Climate change is the most pressing issue facing our species, and it is abundantly clear that we need innovative solutions to combat it. That’s where climate tech comes in. Thankfully, reducing carbon emissions and mitigating the effects of climate change are FINALLY becoming hot in venture capital (pun intended 🙂 So much so, that we...
Do the ends justify the means? That is the question we ALL ask ourselves every day. Is being healthy worth training hard at the gym or skipping that tasty dessert? Is your marriage worth more than that potential one night stand? Are EVs and the energy transition worth overpromising on Tesla production and “full self-driving”...
Today, I share my most controversial opinion: Humans are too weak to tackle climate change You’re probably wondering: How can I possibly say that? How can I invest in climate tech and believe humanity will fail? Am I REALLY that cynical? The answer, as with all things in life, is nuanced, of course. I didn’t...
In the last several months I met TONS of LPs and family offices either investing in or looking to invest in climate tech. Which is great news! There are finally larger pools of capital starting to enter the climate space. There’s a problem though… almost all of them want to do direct (ie. invest directly...
You can ask my friends and family, I’m super competitive, I love board games and I would NEVER cheat in a game, like EVER… It kills the fun and challenge, and that’s the whole point (at least in games) But in business… that’s another story. Cheating is the name of the game. If you’re an...
It has been a whirlwind year for me and 4WARD.VC and I want to thank everyone who has been a part of it. As many of you know, I started 4WARD.VC out of desperation, out of frustration on years of helping countless DTC & B2B SaaS companies sell more pointless SH*T. I was burned out by conventional...
Congratulations! You’ve developed breakthrough carbon capture tech that pulls CO2 out of the atmosphere or a revolutionary recycled material to replace single use plastics. You’ve built the ultimate triple-bottom-line climate champion, managed to acquire customers and got Series B funding from the best VCs in the business (who you found from our 850+ Climate VC...
What if I told you it was time to reimagine the ENTIRE venture industry? Who ever said accelerator cohorts should be enormous, impersonal and constantly growing, indexing the entire startup landscape (so they’re never really vested in the success of any one company) and offering generic advice on creating investor FOMO and raising your round…?...
One of the most common questions and/or debates I have with founders is around business model and go to market. More often than not, when meeting a genius founder commercializing crazy tech or IP they developed at university, it goes something like this: “We’ve created a next generation of XYZ engine/battery/reactor etc… that’s x100% more...
As capitalists, we believe in the power of funding, innovation and entrepreneurship to fundamentally better our world. But sometimes, big change and massive problems (like tackling climate change, feeding our planet or fighting poverty) require a bit more intentional firepower (ie. capital) than the public markets’ short term focus allows. It requires entrepreneurs, investors and...