Helena Wasserman: There is a new generation of green tech investors | Show Me Your Actions [Video]

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This is #1 episode of the podcast ‘Show Me Your Actions’ where we dive deep into conversations with industry experts on entrepreneurship, circular economy, sustainability, and startup life.

Helena Wasserman is a founder of Unstoppable Climate Accelerator and co-founder of Investors for Climate. Over the last decade, Helena worked for the Clinton Foundation, Big Data for Humans, Techstars and Top Tier Impact. Her mission is to empower 1M climate founders to build scalable solutions to fix climate change, and we think that it’s awesome!

0:00 Intro
1:19 Helena’s mission to empower 1 Million entrepreneurs to build scalable solutions to fix climate change
2:35 Motivation to invest in climate tech
3:59 New type of investors in climate vertical
3:46 Typical tech investor’s portrait
6:03 Challenges for founders in climate tech
7:13 How investors can actually mitigate risks
8:20 Gender balance in the climate tech
10:10 Only 2% of the funding goes to female founders
11:45 Barriers in the funding for female entrepreneurs
12:34 Tips for founders: don’t isolate yourself