The ‘why’ behind Climate Connect Sydney
Australia’s private family offices and institutional investment leaders have made ambitious public climate commitments, whether in respect of:
Philanthropic and investment capital to deploy into climate;
Goals to decarbonise underlying assets within investment portfolios; and
Dollar or percentage figure commitments of large funds, into climate solutions.
The above adds up to many tens of billions of dollars earmarked to invest in climate technologies, innovations, funds, and companies.
The demand is there.
Whilst Australia boasts an emerging ecosystem of relevant investable opportunities, a number of the world’s leading actors in climate are based many thousands of kilometres away, having never yet, or only fleetingly. visited our wonderful shores.
Climate Connect Sydney is bringing many top climate leaders to Australia, into the one room, for an unmissable morning of insights, discussion, and connection, to showcase some of the world’s top investable opportunities in climate venture, technology, and infrastructure.
We’re proud to be hosting Partners from Lowercarbon Capital, one of the world’s leading climate tech venture funds, alongside a number of global thought leaders in climate, for an unmissable event.
This is a private, invite-only, event for leaders in family offices, philanthropic funds, superannuation, and asset management.
If this is you, apply now here to secure your place.
About Lowercarbon Capital
Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Chris Sacca and Crystal Sacca along with their partner Clay Dumas, managing over US $2 billion in assets across funds, formed back unreasonably ambitious founders to build our way out of the climate mess.
In Australia, Lowercarbon Capital has backed several high-impact local companies, listed below:
These include:
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Dendra Systems
Use AI and drones to accelerate large-scale ecosystem restoration.
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Loam Bio
An agricultural biotech company enhancing soil carbon sequestration through microbial seed coatings.
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Novalith
A cleantech company developing a carbon-negative process for lithium extraction that significantly reduces both cost and environmental impact.
Join us to hear from Lowercarbon's partners about the advancing frontier of climate-industrial technologies.
About the Organizers
Mike and Mick have teamed up to make Climate Connect Sydney a truly memorable event.
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Mike Williams
Mike Williams is the organiser of Climate Connect Sydney. In his most recent role, Mike led Global Sustainability for Canva, where he supported the company to achieve their international decarbonisation, regulatory, and sustainability investment goals.
Following the 2019-20 Australian bushfires, he became enthusiastic about building a better future for generations to come, by accelerating the adoption of climate solutions. Prior to his decade in technology, Mike worked in a number of leading professional services firms across law, insolvency, and finance.
Mike believes Australia can have an outsized positive impact on climate, and that connecting the world’s largest climate-focused pools of capital, together with those on the forefront of climate innovation, can only lead to positive outcomes for humanity and the planet.
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Mick Liubinskas
Mick Liubinskasis CEO of Climate Salad, Australia’s leading climate tech community bringing together founders, corporates, and investors. In his role, Mick works with climate tech companies that are focused on helping the world achieve global carbon-negative.
With over 20 years of experience in the tech industry, Mick has built and scaled products that reached millions of users and generated millions of dollars in revenue, and also advised, invested in, and supported hundreds of startups in Australia and beyond.
Mick’s mission is to boost the climate tech ecosystem in Australia with investment, programs, and community support, leveraging his skills and credentials in product management, marketing, and innovation to help climate tech entrepreneurs, scientists, researchers, and investors, connect and collaborate.