Photo by Precondo CA / Unsplash My path to becoming an investor Entering 2024, I decided to transition to become more involved in innovation other than being an entrepreneur. A startup takes 10 or so years to become a solid business. With my remaining life, I would be able to do 1 or 2 more successful startups. It would make more sense to share my experience, knowledge and skills for the greater good. But while working with more than 30 startups, I realized that I was lacking something. I need to have more skin in the game. I need to show more commitment. Finding Material Change Institue Finding a way to achieve my goals seemed complicated. I had very little investment experience. Also, I wanted to have a large portion of my investment in climatetech, but I didn't have much experience in the industry. So, I went out to seek advice. I talked to my friends who were either in startup investment or in the climate change industry. After talking to many helpful friends who extended th...
I attended another wonderful event by Vancouver Tech Journal . I am very interested in climate change and am in the process of figuring out how I can get involved. I am an Entrepreneur In Residence (EIR) for Foresight Canada, but I haven't been able to do more than that. The "#vtjtalks: How BC Climatetech Could Save The World" was a great opportunity to understand what is happening in Vancouver regarding climate tech. More investment in climate tech Mike Winterfield ( @mikewinterfield ) from Active Impact Investments explained that in general, the investment trend was slowing down, while climate tech hit the 1 billion investment mark. Also, Sithu Ranamukhaarachchi from Creative Destruction Lab mentioned that Vancouver was an excellent place to start, since they have their lab here, which is the only lab focused on climate other than their Paris lab. The constraints in Canada As exciting as it seems there was also a discussion that 90% of that funding was toward growth...
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