The Massive.challenge is a bi-annual 3-month program that aims to help participants concerned about the climate crisis find and launch their first climate project. The Demo Day event is the conclusion of the program where the best projects from the cohort pitches to our jury and a winner is picked.

But that’s not all!

The Demo Day is hosted by Marie Louise Gørvild and will also feature talks by the following experts:

Connie Hedegaard, Former EU Commissioner for Climate Action

European Commissioner for Climate Action in the European Commission 2010-2014 and formerly Minister of Environment in Denmark. Currently she is chairing a number of foundations and executive boards, including OECD’s Round Table for Sustainability, KR Foundation, Aarhus University, and Denmark’s green think tank, Concito. Moreover, she serves as board member in Danfoss, Nordex, Teknologisk Institut, European Climate Foundation and more.

Lubomila Jordanova, Founder and CEO of PlanA.Earth and co-founder of Greentech Alliance

Plan.A. is a a Berlin-based startup developing an end-to-end platform that enables companies to measure, monitor and reduce their environmental footprint and improve their ESG performance. She is also the co-founder of the Greentech Alliance, a community of 500+ startups which are connected to over 350+ advisors from VC, media and business. Prior to Plan A, she worked in investment banking, venture capital and fintech in Asia and Europe. She was recently announced as Marshall Fund Fellow for 2021 and 100 Top Women in Germany 2020.

Hampus Jakobsson, Founder and General Partner at Pale Blue Dot

Hampus is the founder and GP at the climate-focused venture capital firm Pale Blue Dot. Pale Blue Dot recently closed their first fund totalling 87M€ and has already made a number of interesting climate investments. Before diving into climate investing Hampus was a very active angel investor, partner at BlueYard Capital and before that a founder.

Program

• 15:00 Intro & Welcome
• 15:10 Fireside chat: Connie Hedegaard
• 15:30 Pitch 1
• 15:45 Keynote 1: Hampus Jakobsson
• 16:05 Pitch 2
• 16:20 Pitch 3
• 16:35 Keynote 2: Lubomila Jordanova
• 16:55 Winner announcement: Head of Jury
• 17:05 See you all at Challenge #2 in Autumn