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Conversations in CleantechHeidi Lindvall, Co-founder of Pale Blue Dot, on Founder-First Investing, Climate Storytelling & Rewriting the VC Playbook | Season Nine, Episode ThreeWelcome to Season Nine of Conversations in Cleantech!
This season, we’re going behind the scenes of transition infrastructure - speaking with the investors shaping how, where and why climate capital flows. From decarbonisation and energy security to technology maturity and policy gaps, we’re unpacking what it really takes to fund the systems that underpin a net-zero future.
In this episode, Hetty Lowther is joined by Heidi Lindvall, documentary filmmaker turned startup founder turned climate VC, and a firm believer that investing in people is the surest way to drive system...
2025-09-0229 min
New Wave.Scaling Europe’s Most Active Impact Angel Club - Tina Dreimann (better ventures)Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.***This week, we’re joined by Tina Dreimann (thank you, Tim Schumacher, for the introduction), founder and General Partner of better ventures. Instead of following a traditional VC model, better ventures operates as a community of entrepreneurs investing in and supporting the next generation of impact-driven founders.In this episode, we explore:* Why community investing could outperform traditional VC* The formula: Community + Tech = Impact + Returns* The biggest challenges for impact entrepreneurs today* Why climate is just one piece...
2025-03-0640 min
New Wave.How to Use LCAs for VC Investments - Dr Benedikt Buschpies (Planet A Ventures)Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.***This week, we’re joined by Dr. Benedikt Buchspies, a scientist at Planet A Ventures, one of Europe's leading climate-tech VC funds. Benedikt has been pioneering the use of lifecycle assessments (LCAs) in venture capital for years and is showing that science + VC = impact.In this episode, we cover:* What an LCA is and how it measures climate impact* Why most VCs ignore environmental data (and why they shouldn’t)* How impact and financial returns align in early-stage startups...
2025-02-2746 min
New Wave.When VC Meets Nonprofit - Marion Schuppe (makesense)Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.***While traditional VC prioritizes financial returns, makesense invest is proving that social and environmental impact can be at the core of investing, without sacrificing performance. Marion Schuppe, an Investment Director at makesense Invest, joins the podcast to discuss their unique model that integrates a VC fund inside a non-profit. In this episode, we cover:* How makesense balances nonprofit with venture capital* Raising a first-time impact fund: lessons from securing LP commitments* Why their team takes zero carried interest, and where...
2025-02-2053 min
New Wave.Impact assessment matters less than you think – Raphaele Leyendecker (Techstars)Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.***Raphaele Leyendecker, a Managing Director at Techstars Sustainability Paris, where she has invested in 70+ climate tech startups, joins the podcast to discuss early-stage impact assessment and the french ecosystem as it compares to the global landscape. In this episode, we discuss:* Why early-stage impact assessment is often a myth* The biggest challenge for climate startups in France* How investors should really measure impact* The role of technological readiness levels (TRLs) in deep tech investing* How France’s...
2025-02-1351 min
New Wave.Investing €300M in climate-tech that can sell to climate deniers - Tim Schumacher (World Fund, Ecosia)Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.***Tim Schumacher, General Partner at World Fund, joins the podcast to share insights on building Europe's largest climate-tech VC and what it takes to back companies that even climate deniers would buy from.In our conversation, we explore:* World Fund's investment and fundraising strategy* Assessing startups with the climate performance potential (CPP) * Climate-tech that can sell to climate deniers * The founding of Ecosia* … and more!***TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction01:22 Tim's Jo...
2025-02-0458 min
New Wave.Lessons from cleantech 1.0 - August Solliv (Impact Supporters)Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.***August Solliv, a former climate VC, and author of the newsletter Impact Supporters joins the podcast to dive into the learnings from the first wave of cleantech startups and what it means for today’s climate-tech companies.In our conversation, we explore:* The reasons behind the rise and fall of Cleantech 1.0* The lessons learned for Climate Tech today.* The future of Climate Tech investments* ...and more! ***TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 01:15 Defining Cleantech 1.0 0...
2025-01-2852 min
New Wave.Aligning Climate Impact with Venture Success - Heidi Lindvall (Pale Blue Dot)Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.***Heidi Lindvall, a general partner at Pale Blue Dot, a climate-focused venture capital fund from the Nordics, joins the podcast to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities in building a VC firm centered around climate impact.In our conversation, we explore:* Her approach to assessing impact as a climate-tech VC * Why intentionality is the most important criteria for impact * What we can learn from traditional startups and VCs * And more.. ***TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction03:18 Why Invest...
