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Over the past two years, we’ve held three cohorts of Climate Angels. Some were former founders or operators. Others were curious professionals seeking their first deal. Yet others were already angel investing, looking to sharpen their diligence and provide structure to their decision-making. Many now back startups across the climate landscape.
Starting this summer, we are expanding the offering. Climate Angels will evolve from a six-week program to an ongoing annual learning community. Membership is designed for early-stage investors who want to stay close to deals, build with others, and support the climate tech ecosystem.
What to expect from Climate Angels
Climate Angels offers a comprehensive program designed to help both new and experienced investors deepen their understanding of investing and confidently deploy capital. Each month features webinars and topic deep dives covering themes such as capital stack structures, emerging climate sectors, and investment thesis development. Investors also gain practical frameworks for sourcing deals, conducting diligence, and managing portfolios.
We’ll be holding regular founder pitches to hear from select startups in the Climate Capital network and engage live with extended Q&A sessions within the Climate Angels community.
The program also includes working sessions where members collaboratively review memos and recent investments, conduct diligence on active deals, and participate in bring-your-own-deal sessions to receive feedback. Community-led learning is a core feature, with member-hosted roundtables on sector-specific topics and idea-sharing calls.
For those newer to climate investing or aiming to refine their approach, Climate Angels offers hands-on experience developing investment theses, exploring climate tech topics, and participating in live diligence alongside the Climate Capital team. We equip members with the knowledge and network needed to confidently write checks and get involved.
Learn more here and register before July 7 for a 10% discount.
💡Sector Insights💡
One of the core pillars of Climate Angels is helping investors stay ahead of the curve by unpacking timely, relevant topics. Below is a write-up from a recent sector spotlight we offered designed to give angels actionable perspective, market context, and a clearer path to investment. This particular session was on clean firm power and exploring how investors can approach this growing sector, especially at the early stages.
What’s Up With Clean Firm Power
To level set, we covered economics as a key driver behind the rapid growth of renewables in the U.S. Renewables have become cheaper than building or operating new natural gas plants, making cost the primary factor motivating adoption. While policy and regulation can affect the speed of this transition, ultimately, economic considerations lead the way. Fossil fuel generation costs have stabilized, whereas renewable technologies continue to improve and become more affordable, further tipping the scales in favor of clean energy. However, as variable renewables (like wind and solar) become the backbone of the energy mix, clean firm power becomes critical to ensuring reliability when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, highlighting the need for continued investment in this space.
How can early stage investors get involved in supporting clean firm power when these technologies typically involve large infrastructure projects with high capital costs? As an angel investor, it’s important to focus on technologies that optimize and enhance existing energy infrastructure rather than committing to large-scale, capital-intensive projects. Enabling or ancillary technologies offer more accessible entry points and can often be supported through various early-stage investing vehicles such as direct investments, syndicates, or specialized funds. These solutions can play a crucial role in improving the efficiency and reliability of the current grid while accelerating the shift toward cleaner energy. Investments that enable clean firm power, such as long-duration storage, demand-side management, or grid-balancing tools, are especially valuable because they complement intermittent renewables and help make a fully decarbonized grid more achievable.
Successfully transitioning the grid will require a balanced and realistic strategy. This means combining rapidly deployable solutions like solar plus storage with investments in long-duration energy storage and grid infrastructure optimization. By concentrating on enabling technologies that make existing systems more efficient and resilient, investors can achieve more immediate impact, contribute to a rapidly evolving part of the renewable energy landscape, and help accelerate the clean power transition.
Want to get a taste for more relevant topics in climate investing? Join us for our next deep dive on June 13 with Joel Armin-Hoiland as he covers the climate capital stack, government grants, and where FOAK financing fits in.
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Note: The Author’s opinions are their own and not necessarily representative of Climate Capital.
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