Small Funds, Big Alpha: Matching LPs with Climate's Emerging Managers

​Deal flow comes to you.

​You tell us what you're looking for when you register. Stage, sector, check size, structure. Our matching tool builds your afternoon before you arrive.

​You hold a table. The funds you asked to meet come to you, six 10-minute sessions back to back. No hunting the room. No pitch ambushes. An intimate networking hour follows.

​The SF edition produced 152 one-on-one meetings in a single afternoon. The DC edition sold out two years running, and this April put 50+ allocators across from 35 climate funds representing $2.4B+ in combined strategy.

​Why emerging managers. Fund I vehicles under $500M average 20.7% IRR against 17.5% for Fund IV and beyond (StepStone). 91% of the top ten VC funds each year from 2013 to 2022 were under $250M (Cambridge Associates). Climate funds carried a 9% IRR premium in the 2020 to 2024 vintage (SVB). Most allocators have never met the managers behind those numbers.

​In the room: family offices, foundations, funds of funds, institutional allocators, and individuals actively writing checks into climate.

​Allocators attend free. Capacity capped at 75.

​Fund managers: $50. SF waitlisted 35 funds. Register early.

​Wednesday afternoon during New York Climate Week, 2:00 to 5:00 PM. Midtown Manhattan, exact address released to registered guests.

​Participating funds to be announced in September.

​Hosted by 981, Lichen Ventures, and Betterway.