​Ripple Hosts

​Dr. Elisabeth Schrey

​DeepTech & Climate Fonds

​Céline Passedouet

​Elaia

​TL;DR

​Blended finance could unlock early-stage infrastructure. The Problem? Right now, it's stuck in complexity and caution. What bold strategies are needed to de-risk, simplify, and scale the capital stack for real-world innovation?

​Topic overview

​Why is the topic relevant?

​As investors, we’re good at funding tech risk — but not infra risk. That’s the missing middle. Blended finance and public-private models exist, but they're complex and slow. There’s a huge opportunity for funds and dev banks to simplify and standardize financing structures for early infra — think repeatable frameworks, not bespoke deals.

​What’s up for discussion?

• ​Who’s taking the first risk, and how do we reward them?

• ​Why does early-stage infrastructure still struggle to attract capital?

​Dream outcome

​Connect with founders and investors who are actively structuring infrastructure-heavy rounds — people who are in the trenches figuring this out.

​Who should attend?

​Investors, especially those in climate, deep tech, and infrastructure, who are grappling with how to finance physical assets — alongside founders building in hard-to-scale spaces like energy storage, hydrogen, grid tech, or recycling.project finance experts, policy-savvy operators, or anyone who’s tried to close a funding gap between innovation and infrastructure.