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Climate-tech investing, our portfolio, the Australasian climate opportunity. Written by the team and the Climate Impact Committee.

A stunning landscape of New Zealand with wind turbines and solar panels in the foreground, symbolizing the transition to renewable energy.

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Where will the next generation of emissions reduction come from? ​

Discover how New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions have fallen for a third consecutive year in 2022. Learn about the positive impact of…

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Portfolio

Climate VC Fund Invests in NovoLabs to Catalyse Sustainable Wastewater Treatment

Climate Venture Capital Fund's latest investment in NovoLabs, a visionary water treatment start-up with a mission to transform the way we disinfect…

Scaling Impact Funds - Interview with Dr Jodi York

Sector analysis

Can an impact fund be impactful without scale? – How sustainable finance taxonomies will make scale a matter of time

In a recent visit to Melbourne, Vincent Heeringa spoke to Dr Jodi York, Chief Impact Officer at Kilara Capital, and also the…

Portfolio

Our inaugural Impact Report and a first for climate reporting 

Another month, another milestone. We’ve just published our first Impact Report. It has been quite an effort – not just because it’s…

Seaweed forest blue carbon

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Beware ‘blue carbon’ bold, but uncertain claims

Audacious assertions about blue carbon's potential to combat climate change are not yet matched by reality

Hot Lime Labs - Green CO2 for Horticulture

Portfolio

CVCF joins $4m round in Hot Lime Labs

Climate VC Fund was proud this month to announce the successful $4m funding round for Hot Lime Labs, the pioneering New Zealand…

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Mind the gap: a global race for offsets means NZ’s emissions reductions will have to come from NZ

There’s a growing squeeze for land but not for what you think. It’s not for housing or agriculture or factories. It’s for…