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The Syndicate

Where Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists Talk Early Stage Tech Startups

Announcing The Startup Tank Climate Investor Pitch Podcast

May 27, 2022 by Matt

Are you a climate or impact startup looking for funding? Are you an investor looking for interesting world-positive companies to invest in?

Then let me introduce you to The Startup Tank presented by 4WARD.VC, the ultimate startup investor pitch contest where top climate tech and impact founders pitch to a panel of VCs looking to fund world-positive cleantech, sustainability, health and impact startups looking to move the world forward.

If you’ve ever wanted a chance to pitch your company or get in front of VCs and angel investors, now is your time to shine.

Learn more and apply at thestartuptank.com

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TODAY’S PRESENTING STARTUPS INCLUDE:

  • wiCow: Reducing cow birthing deaths from 6% to 1%.
  • Bomway: The Alibaba of sustainable product/supplier sourcing
  • DOTS: Soil sensing to stop billions in fertilizer runoff pollution
  • Materials Nexus: Harnessing AI to develop sustainable new materials
  • Foodsquared: Upcycling food and drink by-products into plant-based proteins
  • Voltiris: Transforming greenhouses into renewable solar powerplants

Investor Panelists:

  • Sven Meyer – Investor at 4Impact VC
  • Madeline Lawrence – Investor at Peak Capital
  • Ricardo Camarinha – Investor at Teal Impact

About 4WARD.VC’s Angel Syndicate:

4WARD.VC’s angel group invests in mission-driven pre seed and seed stage startups moving the world forward by tackling big problems in the areas of commerce/ecommerce, platforms/marketplaces, consumer tech, fintech, cleantech & climate change, B2B/enterprise, hardware-as-a-service and of course software/SaaS.For more information on 4WARD.VC and our angel syndicate:

4WARD.VC/syndicate

About The Startup Tank:

YCombinator popularized the demo day. Shark Tank revolutionized the investor pitch. We take the best of both worlds combined with the Covid-fueled remote nature of everything to bring you The Startup Tank Demo Days presented by 4WARD.VC, the startup pitch fest where founders get to pitch to prospective investors, possible cofounders and the tech ecosystem as a whole. If you’ve ever wanted a chance to pitch your company or get in front of VCs and angel investors, now is your time to shine. 

About the host:

Matt Ward is a serial entrepreneur & startup advisor, lead’s 4WARD.VC’s angel syndicate focused on early-stage climate and impact companies that move the world forward and Venture Partner with Climentum Capital dedicated to helping great startup founders change the world for the better through strategy, growth and fundraising support

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Announcing The Startup Tank Climate Investor Pitch Podcast

May 9, 2022 by Matt

Are you a climate or impact startup looking for funding? Are you an investor looking for interesting world-positive companies to invest in?

Welcome to The Startup Tank presented by 4WARD.VC 4WARD.VC angel group, a special Swiss-focused startup pitch competition where founders pitch their project to our investor panel including the Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC), Sparrow Ventures and Wingman as well as investors and VCs tuning in from across the globe.

If you’ve ever wanted a chance to pitch your company or get in front of VCs and angel investors, now is your time to shine.

Learn more and apply at thestartuptank.com

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PRESENTING STARTUPS INCLUDE:

  • Voltiris: Transforming greenhouses into renewable solar powerplants
  • Potiio – Soft drink flavor, 30% less sugar – no artificial flavoring.
  • Zario – Free yourself from your phone and get on with your life.
  • Raush: Your travel recommendations bookable directly via social media
  • Footsnap: Foot scanning to ensure online shoes shopping always fits
  • Kapsly: An all-in-one startup services for equity platform
  • Blue Salmon: Aquacultured sustainable Swiss salmon

Investor Panelists:

  • Thomas Ackermann – Director of SICTIC
  • Antonia Albert – Investor at Wingman Ventures
  • Claudius Stammbach – Investor at Sparrow Ventures

About 4WARD.VC’s Angel Syndicate:

4WARD.VC’s angel group invests in mission-driven pre seed and seed stage startups moving the world forward by tackling big problems in the areas of commerce/ecommerce, platforms/marketplaces, consumer tech, fintech, cleantech & climate change, B2B/enterprise, hardware-as-a-service and of course software/SaaS.For more information on 4WARD.VC and our angel syndicate:

4WARD.VC/syndicate

About The Startup Tank:

YCombinator popularized the demo day. Shark Tank revolutionized the investor pitch. We take the best of both worlds combined with the Covid-fueled remote nature of everything to bring you The Startup Tank Demo Days presented by 4WARD.VC, the startup pitch fest where founders get to pitch to prospective investors, possible cofounders and the tech ecosystem as a whole. If you’ve ever wanted a chance to pitch your company or get in front of VCs and angel investors, now is your time to shine. 

About the host:

Matt Ward is a serial entrepreneur & startup advisor, lead’s 4WARD.VC’s angel syndicate focused on early-stage climate and impact companies that move the world forward and Venture Partner with Climentum Capital dedicated to helping great startup founders change the world for the better through strategy, growth and fundraising support

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Leading Spain in Paris Accords and Pushing Climate Policy Today | Miguel Arias Cañete

July 27, 2020 by Regine

Miguel Arias Cañete was the European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy and led the EU negotiations of the Paris Agreement.

He’s now involved with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation which has launched the Prize for Humanity, an annual €1m award for people or organizations from all over the world focused on mitigation of, and adaptation to climate change.

Miguel has served the Spanish Government as both the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Minister for Agriculture, Food and Environment before being selected to head his Party List in the European Parliamentary elections.

