Lord Gerry Grimstone, UK minister for investment, gave a keynote on the development of a fertile environment for the growth of decarbonisation technologies.

Sir Ronald Cohen, chair of the Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group, gave a keynote on impact investing and what he described as the impact revolution.

Mach49’s Paul Holland spoke with BlackRock Alternatives Investors’ Jim Barry on the latter’s firm’s climatetech strategy.

Representatives from University of Strathclyde, Conception X, SETsquared and Oxford University Innovation discussed how university ventures can spearhead sustainable innovation and deliver impact.

Henkel Tech Ventures’ Paolo Bavaj moderated a session on how the world’s investors are looking to make climate-conscious deals.

Hitachi’s chief environmental officer Alistair Dormer gave a keynote on the firm’s commitment to sustainability through innovation.

Introductions of the second day of the 10th GCV Symposium featured GCV’s James Mawson and chair Eileen Tanghal from In-Q-Tel.

Jeremy Nicholls from UN’s Development Programme and Natural Capital Research’s Beccy Wilebore spoke about avoiding the greenwash to locate the best source of capital.

Jens Madrian introduces Neom Energy, which is set to start investing in technology companies from 2023.

Salience Labs' founder and CEO Vaysh Kewada, Israel Venture Partner's founder Jacob Bryce and Business Innovation Consulting's principal director Ezra Carlson spoke about challenges and potential of investing in deep tech.