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Climate imperatives drive growth in dealmaking despite market headwinds.
Despite the rising geopolitical tensions, stock market downturns and other macroeconomic headwinds of 2022, investors are maintaining elevated levels of investment in climatetech.
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CLIMATETECH
Climatetech VC first-time financing deal activity
Share of climatetech VC deal value
by region
YTD value of climatetech deals closed already exceeds the annual total for 2019 and has nearly surpassed that of 2020.
Investor participation in the space has evolved as the long-term vision for climate innovation becomes more attractive. Corporate investors have continued to ramp up their climatetech investments in line with traditional VCs, while nontraditional investors (including mutual funds, hedge funds, PE investors, family offices and sovereign wealth funds) are beginning to commit greater capital to the sector because of the attractive returns it generates.
Diversified investor types are committing to climatetech.
Source: Pitchbook Geography: Global
As of August 31, 2022
Climatetech VC deal activity
VC deal activity by firms investing one-third or more in climatetech
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At just under $500 million, first-time financing activity has exceeded 2020 levels.
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North America continues to drive the largest share of climatetech investment overall but Europe has overtaken Asia for second, and is tops for VC deal value.
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Venture Dealmaking & Cross-Border Investment Trends
“Prominent investors have claimed that the next wave of unicorns will be companies developing green hydrogen, climate-smart agriculture, green steel and green cement and that borders will not exist for such investments.”
Partner
Emerging Growth & Venture Capital
“As with all new legislation,
it takes time to clarify meaning and implementation, but that's an opportunity to assess
and understand long-term implications and align them with investment goals.”
“Companies that have developed expertise in extracting hydrocarbons from underground reservoirs can now reconfigure their operations to inject captured carbon into those sub-surface structures.”
Stan Lewandowski
Partner
M&A & Private Equity
Veronica T. Nunn
Partner
Energy
Gavin Watson
Climatetech:
2021 Year in Review
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“Prominent investors have claimed that the next wave of unicorns will be companies developing green hydrogen, climate-smart agriculture, green steel and green cement and that borders will not exist for such investments.”
Partner
Corporate
Stan Lewandowski
Partner
Corporate
Veronica T. Nunn
“As with all new legislation,
it takes time to clarify meaning and implementation, but that's an opportunity to assess
and understand long-term implications and align them with investment goals.”
“Companies that have developed expertise in extracting hydrocarbons from underground reservoirs can now reconfigure their operations to inject captured carbon into those sub-surface structures”
Partner
Energy
Gavin Watson
Emerging Growth & Venture Capital
Emerging Growth & Venture Capital