2nd November, 2021

OTPBD News Special – 2nd November 2021

Welcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our series which analyses the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups. This week, we’re focusing on news stories centred around climate tech and renewable energy.
Meet this week’s panel…

• Mick Liubinskas, Climate Salad
• Ali Cluines-Ross, Artesian

Topics we discuss: Australia’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050, The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Grok Ventures becoming Australia’s first $1b VC fund to invest in climate tech, Loam Bio raising a $40m Series A with backing from Marc Benioff (TIME Ventures) and Mike Cannon-Brookes (Grok Ventures), Australian energy company Woodside partnering with US-based solar startup Heliogen, Square Peg backing waste reduction startup Zero Co in $6m raise, Bitcoin mining coming to Byron Bay with a data centre powered by renewable energy, and Atlassan’s new 40-storey HQ which will operate on renewable energy.
Additional information can be found below:

• https://www.climatesalad.com/
• https://events.humanitix.com/climate-salad-showcase-2021
• https://www.globalclimatelandscape.org/