Is the Climate Founder Bankable?
What investors are really watching when they look past the pitch deck
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India’s Climate-Tech Valley of Death
India has raised $12.8 billion for climate startups since 2008. Most of it never reaches the founders who need it most.
Climate tech needs more than a clever prototype
Climate-tech founders need more than a promising prototype: they need deep industry knowledge, customer traction, financial discipline, and the grit to build for the long term.
At SRM’s TerraNext panel, I argued that universities and corporates must do more to turn student innovations into real pilots and first customers.
Here’s what I shared about investment readiness, the funding gap, and why students should start experimenting now.
India’s Mandatory Carbon Market Is Coming. But Do We Understand the Carbon Industry?
As India prepares to operationalise compliance carbon trading in October 2026, global and domestic tailwinds are creating opportunities across carbon management, decarbonisation, removal, circularity and market infrastructure. EcoHQ’s Carbon Industry Map helps distinguish these fundamentally different businesses.
Beyond the Pilot: What It Takes to Build a Climate Tech Business
At CLiMAFiX 2026, founders, investors and industry leaders kept returning to the same challenge: how does a climate tech startup survive long enough for its solution to be adopted at scale? From the first paid customer to long sales cycles, corporate trust and patient capital, the discussions showed how much work lies between proving a technology and building a business.
Climate Week India 2026: A Movement Built Without a Centre
From September 27 to October 4, 2026, Climate Week India will bring together 100+ events, 200+ organisations, and close to 100 individuals across India's tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 cities and towns. EcoHQ is a proud partner of Climate Week India 2026.
What Makes a Climate Forum Worth Attending
Behind the scenes of AndPurpose Forums Hyderabad 2026, and what it takes to turn a conference into lasting collaboration
When Great Founders Meet Unready Markets
Why startup outcomes depend on the founder, the market, and the systems surrounding both.
A strong founder can improve a product, recruit a team and manage capital with discipline. But no founder can single handedly create customer readiness, infrastructure, supply chains, regulation and patient capital at the same speed.
AndPurpose FutureMakerLabs! 2026: From 30 to Nearly 200
How a side event for a handful of students outgrew its own room at T-Hub, Hyderabad - AndPurpose FutureMaker Labs! 2026: From 30 to Nearly 200
The Climate Justice Math Everyone Avoids
Nepal is right to demand compensation, not aid. But holding India and China accountable for today's choices doesn't let colonial powers off the hook for yesterday's.