Bridging the Climate Finance Gap with Blackhorn Ventures & Spring Lane Capital, Ep #120

Climate tech companies face a range of structural challenges to securing the mid stage investment needed to scale their solutions. The lack of capital at this stage prevents many viable, potentially transformative technologies from going mainstream and eliminating gigatons of emissions. That’s why we’ve been running a series of episodes on the Missing Middle in Climate Tech in partnership with Spring Lane Capital. If you haven’t heard our previous three episodes in this series, check them out at investedinclimate.com, and if you have ideas of other topics that warrant a Deep Dive series please reach out through the contact form on our website.&#160;For the fourth episode in our series, I’m joined by Spring Lane Capital Co-Founder and Partner Rob Day who guest hosts the conversation with Blackhorn Ventures Managing Partner Melissa Cheong.&#160;On today’s episode, we cover:2:23 – Introducing Blackhorn Ventures &#38; Melissa Chong3:31 – Melissa’s Path to Venture Capital &#38; Impact Investing8:44 – Surprises &#38; Learnings in Venture Capital10:13 – Overview of Blackhorn Ventures’ Investment Focus &#38; Strategy13:55 – Addressing the Missing Middle: Digital vs. Hardware Solutions17:18 – Leveraging Accepted Hardware &#38; Digital Solutions19:09 – The Role of Vertical Data Pools in Construction and Energy21:03 – AI, Utilities, and the Urgency for Digital Solutions25:10 – Building Resilience &#38; Anti-Fragile Mindsets in Climate Tech28:14 – Exploring New Financing Instruments &#38; Insurance32:21 – Portfolio Example: Formic – Robotics as a Service36:37 – Portfolio Example: King Energy – Solar for Multi-Tenant Properties38:55 – Lessons from Community Solar &#38; Smart Billing40:00 – Takeaways: The Evolving Role of Venture Capital in Climate Impact43:24 – Closing RemarksResources MentionedSpring Lane CapitalBlackhorn VenturesFormicKing EnergyConnect with usRob DayMelissa CheongJason RissmanKeep up with Invested In ClimateSign up for our NewsletterLinkedIn<a href="http://instagram.com/investedinclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer"...