Let‘s scale all availble climate technologies
Only by scaling highly innovative climate tech startups can we still meet the climate targets in time.
Who we are
Our mission
The Tech for Net Zero Alliance is a network of leading climate tech startups, scaleups and investors in Germany and the DACH region. To accelerate the scale-up of breakthrough climate technologies, the alliance focusses on expanding climate tech finance, stimulating market demand, and adopting an enabling regulatory environment.
Given the abundance of technical solutions, talent, and financial resources, we believe achieving the climate targets is a matter of speed, focus, and execution. We need all hands on deck to move faster and turn Europe into a climate tech powerhouse.
As a Climate Tech Think Tank, the Tech for Net Zero Alliance is a reliable partner for policy makers, investors, and founders. In addition, the Tech for Net Zero Alliance supports the Climate Tech ecosystem in Germany, Europe and beyond.
Members
The alliance is a network of founders of climate tech startups as well as venture capital investors with a clear climate focus. The alliance is additionally supported by a network of think tanks, research, science, and the established economy.
News & Articles
Publications
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Public Credit Guarantees
Read article: Public Credit GuaranteesHow to finance the scaling of breakthrough climate technologies? Many climate tech startups and scaleups struggle to secure the necessary financing for first-of-a-kind (FOAK) facilities – even with existing offtake agreements. Venture capital financing, the most common form of startup finance, is usually not sufficient to meet the investment needs of hardware startups. However, loans…
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Green Public Procurement
Read article: Green Public ProcurementPolicy paper: “Green Public Procurement – Stimulating climate-neutral demand for a competitive EU net zero economy: A case study of Germany” The public sector awards contracts worth around 500 billion euros a year in Germany alone – equivalent to around 13% of gross domestic product. Such massive purchasing power can be leveraged to reduce greenhouse…
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A venture capital analysis of climate technology startup financing to 2030
Read article: A venture capital analysis of climate technology startup financing to 2030The report, “Investing in Net Zero – A Venture Capital Analysis for Financing Climate Technology Startups to 2030,” highlights the investment opportunities for building and developing new climate technology startups that could deliver impactful technologies across all sectors of the economy in Germany. The analysis draws on detailed market forecasts to identify opportunities for climate…
Initiatives
Joint projects with partner organizations
The Climate Movers Database is a public database that provides a transparent overview of European research in innovative climate technologies. The database was developed together with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the IRIS Group from Copenhagen and aims to help interested people from research, politics and industry to identify suitable researchers and find possible synergies or build partnerships.
The Tech for Net Zero Alliance provides operational support for the joint project and offers the publicly accessible database on their website.
The Energy Resilience Leadership Group (ERLG) is a multi-stakeholder initiative led by Breakthrough Energy and Siemens Energy that brings together corporate CEOs, political leaders, financial institutions, and startups at the technology frontier. The Group was launched at the 2023 Munich Security Conference with the goal to enhance Europe’s energy resilience by rapidly bringing emerging climate technologies to scale.
The Tech for Net Zero Alliance provides operational support to ERLG and brings the perspective of innovative climate startups to potential partnerships.
Team
Tobias Lechtenfeld
Speaker of the Tech for Net Zero Alliance and Partner at 1.5°Ventures
Pia Dorfinger
Speaker of the Tech for Net Zero Alliance and Head of Digital Technologies & Start-up Ecosystem at dena
Julian Joswig
Policy & Climate Alliance Manager of the Tech for Net Zero Alliance
Alliance Chair
Ann Mettler
Vice President Europe at Breakthrough Energy
Powered by
1.5°Ventures and dena
Supported by
Breakthrough Energy
The Tech for Net Zero Alliance was founded in 2021 as a joint initiative by the German Energy Agency (dena) with Breakthrough Energy and 1.5°Ventures. The goal of the alliance is to address existing barriers to the creation, scaling and growth of climate tech startups to facilitate meeting the climate goals. The alliance engages with policymakers, financiers, industry and academia to bring breakthrough climate technologies to market and scale, via faster funding and a better enabling environment.