Low carbon earth accelerator

(3rd Edition)

Background


United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), through Global Opportunities for Sustainable Development Goals (GO4SDGs) and EmPower-II initiatives, together with Massive Earth Foundation (MEF), launched the LowCarbon.Earth Accelerator on the World Environment Day (5 June) in 2023.

The Accelerator aims to support green start-up founders in Asia and the Pacific region that are operating in the sectors of i) plastics, ii) agri-food, iii) textiles, iv) cooling and v) renewable energy to build their capacities through online bootcamp and to facilitate their access to financing through investors forum.

The online bootcamp ran from September 2023 to January 2024 with two sessions taking place every week - ‘Networking Tuesday’ where industry leaders shared their insights and advice to the founders and ‘Skills up Thursday’ where technical capacity building sessions were conducted, covering various topics including ‘hiring to scale’, ‘what investors look for in start-ups’, ‘growth strategies and scaling up’ and ‘ESG standards and compliance’.

Following this online bootcamp, the Accelerator is hosting the LowCarbon.Earth Accelerator Investors Forum in Bangkok, Thailand, inviting the selected young green start-up founders to meet with the investors in person and pitch their businesses to access financing.

Objective

The purpose of this investors forum is to

Provide opportunities to match green start-ups with potential
investors.

Provide trainings related to business management, clean technology and ESG to start-ups

Provide networking opportunities with relevant stakeholders for green start-up founders.

Date & Venue

25-26 April 2024

Alpha Room, 2 nd floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square

Testimonials

BioGreen Power Generation and Energy, India

For me, the words of Mushtaq Memon "Internalize your externalities" have been the most important learning(which i have started executing in my business model already), along with the insight into the life experience of an entrepreneur about how to predict and capitalize-on opportunities, by Kimmo Pekari as a key takeaway.

BluOcean, India

It was really nice to e-meet you and for having us at such a wonderful platform. Had some great insights about the dynamics wrt environment protection and how we could take more initiatives for a safer and greener planet. It was also a platform to interact with some really great minds and their valuable initiatives towards saving the planet. I would also like to appreciate your managerial skills and the way you have managed the same. Wishing LCE team good luck for their future endeavors

Agriqulture, India

It was really nice to e-meet you and for having us at such a wonderful platform. Had some great insights about the dynamics wrt environment protection and how we could take more initiatives for a safer and greener planet. It was also a platform to interact with some really great minds and their valuable initiatives towards saving the planet. I would also like to appreciate your managerial skills and the way you have managed the same. Wishing LCE team good luck for their future endeavors

Key People

Paul Ark
Venture Partner, Radical Fund
Paul Ark
Venture Partner, Radical Fund

Paul is a Venture Partner at The
Radical Fund, an early stage venture capital fund focused on inclusive climate solutions in Southeast Asia.

April Ong Vaño
Head of ESG, Quest Ventures
April Ong Vaño
Head of ESG, Quest Ventures

April Ong Vaño is Head of Environmental, Social & Governance at Quest Ventures. She works closely with startups to accelerate their growth through a combination of acceleration services and programmes.

Zhengyi Zhu
Investment Professional, East Ventures
Zhengyi Zhu
Investment Professional, East Ventures

Zhengyi joined the East Ventures investment team (Growth fund) in 2021. He was a management consultant at Oliver Wyman previously, covering sectors across financial services, technology, healthcare, and government, helping clients with strategy development, transformation, commercial due diligence, product development.

Korbchai Pitrasatorn
Investment Manager, AddVentures by SCG
Korbchai Pitrasatorn
Investment Manager, AddVentures by SCG

Experienced professional with over a decade of specialized knowledge in business development within Thailand's complex industrial sectors, including Cement and Green construction materials & solutions, petrochemicals, and packaging.

Anisa Keeratiworanan
Director at Fullerton Fund Management
Anisa Keeratiworanan
Director at Fullerton Fund Management

Anisa is a Director at Fullerton Fund Management, a member of the Temasek Group, spearheading decarbonization investments in Southeast Asia.

Vasudha Madhavan
Founder & CEO, Ostara Advisors India
Vasudha Madhavan
Founder & CEO, Ostara Advisors India

Vasudha is the founder of Ostara Advisors, India's first and only Investment Bank focused on Electric Mobility & Climate Technologies.

Mushtaq Memon
Programme Officer at
UNEP
Mushtaq Memon
Programme Officer at UNEP

Dr. Memon is working with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as a Regional Coordinator for Resource Efficiency in Asia Pacific Office located in Bangkok.

Shailesh Vickram Singh
Investing in Climate Tech /Pollution Startups since 2017
Shailesh Vickram Singh
Investing in Climate Tech /Pollution Startups since 2017

Venture Capital Investor / Entrepreneur since 1999. Shifted focus from Tech investing to Climate in 2017 with a mission to fix air pollution and create a vibrant ecosystem for non humans (think bio diversity parks for birds, natural habitat for feral animals).

Agenda

25 APRIL, 2024

Day 1

Time

Session Details

09:00-09:30

Registration

09:30-09:45

Opening Remarks
Mr. Mushtaq Memon, Subprogramme Coordinator for Chemicals, Pollution and Action, UNEP (7 mins)

09:50-10:00

Introduction of the Agenda and Interaction

10:00-10:40

Pitching to a VC, fundraising for impact start-up
By Vasudha Madhavan, Founder & CEO, Ostara Advisors

10:40-11:10

Group Photo & Coffee Break

11:10-11:50

Maximizing Impact: ESG Approach from a VC Lens
By Ms. April Vaño, Head of ESG, Quest Ventures

12:00-12:30

Investments in climate and key themes to watch out in 2024
By Ms. Anisa Keeratiworanan, Director, Private Equity - Directs and Co-Investments

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:40-14:30

Funding and Scaling Asset-Heavy Sustainable Ventures
Moderator: Harshada Sawant, Senior Editor at CNBC-Awaaz
Panelists
1. Mr. Zhengyi Zhu, Investment Professional, East Ventures
2. Mr. Davide Cali, Founder and Director, Cross Fund
3. Mr. Paul Ark, Venture Partner, The Radical Fund
4. Mr. Korbchai Pitrasatorn, Investment Manager, AddVentures by SCG UN Women (tbc)

14:30-15:00

Coffee Break

15:00-17:30

Pitch Session
All investors

19:00 onwards

Networking Dinner Reception
Venue: Breeze - Wave Room, 4th Floor

26 APRIL, 2024

Day 2

Time

Session Details

09:00-09:30

Registration and networking

09:30-10:30

Climate Finance: How clean-tech start-ups potentially create additional
revenue through carbon credit
Moderator: Ayako Sakamoto, UNEP
1. Mr. Ely Sandler, Fellow and Lecturer on climate finance, Harvard Kennedy School (online)
2. Swapan Mehra, Expert Advisory Group Member of Voluntary Carbon Market
Initiative and Founder of Iora Ecological Solutions (tbc)

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-11:45

Scaling Sustainable Practice for Green Startups
Mr. Walter Ge, Founding Partner of Green Startups Accelerator and Green Leaf Ventures

11:45-12:30

Kimmo Pekari (tbc)

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:15

Closing

14:30-

Coffee & Networking

To support passionate founders catalyzing climate action in the Asia-Pacific

For queries, contact us at
contact@gomassive.org