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Heatmap News Spotlights Trellis Climate’s Work on Climate Tech’s ‘Missing Middle’
Heatmap’s Katie Bringham features Trellis Climate and Managing Director Lara Pierpoint in a recent article about the ways investors are addressing climate tech’s missing middle.
CommonWealth Beacon Spotlights Prime’s Role in The Boston Foundation’s Report
The CommonWealth Beacon featured insights from our Executive Director, Sarah Kearney, regarding The Boston Foundation's new report on retrofitting Boston’s small buildings. Sarah emphasizes the critical role of philanthropic investment in driving decarbonization efforts and overcoming challenges in the retrofit landscape, and advocates for a coordinated approach that unites various stakeholders to ensure equitable outcomes for Boston’s communities.
Trellis Climate Listed Among Top Women-Led Climate Tech Funds
ImpactAlpha recognized Trellis Climate among six women-led funds capitalizing the commercialization of climate tech.
Prime Recognized as a Leading Light in Climate Finance
Prime Coalition was featured by international law firm Foley Hoag as a “leading light” amongst organizations using catalytic capital to advance climate solutions.
Lara Pierpoint Shares Role of Philanthropy in Scaling Climate Tech
Semafor’s Tim McDonnell asked Lara Pierpoint, Managing Director of Trellis Climate, “What's the most helpful thing philanthropy in particular can do to scale climate tech?” Read her response in this edition of the Semafor Net Zero Newsletter.
WBCSD Features Project Frame In Avoided Emissions & Sustainable Finance Report
WBCSD Features Project Frame In Avoided Emissions & Sustainable Finance Report.
ImpactAlpha Spotlights Updated CRANE Tool
ImpactAlpha spotlighted the launch of Prime's updated CRANE tool, developed in partnership with Rho Impact.
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".
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.