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Global Climate Venture Studio Study with Jamil Wyne
How can we give climate startups a better shot at success—and get their solutions into the world faster?
Companies built through venture studios can reach seed funding in about half the time and exit roughly 33 percent faster than other startups. Those findings span industries, but they raise an exciting question: what could this model do for climate?
Today, Jamil Wyne returns to Invested in Climate to share new global research from the Hazelwood Network on climate venture studios—organizations that act as co-founders, bringing together talent, funding, and customers to build businesses from the ground up.
We explore what makes these studios work, the challenges they face, how they differ by region and industry, and their potential to accelerate climate solutions, especially in emerging markets.
For anyone interested in improving outcomes for climate ventures, there’s lots to learn in this one.
On today’s episode, we cover:
- 01:14 - Episode intro: Climate venture studios
- 02:18 - What Jamil is working on now
- 03:48 - Opportunism and the ecosystem approach
- 05:38 - What is a venture studio?
- 08:46 - Why a global study of climate studios
- 12:41 - How many climate venture studios exist
- 14:01 - Surprises from the research
- 16:04 - What makes studios work
- 19:47 - Standout studios: Engie, Delta40, GigaClimate
- 23:30 - Investing in studios: The Vault Fund
- 24:26 - Why studios matter in emerging markets
- 27:51 - The economics of venture studios
- 31:06 - Who should be paying attention
- 35:18 - The next five years for climate studios
- 38:00 - Closing thoughts
Resources Mentioned
- Hazelwood Network
- Hazelwood Network Research: Climate Venture Studios: Building the Infrastructure for Climate Innovation
- Max Pog Big Startup Studios Research
- World Bank / IFC
- Engie
- Delta40
- Giga Climate
- The Vault Fund
- Haske Ventures
- Climate Mayors
- Switch 5
- Halcyon
- New York Climate Exchange
- Impossible Foods
- Unilever
- Xylem
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