This post wasn’t written by ChatGPT – an AI couldn’t think this “outside the box.” Because it is outside the box, extremely so, in fact. Everything we do here at 4WARD.VC is a bit CRAZY. And that’s my fault – because I don’t just follow the rules, I don’t do “normal.” Normal doesn’t cut it,...
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”...
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...
Do you know how many times I’ve heard that while building 4WARD.VC and our “Partner in Clime” Climate Accelerator program? Too many to count. And I always have to laugh. Because EVERY company is a climate company – EVERY company has an impact on our world and our environment. It just depends if we decide...
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…?...