Charlie Macdonald

Aussie climate tech VC in EU | views are my own | “If future you hasn't appeared to tell you not to do it, how bad of a decision could it be?"

[Charlie Macdonald @cllmacdonald]

Not another climate tech investor: Solving the resource bottleneck for batteries https://t.co/WwKxnR9ZmR

[Rachel Yang @RachelYang_]

Love all of the questions from our amazing judges tonight! So lucky to have the incredible insights from @olympiayarger @morris_kate @chrisfromamber @RickiFriede at #impactpitchnight @StartupVic

[Charlie Macdonald @cllmacdonald]

Awesome pitch from @willWisedUp of Vyro - serious potential to shave years from the EV transition 🏎🏎👏👏 #impactpitchnight #startupvic

[Rachel Yang @RachelYang_]

Final pitch - Vyro - democratising access to electric vehicles! ♻️🌱🚗 #impactpitchnight @StartupVic https://t.co/Hjz1gjAUL6

[Charlie Macdonald @cllmacdonald]

Amazing prez @IkramAkbarMelbo! Super relevant protection for kids🛡and love to see a founding team solving a problem they want to see tackled for their own family 👏👏

[Rachel Yang @RachelYang_]

Pitch no. 2 - @hackersjackapp - teaching kids how to be safe in the digital world and become cyber resilient! #impactpitchnight @StartupVic

[Rachel Yang @RachelYang_]

Pitch no. 2 - @hackersjackapp - teaching kids how to be safe in the digital world and become cyber resilient! #impactpitchnight @StartupVic

[Charlie Macdonald @cllmacdonald]

#impactpitchnight is on!! First off was @DanOwenWhitford from Pioneera, tech to preemptively track signs of workplace stress and burnout, to act ahead of time and avoid the worst of it. Can’t think of a more relevant time for the solution 👏👏👏 @GiantLeapVC @StartupVic

[Rachel Yang @RachelYang_]

👋🏻🥰🎉🎉🎉 #impactpitchnight ⁦@StartupVic⁩ ⁦@GiantLeapVC⁩

[The Startup Network @australia_tsn]

"Impact Startups can build real and lasting change to solve some of the worlds biggest problems" - @willnrich #StartupVic #GiantLeap #ImpactPitchNight

[Giant Leap Fund @GiantLeapVC]

From 2017 to today - the Impact Pitch Night movement keeps building!! #ImpactPitchNight

This is an extra special year - We just announced the release our first Impact Highlights report, showcasing the incredible work of our Founders: https://t.co/IO5Itl6xLw

[Rachel Yang @RachelYang_]

Thrilled to be able to launch our 2021 Portfolio Impact Highlights tonight @StartupVic @GiantLeapVC #impactpitchnight https://t.co/0G0paCnuJM

[innovationbay @innovationbay]

📢 ATTN: Cleantech founders

There are just 10 days left to apply to pitch at the Renewable Energy Founder Forum we are hosting this October in partnership with @ARENA_aus

Apply now for the chance to open up pathways to funding and partnerships ⬇️
https://t.co/7hkXWqdJgU

[Giant Leap Fund @GiantLeapVC]

🎉Some exciting Giant Leap news
🤖 MIT's top 10 genuine tech breakthroughs of the last year
🤯 The neuro-tech startups that will blow (or upload) your mind
and more in the latest Small Steps - https://t.co/h5BeYOhwIN

[Giant Leap Fund @GiantLeapVC]

Very proud to be backing @LikeFamilyAU, which is addressing loneliness for vulnerable people.

Awesome that @Alberts_Impact & @PangaeaImpact are supporting too. Its a testament to Jenna & Mat being such genuine founders, solving a genuine human problem

https://t.co/r6bAxztRqU

[Giant Leap Fund @GiantLeapVC]

🤑 A climate reckoning for super funds as Rest Super gets sued
💁 The gender imbalance of cash and house duties in All Raise's founder report
🌎 An architect's master vision for sustainable society
And more in the latest Small Steps - https://t.co/MIg6rglqDT

[Giant Leap Fund @GiantLeapVC]

In the latest Small Steps newsletter...
🛒Inside YourGrocer’s make or break month
🍏Apple’s bid cut carbon out of its supply chain
♳ and plastic bottle roads.
Dive in here - https://t.co/G5Kb2IJqfk

[Giant Leap Fund @GiantLeapVC]

In the latest Small Steps newsletter: 🦉 Darrell Wade, (Co-Founder, Intrepid Group),and some 30-year wisdom for managing crisis, 🔋 a big energy storage breakthrough with hydrogen tech, and the platform matching Black founders with VCs.
Dive in here https://t.co/esfEgpJDkk

[Rachel Yang @RachelYang_]

“You only innovate when you’re uncomfortable and Australian innovators are uncomfortable. From an agtech and food tech perspective, Australia can lead because we’re facing a very real challenge” - @GoterraCBR @innovationbay about the need to innovate as climate change is here

[Charlie Macdonald @cllmacdonald]

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[Charlie Macdonald @cllmacdonald]

A 2018 Yale study found that impact business outperformed during the GFC (link in thread). What might this crisis bring out in the impact startup space?

Will be addressing this + more in a live Q&A with @amilgrom at @weworklabs on 15th July.

Join us:
https://t.co/ExjbUNatMb