Beyond Climate Tech: Scaling European Climate Solutions that Transform Industries

Climate Dialogues — 8th SessionOrganized by Inclimo Climate Tech and BStartup (Banco Sabadell) Europe has entered a new phase of the climate transition. The question is no longer whether climate technologies work. Many already do. The real challenge is scaling them fast enough to transform entire industries, reshape markets, and strengthen Europe's industrial competitiveness. This closed-door session brings together leading climate venture investors and the founders building category-defining companies for a candid conversation on what it takes to move from promising innovation to systemic transformation. The format is deliberately hands-on, built around two round tables tackling the sector's defining challenges: Table 1 — The New Climate Capital StackHow equity, venture debt, project finance and public instruments must now work together to fund capital-intensive innovation; where the financing gap sits for first-of-a-kind industrial projects; and how regulation — from CBAM to the Clean Industrial Deal — is reshaping what gets underwritten. A frank conversation about deploying capital with conviction in a market that rewards substance over hype. Table 2 — From Innovation to Industrial LeaderThe technology mostly works; the hard part is building the companies that scale it. Most climate ventures fail for non-technical reasons — team, go-to-market, and the gap between a first pilot and a repeatable industrial contract. This table examines what separates the companies that cross it: the founder profile industrial transformation demands, the metrics that signal a pilot is becoming a business, and the realities of long sales cycles into sectors like cement, steel and energy. Rather than treating climate as a constraint, this conversation examines climate technology as one of Europe's greatest economic opportunities. The evening closes with a curated round of startup pitches, connecting the capital in the room directly to the companies shaping the next decade — followed by a networking cocktail with drinks and finger food. We'd love for you to be part of the conversation.