Asia Futures Climate Mixer
Asia Futures invites next-generation leaders, family offices, private banks, climate founders, funders, and ecosystem partners to a small, practical evening exploring how climate solutions in Asia can move from interest to action.
Across Asia, promising climate initiatives often need more than capital to progress: they need trusted local partners, customer pilots, market access, technical expertise, strategic introductions, and patient support at the right moment.
This mixer brings people together across the capital–entrepreneur–ecosystem divide to examine where climate adaptation and mitigation efforts face real gaps, hear candid stories from projects and ventures, and explore concrete ways to contribute—through capital, partnerships, expertise, networks, and pilots.
This is not a conference or a pitch night. It is a selective, relationship-led conversation designed to create better follow-up questions, connections, and potential next steps.
What to expect
A short expert framing on climate adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable-finance gaps and opportunities in Asia.
Candid stories from climate projects, ventures, and innovative-finance opportunities.
A practical discussion on what a realistic first “bet” or contribution could look like for people in the room.
Curated introductions.
Expert framing
Dane Ancheta
Senior Consultant - Sustainable Finance, SLR Consulting
Dane Ancheta is a Senior Consultant in the Sustainable Finance team at SLR Consulting in Hong Kong, with over eight years of experience across climate risk, sustainable finance, environmental and social due diligence, stakeholder engagement, and greenhouse gas accounting. She works with private equity firms, asset managers, development finance institutions, and corporate clients to integrate climate considerations into investment decisions, risk management processes, and sustainability strategies.
Dane has led climate risk assessments and sustainability engagements across Asia and Africa, helping organizations understand and manage climate related risks and opportunities. Her work spans sectors including renewable energy, infrastructure, agriculture, logistics, waste management, and industrial development, drawing on climate modelling, geospatial analysis, and evolving climate disclosure frameworks. She has also been actively involved in capacity building initiatives, delivering climate risk and sustainable finance training for universities, development banks, investors, and sustainability professionals.
Prior to joining SLR, Dane worked with the Philippine Climate Change Commission and EY Philippines. She holds an MPhil in Environmental Science, Policy and Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and dual bachelor's degrees in Applied Physics and Applied Computer Systems from Ateneo de Manila University.
Featured projects and opportunities
Aquaria - presented by Brian Sheng, Co-Founder & CEO
Aquaria is a climate-tech company that makes drinking water from air, offering decentralized, plumbing-independent water solutions for homes, businesses, outdoor spaces, and backup supply. CEO and Co-Founder Brian Sheng will share Aquaria’s work and reflections on scaling resilient water infrastructure.
IXON — presented by Dr Felix Cheung, Founder and CEO
IXON Food Technology develops food-science technologies designed to reduce dependence on cold-chain logistics. Led by Dr Felix Cheung, IXON’s ASAP and PhantomCure systems aim to enable perishable agricultural products and proteins to be safely stored at room temperature for up to two years, without refrigeration or preservatives.
Blended Finance Rural Solar Project in China - Co-presented by Sophie Wang, Secretary General of China Alliance of Social Value Investment (CASVI), and a representative from the Energy Foundation
With support from the Energy Foundation, the China Alliance of Social Value Investment (CASVI) is partnering with LONGi Green Energy Technology, with technical support from Tsinghua University’s Energy Internet Research Institute, on a pilot initiative exploring local consumption and blended-finance models for rural distributed solar PV in China.
The initiative examines how philanthropic capital can act as catalytic capital—mobilizing public, charitable, corporate, and private investment into commercially viable rural clean-energy models that also generate environmental and social value. It aims to improve local renewable-energy use, support rural livelihoods and communities, and contribute to a just energy transition.
Hong Kong climate nonprofit — to be confirmed
A local nonprofit perspective on climate action, resilience, and the practical needs of organizations working close to communities.
Who should attend
This gathering is designed for people who are interested in practical climate action across China and ASEAN, including:
Next-generation leaders and family stewards;
Family-office and private-bank representatives;
Climate and impact founders;
Philanthropic, development, and impact investment professionals;
Corporate, technical, and ecosystem partners able to offer expertise, pilots, market access, or introductions.