Who Gets Funded Determines What Gets Built: Fixing Climate Capital

Only 16% of global climate finance needs are currently being met. Meanwhile, the founders most likely to bring diverse, overlooked solutions to the table — women-led climate ventures — receive just 1% of climate tech funding. This isn’t a diversity issue. It’s a capital allocation failure. Julie Blane and Carmel Rafaeli, Founding Partners of The Table, lead a candid, practitioner-grounded conversation on how capital stacks that combine philanthropy, catalytic grants, and venture can de-risk early innovation, crowd in follow-on funding, and unlock the climate solutions we’re currently leaving behind.