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Coal is Dead, Climate Change is Real, and Bezos and Alexa for President | Nikolas Badminton

May 11, 2020 by Regine

Nikolas Badminton is a world-respected futurist speaker, author, and researcher. He wows audiences with keynote speeches on the impact of exponential technologies including: Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality; Work Productivity; The Sharing Economy; Autonomous Transportation; Smart Cities; Education; The Future of AI integrated with Life and Business; and Predictions for humanity from 2017 to 2030, and beyond. Nikolas regularly appears on the BBC, CBC, CTV, Global News, Fast Company, VICE, and writes for the Techcrunch, Huffington Post, Forbes, Venturebeat, Betakit, TechVibes, Business.com, and other media.

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Blockchain, Isolationism, Space Exploration and the Future of Nations | David Orban of Singularity University

April 27, 2020 by Regine

David Orban is an entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker and the Founder and Managing Partner of Network Society Ventures, a seed stage global investment firm focused on innovative startups at the intersection of exponential technologies and decentralized networks. An early adopter of blockchain and an active Bitcoin investor since 2010, he was the first to own Ether during the Ethereum launch in 2014. He also led the adoption of Bitcoin and blockchain in start-ups and is an advisor and investor in numerous blockchain companies and funds, such as Blockchain Capital, Bancor, Swarm Fund, and others. David was the keynote speaker at the first Ethereal Summit in May 2017 in New York and is the Founder and a Trustee of Network Society Research, a London-based global think tank present in over 40 countries focused on decentralized exponential technologies disrupting governments and corporations. He is a mentor for the Thiel Fellowship, a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Lifeboat Foundation on the Faculty of and an advisor to the Singularity University, an investor in the Singularity University Labs Accelerator Fund (now SU Ventures), President of SingularityU Italy Summit and an advisor to Humanity+. David is a sought-after speaker, he has given over 100 keynote addresses and speeches around the world for organizations including Abbvie, Cisco, Oracle, Roche, Ernst & Young, Accenture, Gilead, TEDx Academy, Alphabet and others and blogs at davidorban.com

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Creating Healthy Consumer Brands to Feed Humanity and Solve Climate Change | Filipp Chebotarev and Polina Chebotareva

March 9, 2020 by Regine

Polina Chebotareva is a co-founder of Cambridge Companies SPG, a social mission-oriented VC firm on fixing nutrition, farming, and health worldwide. Prior to Cambridge, Polina was an Executive VP and Partner at a real estate investment firm with $350M Equity AUM.

She is a Board Member for The Laguna Art Museum, helps raise awareness and funding for environmental issues and has devoted her time and resources to The Village of Hope Rescue Mission which helps struggling parents restore stability in their lives and the lives of their children.

 

Filipp Chebotarev is COO and Managing Partner of Cambridge Companies SPG. After working with California Congressman Ed Royce to manage the relationship between business, government, community, and other constituencies, Filipp went on to corporate, later finding impact investing.

Filipp is a major donor to Harvesters – Food Bank in Orange County, the JNF, and Actively Involved with Shoes That Fit, a 501C3 empowering children in low-income areas.

The pair emigrated to the US after the USSR’s collapse, and their fund is now investors in the likes of organic and health food/product companies: Once Upon a Farm, Wild Friends Foods, Matchabar, and dozens of others.

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AI, VR and a World Without Privacy as We Explore the Cosmos and What it Means to be Human | August Bradley of Mind & Machine

February 17, 2020 by Regine

August Bradley is a futurist business consultant, founder/host of the Mind & Machine podcast and former COO of the pioneering virtual reality company Kite & Lightning. August’s worked with brands including Coke, Xbox, Kia, Gap, J.Crew, Banana Republic, Fisker Automotive, and many more.

He is also a Board Member & Director of the AI & Machine Learning Society, Chairman of the Technarte International Conference, technology series moderator for The Los Angeles World Affairs Council (LAWAC) and head of the Los Angeles Self Driving Car Meetup.

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Moving Beyond Meat, Burning Down The Amazon and Business for Good | Paul Shapiro

January 20, 2020 by Regine

Paul Shapiro is the bestselling author of Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, the CEO and co-founder of The Better Meat Co., a four-time TEDx speaker, the co-host of the Business for Good Podcast, and a long-time leader in food sustainability.

He’s been interviewed by hundreds of news outlets from CNN to StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson as an authority on food sustainability issues, and also published hundreds of articles in publications ranging from daily newspapers like the Washington Post to magazines like FORTUNE to academic journals. Prior to co-founding a plant protein company, he spent his career lobbying for better agricultural sustainability policies. Paul’s also the VP of the Humane Society in the US

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How to Have Your Meat and Eat It Too While Combatting Climate Change | Bruce Friedrich

December 2, 2019 by Regine

Bruce Friedrich is co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute (@GoodFoodInst), a nonprofit that promotes plant, dairy, and eggs-based meats as well as clean meat (also known as cultured meat and cell-based meat), as alternatives to the products of conventional animal agriculture.

Bruce is a TED Fellow (whose TED Talk has been viewed over 1M times), Y Combinator alum, and popular speaker on food innovation. He has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Wired, and many other publications and appeared on The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, TED Radio Hour, and a variety of programs on MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN

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How Functional Medicine and Community Health Insurance Cure Chronic Disease, Increase Longevity and Save Money | James Maskell

November 25, 2019 by Regine

James Maskell is the founder of Functional Forum, the world’s largest integrative medicine conference and KNEW Health, a transformation alternative health-sharing insurance model. He’s health advocate and entrepreneur, that’s spent a decade encouraging a shift from conventional western medicine toward a wellness-centered, functional medicine model—starting with the doctors themselves. He’s also the founder of the Evolution≠ of Medicine, a community e-commerce platform for highly customized , tools, products, and services, to embark on a new way of managing healthcare. His book of the same name is available now. James lectures internationally and has been featured on TEDMED, Huffpost Live, TEDx, the HuffingtonPost and more.

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