Vertical Integration: Emerging Thesis for Scaling Climate & Deep-Tech

​​​Extantia Capital and Hitachi Ventures are excited to welcome you to our Investor's Lounge during Slush 2025 in Helsinki.

​​​Pop over for a coffee or tea break and chat about your favourite climate tech or manufacturing topic! We will host four mini-side events in the lounge, where you get to connect with startups, like-minded VCs, and thought leaders in this space.

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​​Session III: More founders, builders, and investors are developing a new thesis Instead of stitching together dozens of suppliers, a growing ​ is that vertically integrated approaches may be key to unlocking system-level efficiency, faster iteration, and resilient supply chains. From software-defined manufacturers building the backbone of space and energy, to climate-hardware companies pushing down the cost of batteries, green fuels, or advanced drones - this mindset asks whether owning more of the stack is how move down the cost curve such that hardware innovation finally scales.