BRIGHTWISE · SCALING CLIMATE TECH
Scaling climate tech solutions with access to capital and markets.
I’m Nienke (Nina) Benders. I help climate ventures find the investors, partners and customers to scale, and help investors find climate opportunities worth backing.
Your money has a bigger footprint than your lifestyle.
In my TEDx talk She Invests, the World Changes, I show why the money in our pensions, banks and portfolios matters more for the climate than recycling or flying less, and why women investors are the most underused lever to change it.
“Powerful images and examples for every point she makes. A very effective, very inspiring talk.”
– Bodin Goustan, Forest School Leader
What I do
Capital and markets for climate tech
I connect climate ventures with the capital, partners and markets to scale, and investors with climate opportunities, from market entry and partnerships to grant and blended finance.
Climate investing for retail investors
More and more everyday investors want their savings and pensions to fund a better future, and women, who are more likely to invest on values, are a fast-growing part of that group. I help platforms, banks and wealth managers build climate offers that retail investors actually want.
Talks and workshops
Keynotes, plus Climate Fresk and Biodiversity Collage workshops for teams, boards and investor communities.
- 10 years across venture capital, fintech and climate finance
- Investment Committee, Epic Angels
- TEDx speaker, She Invests, the World Changes
- Market entry and funding for climate tech ventures
- Climate Fresk and Biodiversity Collage facilitator · Terra.do climate fellow
- MSc Finance, Bocconi University and Erasmus University Rotterdam
Let's put capital to work.
Whether you’re an investor looking for climate opportunities, a climate company looking for capital or new markets, or an event looking for a speaker, I’d like to hear from you.
Or sign up for occasional notes on climate capital.