What 350+ startups have taught us about making innovation accessible to solve the climate crisis and scaling climate tech solutions.

Climate technology holds the promise of solving the climate crisis, but getting from innovation to impact is anything but straightforward. The real challenge isn’t just developing breakthrough innovations but making them affordable, accessible, and commercially viable for the communities that need them most.

From battery recycling technologies that slash replacement costs to pay-as-you-go solar irrigation pumps transforming smallholder farming, the solution is in reimagining both the product and how people access it.

But affordability alone cannot drive scale without strong market access. Early stage innovations succeed when they build strategic local partnerships that help them navigate fragmented markets, develop strong local infrastructure and supply chains, and understand the local policy and regulatory landscape.

For investors, it means rethinking traditional evaluation frameworks, embracing milestone-based funding, and recognising that early-stage climate tech demands patient capital and tailored due diligence.

Intellecap’s Prachi Seth decodes how tailored support to startups, encompassing technical development and technology validation, business model innovation, market engagement, and investor readiness, collectively enable innovators to scale impactful solutions that contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation and inclusive economic growth.

Read the full paper to know more.