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Prime Coalition freely shares lessons from our work to support deep-impact climate solutions and catalytic capital strategies. Here, you’ll find our own work to foster progress and partnership.
Trellis Climate Listed in Carbon Herald’s SF Climate Week Roundup
Prime's catalytic capital program, Trellis Climate, was listed by the Carbon Herald among the solutions presented at SF Climate Week to "get great climate tech companies to market".
Highlights from Prime Coalition’s Events at SF Climate Week
Prime Coalition was honored to join the 15,000+ guests and 750+ organizations participating in this year’s San Francisco Climate Week (SFCW). The Prime team hosted and participated in 4 key events at SFCW, including two Prime hosted events, which were our Climate Finance Reception and our CRANE Tool launch at the panel discussion, Understanding the Future Impacts of Climate Tech — Today.
Additionally, Lara Pierpoint, Managing Director of Trellis Climate, also spoke at two other events, including LabStart’s discussion on how organizations are supporting climate tech entrepreneurs and the Scaling Hardtech Climate Solutions: a FOAK (First of a Kind) Summit. We’re excited to share our topline highlights from each of these events.
Lara Pierpoint Talks With TechCrunch About Climate Tech's Commercial Valley of Death
Lara Pierpoint sat down with TechCrunch’s Tim De Chant to discuss the substantial challenges startups encounter in securing the funding needed to build their pioneering projects.
Trellis Climate’s Catalytic Solution ‘Overheard at SF Climate Week’
Trellis Climate was listed in CTVC’s SF Climate Week roundup among “new entrants in catalytic funding, building new FOAK financing vehicles and programs to fill the funding gap in the ‘missing middle.’”
Prime Coalition Announces Trellis Climate to Accelerate Deployment of FOAK Projects
Prime Coalition announces Trellis Climate to accelerate deployment of first-of-a-kind climate projects through catalytic capital.
Prime’s Additionality Screening Methods Featured in Impact Alpha
Harvey Koh, Senior Advisor at the Catalytic Capital Consortium, shares Prime's Additionality practices, highlighting how we utilize our Investment Advisory Committee and our Venture Capital Management Company, Azolla Ventures. He also shares the capital gap “valleys of death” that Prime has identified, in his article, Smarter targeting of capital gaps can make catalytic capital more effective.
Sarah Kearney Listed Among Engineers Changing Tech Culture
Prime Coalition’s Executive Director, Sarah Kearney, listed among engineers who are changing tech culture in this Apple World Today article.
Prime’s Early Climate Infrastructure Research Featured by MIT Sloan School of Management
Prime’s research on early climate infrastructure capital gaps and the role of philanthropy in bridging them, is featured in this MIT Sloan School of Management’s list of ways that investors can create meaningful systems change.
Keri Browder Contributes to Oxford Climate Tech Initiative Report
Prime Coalition's Keri Browder was one of the contributors to the final Oxford Climate Tech Initiative report. The report's findings aligned with Prime's investment vehicles' impetus for launching.
Sarah Kearney Explores How Nonprofits Can Leverage Catalytic Capital in Inside Philanthropy
In an op-ed in Inside Philanthropy, Sarah Kearney, Executive Director of Prime, explores the coming wave of catalytic capital and how nonprofits can maximize impact, applying lessons from Prime's 10-year journey.
Rho Impact, Prime Partner, Completes Pre-Seed Funding
Rho Impact, Prime's partner in developing the CRANE tool, has successfully completed a pre-seed funding round of $1.125M.
Lara Pierpoint & ECI Team in Climate Finance Report
In an article in the Climate Capital Network's second annual Climate Finance Report, Lara Pierpoint, Director of Prime's Early Climate Infrastructure program, Emily Lewis O’Brien, Senior Lead, and Lee Scott, Portfolio Manger, discuss what it will take to deploy innovations at scale.
Sarah Kearney Discusses the Future of Impact Investing in a Q&A with Crain Currency
Prime's Executive Director, Sarah Kearney, spoke with Marcus Baram of Crain Currency in a Q&A session regarding the future of impact investing.
Lara Pierpoint Speaks on SOSV Climate Tech Summit Virtual Panel on “Funding First-of-a-Kind”
Lara Pierpoint, Director of Prime’s Early Climate Infrastructure (ECI) Program, spoke on a virtual panel on “Funding First-of-a-Kind” at the SOSV Climate Tech Summit.
Anna Goldstein Quoted in Science’s Article About The UK’s Recently Formed Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA)
Anna Goldstein, Prime’s Director of Impact, spoke to Cathleen O’Grady of Science about the recently formed Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA) in the United Kingdom.
Amy Duffuor Featured in Fortune’s “The top 13 seed stage climate tech VCs to watch”
Amy Duffuor, General Partner at Azolla Ventures, is profiled as one of Fortune’s 13 seed stage climate tech VCs to watch (paywall).
Azolla Ventures and Prime Coalition’s Climate Fund Featured in ImpactAlpha
Azolla Ventures and Prime Coalition’s climate fund is covered by Amy Cortese of ImpactAlpha.
Amy Duffuor Discusses Bridging Climate Gaps with Catalytic Capital with ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha features Azolla Ventures’ General Partner, Amy Duffuor, who shares her journey towards impact-first investing and discusses the new blended climate fund by Prime Coalition and Azolla Ventures.
Blended Finance for Impactful Climate Solutions on Pitchbook
Sarah Kearney, Executive Director, and Matthew Nordan, Azolla Ventures's General Partner, discussed blended financial vehicles with Pitchbook.
Azolla Ventures and Prime Coalition Newly Launched Fund: A Comprehensive Breakdown by Axios
Axios reporter Ben Geman spoke to Azolla Ventures' General Partner, Johana Wolfson, and provided a comprehensive breakdown of our newly fund.