How will Australia succeed?
How can we activate the local venture capital sector to achieve the same focus and technology step changes we are seeing elsewhere?
Further public sector measure via industry policy, incentives and regulatory changes, as seen in Europe and the US. This will support an increase in capital allocation to sustainable strategies consistent with a growing trend toward the diversification of asset classes.
Beyond that, there is a clear need for greater connection between finance and deep sectoral expertise; venture capital investors that with true sector insights and an ability to diligence the dynamically changing whole-of-environment opportunity, rather than relying on outdated or incomplete assessments of risk versus opportunity.
Pollination was founded with the conviction that delivering climate and nature impact at scale requires connectivity between all of the stakeholders and factors that are being applied to the net zero mission. Pollination has grown to a team of more than 200 engaging with clients and investment opportunities all over the world. Our advisory, project development and investments businesses work collaboratively to identify opportunities, solve problems across the value chain and develop partnerships to connect new ideas, products and technologies with the customers who need them.
Our advisory business is currently engaged with large corporates developing strategies and execution pathways for waste management, high-quality carbon removals, technologies that support industrial decarbonisation, and qualified sustainable materials (such as feedstock, bio-materials and alternative chemistries.
The climate transition is underpinned by the emergence and adoption of new breakthrough technologies, which means that the venture capital sector is a vital component of our collective success in reaching a net zero and nature positive future.
Pollination’s early-stage investment team works hard to understand the larger efforts underway from corporates and governments on decarbonisation and sustainability and how these drive the requirements and demand for solutions across industry sectors. We invest where we find and can deliver real market connectivity in high-impact use cases, with high-value scale customers. Over the last two years we have invested in early-stage companies developing innovations in renewable energy, energy storage, waste conversion and low-emissions animal feed.
We believe that the Australian early-stage climate and nature sector currently represents a compelling opportunity for investors, where sector specialists such as Pollination can bridge these needs and opportunities across sectors, harness Australia’s natural advantages and tap into our inherent passion for innovation.
That’s the kind of catalytic collaboration we need more of, and it can’t come fast enough.