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Conference Programme

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Session

Parallel Session 11: Carbon Markets & Corporate Accountability
Location: Seminar Room 6 (Level 2)
Session Chair: S Viswanathan, Nanyang Technological University,

Presentation 3

Emissions Reduction Potential and Early-Stage Capital

Francisco Brahm¹, Xia Li¹, Claudio Rizzi², Nina Teng¹

1: London Business School; 2: IESE Business School, Spain

This paper examines how the positive climate impact of startup innovation affects venture capital (VC) investment decisions. We build a novel dataset that quantifies the emissions reduction potential (ERP) of climate-tech startups and merge it with VC investment records across North America and Europe. We find that startups with higher ERPs attract larger investments. To establish causality, we conduct a field experiment in collaboration with the UN Women climate-tech Accelerator, angel investor networks, and VC firms. The results suggest that investors show greater interest in startups with higher ERPs and that both financial and non-pecuniary motives influence funding decisions.