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Scaling Climate Technologies — Elemental Excelerator Avra van der Zee

Written by Vanessa Rosado | Apr 24, 2024 12:07:04 PM

This week's VentureFuel Visionary is Avra van der Zee, COO of Elemental Excelerator, a global climate technology accelerator. It has started in Honolulu with over 150 portfolio companies that have received over $8B in follow-on funding. 

In this episode, we discuss using entrepreneurship for social change, catalytic capital, and how to scale new technologies. We also discuss the role of corporations in solving the climate challenge and the economic benefit of societal impact, including great case studies of United Airlines and Amazon.

 

 

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