Climate urgency is high, but raising capital for climate or planet-centric ventures has never been more complex. In this fireside chat, investor and entrepreneur Tim Schumacher joins moderator Dr Sami Asad to unpack the hard truths behind climate funding: why strong mission and impact are not enough, where founders consistently fall short, and how investment decisions are actually made.
Expect candid insights on common blind spots, recurring failure patterns, real-world constraints investors operate within, and what successful climate ventures do differently before they ever pitch.
If you’re building, or planning to build, a climate venture, this is the perspective you can’t afford to miss.
About our speaker
Tim Schumacher is a German Investor and Entrepreneur, with a focus on Impact and Climate Investments. For over ten years, he was the CEO of publicly traded Sedo.com, which he co-founded. Since 2012, he has founded and/or invested in multiple start-ups like Eyeo (makers of Adblock Plus), SaaS.group, Goodwall, Peec.ai, CarbonCloud, Pachama and
Ecosia. Ecosia is especially notable. Ten years after its foundation, it's now the largest independent European search engine. It uses all its profits to plant trees, and it has until today planted over 200 million trees. Together with Ecosia, Tim Schumacher also co-founded the €300M climate tech VC
World Fund to help fund European climate startups.