Broadscale Group
Investment Management
New York, New York 750 followers
Disruption for Good is our mission. We invest in companies that are transforming traditional industries in positive ways
About us
Broadscale Group is a new model of investment firm working with leading energy corporations to invest in and commercialize the industry's most promising market-ready innovations. We provide our network of industry leaders with preferred access to new technologies and services that will make them more efficient and competitive. And we offer growth-stage companies streamlined access to strategic sources of capital, distribution, and demand. We believe the key to unlocking progress in energy and resources is combining the drive, creativity, and technological advances of the best entrepreneurial companies with the market knowledge and reach of our industry-leading network members. Capital is necessary, but not sufficient. New models of collaboration are needed. Using the power of network effects, transparency, competition, and financial alignment, we identify the most promising new technologies and business models, aggregate demand for them, and accelerate their deployment. Broadscale is the first clearinghouse of this kind, created to address the market challenges that have prevented viable technologies from achieving mainstream success. This is particularly true in the energy and resource industries, where sizable capital requirements, complex regulations, and long adoption periods often prevent promising technologies from reaching commercial scale. For this reason, we are starting with a focus on power and utilities. While our work builds on the experience of investment funds, merchant banks, and technology accelerators, Broadscale is a new kind of organization. We leverage our deep relationships with leaders at both large corporations and growth companies to connect the right market participants, align their financial interests, and partner with them to turn innovation into impact.
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http://www.broadscale.com
External link for Broadscale Group
- Industry
- Investment Management
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Type
- Public Company
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430 Park Avenue
Suite 1501
New York, New York 10022, US
Employees at Broadscale Group
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Andrew L. Shapiro
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Jonah Seiger
Founding Partner, Fuse | Strategic Communicator | Digital Agency Founder & CEO | Early Digital Politics and Policy Advocate | Investor & Advisor
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Yon Lachmann
Manager, Investor and Network Relations at Broadscale Group
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Pete Schork
Principal at Broadscale Group
Updates
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Go M-KOPA!!
Such a mind-blowing, deeply inspiring trip to Kenya to visit Broadscale Group’s portfolio company M-KOPA, which has loaned over $1.5B to 5M+ customers in Sub-Saharan Africa, allowing them to afford smartphones, financial services, electric motorbikes, solar, and other essentials for the first time. We initially invested during Covid so this was my first time visiting: Getting to see M-KOPA’s smartphone assembly plant (the largest in Africa), battery tech lab, and call center, and meet customers and direct sales reps (30k strong, they are the largest force on the continent) was nothing short of amazing. Huge kudos to CEO/Founder Jesse Moore and his supremely talented team! Finishing the trip with a couple days together on safari at the Masaai Mara National Park was just sublime (thanks Jesse Zigmund!).
