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Pitch Me: how to stop financing concrete with a story
How climate founders can use the right kind of capital for the right stage of the journey, according to a…
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Sector Briefings
What’s moving in climate, sector by sector.
Short, sourced briefings on each climate theme: the state of play, where the money is going and what it means for founders. Fact-checked and refreshed every quarter.
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The Sorting Has Begun
What the H1 2026 climate funding report actually means for founders
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The two-speed climate market
Why the same week X-energy went public, early-stage climate VC hit a 10-year low, and what it means for founders…
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Microsoft paused carbon removal purchases. Here’s what founders and investors should do now
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The Founder Playbook
Lessons you don’t have to learn the hard way
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How to Measure and Reduce Your Supply Chain Emissions
Meet the CarbonStack team — helping companies take the guesswork out of decarbonization. By providing tools to measure…
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How to attract and keep greentech investors
Sarah Nolet co-founded Australia’s first dedicated agrifood tech venture capital fund, Tenacious Ventures
Founder Wellbeing
Building for the planet without burning out.
Honest conversations about the human side of climate founding: pressure, loneliness, climate grief, and how founders keep going. Written with founders and qualified practitioners.
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Cold plunges, karaoke and a cat on an evening walk: the daily rituals that keep climate founders going
We asked climate founders and investors what keeps them grounded. The answers ranged from 5 a.m. gratitude to karaoke, and…
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Mantras for the hard days: the lines climate founders hold on to
When the raise stalls or the pilot fails, what do founders tell themselves? The mantras climate founders and investors shared…
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Rest is part of the plan: what climate founders know about balance and burnout
Climate change is a marathon, not a sprint. Founders and investors on why recharging isn’t a luxury, and how they…
Founder Book Club
The books behind the founders we feature.
Every founder and investor we interview recommends one book. Each month the community reads one together.
Book club pick

The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson
Recommended by Cory Sanderson, Sustaera

Let My People Go Surfing
Yvon Chouinard
Recommended by Killian Stokes, Moyee Coffee

Originals
Adam Grant
Recommended by Ash Stott, Rhizo PTX
Founder Wisdom
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Building something the world needs? Tell us how.
We feature founders and investors from the Climate Marketplace community. Answer a short written interview in your own time, and we’ll shape it into a story.
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About 25 minutes, save and come back anytime. - We shape it into a story
Edited for flow. - We publish your feature
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Why this magazine exists
I left journalism because the news kept missing the people quietly building a better future. The Green Techpreneur gives them a voice.
Marianne Lehnis · Founder, The Green Techpreneur & CEO, Climate Marketplace · former Forbes climate tech contributor
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