Move at the Speed the Transition Requires
As markets shift from exploration to execution, structure is becoming critical to how decisions are made. Net Zero Insights today outlined a clearer approach to decision-making across emerging transition markets. As capital deployment accelerates and technologies move from pilot to scale, the complexity of evaluating technologies, partners, and markets has increased significantly. […]
Strategics in the Energy Transition: Insights from Climate First’s Annual Forum
Corporate innovators are entering a new phase of the energy transition, one shaped less by broad ambition and more by practical realities. That theme ran consistently through Climate First’s annual Strategics Forum, hosted with Honda and Taylor Wessing , where 40+ corporate senior leaders across energy, mobility, utilities, and industrials gathered to compare notes on […]
Are corporate spin-outs the next big thing for venture capital in energy?
It’s no secret that Venture Capital firms work tirelessly to identify future unicorns, often competing fiercely with their peers once they’ve uncovered an opportunity to invest in the most promising new start-ups. The vast majority of VC dollars still go into privately launched companies, but as universities and large corporates ramp up efforts to […]
How Aligned Climate Capital Bets on Infrastructure That Actually Works
A conversation with Mary King, Vice President at Aligned Climate Capital The Quiet Resilience of Climate Infrastructure Venture capital has historically gravitated toward breakthrough tech and high-growth SaaS margins. But in the current climate market — where risk, policy, and execution barriers dominate — the most attractive returns may come from infrastructure that […]
Five SAF startups to watch, according to our data
Aviation accounts for 2–3% of global COâ‚‚ emissions—a climate contribution estimated to be two to four times higher when accounting for their impact on the atmosphere. As a means to decarbonize the industry, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) has emerged as a promising solution. SAF is produced from feedstocks, hydrogen, or captured carbon as a […]
SAF Investment Trends
Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) have emerged as a critical solution to reduce the aviation sector’s growing carbon footprint. SAF could contribute up to 65% of the emissions reductions needed for aviation’s net-zero targets by 2050, leading to over 11 billion in funding flowing into 256 companies, according to our data. While most solutions are […]
The Pathways to Scaling SAF
Decarbonization has long been a priority for the aviation industry, but the journey to achieving net-zero has been far from linear. Since the first commercial flight took off with biofuels in 2008, the path towards sustainability has been full of obstacles. Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) has the potential to cut lifecycle greenhouse emissions by […]
Sustainable Aviation Fuels: 5 Key Challenge Areas
Aviation is one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonise. The industry is responsible for 2–3% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a share that is only expected to keep rising. Despite ambitious targets to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the industry has faced significant challenges in reaching them. Finding sustainable alternatives to […]
From Market Mapping to Content Strategy: How Impact Shakers Leverages Net Zero Insights
Impact Shakers Ventures is an early-stage impact fund investing in diverse founding teams across climate tech, inclusion tech, and impact infrastructure throughout Europe and the UK. As an Investment Associate, Lucija oversees their market research and competitor analysis. The fund is building the impact economy by supporting founders who tackle systemic challenges, with […]
Algae Startups Investment Trends
In the global drive for bio-based innovation, algae offers promise across industries, from sustainable protein to natural cosmetics and renewable packaging. This article provides an overview of how the investment sentiment has evolved for this developing sector and the key trends shaping its future. Drawing on the latest market data, we dissect the financial, […]
