As the urgent of the climate work increases, Europe has the main opportunity to lead the next stage of the innovation of Climb Climb. In this conversation, Fernando Kasado Kaik shared an optimistic view of the European enterprise from the first line of the capital. As the co-founder and general partner of the Incmo Climate Technology Fund, he has brought investment to climate innovation that mixes deep skills in investing, international development and sustainability.
Fernando creates the case to accelerate climate technology, extending the AI-powered energy grid in reincarnate agriculture. He discusses the rise of Barcelona as the center of climate innovation and highlights how the founder is moving towards a market-driven solution. And when acknowledging global uncertainty, he highlighted the opportunities to ignore the sectors like water and agroite, how a strong European climate technology can drive both environmental impact and commercial success – regardless of political change across the Atlantic.
Can you start with us by sharing a general partner of the Inclimo Climate Technology Fund? What has made your view of the role of Venture Capital in the face of climate challenges?
My journey has been transformed by a deep-rooted faith that technology-powered solutions are the key to accelerating the climate of the climate. Before launching the Inclimo, I spent the years to work for sustainability with the UN, Development Bank, Multinational Agencies and Foundations, learn by fraudulent in effects and development that requires good and financial entrepreneurs that create your high-impacting introduction to increase systemic change and promote. We have seen great opportunities to create a founder-first, influence-driven investment company focusing on scaleable solutions throughout European climate ecology.
The European Climate Technology sector has been significantly developed in recent years. From your point of view, how do you observe the change in the climate challenges of the organization, whether in the case of business models, technologies, or partnerships?
An example has changed how the founders think about climate technology. In the past, climate-centered startups were often seen as mission-driven, first initiatives that fought to attract mainstream investors. Today, that narrative is changing:
- Business models are developing – Startups to create financially compulsory models are going out of subsidies and ESG descriptions. Carbon accounting, energy flexibility and circular economy innovations are deeply integrated into enterprise activities.
- Fulfits the hardware software There is a growing push for digitally capable climate solutions, from the AI-powered energy grid to predominant analysis for resource optimization. The intelligence intelligence of IoT, automation and data is where we see huge potential.
- Strategic cooperation -Establishment is involved in more cross-industry partnerships, working with corporations, urban government and utility suppliers to work with. Climate technology does not scale into isolation-it is successful with ecosystem-based cooperation.
Climate technology contains any vertical vertical that you believe that the converter is likely to be ignored by the broad investment community? Does this region especially impact and invest in investment interesting from the point of view?
The most neglected in the climate technology are the intersection of water and agriculture, especially Spain, where the agricultural economy plays an important role in the agricultural economy and depends on the availability of water. About 5% of the country’s water consumption is tied to agriculture, drought and desert are intensifying a lot of pressure on food production. Both the agricultural food industry is the main contribution to the emission and is extremely risky for climate change, yet technical innovation in water efficiency, accuracy irrigation and climate-dependent farming is recognized. Smart water management, AI-powered yield optimization and enhancing regenerative agricultural productivity can significantly reduce environmental impact.
From the point of view of investment, agricultural discipline throughout Spain and Europe is highly fragmented, which creates a lot of inefficiency in water use, soil health and food distribution. Eye-driven irrigation, water solution, regeneration farming practice and biological fertilizers are ready to adapt the use of resources when reducing emissions. Additionally, blockchain-enable tracedes, cold-chain logistics and predominant food demand models can reduce food waste and drive efficiency in chains supply.
When evaluating potential investments, how do you balance the urgent climate effects of urgent climate effects and a medium-term financial return against the possibilities of long-term converting technology?
In Inclaimo, we go to every investment on a case-case-case basis, the systemic change in climate technology recognizes a long-term goal. However, we are extremely realistic in our investment strategy, focusing on companies that have already demonstrated traction-which means that we do not invest in the market pre-initiative. Our role is to accelerate startups that are at an important growth stage, where additional capital and strategic assistance can scale their effects and financial returns significantly. It ensures that our portfolio companies are not only committed ideas, but the proven solutions are ready to expand their market presence and climate contribution.
