- Vineet Rai, Founder and Chairman, Aavishkaar Group
- Rob Kaplan, Founder & CEO, Circulate Capital
- Nandita Beri, Associate Director, LeapFrog Investments
- Daniel Oehling, Managing Director & Partner, Singapore, Boston Consulting Group (Moderator)
Private investors are increasingly finding investable bets in sectors tackling climate change. But is everyone ready? The diversity in Asia poses multiple risks for investing in climate and energy projects, thus necessitating the need for special structure for smoother the private capital flow into the sector. While blended finance has been seen as a solution in Asia, public, private, and philanthropic players still need to amplify the model’s impact to meet the region’s net-zero goal. This panel will discuss how new creative financing structures act as a derisking mechanism for private funds, the scope for collaboration in Asia, and what future returns will look like.
