Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.
How do you secure that first yes from a climate investor?
And how do you build the conviction needed to write the first check?
Co-hosted by Climate Drift and VCo2, this brutally honest conversation features three of the sharpest minds in early-stage investing, Hampus Jakobsson (Pale Blue Dot), Jonny Everett (Marble), and Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), to lift the curtain on how decisions are made when there’s barely a product, let alone traction.
You’ll learn:
→ Why traction isn’t what gets deals done
→ What “founder-problem fit” really means
→ The checklists behind venture decisions
→ How to cut through the noise and get noticed
→ … and more!
This conversation is gold if you’re raising a first round, backing pre-seed startups, or trying to figure out how to stand out in a crowded fundraising market.
Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or watch it on YouTube 👇
⌛TIMESTAMPS
00.00 Introduction
01:28 What Hampus Looks For
02:31 Investors Can Be Fast
04:11 Checklist to Build A Startup
06:25 An Investor's Checklist
17:27 Matching People and Ideas
22:50 Market Shifts 2025
35:19 Getting Investor Attention
40:48 Planning for Returns
42:19 What is a Good Investor?
47:38 Planning Future Rounds
52:35 The Dynamics of Fundraising
56:02 Honesty in Rejections
1:02:04 Engineering Momentum
1:05:09 Seek a No
1:10:06 Building Real Relationships ?
1:13:35 Getting Noticed by Marble
1:16:22 The Upside of Failure
1:17:52 Closing Thoughts
📚 STARTER PACK
We have prepared this Starter Pack as your crash course in early-stage climate investing. We broke it down by knowledge level, so whether you’re hearing about climate startup investing for the first time or you’re already tackling the hard stuff, there’s something here for you.
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