The quest to scale tiny climate startups
Albert Bielinko, General Partner at Telstra Ventures shares his insight on what it takes for a climate tech startup to secure funding.
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View LinkedIn ProfileAlbert has helped founders build businesses that matter at Telstra Ventures for the last six years.
In a past life, he co-founded an on-demand food delivery service in Sydney. For his sins, Albert was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs for almost 5 years where he successfully avoided sleeping (and covered Technology, Media and Telecommunications, executing numerous transactions – from multibillion-dollar mergers to sales to IPOs). Albert started off as a corporate lawyer, giving him rudimentary legal ninja skills.
He has a keen sense for unconventional ideas that end up working. At university, he co-founded the Young Entrepreneurs Society, where he dressed up as a large bear and hi-fived students at Orientation Week to get new members. It worked! Albert spent years investing for a start-up funds management firm that grew to $3B AUM, so he knows what a small, passionate team can accomplish with ingenuity and lots of pizza.
Albert Bielinko, General Partner at Telstra Ventures shares his insight on what it takes for a climate tech startup to secure funding.
Albert Bielinko, Climate Tech Partner at Telstra Ventures, shares his insight on how investing in data will move the needle on climate change software, specifically on in regards to climate transition, reducing waste and increasing efficiency, and how data is a key ingredient to climate change.