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SUMMARY:Distinguished Enterprise Lecture | Building climate innovation plat
 forms at scale – a perspective from the Global South
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.\nSpeaker: Nalin Agarwal\, Founding Part
 ner at the Climate Collective Foundation (South Asia’s largest climate
  tech startup support platform)\; and\, a Founding Partner at the Climat
 e Seeds Fund (an upcoming pre-Series A VC fund for Indian climate tech st
 artups).\n\nTalk: Building Climate Innovation Platforms at Scale – a per
 spective from the Global South\nThis Distinguished Enterprise Lecture refl
 ects on a journey from serial founder-entrepreneur to co-founding Climate 
 Collective Foundation\, South Asia’s largest climate tech startup platfo
 rm – now expanding across the Global South.\nThe keynote focuses on a ce
 ntral question: how do we move from building successful companies to build
 ing ecosystems that consistently produce climate innovation at scale?\nDra
 wing on real-world experience\, the talk examines the role of the ecosyste
 m orchestrator and the enterprise choices that underpin it: platform desig
 n across acceleration\, capital\, piloting with large incumbents\, and a v
 ibrant community\; blended financial models that align philanthropic grant
 s\, corporate demand\, and commercial revenues\; and partnership strategie
 s spanning government\, corporates/utilities\, multilaterals (e.g. UNEZA@I
 RENA) and academia (e.g. Undaunted@Imperial).\nThe talk will conclude with
  a forward look at the next phase of the Global South climate transition (
 and Climate Collective’s role in it)\; along with initial ideas and an o
 pen-forum discussion on collaboration opportunities with Imperial College 
 London.\nThis lecture forms part of the Department of Chemical Engineering
 ’s annual Distinguished Seminar Series 2026\, and is open to departmenta
 l staff and PhD students\, as well as a quota for external persons. Regist
 rations will open soon\, watch this space. 
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/207027/distinguished-enterprise-lectu
 re-building-climate-innovation-platforms-at-scale-a-perspective-from-the-g
 lobal-south/
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LOCATION:LT1\, ACE Extension\, South Kensington Campus\, Imperial College L
 ondon\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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