Instant climate effects, medium-term return and accuracy are needed to balance the long-term transformation. We invest in agencies that directly impact on obvious commercial reality, scaleable technology and decorbonization, resource skills or notification economics models. Although the breakthrough dip-tech solutions can take years to mature, our focus proves the model of their business in the real economy. With a strict selection process, we can make sure that we are only suitable for those companies to successfully scale the right team and the right market.
You were actively involved in the creation of the Climate Technology community in Barcelona through various events and meetups. What is the unique benefit of Barcelona climate innovation, and what gaps still need to fill in Barcelona as a true leader in climate technology?
Barcelona is at a turning point of evolution as a climate technology center. The city has all the right ingredients: a rich entrepreneurial ecology, where the growing number of startups are challenging the strength, mobility, circular economy and city elasticity; Local government initiatives are a progressive policy environment supporting green infrastructure and sustainable-centered projects; And encourages the progress of deep technology in world -class research institutes, material science, clean power and water management. These factors have identified Barcelona as one of Europe’s most exciting climate innovation ecosystems, which attract talent and capital throughout the continent.
Nevertheless, despite this speed, the critical gaps remain. Transformation from early innovation to greater implementation is still a challenge, because quarn many committed startups for hardware-heavy climate technology, in the growth phase, fights to secure the series A/B rounds, limiting their ability to scale out of the pilot project. At the same time, strong industry cooperation is needed to meet the gap between startups, corporations and municipal authorities, which ensures innovations that are transformed into real-world infrastructure and supply chains from the test environment. To the end, when Barcelona is an interesting destination for the early stages, the challenge is to support the scale-up episode in areas like top-level technical talent-especially AI, energy system and industrial decorbonization.
Recent changes in the US Climate Policy and EU Omnibus initiative are causing some uncertainty. How are you seeing these changes to transform the Climate Technology ecosystem in Europe?
Regulatory shifts, especially by the return of the Trump administration, are obliged to create short -term turmoil in global climate policy. However, history has shown that the sustainable movement is incredibly elastic – it has grown and has developed, often facing political push and economic downturn. In different ways, these obstacles can strengthen the climate technology ecosystem, forced to innovate, market-driven adoption and concentrate on expenses instead of relying in policy enthusiasm or favorable governments to ensure the success of startups and investors. The companies that have success in an uncertain environment are that in the long run it will be really scalcable and effective.
What is clear is that Europe must lead the global climate technology agenda. The EU is in a unique position to determine the quality of climate innovation, with the EU’s green contract industry planning, carbon pricing and double-driven regulations. Although US principles can vary depending on the political cycle, Europe is moving towards the structural transformation of its economy, with long -term strategies, changing energy, notifications and climate elasticity. For startups, this means regulatory landscapes can be changed, but the basic drivers of demand – skill, price competition and impact – will remain steady.
That is why we believe that the current uncertainty will finally produce strong, more elastic climate startups. The best companies are not supported by the policy, as they are commercially effective, scaleable and necessary for the future economy.
The rapid progress of AI technologies is disrupting every industry. Are you seeing AI as an accelerator for a climate solution, or there is a risk that the industry is underestimating?
AI is a huge enabled for climate technology – but with challenges. In positively, it enhances grid optimization, predominant climate modeling and resource skills. However, AI’s energy consumption and potential bias for decision -making require careful supervision. The key ensures that the AI ​​solutions make the sustainable influence maximize without involuntary trade-offs.
In anticipation of the next five years, you are expecting a major transition to the climate technology sector and how is Incimo stand yourself to support the founders through this change?
The next five years will bring deep transformation to the climate technology sector, industrial rebuilding industry, supply discipline and the way we contact the planet. One of the most exciting shifts is in regenerative agriculture, where the relationship between people and the land is through a fundamental rebuilding. At the same time, we are entering a new era of combining between energy, mobility and smart infrastructure, mainly powered by AI and digitalization. Distributed energy will be accelerated by the grid, the grid solution from the vehicles and the transformation of the hyper-housing city system, real-time data, predictional analysis and automation.
Probably the most important change is the mainstream of climate technology. Regardless of political weather, we are witnessing structural changes in investment priorities-investors, zealous capitalist and corporate funds are increasingly embedded in their portfolio. Climate technology is no longer niche; It is becoming a fundamental pillar of global meaning and economic strategies.
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