Climate Tech: Thirty Years of Lessons and What Comes Next
From envirotech to cleantech to climate tech, what have three decades taught us about investing in a more sustainable future Dave Kirkpatrick, co-founder and managing director of SJF Ventures, will t…
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- Date and time
- Ends EST — local Durham time
- Location
- Bull DurhamAmerican Underground, 324 Blackwell St Ste 900, Durham, NC 27701, USADurham
About this event
From envirotech to cleantech to climate tech, what have three decades taught us about investing in a more sustainable future
Dave Kirkpatrick, co-founder and managing director of SJF Ventures, will trace the sector’s evolution and explore how rising data center demand, grid needs, and shifting policy are shaping its next chapter. Drawing on his experience backing climate companies, Dave will share a national perspective on the opportunities and challenges facing founders and investors today.
You’ll leave with a national view of where the opportunities and challenges are today, and a clearer sense of which lessons from earlier cycles still apply.
Speaker
Dave Kirkpatrick
Dave Kirkpatrick is Managing Director and co-founder of SJF Ventures, a positive impact growth equity fund with offices in Durham, New York City, Seattle and San Francisco. SJF was founded in 1999, has 96 portfolio companies and is investing from its sixth fund. SJF assists and invests in mission-driven enterpri
Official details
- Price:
- Free
- Organizer:
- Carolina Climate
- Listing source:
- Luma
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