Above & Beyond - Climate Tech Recruitment

We’ve gained quite a few new followers recently so we thought we would do an updated introduction to Above and Beyond Recruitment🚀 So, who are we?💭 We started almost two years ago, with the goal to partner with ClimateTech companies, to enable them to attract the talent they need to build a better future. How do we do this?🤔 ✨ Retained recruitment: Whether you’re looking to make one key hire into your leadership team, or build out a whole team of Product or Engineering specialists, we can support you. ✨ Contract recruitment: As your business grows, it can be important to bring in part-time, fractional or short-term specialists to help you on your journey. We can help you source and onboard industry specialists quickly and efficiently. ✨ Advisory services: Whether you want us to form part of your Board of Advisors or whether you want us to offer consultancy services on an ad-hoc basis, we are here to help you build, define and execute your talent and employer brand strategy as you grow. Want to find out more? Check out our brand new website here 👉 https://bit.ly/3lYLj4n #carbonconsciouswebsite #carbonconscious #recruitment #retainedrecruitment #hiring #brandstrategy #talent #softwareengineers #product

😃 We had a great time at Reset Connect last week! It was lovely to meet some people in-person for the first time after chatting online, and to catch up with others. Which other events should we make sure we and our new merch are at? 👋 Great to see you Louise Thomas, Johanna Andersson, Loan Blewett, Sam Weller, Raghav Malik, Andy Rees, Tristan Shaw and Ed Perryman. #ClimateTech #GreenTech #ResetConnect #ClimateEvents

Things to do this Thursday (4th July) - ✅ vote and ✅ learn how to save the planet's ecosystems. 🦋 The threat to our planet’s biodiversity is far-reaching and involves more than just the habitat destruction that people often first think of. It is impacted by climate change, pollution, over-exploitation and invasive species. 🌸 Come along to the Working in Sustainable Technology session this Thursday at 12:30pm (BST) to hear from Tim Coles from rePLANET and Chris Burnett from Map Impact, about their work to support and preserve our precious ecosystems for the 8.7million species that live here. You can register via the link in the comments. 📩 #ClimateTech #Biodiversity #WorkonClimate

💚 GOOD GREEN NEWS (no.7) 💚 - We're off to the races and the Olympics in this roundup, plus good progress for ocean-based carbon removal and cows being taxed. Read on for more... 🏇 Royal Ascot have appointed carbon removals firm CUR8 to rein in emissions and help them reach their target of being net zero by 2040. 🇨🇭 Carbonfuture has signed a groundbreaking 7-year contract with Swiss Re to supply a minimum of 70,000 tonnes of biochar carbon removal credits, with key supplier, Exomad Green. 🍔 Plant-based meat alternatives company THIS™ has raised a £20m Series C round from Planet First Partners. 🚲 Brompton Bicycle have created the first 100% fully post-consumer recycled aluminium wheel-rims in partnership with Norsk Hydro. This innovation forms part of their goal to make a net-zero bike by 2050. 📈 Sylvera's VP of Ratings, Jess Roberts, has been featured on GreenBiz Group's 30 Under 30. Congrats Jess! 🥂 🌊 Equatic.tech, in partnership with Deep Sky and Arup, unveiled plans to build North America’s first commercial-scale ocean-based carbon removal facility in Quebec. It will be the largest ocean-based carbon removal plant in the world, with the capacity to remove 109,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and produce 3,600 tonnes of green hydrogen per year. 🌲 INERATEC has partnered with fellow climate pioneers SOLER Group to construct an innovative Power-to-Liquid plant in Southern France. The plant will produce renewable biocarbon and e-Fuels, maximising resource efficiency by using wood and renewable hydrogen as feedstocks. In total, it will avoid an equivalent of 100,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually. 🇩🇰 Denmark has introduced a €100/t CO2 tax for livestock in agriculture and will use the proceeds to create the Green Area Fund to support farmers and the industry with the transition. The country has also invested €1.35b into biochar carbon removal. 🇫🇷 Paris-based Climate Tech startup Estuaire has secured €2.2 million in Seed funding, led by Satgana, to advance its data analytics platform. 🇬🇧 GV (Google Ventures) led a £14m ($18m) investment in Climate X, a London-based startup specialising in climate risk tools for financial institutions, to support its expansion into the US market. 🏅 Abatable have partnered with the Paris 2024 - Comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de 2024 to enable the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 to invest in a lasting climate legacy and a positive future for climate, nature and people. #ClimateTech #ClimateChange #WorkonClimate #ClimateNews

❤️ Thanks for the shoutout Kana Earth - the internship scheme is always a highlight of the year for us. Good luck Tanay Sonawane!

