​Ripple Hosts

​Satowa Kinoshita, Japan Energy Capital

​Felicity O’Kelly, Climate Investment

​TL;DR

​Discussing opportunities and best practices on corporate-startup-VC ecosystem

​Topic overview

​The success of climate tech requires decarbonizing the whole economy. This also means bringing corporates along, who can also be key partners to expand geographically. Startups or their investors who want to support their companies can join to discuss successes and challenges.

​What’s up for discussion?

• ​How do you start and build the right relationship with decision makers at corporates?

• ​How can startups and corporates set expectations upfront, while remaining flexible?

• ​What is the balance and considerations in sharing and protecting IP, especially in overseas relationships?

• ​How should both parties respond when things go wrong?

• ​How can both parties de-risk human and financial investment, and align incentives towards success?

• ​What are financial and non-financial resources that corporates can provide startups, and vice-versa?

• ​How can VCs facilitate and operationalize startup value-creation and corporate value-add?

​Dream outcome

​Meeting new startups and collaborators to cross-pollinate best practices, innovations, and spark new partnerships.

​Who’s it for?

​VCs/CVCs, corporate business unit leaders, startups