NY Tech Meetup - Climate Tech Edition

This NY Tech Meetup includes a few special elements including an expert panel on resilience and the future of climate tech and one of the largest startup pitch competitions during Climate Week NYC. See the investors that will be in the room listed below! Each competing startup demoer is developing moonshot innovations originating in university research labs that will help address pressing resilience challenges across: Climate & Natural Disasters Energy, Water, Telecom, and AI Infrastructure Industrial Processes & Supply Chains Agriculture & Biodiversity Resilience technologies are solutions that mitigate risk by anticipating, absorbing, adapting to, and recovering from significant disruptions and growing friction due to climate and other external factors. Climate change has a cascading impact destabilizing natural and human systems. As risk & volatility continue to rise, new solutions will be needed to adapt. Campus Deep Tech helps deep tech startups working on impactful technologies connect with industry & investors through its cross-university network. This is an unmatched opportunity to present on stage during the biggest climate event of the year. Startups interested in presenting should submit an interest form here: https://forms.gle/HcVZnnmZkexMGXow9 This special event also kicks off a series of programs at Civic Hall during Climate Tech Week, highlighting the talent, ideas, and collaborations driving climate innovation. This centrally located event is a must-attend for founders, investors, technologists, corporate leaders, educators, and policymakers. Agenda: 5:00pm: Networking (Food/Bar Opens) 5:30pm: Welcome + Panel Discussion 6:50pm: Demos Begin 8:15pm: Community Ask/Offer 8:30pm: Networking (Food/Bar Reopens) Judges: Rachel Slaybaugh - DCVC - General Partner Noah Sumait - Energy Impact Partners (EIP) - VP Deep Tech & Energy Priyanka Bakaya - Investor at Orogenyx, Collaborative Fund Advisor, former ARPA-E - Commercialization Advisor Caie Kelley - Lowercarbon Capital -General Partner Susan Schofer - SOSV - Partner & Chief Science Officer Panelists: Gernot Wagner - Columbia Business School - Climate Economist & Director of the Climate Knowledge Initiative Anastasia O'Rourke - Carbon Containment Lab & Yale School of the Environment - Senior Managing Director Vanessa Chan - Penn Engineering - Vice Dean of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Eli Kramer (Moderator) - The Schmidt Family Foundation - Program Manager of Climate Tech Sample of who else will be in the room: Air Liquide, Dow, Evonik, Siemens, Anthropic, Cerberus Ventures, MCJ, Toyota Ventures, Gigascale Capital, Antora Energy, Burnt Island Ventures, New System Ventures, Orion Industrial Ventures, Osage University Partners, Soma Capital, Virta Ventures, Capricorn Investment Group, Plug and Play, The Engine, SecondMuse, Climate Haven, Third Derivative Sponsors: Columbia Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy Urban Future Labs at NYU Tandon Columbia Angel Network Other Event Collaborators: Columbia Climate Fund ClimateTech Expertise Network Seats are limited - register now to secure your spot! About the NY Tech Meetup The NY Tech Meetup (NYTM) is a signature event of theNY Tech Alliance that has been a monthly staple for the NYC tech ecosystem since 2004. It is the world’s largest meetup group of its kind with over 50,000 members who have a common interest in learning from and helping one another. At each event, entrepreneurs, founders, CEOs, and their teams demo cutting edge and transformative tech, answer questions from attendees and network with all in a welcoming and fun-filled space. Since its creation, over 1,200 companies have participated and have been a driving force of innovation and job creation in NYC and the greater NY area.