Marilyn Waite

The Cap Table Coalition is made up of high-growth startups, VC firms, and emerging fund managers who want to work to close the racial wealth gap. If you are an underrepresented investor or a founder looking to pledge, join us! https://captablecoalition.com/ Inspired by the Act One Diversity Rider and Finix’s fundraising efforts to diversify startup cap tables, were working to make it as easy as possible for everyone to join the movement.

COI Energy is a digital energy management company on a mission to decarbonize buildings by eliminating energy waste and repurposing the waste for Good. We take a holistic approach to eliminating energy waste by optimizing energy behaviors with the ability to monetize energy asset flexibility for Demand Response, Energy Efficiency, and Renewable Energy markets. COI is a technology and vendor agnostic firm that is focused on the success of its clients. Our goal is help our clients capitalize on their flexible energy capacity by providing a platform to buy, sell and gift capacity to improve the energy performance of buildings, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and uplift energy insecure communities.

Capital for Sustainability (C4S) is a philanthropic revolving fund designed to serve as both a market demonstration tool for how the for-profit financial ecosystem can support sustainability and a driver for systemic change so that the rules of the economy favor all people and the planet. The focus is on low and middle income countries and climate mitigation and adaptation solutions.

EFRAG is a private association established in 2001 with the encouragement of the European Commission to serve the public interest. EFRAG extended its mission in 2022 following the new role assigned to EFRAG in the CSRD, providing Technical Advice to the European Commission in the form of fully prepared draft EU Sustainability Reporting Standards and/or draft amendments to these Standards. Its Member Organisations are European stakeholders and National Organisations and Civil Society Organisations. EFRAG’s activities are organised in two pillars: A Financial Reporting Pillar: influencing the development of IFRS Standards from a European perspective and how they contribute to the efficiency of capital markets and providing endorsement advice on (amendments to) IFRS Standards to the European Commission. Secondly, a Sustainability Reporting Pillar: developing draft EU Sustainability Reporting Standards, and related amendments for the European Commission.

Aera VC invests in early stage ventures building transformative technology to reverse climate change and accelerate the world towards a sustainable future.

The Climate Finance Fund (CFF) helps to mobilize capital for climate solutions. CFF focuses on China, the European Union, and the United States, and on capital allocators across the supply chain: consumers, small and medium sized enterprises, large non-financial corporations, and banks and asset managers. CFF also provides expertise to market rule makers, like financial regulators, on climate and clean energy finance. There are two pillars of the work: innovative finance and the systemic decarbonization of capital. Launched on 15 September 2021, CFF is a platform supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and hosted by the European Climate Foundation.

The Cap Table Coalition is made up of high-growth startups, VC firms, and emerging fund managers who want to work to close the racial wealth gap. If you are an underrepresented investor or a founder looking to pledge, join us! https://captablecoalition.com/ Inspired by the Act One Diversity Rider and Finix’s fundraising efforts to diversify startup cap tables, were working to make it as easy as possible for everyone to join the movement.