Investing in the Cleantech Sector

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Alacrity Cleantech Talks

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-Peter Van Der Gracht, senior advisor at Alacrity Canada, talks to Sarah Appelbaum of Pangaea Ventures and Kathryn Wortsman of Amplify Capital about investing in the cleantech sector-investment sweet spots, early-stage and later-stage investing-the criteria for investing in a Series A round or Seed funding-an impact fund as essential service fund; focusing on healthcare, cleantech, and education-deal flow still strong throughout 2020, though adjustments are being made to extend runways-team makeup and evaluation when looking to invest-leading rounds or partnering with other syndicate investors, whether it's institutional investors or angel investors-conducting due diligence during the COVID19 pandemic effectively-how are returns on investment being measured in cleantech?-cleantech sales cycles are longer than in other sectors, but customers are also very sticky-cleantech investors need patience and long-term outlook-how does regulation impact the complexity of going to market for a cleantech company-the importance of patents and intellectual property when looking at a potential investment opportunities-assessing a company against its competitors and leveraging partners and customers as advisors to validate the market-deals looked at versus deals made; what does the filter look like?-feedback for entrepreneurs in the cleantech space