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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.
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.
Climate Finance Fund Features Prime’s Growth in Strategy Evaluation
Climate Finance Fund Features Prime’s Growth in their recent Strategy Evaluation.
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.
Sarah Kearney Talks Catalyzing Climate Solutions With Impact Entrepreneur
Our Executive Director, Sarah Kearney, joined Laurie Lane-Zucker of Impact Entrepreneur for a deep exploration into the world of catalytic capital, offering a unique perspective on the role of catalytic capital in absorbing disproportionate risk across a variety of climate-related sectors.
Their conversation included topics such as engaging philanthropic partners and co-investors, mission governance, Prime Coalition’s investment strategies, success stories, and catalytic capital in action.
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.
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.
Harvard Business School Case Study on Prime Coalition, Project Frame, and CRANE
Harvard Business School published a case study on Prime's CRANE tool, which estimates the future climate impact of climate solution
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.
Meeting the Moment: 2023-2033 Strategic Vision
Meeting the Moment: Prime Coalition’s 2023-2033 Strategic Vision