💡 Series five of the Climate Pioneers Show gave SO many insights, lessons and tips for founders and investors!! We’ve chosen a handful of our favourites here and we can’t wait to see what series six will bring later in the summer. 📈 Our next series will focus on scaling deep tech solutions in climate. We’re starting to speak to potential guests now, so if there’s someone you think we should speak to, or even if you want to put yourself forward, let us know in the comments. 📩 You can catch up with all previous episodes from series one to five on our YouTube channel and as a podcast on Apple, Spotify and Acast. https://lnkd.in/ewp9btxT 👀 “You can’t be what you can’t see.” - Marla Shapiro (HERMESA) Straight to the point and an overarching theme across most episodes this time, was the fact that we need FAR more diversity in investment. ❤️ “Social mobility is the key thing that I’m really, really passionate about and climate is my close second… Something that is making the world a better place was crucial for me to be investing my money back in.” - Neda Sahebelm (keshty) Whether it’s the focus of your business or your investment thesis, choosing something you have a deep-rooted passion for can make a world of difference. People know when you genuinely care and believe in what you’re doing. It’s infectious too! 🗣 “Talk about your startup, talk about your mission, long before you plan to raise, so more people know about you.” - Ben Keene (Raaise) It’s never too early to start laying the foundations for fundraising. Make sure you get your name out there, so you can have warm conversations when the time comes. 💰 “Never say no, because one of our investors that came in with £5k, that opened up for £100k.” - Anna Sandgren (Unibloom) The fundraising landscape is far narrower than you might think, and a warm intro can go a long way! A small cheque today could lead to something huge in the future. 🤝 “We had a lot of help from our previous investors and we’d been through a few incubator hubs that were really helpful in introducing us.” - Molly Allington Leverage your network as much as possible, build relationships along the way and don’t be afraid to ask for introductions. Most people are more than happy to help. 👩🎓 “There’s a vast education gap, how you package up the story and how you present to VCs… They didn’t have a network of entrepreneurs, so they couldn’t turn to anyone for mentorship or for guidance… They didn’t have access to capital or networks of capital.” - Andy Ayim MBE (Angel Investing School) Many startups struggle to close funding rounds and Andy has pinpointed the three main challenges that founders face and is working to resolve them. ⚡ “Two or three years ago, John Kerry said, ’50% of the technologies that we need to fight climate change haven’t been invented yet.’” - 🔋 Cam Ross If you ever need a reminder that the work you do is vital and desperately needed, remember this!

👋 We're at Reset Connect today and tomorrow. Come and visit us to discuss building an impactful team, your next career move, or just to say hello. We're right next to the People and Careers Hub. #ResetConnect #ClimateTech #GreenTech #ClimateFounders

🙋♀️ Are you a UK-based climate tech founder? Have you joined our Climate Tech Pioneers community? If you join now, you'll be in time to come along to our in-person event in London on July 17th - Understanding the Legalities of Fundraising, with VC lawyer, Fran Spooner. ❓ Who are we for? ✅ Founders and C-Suite of UK-based climate tech start-ups. ✅ VCs and angels investing in climate start-ups at pre-seed to series A. ❓ What can you expect? 💚 A space for founders to connect with each other privately, in a locked channel, to share their challenges, issues and ask for advice. 💚 A space for investors to connect with each other privately, in a locked channel, to share live deals. 💚 An open channel for founders and investors to connect - where founders can post their fundraise and reach out to suitable investors. ❓ Where does it take place? 💻 On Slack. ☕️ But we also hold bi-monthly roundtable sessions focused on different aspects of the start-up and fundraising journey. We alternate between in-person and virtual for these. ❓ How do I join? Comment on this post and we'll be in touch with a joining link. We will be reviewing everyone before giving access to the group - we want this to be a safe, valuable and relevant space for founders and funders. #ClimateTechPioneers #ClimateTech #WorkonClimate #AngelInvestors #ClimateInvestors #ClimateFounders

💪 As an I/O psychologist, fractional COO, daughter of refugee parents and working-class woman of colour, Neda Sahebelm lives to achieve more with less, and has helped the likes of FOX, National Geographic and Multiverse, scale diverse and incredible teams. Now she's sharing that experience with many more via her company, keshty, and through her angel investing. 🎙 For this final episode of series five of the Climate Pioneers Show, Cherry Swayne spoke with Neda about her varied experiences to-date and how she came to take her first steps along the angel investment path. 📩 You can watch the whole conversation via the YouTube link below or catch up with this and all previous episodes on Apple, Spotify and Acast. https://lnkd.in/eK3UccZ6 #AngelInvestment #ClimatePioneersShow #ClimateChange #FemaleInvestor #ClimateTech

📣 Less than ONE WEEK to go until Reset Connect London 2024! 🚀 We’re exhibiting at @resetconnect London next week, the UK’s leading sustainability and net-zero event, on 25-26 June at ExCeL London. Don't miss out on unparalleled networking opportunities, the chance to engage with hundreds of exhibitors, and the chance to meet us of course! 🙂 This year's conference is the biggest yet, featuring over 7500 attendees, 400 speakers and 250 exhibitors. Join us at ExCeL London, 25-26 June 2024. Register now, for free, via the link below. https://lnkd.in/exATn2q8 #resetconnect #sustainability #netzero #climateaction #climatechange #cleantech