Accessing capital in a time of uncertainty: A view from across the capital stack; opportunities, challenges, and advice for startups
👉 Financing across the capital stack: a view from different financing providers on how startups can position to access capital during a time of increasing uncertainty.
Hosted by ArcTern Ventures & RBC
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🎤 Panelists:
Mira Inbar [Moderator]: Partner, ArcTern Ventures
Mira is a Partner with ArcTern Ventures, a venture capital fund which invests early-stage climate technologies. Mira has over twenty years working in the climate sector. She started her career working with mining companies in Africa on carbon and biodiversity offset projects. She then spent over a decade in the chemical, utility, and oil & gas sectors where she built clean energy business lines, led M&A transactions, and invested in late stage companies. She was on the ground floor of building a battery business for Dow Chemical, led the rollout of a solar and wind portfolio for NRG Energy, and created a home energy business for Shell.
Mira holds a Bachelor’s in Science from Oberlin College and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. Mira serves on the board of six companies.
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Moses Choi: U.S. Head of Sustainable Finance, RBC Capital Markets
Moses Choi is a Managing Director and the U.S. Head of Sustainable Finance at RBC Capital Markets. As part of the Sustainable Finance Group, Moses collaborates with corporate and institutional clients to deliver innovative sustainable finance solutions. He joined the firm in 2021 with a focus on U.S. Capital Markets opportunities. As a part of RBC's commitment to invest C$1Bn into innovative climate solutions, Moses helps emerging climate ventures access the broad offerings of RBC Capital Markets. Moses previously Head of Digital and Sustainable Finance within the corporate venture team at Orange and has held corporate and investment banking roles at Citi and Morgan Stanley.
Moses holds BA and BSc degrees from Cornell University and a master's degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
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Bala Nagarajan: Managing Director, Energy Investments, S2G Ventures
Bala Nagarajan is a Managing Director of the Energy Investment team. Bala has over 15 years of experience in the Energy sector originating and executing transactions across the globe. Prior to joining S2G, Bala served as a Managing Director at NextEra Energy, where he led the Climate Tech Ventures team. Before NextEra, Bala helped set up Equinor's clean energy fund in London and relocated to New York City in 2018 to lead their Americas team. Prior to that, Bala was the Co-founder and CEO of Dawn Energy, a renewable energy development platform in the UK. His prior experiences include roles with PwC, Arthur Andersen, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, and Huck Capital.
Bala is a Chartered Accountant from India and an MBA graduate from IESE Business School, Spain.
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Stephan Feilhauer: Partner, Next Gen Infrastructure, Antin Infrastructure Partners
Stephan Feilhauer is a Partner with Antin’s Next Gen Infrastructure fund in New York that focuses on scaling companies at the intersection of infra with technology, industrials and clean energy. He has more than 15 years of experience as an investor in the US, Europe and Asia. Stephan started his career at Goldman Sachs (London) and Deutsche Bank (New York and Singapore) focused on renewable energy investments. He then spent 7 years at Macquarie Capital (New York) investing in infra-tech and industrial-tech companies in the US and Europe. Between 2021 and 2023 he was Co-Head of an Energy Transition Fund at a large US family office.
He holds a BSc in Engineering and Finance from LSE and UCL as well as an MSc in Civil & Environmental Engineering from MIT.
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Jonathan Mi: Managing Director and Head of Americas Investments, CREO Syndicate
Jonathan is the Managing Director and Head of Americas Investments for CREO, a community of family offices committed to investing in climate solutions. He sources and facilitates direct and fund investments for CREO members, who have collectively deployed more than $60b into climate and sustainability investments. Jonathan previously helped manage Brightpath Capital, an impact focused venture capital firm focused on cleantech and food/ag opportunities. Prior to Brightpath, he helped Gryphon Investors launch its healthcare strategy and completed buyouts across the business services and education industries. Jonathan started his career at Merrill Lynch where he executed global technology M&A transactions.
Jonathan holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Molecular Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a Chancellor’s Scholar. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Agricultural Institute of Marin.
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Sarah Thompson: Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Finance RBC Capital Markets
As head of the Sustainable Finance Group, Sarah works closely with institutional, corporate and government clients globally who are integrating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations into their organizational strategies, investment processes, and external disclosures.
Since joining RBC in 2011 as the bank’s first Green IT Manager, Sarah has held several sustainability roles including overseeing RBC’s enterprise-wide operational footprint reduction initiatives, producing ESG disclosures, and supporting business units with the development of sustainable finance products, services, and advice. She was instrumental in the establishment of RBC’s Green Bond Program in 2019 and RBC’s Sustainable Commercial Paper Program in 2022.
Sarah represents RBC Capital Markets on the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Investor Advisory Group (IIAG) and the Government of Canada’s Sustainable Finance Action Council (SFAC) Taxonomy Technical Expert Group (TTEG).
Sarah is based in Toronto, Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics from McGill University and an MBA in Sustainability from York University’s Schulich School of Business.
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