Rob Trezona is a Founding Partner of Kiko Ventures, a $450m evergreen cleantech investment platform, backed by IP Group and based in London. Kiko aims to make the impossible possible in the fight against climate change. Rob worked at IP Group for over 10 years before launching Kiko Ventures, was a Non-Executive Director of Ceres Power, has been working in cleantech since 2000 and started his career as a hydrogen and fuel cell scientist.

In this episode, we discuss:

1) Rob's journey into venture capital and why VC

2) Fund structures and their impact on investing in deeptech companies

3) Benefits of evergreen fund structures for climate tech

4) Learning from Cleantech 1.0

5) What Kiko Ventures look for

6) Understanding where we are in the hydrogen cycle

7) The role of carbon capture and storage in fighting climate change

8) Rob's favourite investor and why

9) Quick-fire round

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Patrick Sheehan is the Founder and Managing Partner of ETF Partners (Environmental Technologies Fund), a leading European climate VC firm, founded in 2006 and focusing mainly on Series B and beyond investments. Patrick has invested across cleantech cycles and has a wealth of experience in the space.

In this episode, we discuss:

1) Patrick's journey into venture capital

2) His motivations to start an environmental VC fund

3) How the cleantech investing cycle has evolved since Cleantech 1.0

4) How fundraising has evolved over time

5) Example investments ETF has made

6) Hardware investing

7) Measuring impact

8) Comparing cleantech 1.0 to now

9) What to watch out for in climate tech investing

10) Policy movements to watch out for

11) Tips for being a good board member

12) Key lessons from founding a VC firm

13) Quick-fire round

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In this episode of Venturing in Climate, I spoke to Irena Spazzapan, Managing Partner of Systemiq Capital. Systemiq Capital is a London-based climate technology venture capital firm which has recently launched the first close of its £70m Fund II.

We discuss:

1) Irena's career journey to managing a climate tech VC firm

2) Building a VC firm and adding value

3) What Systemiq Capital looks for with examples

4) Investing in hardware, capital intensity and dilution

5) Fundraising process for a VC fund

6) Over and under-invested areas of climate tech

7) Quantifying impact potential

8) Typical fund terms and returns

9) Portfolio company: Brimstone

10) Carbon Capture & Storage

11) Quick-fire round

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