Welcome to Carbon13’s podcast “Climate Takes” where we ask special guests for their “takes” on their industry and climate challenge, as well as setting a call to action, asking what will it take to solve the climate emergency?
On Climate Takes Capital, we’re looking at money and where it goes in climatetech and why. $44 billion was invested into climatetech in 2024, with one in six of those dollars invested in the UK – including a billion spent on AI Climatetech.
In this episode, Carbon13’s very own Founding Partner Michael Langguth and Min Dhillon, Head of Capital, share their takes on the climatetech investment landscape. >>>
About the episode
Carbon13 has invested £10 million into nearly 80 ventures since 2021, with the portfolio now having a collective potential to reduce emissions by 500 million tonnes per year when at scale. Michael and Min have played a leading role in that investment activity since the beginning, and they’re sharing their insights and takes on climatetech investment, including:
- Michael Langguth shares his journey from ecommerce founder to climatetech funder, as cofounder of Carbon13
- Why working on getting Carbon13 startups funded is the best part of Min Dhillon’s day
- Climatetech often means deeptech and hardtech – what’s the funding journey for those startups and how does it differ to software
- What investors like Carbon13 and others look for in investable teams.
- Europe’s strengths in funding deeptech and what’s coming up in 2025
- And finally, capital doesn’t always mean money…

"Capital flows to the most exciting opportunity for change
Michael Langguth, Cofounding Partner of Carbon13
Also on Climate Takes
We ask special guests for their “takes” on their industry and climate challenge, as well as setting a call to action, asking what will it take to solve the climate emergency?