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Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/20\/climate-change-investing-lisa-lambert\/<\/a><\/br>
\nThreading the needle: 5 questions for National Grid Partners\u2019 Lisa Lambert<\/br>
\n2023-04-20 22:04:53<\/br><\/p>\n

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The Arctic is melting<\/span>, while hurricanes, blizzards and heat waves leave millions of people and animals in disarray. Lisa Lambert, the head of National Grid\u2019s CVC National Grid Partners, told TechCrunch+ that environmental and social concerns should be top of mind right now for any smart investor.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot because it\u2019s the right thing to do, but because there\u2019s an enormous opportunity,\u201d she said. Through her work, she invests in technology focused on climate change and mitigation. Though funding to climate startups dropped slightly in Q1, she sees that as a mere reflection of the overall venture downturn. \u201cBy no means do I see the beginning of a concerning trend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead, she points to the fact that the International Energy Agency estimates that global investment in climate technology needs to hit $4 trillion<\/a> a year by the end of this decade to meet the promises that government and corporations made of becoming net-zero; that\u2019s four times<\/a> more than it is right now. She expects the federal Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act and the EU Green Industrial Plan to infuse billions of dollars into the sector; she estimates that trillions of dollars in private investment capital will be waiting to back scalable climate-focused technology.<\/p>\n

Through her work, she leads the charge. Lambert founded National Grid Partners in January 2018, when she and other leaders at the company realized it was best to \u201cdisrupt ourselves before we were disrupted.\u201d National Grid is one of the largest utility companies in the world and owns various electric and natural gas networks to power the United Kingdom and the Northeastern United States. Lambert said the company is under a mandate from the British government to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur CEO recognized that getting there would require new investments in technology to achieve the \u2018three Ds\u2019: digitalization, decentralization and decarbonization,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Previously, Lambert was a GP at a clean tech fund and before that spent nearly two decades at Intel Capital, one of the world\u2019s oldest and largest CVCs. She moved from Intel to climate tech because she had a thesis that the sector was due for a \u201crenaissance\u201d following the clean tech bubble collapse in the early 2000s. \u201cAnd because, as a mother, I can\u2019t think of a more important sector to invest in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She has a point: By 2050, which is the target to reach net-zero, the oldest of Generation Z<\/a> will only be in their early 50s. \u201cAs a corporate VC, we\u2019re measured not just on financial return but also on how much operational and strategic value our portfolio provides to our parent company,\u201d Lambert said.<\/p>\n

Under her, NGP has allocated $400 million to 40 startups and four specialty funds in which NGP is a limited partner. It\u2019s had seven exits to date, including five unicorns; for those interested in pitching, the fund is currently stage agnostic. At the same time, the firm has focused on opening doors for founders to enter the highly regulated and tough utility market while providing ways to further use technology to innovate a sector with a critical role in climate mitigation.<\/p>\n

I caught up with Lambert to ask her five questions about the future of NGP and the importance of her work.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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