Charlie Macdonald

Not another climate tech investor: Solving the resource bottleneck for batteries charliemacdonald.substack.com/p/solving-batt…

Love all of the questions from our amazing judges tonight! So lucky to have the incredible insights from @olympiayarger @morris_kate @chrisfromamber @RickiFriede at #impactpitchnight @StartupVic

Awesome pitch from @willWisedUp of Vyro - serious potential to shave years from the EV transition 🏎🏎👏👏 #impactpitchnight #startupvic

Amazing prez @IkramAkbarMelbo! Super relevant protection for kids🛡and love to see a founding team solving a problem they want to see tackled for their own family 👏👏

Pitch no. 2 - @hackersjackapp - teaching kids how to be safe in the digital world and become cyber resilient! #impactpitchnight @StartupVic

#impactpitchnight is on!! First off was @DanOwenWhitford from Pioneera, tech to preemptively track signs of workplace stress and burnout, to act ahead of time and avoid the worst of it. Can’t think of a more relevant time for the solution 👏👏👏 @GiantLeapVC @StartupVic

👋🏻🥰🎉🎉🎉 #impactpitchnight ⁦@StartupVic⁩ ⁦@GiantLeapVC⁩

"Impact Startups can build real and lasting change to solve some of the worlds biggest problems" - @willnrich #StartupVic #GiantLeap #ImpactPitchNight

From 2017 to today - the Impact Pitch Night movement keeps building!! #ImpactPitchNight This is an extra special year - We just announced the release our first Impact Highlights report, showcasing the incredible work of our Founders: static1.squarespace.com/static/56fa138…

Thrilled to be able to launch our 2021 Portfolio Impact Highlights tonight @StartupVic @GiantLeapVC #impactpitchnight static1.squarespace.com/static/56fa138…

📢 ATTN: Cleantech founders There are just 10 days left to apply to pitch at the Renewable Energy Founder Forum we are hosting this October in partnership with @ARENA_aus Apply now for the chance to open up pathways to funding and partnerships ⬇️ bit.ly/renewfounderfo…

🎉Some exciting Giant Leap news 🤖 MIT's top 10 genuine tech breakthroughs of the last year 🤯 The neuro-tech startups that will blow (or upload) your mind and more in the latest Small Steps - mailchi.mp/giantleapfund/…

Very proud to be backing @LikeFamilyAU, which is addressing loneliness for vulnerable people. Awesome that @Alberts_Impact & @PangaeaImpact are supporting too. Its a testament to Jenna & Mat being such genuine founders, solving a genuine human problem startupdaily.net/2020/11/impact…

🤑 A climate reckoning for super funds as Rest Super gets sued 💁 The gender imbalance of cash and house duties in All Raise's founder report 🌎 An architect's master vision for sustainable society And more in the latest Small Steps - mailchi.mp/giantleapfund/…

In the latest Small Steps newsletter... 🛒Inside YourGrocer’s make or break month 🍏Apple’s bid cut carbon out of its supply chain ♳ and plastic bottle roads. Dive in here - mailchi.mp/giantleapfund/…

In the latest Small Steps newsletter: 🦉 Darrell Wade, (Co-Founder, Intrepid Group),and some 30-year wisdom for managing crisis, 🔋 a big energy storage breakthrough with hydrogen tech, and the platform matching Black founders with VCs. Dive in here mailchi.mp/giantleapfund/…

“You only innovate when you’re uncomfortable and Australian innovators are uncomfortable. From an agtech and food tech perspective, Australia can lead because we’re facing a very real challenge” - @GoterraCBR @innovationbay about the need to innovate as climate change is here

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A 2018 Yale study found that impact business outperformed during the GFC (link in thread). What might this crisis bring out in the impact startup space? Will be addressing this + more in a live Q&A with @amilgrom at @weworklabs on 15th July. Join us: …orsocialimpactstartups.splashthat.com