockchain and Carbon Credits Webinar

We are bringing an exclusive webinar on blockchain & carbon credits. Blockchain technology revolutionizing the carbon credits markets. Blockchain can solve complex problems in the market like transparency, certification, tracking etc. and simultaneously. Blockchain helps identify high-quality credits, monitoring and certification processes and translate them into tradable assets in the form of NFTs. Join this exclusive webinar on blockchain & carbon credits to learn more from our industry experts.

Climate Pitch - Day 1

Workshop on Climate Collective Impact Certificates

Climate Jobs Fair

 

Plastic Credits Webinar

 

ClimateLaunchpad Regional Finals

limate Collective Foundation is hosting the ClimateLaunchpad Asia Pacific Regional Finals for the year 2022! Come and witness the cleantech revolution happening across Kazakhstan, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam. The winners from each country’s National Finals will be pitching at this event in front of the regional juries to battle their way to the ClimateLaunchpad 2022 Global Grand Finals! Be a part of this regional climate and cleantech awesomeness, network with stakeholders across countries, and be inspired by cutting-edge innovation!

Climate Pitch - Day 2

Roundtable: Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Innovation in India

With the support of the government and industry majors, one of the primary industry decarbonization initiatives is through Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS). While the majority of innovation is coming from government-run programs and university projects, Climate Collective is organizing a convening of CCUS experts from the government, academia, industry, and entrepreneurs in CCUS to come together to discuss the current CCUS ecosystem in India and to look at the way forward.

Webinar on Understanding ANDE Climate Metric Guide

Climate Collective Foundation and the Aspen Network for Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) have published a guide for Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs), impact investors, and Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) with a consolidated list of available tools and frameworks for climate impact measurement, along with guidance on how to select best-fit resources based on their stage, industry, and geographic region. The webinar would present an aggregation of resources and insights from the ecosystem to provide a starting point for impact management and reporting for climate SGBs in developing economies. The webinar will enable the audience to navigate through the guide, present key insights from it and seek feedback from the audience on the same.

Pre-Application Webinar - Climate Ready for Women in Energy

Climate Ready for Women in Energy is a pre-accelerator program designed specifically for women entrepreneurs in Energy with a focus on business literacy and building successful business models through training and mentorship. The pre-application Q&A Webinar will address the queries from interested candidates regarding the application process, eligibility criteria, timelines, etc

MathWorks Credits Webinar and Introduction to AI & Finance

This session will cover MathWorks Accelerator Program and benefits offered to startups at Climate Collective Economics vs Finance The Larger Picture ( The Economics Context) What’s Happening in the Industry ? How are MATLAB and AI helping? Climate Risk Nowcasting Text Analytics/NLP ML Explainability MATLAB Tools Overview Wrap Up with Q&A MATLAB, the language of engineers and scientists, is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation. Simulink is a block diagram environment for simulation and Model-Based Design of multidomain and embedded engineering systems. They can explore and implement designs without having to write C, C++, CUDA, or HDL code.

Scaling Adaptation and Resilience Finance in Africa

An A&R roundtable discussion on scaling up private finance in Adaptation and Resilience in Africa. The session will invite investors, Entrepreneur Support Organisations (ESOs) and other ecosystem players to focus on mobilizing and scaling up finance for A&R startups, understand the key challenges, investor’s risks, opportunities to build financial management capabilities of the A&R startups to better access and allocate funds while scaling their impact across their value chains. The discussion will also highlight some key findings in the A&R investment across Africa from our research into the A&R investment landscape in Africa. Every $1 invested in A&R generates a return between $2 and $10, yet A&R does not receive enough funding. This platform will provide an opportunity to build the A&R investment narrative, solutions required for startups, and suggestions across the board. And opportunities for potential collaboration and partnerships to mainstream the private investment in A&R in Africa.

Webinar on Understanding ANDE Climate Metric Guide

Climate Collective Foundation and the Aspen Network for Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) have published a guide for Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs), impact investors, and Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) with a consolidated list of available tools and frameworks for climate impact measurement, along with guidance on how to select best-fit resources based on their stage, industry, and geographic region. The webinar would present an aggregation of resources and insights from the ecosystem to provide a starting point for impact management and reporting for climate SGBs in developing economies. The webinar will enable the audience to navigate through the guide, present key insights from it and seek feedback from the audience on the same.

Pre-application Webinar: Carbon Zero Challenge 2022

Carbon Zero Challenge (CZC) is a pioneering initiative by IIT Madras. The third edition of Carbon Zero Challenge (CZC), an All India Eco-Innovation and Entrepreneurship competition was launched on 24 August 2022. The Theme for CZC2022 is CZC for CRC “Circularity in Resources Conservation”. If you are a college faculty or student, or an early-stage startup innovating in any of the above domains and interested in implementing your technology in the field of entrepreneurship, we strongly encourage you and your team to apply for CzeroC.

Climate Drinks (Goa)