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Jonny Hughes of UNEP-WCMC talks conservation and restoration of the natural capital

4/6/2020

 
By  ​Antoine Pradayrol
​On 28 May 2020, Green Angel Syndicate had the great pleasure to host Jonny Hughes for the second of our series of online fire-side chats. The event was well attended with 50 of our members and guests joining.

​​Jonny is the Chief Executive Officer of WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre) a UK charity that works in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme as UNEP-WCMC, a global centre of excellence on biodiversity based in Cambridge. UNEP-WCMC aims to ‘put nature at the heart of decision-making’, offering science-based solutions to policy making as well as helping governments and non-state actors implement policies on the ground - working in 107 countries across the world.
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What is the best-kept secret about behaviour change?

19/5/2020

 
By Nick Lyth
That it is NEVER rational, it is only enforced.
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Since the start of the 1990’s, when the facts about climate change and global warming had become obvious to all; when the problems with resource use and resource allocation were overwhelmingly clear; when the Brundtland Report had articulated a new system for global social and economic self-preservation which was adopted by all the World leaders at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit; Behaviour Change has been referenced as a necessary pre-condition for solving these problems.
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Chris Stark, CEO of the UK’s Committee on Climate Change, talks Covid-19 and climate change

11/5/2020

 
By Antoine Pradayrol
​On 7 May, Green Angel Syndicate organised a Zoom-powered ‘fireside chat’ with Chris Stark, CEO of the UK’s Committee on Climate Change. The event drew strong interest, with 82 attendees dispersed in as many thumbnails on the screens. Its timing was perfect, just a day after the CCC had published a letter to the government with precise, crystal clear advice on how to embed climate-positive actions in its plans to drag the economy out of the profound recession caused by the Covid-19 crisis.

​​​​This blog summarises the main points made by Chris, in our own words.
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“You’ve got to do something now, or you’ll all be in trouble…”

11/5/2020

 
By Nick Lyth
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​The recent history of our world – the last thirty years, let’s say – has been a story of repeated warnings that have been ignored.  The warnings were all concerning the dangers of climate change.  Reports that go back further than 30 years have been emphatic in their view of the dangers approaching.  

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GAS portfolio survey shows long-term optimism

15/4/2020

 
By Chris Joly
​Green Angel Syndicate is the only angel investment syndicate in the UK specialising in investments that are of benefit to the Green Economy.  As such, its priority focus has always been resource use sectors, where innovations are needed to make the ways we use food, water, energy, waste and recycling more sustainable for the challenge we face.  ​
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Covid-19. Are you powerless or a leader?

9/4/2020

 
By John Waters
With so many science based rules and constraints imposed, how can we show leadership through these unprecendented times? 
​The rapid proliferation of Covid-19 leaves us feeling scared, vulnerable, and powerless to protect those near and dear to us.  ​​Disturbingly, we know that an inability to influence an outcome is hugely stressful for people. In short, the perception makes the reality much worse.​
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Is this the end of angel investment?

3/4/2020

 
By Nick Lyth

The Question

​In these dark days of lockdown and economic paralysis due to Covid-19, many ask whether it will be possible to continue an angel investment syndicate?  
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Corona Virus Meets Climate Change

23/3/2020

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Hollywood has written the script in any number of recent dystopian versions of the collapse of our world as we know it, from The Road to The Handmaid’s Tale. But reality is simpler than that. ​

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Green Angel Syndicate’s first portfolio impact assessment

6/3/2020

 
By Antoine Pradayrol
Tackling global warming and climate change, by supporting businesses that develop solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and more generally that help the environment. That is Green Angel Syndicate’s core mission – and we are determined to make the largest possible positive impact.
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But what is this impact? How can we measure it? In our view, it must be measured as the impact that our portfolio companies are making, as a group. Indeed, this aggregate impact is what Green Angel Syndicate Members’ investments are making possible, by helping these companies grow.

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Climate Catastophe - The Role of Green Angel Syndicate

5/3/2020

 
By Nick Lyth
​There is a clear separation between Economic Policy, and Economic behaviour.  The one is designed to control the other.  Governments exist to define the society they represent according to its values and interests.  Sadly, the theories behind the Free Market Economy which started in the 80's then grew in impact and momentum through the collapse of the Communist block, up to the crash of 2008 - which should have taught us a lesson, but didn't (as per Mariana Mazzucatto) - were entirely misplaced.
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February 2020 pitch event review

10/2/2020

 
By ​Antoine Pradayrol
Our first pitch event of the new decade took place at the beautifully appointed Conduit Club in Mayfair, London. The room was literally packed with a uniquely eager audience of green angel investors, who were treated to five top-quality pitches from five ambitious businesses.
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This time, we had three start-up companies contributing to the essential transition towards zero-carbon transportation; and two working at saving an increasingly scarce resource, water:
  • Agile Charging – Fast electric vehicle charging, anywhere;
  • Furo Systems – Direct to consumer electric bikes and scooters;
  • XeroE – On-demand, emission-free deliveries;
  • Propelair – The world’s lowest water flush toilet;
  • StormHarvester – Smart drainage systems.

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Climate Catastrophe – is shareholder pressure the cause?

7/2/2020

 
By Nick Lyth
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​In the explosion of public protest concerning climate change that we saw last year, there has been an element of radicalisation.  This has led to explicit claims that capitalism is to blame and has to change from, among others, the Extinction Rebellion.  ​Among the assertions made, shareholder pressure is isolated as a cause for the harmful growth of the companies whose products cause us the most harm, and increase the dangers of climate change.

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String of follow-on investments highlights progress of Green Angel Syndicate portfolio companies

13/1/2020

 
By Antoine Pradayrol
Over the past two years, Green Angel Syndicate members have invested in 17 young and ambitious companies developing ground-breaking solutions to tackle global warming.

​Of those investments, a third were completed less than a year ago, and 11 were completed during 2018, so none of them is more than two years old – and it is still too early to know how successful these endeavours will ultimately be.

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Deeptech, Consumerism and Disruption

10/1/2020

 
by Nick Lyth, CEO and Founder of Green Angel Sydicate
​The term, Deeptech, is relatively new to the investment community.  It seems to be related to an older term, High Tech, but means a little bit more than the older term.  It ascribes a value to the nature of the technological innovation.  ​​The value is, loosely, a deeper impact on society and the economy than what, presumably, should now be described as Shallowtech.  
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​In other words, Deeptech is provided with a moral value, its products are believed to be agents for social and economic good, specifically, which carries with it an implication that ALL deep technology innovations will be improvements on the status quo.

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November 2019 pitch event review

4/12/2019

 
By Antoine Pradayrol
​Our 28th November pitch event at Browns Covent Garden in London broke another record in terms of attendance, and our eager audience of angel investors was treated with five high quality pitches from five ambitious companies in five very different areas of the green economy.

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