Beyond Climate Tech: Scaling European Climate Solutions that Transform Industries
Climate Dialogues — 8th Session
Organized by Inclimo Climate Tech, BStartup (Banco Sabadell) and Impact Shakers
Europe has entered a new phase of the climate transition.
The question is no longer whether climate technologies work. Many already do. The real challenge is scaling them fast enough to transform entire industries, reshape markets, and strengthen Europe's industrial competitiveness.
This closed-door session brings together leading climate venture investors and the founders building category-defining companies for a candid conversation on what it takes to move from promising innovation to systemic transformation. The format is deliberately hands-on, built around two round tables tackling the sector's defining challenges:
Presentation of the report “Can Europe Scale its Climate Ambition” produced by Inclimo Climate Tech & Banco Sabadell based on the eight sessions of Climate Dialogues produced until now.
Table 1 — Financing Climate Tech: From Venture Capital to Scale
This discussion will explore how venture capital, growth equity, venture debt, project finance and public funding can work together to finance the next generation of climate companies; how we bridge the funding gap for first-of-a-kind projects; and how regulation — from CBAM to the Clean Industrial Deal — is changing investment decisions.
A frank conversation about what it really takes to finance, build and scale climate technologies in Europe.
Panelists
Jacqueline van den Ende — Co-Founder & CEO, Carbon Equity
Yonca Braeckman — Founder & CEO, Impact Shakers
Josep Miquel Torregrosa – Partner Suma Capital Impact VC
Table 2 — From Innovation to Industrial Leader
Building a breakthrough technology is only the beginning. The real challenge is turning it into a company that can scale.
This discussion will explore what separates promising climate startups from the companies that become industrial leaders: the founders and teams capable of navigating that transition; the evidence that shows a pilot is becoming a repeatable business; and how companies move from early customers to large-scale commercial deployment.
From long industrial sales cycles and demanding procurement processes to manufacturing, partnerships and international expansion, a practical conversation about what it really takes to turn climate innovation into a scalable, enduring business.
Panelists
Heidi Lindvall — General Partner, Pale Blue Dot
Daria Saharova — Managing Partner, World Fund
Alberto Echeverri — Partner, Adara Ventures
Rather than treating climate as a constraint, this conversation examines climate technology as one of Europe's greatest economic opportunities.
The evening closes with a curated round of startup pitches, connecting the capital in the room directly to the companies shaping the next decade — followed by a networking cocktail with drinks and finger food.
We'd love for you to be part of the conversation.