Background
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), through Global Opportunities for Sustainable Development Goals (GO4SDGs) and EmPower-II initiatives, together with the Massive Earth Foundation (MEF), launched the LowCarbon.Earth Accelerator on World Environment Day (5 June) in 2023.
The Accelerator aims to support green start-up founders (including women led green startups) in Asia and the Pacific region that are operating in the sectors of i) plastics, ii) agri-food, iii) textiles, iv) cooling, and v) renewable energy to build their capacities through an online bootcamp and to facilitate their access to financing through an investor forum.
The online bootcamp ran from September 2023 to January 2024, with two sessions taking place every week: ‘Networking Tuesday', where industry leaders shared their insights and advice with the founders and ‘Skills Up Thursday', where technical capacity building sessions were conducted, covering various topics including ‘hiring to scale’, ‘what investors look for in start-ups’, ‘growth strategies and scaling up’ and ‘ESG standards and compliance’.
Following this online bootcamp, the Accelerator is hosting the LowCarbon.Earth Accelerator Investors Forum in Bangkok, Thailand, inviting the selected young green start-up founders, including women start-ups, to meet with the investors in person and pitch their businesses to access financing.
Objective
The purpose of this Investors Forum is to:
● Provide opportunities to match green start-ups with potential investors.
● Provide training and workshops related to business management, clean technology and ESG to start-ups.
● Provide networking opportunities with relevant stakeholders for green start-up founders.
Date and Venue
● Date: 25-26 April 2024
● Venue: Alpha Room, 2nd floor, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square
Agenda/Program is available here