Johann Fernandes

Building climateXcapital | Fellow @terradotdo | En-Roads Climate Ambassador @climateinteract | Ex @dasra, @yunus_SB | Alumni @ashokauniv

[Johann Fernandes @jofernandestwt]

Unreal that it’s been 10 months of 2024 and I haven’t posted a single tweet yet??

Safe to say that this year flew by!

[Johann Fernandes @jofernandestwt]

We were supposed to reach Mumbai for a funeral of a close family member.

We decided to leave the airport and go back home. Many people had connecting flights, had children travelling with them and @airindia refused to take accountability and serve their customers right.

(3/n)

[Johann Fernandes @jofernandestwt]

With little confidence in what he was saying, he then suggested that the flight will leave at 7:15 am and that we will all just have to wait at the airport till that time.

The reason for such delay: no crew members available for the flight. Wtf ?

(2/n)

[Johann Fernandes @jofernandestwt]

@InGoa24x7 Should also include voter card in this list!

[Johann Fernandes @jofernandestwt]

Learn how Scalers, Disruptors, Executors, and Outliers shape the future. 🔮🌍

Stay tuned for deep dives into each cohort to learn more about the risks and the returns 🚀📚

[Johann Fernandes @jofernandestwt]

A month ago our team at @climatexcapital released our framework for VC investing in climate tech🌱🔍

In part 1 of this essay, we deconstruct climate tech investing with our 4 Cohorts approach.

https://t.co/sHhbAh6BVg

#ClimateTechInvesting

[Lior Steinberg @LiorSteinberg]

Check out this brand new masterpiece in Norway 🇳🇴 🚲

It's Europe's longest bicycle tunnel, which reduces cycling time to Bergen from 40 to 10 minutes.

Excellent cycling facilities are the way to get more people on bikes and leave their cars behind.

[Climate Angels @climate_angels]

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[Johann Fernandes @jofernandestwt]

sustainable investing at the core of his work, finding the balance between investor returns & patient capital & much more. Thank you @ShamolieW @Kits @terradotdo for the opportunity.

Recording of the conversation can be found here - https://t.co/6r7EjrjpXJ

[Johann Fernandes @jofernandestwt]

It was great chatting with Nicolas Mongardini last month on his transition to starting Silverback Earth in the sustainable investment banking ecosystem. We spoke about his motivation to switch, the skills needed, how his past skillset could be leveraged to put....

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[Johann Fernandes @jofernandestwt]

While only a few of the ideas above are intended to be prescriptive our hope is that all of them serve as thought starters. Part 3 of this Essay will focus on climate tech financing and speak to the challenges, opportunities, and ideas on how to organise to overcome them

(10/10)

[Johann Fernandes @jofernandestwt]

The 2nd part of our essay series - "Why is VC Investing in Climate Tech Challenging" focuses on answering the question - how to organise to invest?

Read a short summary below and the entire essay here - https://t.co/5txsbQKrsd

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[Johann Fernandes @jofernandestwt]

Climate tech investing will need VC firms to be imagined differently, with a different set of skills and capabilities, whether inside or through partnerships. The worst you can do is to continue with the status quo. And the best is to chart a new path relentlessly.

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