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We had a blast at our annual CLIMATE BOWL party! Thanks to Brooklyn Bowl for making it perfect, to our friends at Crux for cohosting, and to all who came out! Alfred Johnson Tim Woodward Paul Straub Nicholas Moore Eisenberger Pete Schork Kim Zou Jackson Lehr Andy Frank Truman Semans Julia Reichelstein Colton Dirksen Luke Connell Tom Thunell Ryan Gibson Daniel Cruise Julie Blane Dan Saccardi Saskia Rohde Hannah Goncher Yon Lachmann Jacob Susman Hiro Iwanaga Roee Goldberg Timothy Krysiek Jason Segal Joshua Goldman Perry Bakas Rachel Halfaker Julian Spector Stuart DeCew Michael Spencer
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We were delighted to have brilliant speakers from Equinor, Salesforce, Spring Lane Capital, and Applied Carbon at our oversubscribed panel yesterday: "Making Markets: How Corporates & Climate Startups Can Partner." Thanks to everyone involved, including our terrific partners at Wireframe Ventures. Harsh P. Rob Day Chris Leppard Andrew L. Shapiro Lily Bernicker Paul Straub Jason Aramburu Jamila Yamani, PhD Allie Mullen
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We’ve given our website a makeover! Find more info on our investments and ecosystem: https://lnkd.in/e5e3pF6U
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We're excited to announce that ADNOC has joined our Corporate Network, where we work with forward-thinking incumbents to accelerate the energy transition through strategic investments, partnerships, and peer-to-peer collaboration. We look forward to working closely with ADNOC on venturing and innovation initiatives that will further its aim of achieving Net Zero by 2045. For more Broadscale news, see here: https://bit.ly/3XQI9Qi Michele Fiorentino Luca Maria Rossi Connor Rea
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Excited to be Co-Hosting a CLIMATE FOR KAMALA fundraiser for the Harris-Walz campaign with a terrific group of climate investors and entrepreneurs next MONDAY, Sept. 23, in Williamsburg, as part of NYC Climate Week. We're honored that GOV. TIM WALZ will attend and speak - and psyched to dance to tunes spun by the incomparable DJ QUESTLOVE. Details here: https://lnkd.in/eB2fTwnz Come join us! Shomik Dutta, Dawn Lippert, Andrew Beebe, Jason Scott, Veery Maxwell, Robert O'Connor, James Rubin, Alfred Johnson, Kiran Bhatraju, Richard Kauffman, Sophie Purdom, Abe Yokell, Brandon Hurlbut, Pete Schork
Harris Victory Fund
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Just Announced: NYCEDC Announces New York City’s First-Ever Green Economy Advisory Council. We're excited that Broadscale's Andrew L. Shapiro was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams to NYC's Green Economy Advisory Council. The group will advise the City on its flagship commitments to address the climate crisis, advance a just transition towards a clean energy future, spark new cutting-edge innovation, and generate tremendous economic opportunity for all New Yorkers. "The advisory council we’re convening today will bring together a wide range of expertise, from environmental justice advocates to industry leaders to top investors and more, said Mayor Eric Adams. “As a lifelong New Yorker who has worked here in sustainable innovation and investment for 25 years, I am honored and excited to support the City's ambitious Green Economy Action Plan to boost green innovation and climate progress locally that will have positive influence nationally and beyond,” said Andrew Shapiro.
NYCEDC Announces New York City’s First-Ever Green Economy Advisory Council
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Read about Saskia Rohde's summer experience at Broadscale on Yale's SOM Internship Spotlight!
I am excited to share that I am currently spending my summer in New York as a Summer Associate at Broadscale Group! I have had an amazing experience working with Broadscale to finance and scale emerging climate technologies. Read more about my experience at Yale and interning in VC below. There is more to come, but huge thanks to those featured: the Broadscale team, the Oxylus Energy team, VPPA background from Coho, and all the support at Yale SOM.
Internship Spotlight: Saskia Rohde ’25, Broadscale Group
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Broadscale is proud to be an investor in one of “Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies” for three consecutive years, M-KOPA.
We are incredibly proud to share that M-KOPA has been listed as one of Financial Times Africa's Fastest Growing Companies 2024. This makes us one of 17 companies to be recognised for the third consecutive year. This ranking, done in partnership with Statista, is a testament to the substantial growth we have recorded in our efforts to bridge financial and digital inclusion through affordable financing for smartphones, electric motorbikes and digital financial services, such as digital loans and health insurance, in respective markets. Our growth trajectory has been incredible. We have expanded our presence to five African countries: Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa, and have unlocked over $1 billion in digital credit for over 4 million people. Additionally, we established Kenya’s first local smartphone assembly factory, we directly employ more than 2,000 people and create a source of income for over 20,000 individuals on our sales agent network. We are thankful to be recognized by Statista and Financial Times as a driving force in the global economy and are excited to achieve new milestones for Africa. https://lnkd.in/dzJa_HvU #AfricaFastestGrowingCompanies #Fintech #FinancialTimes
The ranking: Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies 2024
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