Fellows mentioned in this story: Dawn Lippert, Cohort IV

From ImpactAlpha:

Dawn Lippert is closing capital gaps at both ends of climate tech funding.

For more than a decade with Elemental Excelerator, Lippert has been plugging the capital gap for early stage startups building for communities on the front lines of climate change. With Earthshot Ventures, her new $60 million venture capital fund, Lippert is mobilizing commercial and institutional capital to take those solutions to scale in every community.

Most “climate technology has to be deployed in location,” Lippert told ImpactAlpha. That means listening not only to technical experts and investors, but to community members, nonprofits, local utilities and regulators. “That’s the understanding of the ecosystem that’s required to get projects in the ground.”

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