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May 9, 2024

Bill Gates flies to Berlin to discuss Germany's climate tech future

Elsewhere at the event, discussions were underway about a fund to solve the first-of-a-kind (FOAK) financing gap in the industry.

German politicians, foundations, startup founders, state development bank KfW Capital  — and none other than American billionaire Bill Gates — met in Berlin yesterday morning to discuss a topic crucial to Germany’s future competitiveness: financing climate tech.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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