Featuring insights from leading minds at the forefront of industrial decarbonisation
Decarb TechInvest Europe brings together the most active, high quality participants in the ecosystem to drive forward those technologies that are positioned to serve real industrial need and which have shown they can already scale past series A. This moment in time presents a unique opportunity to both forge and strengthen connections with between focused investors and the best technology leadership teams.
At Decarb Tech Invest Europe, you’ll meet the right people, with the experience and capability to develop Europe’s FOAK models so that critical solutions survive the second valley of death (Series B+). It is the perfect platform to tackle this challenge, by ensuring meetings between the right collaborators and by delivering a diverse range of speakers, who are all ready share their insights into successful de-risking and scale of hardtech CO2 solutions.
Hear from 40+ experts from industry, hardware tech and across the capital stack:
Zachary Webb
Head of Investments EMEA Catalyst Funds M&G Investments
Irina Gorbounova
Vice President M&A and Head of XCarb Innovation ArcelorMittal
Vincent Triesschijn
Global Head Sustainable Investment ABN AMRO
Hannah-Mei Andrews
Investment Director Venture Capital Climate Investment (CI) Founded by OGCI
Diane Frachon
Director New Energy UK & Corporate Ventures SLB
Juan Nieto
Founding Partner Zacua Ventures
Nathaniel Lowbeer-Lewis
Principal Spring Lane Capital
Deanna Zhang
CEO V1 ClimateJoin the full capital stack to de-risk and scale crucial series B+ and FOAK hardtech solutions
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“We attended primarily to network with potential financial VC investors, which was helpful, but I was pleasantly surprised by how many of the ‘strategic’ CVC or industrial partners were to speak with us! We have made several connections since the event that I did not anticipate going in. Also, the content was extremely helpful for us to better understand the larger industrial partners decarbonising and how we should be thinking about approaching them (or where it may not be as natural a partnership fit as we assumed). I thought the conference structure was great – the panels were excellent; the roundtables were very well received and the app was straightforward.”
Matthew Bradley, CCO, Verde Technologies
“The discussion around the challenges and lessons learned, particularly in sizing FOAK appropriately and the importance of resilience, resonates with the obstacles we often face in this sector. Thanks to the Decarb Connect team for another awesome event, delighted to have had CarbonFree play our part in the conversation.”
Martin Keighley. CEO, CarbonFree
“A fantastic event. I met many, many interesting people, the quality of the programming was top-notch, and the execution was superb.”
Aisling Carlson, SVP Partnerships, GreenTown Labs
“Congratulations on a fantastic event. I particularly appreciated the strong strategic focus – understanding how major asset owners are engaging with both emerging and established technologies is crucial for investors and entrepreneurs alike.”
James Lindsay, Investment Director, Builders Vision
“Connecting at this event has reinforced to me the power of collaboration to drive meaningful change. The insights and knowledge shared during the event will undoubtedly inform our strategies moving forward…It was a great event!
David Perkins, SVP Sustainability and Public Affairs, Heidelberg Materials
Meet Our Featured Speakers
Faidon Prokopios, Group Head of New Technologies & Manufacturing Decarbonisation, TITAN Cement International
Is serving currently as the Head of New Technologies & Manufacturing Decarbonisation within TITAN Cement Group. In his current role Faidon is leading and coordinating the decarbonisation roadmap implementation across all industrial operations of the Group towards 35% carbon footprint reduction by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050.
Faidon has a long career within Titan Cement International, in different managerial and directing positions. He has a strong technical background in cement production operations, having served in various geographical locations within the Group. Through this journey, he has acquired deep knowledge and experience about participation of heavy industry in societal efforts to establish circular economy networks in different countries and the associated challenges.
Diane Frachon, Director New Energy UK & Corporate Ventures, SLB
Alongside her responsibility for SLB’s New Energy Business in the UK, Diane is part of SLB’s Corporate Ventures team, leading early-stage technology investments for the company’s Industrial Decarbonisation, Renewables & Energy Efficiency, and Critical Minerals businesses, key growth sectors reflecting the future of the energy industry.
Over the course of her 20-year career, Diane has worked across a diverse array of industries including Automotive, Retail and Food across several countries in Europe, the Middle East, the US and South America. Her multifaceted expertise spans manufacturing, product development, project and P&L management.
Oscar Hållén, CEO, CemVision
Oscar Hållén is the Chief Executive Officer at CemVision, an organisation backed by Polar Structure, Backing Minds, and Zacua Ventures. Oscar regularly contributes to topics like the green transition, featuring in publications like Bloomberg, The Financial Times, Sifted, and more. Oscar has had a varied career, with roles varying from being a speechwriter for a Swedish Prime Minister to his career in law. Before joining CemVision, Oscar held the role of Vice President at Klarna, where he previously acted as the General Counsel.
