7 February first StartGreen Investors Summit

18 January 2023

On 7 February 2023, StartGreen is organising its first Investors Summit: an exclusive investor relations event. It will be an interesting afternoon focused on impact investing, with engaging speakers and ample opportunity for networking. 

The event will take place in the Mauritszaal of the SDG House at the KIT. Willem Schramade will give a keynote on sustainable investing. Following this, 4 impact ventures from the portfolios of Borski Fund, PDENH and Energiefonds Overijssel present themselves with an elevator pitch, after which they will be interviewed by Katja Keuchenius.

The programme looks like this:

• 15:45 – 16:15: Arrival with coffee and tea.
• 15:15Welcome by StartGreen founders Coenraad de Vries and Laura Rooseboom. During their welcome speech, they will share their plans for the future.
• 16:30 Keynote speaker Willem Schramade on the importance of investing in impact enterprises and projects.
• 5.00 pm: Journalist Katja Keuchenius interviews managers from portfolio companies active in one of StartGreen's three impact areas: the energy transition, inclusivity & diversity, and circularity. What are the opportunities and what are the challenges?
• 17:30 – 19:00Drinks. After the plenary session, we would be delighted to raise a glass with attendees to a future full of opportunity. During the networking drinks, there will be ample opportunity to speak with other impact investors and entrepreneurs.

NB: With a view to the international participants, English will be the working language during the event.

These portfolio companies introduce themselves

• Aiir Innovations
  Cassandra Loor (Co-founder, COO)
  Aiir Innovations has developed an AI maintenance tool that enables partially automated inspection of aircraft engines. Aiir's software recognises defects on the engine's rotor blades, making the inspection process less labour-intensive. Borski Fund is investing in Aiir partly due to its particularly diverse team.
• S4 Energy
  Leo Visser (Chief Executive Officer)
  S4 Energy is a group of companies that designs and supplies electricity storage systems to third parties. Additionally, they manage their own installations in Almelo and Heerhugowaard, which provide stability to the electricity grid. Their patented KINEXT flywheel technology is exceptionally suited for rapidly exchanging large amounts of power with the electricity grid. Furthermore, it is being used for the electrification of container cranes in the Port of Rotterdam.
• Bomhofsplas Solar Park
  Jaap Baarsma (Project Director)
  The Bomhofsplas floating solar park is located on a sand-winning lake near Zwolle and is one of the larger floating solar parks in Europe. With a surface area of no less than 18 hectares and 72,000 panels, the solar park generates electricity for 7,000 households. The park is owned by a consortium of the local energy cooperative Blauwvinger Energie, Energiefonds Overijssel, and a private investor.
• Geothermal Energy Koekoekpolder
  Radboud Vorage (Project Director)
  In 2012, a number of vegetable growers from IJsselmuiden switched to sustainable geothermal energy; the greenhouses have since been heated with water pumped up from a depth of almost 2 kilometres. This has reduced the natural gas consumption of these horticultural businesses by 70 to 90 percent. The geothermal source produces as much heat annually as 3,200 households use together.

About Willem and Katja

Willem Schramade is Head of Sustainability Client Advisory at Schroders and author of the book Sustainable capitalism.As an independent financial advisor, he encourages companies to invest their money as sustainably as possible. He is also involved as a researcher and fellow at the Erasmus Platform for Sustainable Value Creation.

Katja Keuchenius is a freelance journalist specialising in sustainability. Her articles appear in Vrij Nederland, Home AffairsBoard, Daily Newspaper Trouw and it Fire Department. To do this, she interviews people who want to organise society more intelligently and responsibly.Would you like to attend this event? Please register via the button below or send an email to xavier@startgreen.nl.