2025-01-2155 min
The Climate Pioneers ShowS7: E1. Hiring advice from a climate VC ft. Heidi Lindvall (Pale Blue Dot)During this series, we’ll be discussing the art of building strong, high-performing teams to give your startup the best foundation possible. I’ll be speaking to industry experts about inclusion, employer branding and establishing culture, plus I’ll be hearing both the VC and founder viewpoints and experiences when it comes to finding and supporting the best talent.With fundraising being so crucial to any startup, it’s important to understand how VCs see talent and assess it not only when making their investment but also beyond, when things start to scale.
2024-11-0851 min
Startup Europe — The Sifted PodcastClimate tech’s growing pains with Pale Blue Dot’s Heidi LindvallShe’s one of the three founders of Pale Blue Dot, a Malmö-based early-stage climate tech fund which launched in 2020 and backs pre-seed and seed-stage startups reducing and reversing the effects of climate change, in Europe and the US.Pale Blue Dot came along just ahead of the wave of climate tech funds which launched in Europe amid the tech boom. Its portfolio companies include Ember, a Scottish intercity transport startup; Monta, an app connecting charge point owners and electric car drivers; and Climate X, a platform which helps businesses analyse their exposure to and risks ass...
2024-07-2641 min
CleanTechies Podcast#117 Early Stage Hiring Decisions, Heeding the Lessons from CleanTech 1.0, Energize's $300m Growth Fund Close, & More w/ Eileen Waris (Energize Capital)In this episode Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) and Eileen Waris (@eileen_waris) have a conversation about her experience, what they are doing at Energize Capital (FKA Energize Ventures), the state of climate tech VC, advice to founders, and a lot more. We had the pleasure to speak with them on the day they changed their name and announced the close of their second growth fund ($300m)Reach out to Eileen: ewaris@energizecap.comEnjoy the Episode! 🌎📺 👀 Prefer to watch: subscribe on YouTube.📫 Interested in written summaries and takeaways from the episode? Sub...
2023-08-1550 min
TechChill PodcastDiversity Beyond Gender in an Economic Downturn w/ Isabel Naidoo, Christian Tooley, Heidi Lindvall & Lauma Sīle | TechChill Riga'23Speakers:
🔸Isabel Naidoo, Chief People Officer at Wise
🔸Christian Tooley, CEO at i³ investing & Expert at Bain & Co.
🔸Heidi Lindvall, Founding Partner at Pale Blue Dot
Moderator:
🔸Lauma Sīle, Startup Partnership Manager at Httpool
The panel discussion was a part of TechChill 2023. TechChill is the leading Baltic tech and startup event, held on April 26-28, 2023. The event brought together aspiring startups, international investors, innovative corporations, tech enthusiasts, and inspirational minds from around the world to share their stories and insights.
Find out more:
📍Riga https://www.techchill.co/
📍Milano https://www.t...
2023-07-2530 minCleanTechies PodcastHow to not be Another Failed Green Plastics Chemistry Company, Refugee shelters, & Selling to Producers, not Brands w/ Alex Blum (Applied Bioplastics)In this episode Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) speaks w/ Alex Blum (@AlexBlum4Austin) Co-Founder and CEO of Applied Bioplastics (@abioplastics) about his journey into founding the company, their experience commercializing the tech, their business model, and his advice to other founders doing something similar. In addition to having some great stories and things to say, Alex is also quite funny so it's a triple whammy episode. If you're a founder creating alternative plastic chemistry, you should be sure to listen to the part about where to sell into the supply chain (~48 min).Enjoy the Episode! 🌎
2023-07-231h 20CleanTechies PodcastThe Future of the EU Climate VC Landscape, Transparency, & Challenges: Exploring Climate Tech Investing w/ Heidi Lindvall (Pale Blue Dot)In this episode, Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) speaks w/ Heidi Lindvall (@HeidiLindvall) a founding partner of Pale Blue Dot (@PaleBlueDotVC). This is Heidi's second time on the show and in today's episode, we focus on what they are doing to level up. They are a 3-year-old fund now, and we cover what they are doing to continue maturing their network and processes. A lot of value in those parts of the conversation for new-ish CT VCs. Another really interesting thing is their perspective on ensuring they only invest in startups that can get funding from generalist...
2023-07-1945 min
CleanTechies Podcast#111 - Ensuring CT Startups Will be Able to Raise from Conventional Investors & More w/. Heidi Lindvall (Pale Blue Dot)Hello, Clean Tech enthusiasts, and welcome to an enlightening conversation with Heidi Lindvall, a pioneering spirit in the climate tech venture landscape and one of the founding partners at Pale Blue Dot. Buckle up as we delve into the highlights of their recent feat — closing a 93 million euro fund, and the roller-coaster ride of climate tech investment in Europe. Get ready to unravel the intricacies of the venture world and how transparency in term sheets can be a game-changer in attracting well-aligned portfolio companies.Now, imagine being early investors in a company, nurturing it, and watching it grow. Feels fu...
