Climate Insiders
Yoann Berno
Welcome to Climate Insiders, the top-ranked Climate Tech podcast in Europe. We're right in the heart of the action, connecting with some of the most dynamic founders, investors, and thought leaders taking on climate change.
Ever been curious about how game-changers like Ynsect, Tier Mobility, Enpal, or Climeworks began their journey and crafted their unique environmental stories? Want to know what's brewing in the minds of leading climate investors from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Lowercarbon, World Fund, or Planet A Ventures? We’re your go-to for the inside track. We also team up with climate visionaries like Timothee Parrique, Jacqueline van den Ende, and Nate Hagens to shed light on the climate maze for all of us.
Whether you're gearing up to launch your own eco-initiative, diving into the Venture Capital investing sphere, or just eager to demystify terms like ESG, cleantech, sustainability, Article 9, and the nuances of Climate tech investing, you're in the right place.
Hungry for genuine stories, insights, and actionable climate solutions? Climate Insiders has got the goods. Jump in, enjoy the vibe, and let’s champion a greener planet together!
Consistently lauded as one of the best Climate podcasts, our episodes echo with the spirit of enlightened capitalism and a brighter tomorrow. We're dedicated to arming you with the insights to chart the climate landscape confidently.
Ever been curious about how game-changers like Ynsect, Tier Mobility, Enpal, or Climeworks began their journey and crafted their unique environmental stories? Want to know what's brewing in the minds of leading climate investors from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Lowercarbon, World Fund, or Planet A Ventures? We’re your go-to for the inside track. We also team up with climate visionaries like Timothee Parrique, Jacqueline van den Ende, and Nate Hagens to shed light on the climate maze for all of us.
Whether you're gearing up to launch your own eco-initiative, diving into the Venture Capital investing sphere, or just eager to demystify terms like ESG, cleantech, sustainability, Article 9, and the nuances of Climate tech investing, you're in the right place.
Hungry for genuine stories, insights, and actionable climate solutions? Climate Insiders has got the goods. Jump in, enjoy the vibe, and let’s champion a greener planet together!
Consistently lauded as one of the best Climate podcasts, our episodes echo with the spirit of enlightened capitalism and a brighter tomorrow. We're dedicated to arming you with the insights to chart the climate landscape confidently.
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Apr 27, 2022 • 1h
Pale Blue Dot: Tips & Tricks to Raise your 1st Climate Fund with Hampus Jakobsson
Hampus Jakobsson is a General Partner at Pale Blue Dot, a Swedish seed-stage ClimateTech fund investing in startups that reduce and reverse the effects of climate change.He was previously at BlueYard Capital, before that an angel with >100 angel investments. And before that, a serial founder.This is an EPIC conversation between two European Climate Tech fund managers. Hampus shares a TON of insights and opinionated views. You don’t want to miss out! Fundraising for a fund vs fundraising for a startupHow to do fundraising the right wayWhy smaller funds are better than large onesHow they run investment decisions internally and invest when they fall in love with the foundersListen and LearnPale Blue Dot’s fund structure, scope and geographyThe reasons why fundraising wasn’t actually that painful for themThe importance of filtering out the wrong LPs up front Why emerging Climate fund managers need to specialize today to raise their fundHow to steal deals from bigger brands generalist funds Why fund managers should actually ‘reverse pitch’ entrepreneurs to convince them they are good investorsHow they’ve designed an entire investment process around PASSION, PRIDE and LOVEThe surprising simplicity of their investment decision process (with a voting scale: Hell Yes, Yes, No, Hell No) and the absence of Investment CommitteeGreat founders have some super power and extreme skills to sell to anybody or build anything that makes it hard to say noWhy Hampus thinks it’s way nicer to raise for a fund than to raise for a startupThe gold question to help investors commit: ‘What can I do to help you decide?”The #1 tip to raise a fund: start small and show a track record as a fund managerThe reason why emerging fund managers outperformYour fund size is your strategy and it’s important not to balloon your fund sizePale Blue’s ideal portfolio construction: 30 deals with 10% shareholdingHow Pale Blue opens up their entire DD process to founders via a Notion PageWhy they originally intended to do a €40m fund and created two scenarios: €40m or €80m funds to test the marketWHEN and HOW to do a fund announcement in the mediaNever announce when you’re not ready to absorb inbound (investors, media, job seekers, customers) Main advice to emerging fund managers: figure out your unique angles (niche, vertical, geography, belief system) and set up a hyper local or hyper verticalized fundWhy fund managers should NOT be capital allocators and instead people that care about people and businessesShow LinksPale Blue Dot portfolio companies’ jobs https://paleblue.vc/jobs Connect with Hampus on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hampusjakobssonCausal App for portfolio modeling https://causal.app Final NoteMake sure to subscribe to our newsletter to get notified when we publish Part 2. If you liked Part 1, you will LOVE Part 2 ! Another epic conversation to dig into Hampus’ macro views on how to crack this climate fight and how we should deviate from a pure capitalistic system.
