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‘Recession Resilient’ Climate Start-Ups Shine in Tech Downturn



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But the stakes are too high to be cynical, climate entrepreneurs and investors said.“There’s a bigger fight to fight,” said Elisa Jagerson, an investor at Wildcat Venture Partners. “Everything else feels like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.”It wasn’t always that way. When Julia Collins pitched investors on her climate tech start-up in 2019, she dedicated the first slide of her presentation to a dramatic explanation of the climate emergency. She had created Planet FWD, a software provider that helps businesses manage their climate impact, and Moonshot, a snack food company that uses regenerative ingredients, local suppliers and recycled packaging.“I had to spend a lot of time on the pitches bringing people u …

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