2023-07-1945 minTechChill PodcastSaving the Planet, One Climate Tech Startup at a Time w/ Heidi Lindvall & Robin Wouters | TechChill Riga'23Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and the entire human species finds itself at a massive turning point today. Innovative solutions, emerging technologies and forward-thinking entrepreneurs and investors can help mitigate the effects climate change will have on Earth tomorrow - and yet, VC funding for climate tech startups has slowed to its lowest pace in nearly three years. Aside from the financing gap, climate tech innovators faces challenges in terms of scaling, attracting and retaining talent, and expanding internationally. What does the future look like for climate tech, in that context?
Speaker:
🔸Heidi Lindvall, Founding Par...
2023-07-1327 min
CleanTechies PodcastReal Conversations about the Challenges, Insecurities, and Joys of Building a ClimateTech Startup w/ Alina Liu (Disco)Today we had a really fun, but also impactful, and very transparent conversation, one that is slightly different than a lot of the guests we've had on. Someone who is a lot earlier in her journey of building her company. I wanted to have her on as an opportunity to showcase the life of someone deep in the grind of building their startup with the hope to one day make a massive impact on climate change. There are so many startup founders out there in the midst of building their projects. And certainly, there can be moments...
2023-04-2841 min
Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS694. Insights: Can fintech ever be environmentally sustainable?
Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Can financial services ever be sustainable?”
From the carbon cost of everyday payment transactions, data servers, plastic credit cards, and investments in polluting industries - not to mention the international conferences that require some serious jet-setting – it’s safe to say that our industry has never looked to put its environmental impact front and centre.
But, with global temperatures rising and climates across the globe being altered by our behaviour, can financial services really afford to ignore sustainability any longer?
This w...
2023-01-1340 min
Tech.euInvesting in climate tech innovations — with Heidi Lindvall, Pale Blue DotIn today’s episode, listen to an interview with Heidi Lindvall, General Partner at Pale Blue Dot, Sweden-based investment firm focused on backing climate tech companies in Europe and the US.The conversation with Andrii Degeler took place at TechBBQ Conference a couple of months ago. We hope you enjoy(ed) the podcast! Please feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions to podcast@tech.eu or tweet at us @tech_eu.
2022-01-0414 min
CleanTechies PodcastCleanTechies, the Podcast #23 - Heidi Lindvall (Pale Blue Dot)Speaking with Heidi was one of the most interesting conversations I've been able to have in the investment side of ClimateTech because of her background and story to getting her and also because of her perspective for us in the US and what we can learn from what Europe has done. Pale Blue Dot Website: https://www.paleblue.vc/#section-0Connect with Heidi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidilindvall/Tweet Heidi: https://twitter.com/HeidiLindvallJoin the Slack Channel: https://cleantechies.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-pd2drz6d-N~9nURU5JlyMXv2ZiO5bAQ#/shared-invite/emailSubscribe to the Ne...
2021-10-2842 min
The AFT podcast: At the Forefront of Transactions | Previously known as Fundraising Radio.Climate tech in Europe and US. By Heidi LindvallHeidi Lindvall, General Partner at Pale Blue Dot talks about investing in ClimateTech startups in Europe and US and about the major differences between startups in the US and Europe. We spoke about some successful exits in climate-tech and how founders get there and much more useful stuff that I forgot to write down in notes.
Heidi's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidilindvall/
Pale Blue Dot website: https://www.paleblue.vc/#section-0
Jobs at Pale Blue Dot: https://www.notion.so/pbdvc/Jobs-at-Pale-Blue-Dot-66f3e6df70594d31b723166360bc8ef0
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2021-06-2427 min
The Tech 4 Climate PodcastEp. #2: Meet the Investor series: Heidi Lindvall: General Partner at Pale Blue DotPart 1: Meet the Investor:In today’s episode, we had the chance to sit with Heidi Lindvall, General Partner at Pale Blue Dot, for a great conversation around her inspiring story, the genesis, and the mission of their $100 M fund II. Which at the time they launched it, they were the first ClimateTech focus fund in Europe. During the talk, Heidi will also give you more insight on their investment thesis, how do they select & support companies, and what they seek in founders they invest in. Part 2: My secret sauce: [EXCLUSIVE FOR MEMBERS ONLY] SEE LINK...
