“𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰, 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌”.

Her experience underscores the urgent need to address the outdated mindsets that hold women back, especially in male-dominated fields.

Meet, Doerte Hirschberg, an investor and advisor for climate tech companies at Climentum Capital, encouraging innovation and advancements toward sustainability and climate change mitigation.

In the conversation, Doerte shared her journey in the field of investing, her experiences, along with many other interesting insights

She started her career as a consultant at McKinsey, and later led the global HR team as well as the incubation program at ‘Rocket Internet’ and started her journey in investing.

“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕”.

She started her climate impact-based fund called Climentum Capital, which has a team of 2 female and 3 male members.

In the conversation, she shared the challenges she faced while navigating the investment world as a woman. From juggling travel, meetings, and managing workload, to maintaining crucial networking channels, while shouldering the invisible burden of family and childcare.

It's a marathon with endless hurdles, further magnified by the stark underrepresentation of women in a historically male-dominated field.

Despite increasing efforts, the number of women founders and investors remains low in the startup and investing scene, alongside the capital they secure. While sectoral choices play a role, underlying factors like unconscious bias and limited access to networks likely contribute more significantly.

Through her conversation, she shared her journey navigating the climate tech funding landscape. Her fund invests in impactful startups across various sectors, including food tech, energy, and mobility, each playing a crucial role in her mission to mitigate climate change.

The fund plays a pivotal role in amplifying the voices of climate warriors like Continuum, who are revolutionizing wind turbine recycling. With their support, One. Five is another startup developing sustainable paper-based solutions to replace plastic packaging. These are just a few examples of how the fund empowers startups across sectors to make a measurable difference in curbing climate change.

Investing is a field with less female representation, but women like Doerte are paving a path toward gender inclusion and are role models for other women to look up to.

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