Capital Deployment Summit: Decoding Blended Finance for Climate Tech & Deep Tech

​Event Description
Climate, Deeptech, First-of-a-Kind, hardware projects face unique financing challenges. This session explores how different types of capital can work together to accelerate climate solutions at speed and scale.

​Date: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Venue: Greenhouse, Salesforce Tower Sydney

​Speakers include:

• ​Georgia Lourandes, Boundless 

• ​Claire Goelst, CSO Envest  

• ​Emily Whelan, NRF  

• ​David Allen, Future Group  

• ​Jeremy Kwong-Law, LightWave Capital 

• ​Chloe Argyle, Ethica invest 

• ​Prof Liz Thurbon, UNSW

• ​Frere Byrne, PlasmaLeap

• ​Goran Bozic, Decarise

• ​Tim Buckley, Climate Eneregy Finance

• ​Ben Lindsay, Investible

• ​Gabriella Nunes, TRaCE

​About the Event
A working session exploring how public, private, philanthropic, debt, and equity capital can be structured to support climate innovation. Through case studies, expert talks, and interactive roundtables, participants will explore blended finance approaches and how concessional capital can play a role in the climate capital stack.

​Highlights

• ​Expert talks on blended finance structures

• ​Case studies of climate project financing

• ​Interactive roundtables on the capital stack

• ​Discussion of catalytic and concessional capital

​Why Attend?

• ​Explore approaches to financing climate projects

• ​Understand how different capital types can work together

• ​Connect with funders, investors, and founders

• ​Engage with practical frameworks and examples