2021-04-2227 min
Ian M. Cook and Kate McGinnVenture Capital and Climate TechUrban Arena is a podcast about creating just and sustainable cities. This month Kate speaks with Heidi Lindvall from seed stage ClimateTech VC company Pale Blue Dot. Do you want to become an Urban Arena podcast correspondent! We want your voice on the pod. If you’d like to featured then please answer the question ‘What is a sustainable and just city?’ in a maximum of 3 minutes. Record it on your phone or recording device and send it over. It’s up to you what you put in your message, but we encourage you to think about urban sustainability and justice t...
2021-03-3050 minDepartment of Environmental Sciences and PolicyVenture Capital and Climate TechUrban Arena is a podcast about creating just and sustainable cities. This month Kate speaks with Heidi Lindvall from seed stage ClimateTech VC company Pale Blue Dot. Do you want to become an Urban Arena podcast correspondent! We want your voice on the pod. If you’d like to featured then please answer the question ‘What is a sustainable and just city?’ in a maximum of 3 minutes. Record it on your phone or recording device and send it over. It’s up to you what you put in your message, but we encourage you to think about urban sustainability and justice t...
2021-03-3050 minUrban CommunityVenture Capital and Climate TechUrban Arena is a podcast about creating just and sustainable cities. This month Kate speaks with Heidi Lindvall from seed stage ClimateTech VC company Pale Blue Dot. Do you want to become an Urban Arena podcast correspondent! We want your voice on the pod. If you’d like to featured then please answer the question ‘What is a sustainable and just city?’ in a maximum of 3 minutes. Record it on your phone or recording device and send it over. It’s up to you what you put in your message, but we encourage you to think about urban sustainability and justice t...
2021-03-3050 minCEU PodcastsVenture Capital and Climate TechUrban Arena is a podcast about creating just and sustainable cities. This month Kate speaks with Heidi Lindvall from seed stage ClimateTech VC company Pale Blue Dot. Do you want to become an Urban Arena podcast correspondent! We want your voice on the pod. If you’d like to featured then please answer the question ‘What is a sustainable and just city?’ in a maximum of 3 minutes. Record it on your phone or recording device and send it over. It’s up to you what you put in your message, but we encourage you to think about urban sustainability and justice t...
2021-03-3000 min
Digitalsamtal#227 – Om riskkapital, innovation och klimatHampus Jakobsson. Foto Anna Hållams
"Teknik gör saker och ting möjligt, men det är kultur och lagstiftning som avgör om tekniken kommer att användas."
Det säger Hampus Jakobsson. Han är serieentreprenör, och var bland annat en av grundarna till Malmöbolaget The Astonishing Tribe som hjälpte Google med utseendet på Android i operativsystemets barndom.
I somras startade han riskkapitalbolaget Pale Blue Dot tillsammans med Heidi Lindvall och Joel Larsson. Målet är investeringar i bolag som jobbar med "climate-tech". I avsnittet berättar Hampus vad han och kollegorna lägger i det begre...
2020-09-2351 min
Leap TakersEpisode 18: Heidi Lindvall - From documentary filmmaker to investing in ClimateTech startups with Pale Blue Dot VCHeidi Lindvall (@HeidiLindvall) is one of the founders and a general partner at Pale Blue Dot. Pale Blue Dot is a seed stage ClimateTech VC investing in reducing and reversing the effects of climate change and preparing for a new world. They invest tickets of €200k - €2M, in pre-seed and seed-stage companies based in Europe and US.
Heidi Lindvall previously co-founded Storygami, an online video company that increases viewers engagement & helped monetize content. She also founded CODOC, an award winning video production company. She has a background in Media and Human Rights and has studied for two...
2020-09-1138 min
Leap TakersEpisode 18: Heidi Lindvall - From documentary filmmaker to investing in ClimateTech startups with Pale Blue Dot VCHeidi Lindvall (@HeidiLindvall) is one of the founders and a general partner at Pale Blue Dot. Pale Blue Dot is a seed stage ClimateTech VC investing in reducing and reversing the effects of climate change and preparing for a new world. They invest tickets of €200k - €2M, in pre-seed and seed-stage companies based in Europe and US.Heidi Lindvall previously co-founded Storygami, an online video company that increases viewers engagement & helped monetize content. She also founded CODOC, an award winning video production company. She has a background in Media and Human Rights and has studied for two...
2020-09-1138 minWanda's PicksAt the Cantor Museum at Stanford University Dr. Henry John Drewel's "Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas” is up through January 2011. Born and raised in New York City and Hempstead, NY, Dr. Drewal received his BA from Hamilton College majoring in French and minoring in Fine Arts. After graduation he joined the Peace Corps, taught French and English and organized vacation arts camps in Nigeria. It was during his two years in Nigeria that he apprenticed himself to a Yoruba sculptor. That experience was transformative. See http://www.henrydrewal.com/ & See http://museum.stanford.edu/ca...
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