EP78-Understanding The Climate Investment Ecosystem With Ankit Kedia

The Climapreneur Show

On this week's Climapreneur show, we're joined by Ankit Kedia, the founder of CAPITAL A. Capital-A is THE start-up for start-ups – a venture fund for seed to early stage meaningful start-ups. They are always there for founders and co-founders who eat, sleep and drink their business. They're always there to work alongside these passionate people, and not above them, to help them succeed. Their aspiration is to either lead the round, or be in the game as co-investors. Nothing less suffices. The fund is led by Ankit Kedia. 🌎Capital-A and Java Capital in association with HSBC are organising Climathon'23, India's first 24-hour Pitchathon exclusively designed for Indian climate-tech startups on 5/6th July in Bangalore!🎯. The objective is to provide a platform and opportunity for climate-tech startups. The event aims to facilitate investments of up to $1Million. Apply here : https://climathon23.paperform.co https://www.capital-a.in Link to Palki Sharma’s report : https://youtu.be/9QRQMZexppA ___________________________________________________________ Chapters- 0:00 -Coming up 03:22 How "CAPITAL A" is different from other VCs? 5:09 What is a VC firm and how it operates? 05:58 What does a VC firm look for before investing? 6:48 Is investing in climate action businesses risky? 10:00 Why is there a sudden decline in funding for startups in India? 13:18 Value Profitability over Valuation or vice versa 16:40 What is a "Bridge-Round"? 18:20 Why few climate startups find it hard to build revenue models 19:45 Why some VCs are reluctant to invest in Hardware startups 21:50 Climate start-up founders needs to be passionate and resilient 24:35 How Capital A is helping their portfolio startups? 26:25 Growth stories of "Capital A" and it's portfolio companies 27:15 Story of Charge up 29:00 Story of Urja 32:05 Keep your consumer in mind while building your business 34:00 Story of Tan90 38:02 The founder needs to go through his journey of figuring out the right path 38:02 The founder needs to go through his journey of figuring out the right path 39:12 Experienced partners can greatly save time 41:21 Reality of taking external investment 44:30 What is the relationship between the VC funds? ___________________________________________________________ Make sure you watch this video till the end! Follow Climapreneur on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/climapreneur/ 📺 Watch The Climapreneur Show episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC2_NmS_BHo7G_tiE4XDPH9Q #startup #startups #startupindia #startupbusiness #india #podcast #economy #business #businesstips #Investment #investments #Ecosystem #facts #startupindia #business #indianeconomy