Partner Announcement
IN44 Capital joins CLIMAFIX 25 as Early Stage Funding Partner
Partner Announcement
Yantra Harvest joins CLIMAFIX 25 as Energy Efficiency Support Partner
Partner Announcement
Orbi2aNext joins as “Idea to Action Partner”
CLIMAFIX 2025 Speakers - Deep Tech for Net Zero
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CLIMAFIX 2025 Speakers – Energy Efficiency & Digital Solutions
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CLIMAFIX 2025 Speakers – Bio Economy for Decarbonization
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CLIMAFIX Corporates Workshop
Exclusively for CLIMAFIX Summit Attendees Full-Day Workshop
Climafix 25 puts industries in the middle
CLIMAFIX Summit is India's largest climate startup innovation summit.
Day 1 — 11th September 2025, 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM (Networking dinner: 7:00–9:00 PM)
Day 2 — 12th September 2025, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
IITM Research Park, 7th floor, D block, Kanagam Road, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113.
(Please note that IIT Madras Research Park is NOT within the IIT Madras Campus; you need a different access road.)
Day 1 — Lunch: 2:00–2:45 PM • Dinner: 7:15–9:30 PM
Day 2 — Lunch: 1:45–2:30 PM
Call Rithika for assistance or payment queries
80157 25600
ask@climafix.in
Ashok Jhunjhunwala
IITMRP
Suhas Baxi
Biofuel Circle
Sivaram Pillai
Proklean Technologies
Sunder Balakrishnan
Natur Tec
Gayathri Kuppendra Reddy
NOW Ventures
Sameer Mehta
Atlas Family Office
Johnny Kahlbetzer
Twynam Investments
Col Monish Ahuja
PRESPL ICRISAT
Mirik Gogri
Spectrum Impact
Shaji John
Ohmium
Janani Mittal
Technip
Aastha Paliwal
Avaana Capital
Pawan Mehndiratta
Thermax
Partha Talukder
Now Venture Studio
Shelly Mittal
Chrysalix Venture Capital
Kushant Uppal
IndusDC
Nat Malupillai
IITMRP
Venkat Rajaraman
Cygni
Vasu Guruswamy
Lavni Ventures
Vishesh Rajaram
Speciale Invest
Dinesh Arjun.HV
Raptee
Desika Prabhakar
DPurpose
Indumati Nambi
IITM
Mallesh Tigali
CultyVate
Sankaranarayanan
SWMS
Karthik Chandrasekar
Sangam Venture
Shweta Dalmmia
Bharat Climate
Toine van Megan
Auroville Consulting
Chandran Krishnan
Campus Angels
Ashita Gupta
Merak Ventures
Hemalatha Dave
Technip Energies
Ashwin Krishna K P
Promethean Energy
Siddharth Mehta
SE Ventures
Madhusudhan Rapole
Oorja Energy
Satya Narayan Bansal
Blue Ashva Capital
Ajit Shah
Yantra Harvest
Tina Philip
Accenture
Sanjay Kumar
Orbi2aNext
Radhika Choudary
Freyr Energy
Arul Shanmugasundaram
Ayana Renewables
Anson Sando
IITMRP
Rohit Jhunjhunwala
In44 Capital
Alexander Hogeveen Rutter
Third Derivative
Vinod Shankar
Java Capital
Aswani Chaitanya N
Capital A
Arun Nagpal
Mrida
Satish Rajagopalan
Priya Selvaraj
Siemens Gamesa
Pashu Gopalan
Fenice
Raghuttama Rao
GDC
Julian Thomas
Informa Markets
Hardik Bhanushali
SCALE
Tejas Rao
Saint Gobain
Prasanta Sarkar
NewTrace
Maxson Lewis
Magenta Mobility
SoundaraRajan GS
Alldelite
Soumalya Mukherjee
Tan 90
Vikash Chandra
BPL-FTA
Jacob Thekkekara
Sugrah Mobility
Kunal Gour
Bolt.earth
Visakh Sasikumar
Fyn Mobility
Roopan Aulakh
Pi Ventures
Vishal Katariya
Ankur Capital
Shailee Goswami
Saint-Gobain
Sumit Bhatia
ARS Steel
Kern Agarwal
Carbon Loops
Abhijit Ray
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Shweta (Sanghavi) Shah
Silver Compass
Vignesh Nandakumar
Enfinity Global
Archana Stalin
myHarvestFarms
Deepak Rajmohan
GreenPod Labs
Prabha Nagarajan
Open WaterNarasimhan Santhanam
EAI
Ashwati Ramesh
Value Network Ventures| Time | Theme | People |
|---|---|---|
| 09.30 am - 09.50 am | Inaguration & Partner Introduction | CLIMAFIX Organizers, Special Guests, Partner Representatives |
| 09.50 am - 10.00 am | Context Setting | Satya Seshadri, IIT Madras & Narasimhan Santhanam, EAI |
| 10.00 am - 10.15 am | Keynote | Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IITMRP |
Bio-based materials, bio-based processes, and other key components of bioeconomy that are driving industrial decarbonization.
| Time | Theme | People |
|---|---|---|
| 10.15 am - 10.35 am | Startup Journey - Building a Sustainable Biomass Supply Chain |
Suhas BaxiBiofuel Circle with Sameer Mehta, Atlas Family Office |
10.35 am - 10.55 am | Startup Journey - Cracking the Green Chemicals Code |
Sivaram Pillai - Proklean Technologies with Mirik Gogri - Spectrum Impact |
| 10.55 am - 11.15 am | Expert Talk - From fossil to forest: Bio-based plastics & Net Zero |
Sunder Balakrishnan - Natur Tec with Gayathri Kuppendra Reddy - NOW Ventures |
| 11.15 am - 11.30 am | Expert talk - Investing in climate, an international perspective | Johnny Karlbetzer - Twynam Investments |
| 11.30 am - 12.00 pm | I3 - Industry Investor Insights |
Moderator: Toine van Megan - Auroville Consulting Participants: Nat Malupillai - IITMRP, Abhijit Ray - Unitus Capital, Akhila Rajeshwar - TiE Chennai, Col Monish Ahuja - PRESPL, Rajan Srikanth - DharmArtha |
| 12.00 pm - 12.30 pm | Special Mentions |
Mentioned are : Archana Stalin - myHarvestFarms, Mallesh Tigali - CultyVate ,Kern Agarwal - Carbon Loops,Sankaranarayanan - SWMS, Sankalp Pathak - GPS Renewables, Prabha Nagarajan - Open Water , Shweta Dalmia - Bharat Climate, Desika Prabhakar - DPurpose ,Sowmalya Mukherjee - Tan 90, Shashank Jasrapuria - Unusual Venture Studio Subramanian M - GDC IITM, Sadayappan S - Startup Singam |
| 12.30 pm - 1.30 pm | Impact Pitches - Bio-economy Startups pitches from 7 curated high-impact startups | Jury: Karthik Chandrasekar - Sangam Venture, Chandran Krishnan - Campus Angels, Sweta Shah - Silver Compass, Chirag Gupta - 8X Ventures, Vishal Gandhi - BIORx Venture Advisors |
| 1.30 pm - 2.00 pm | Startup Showcase | About 15 startups related to the bioeconomy will be briefly introduced |
| 2.00 pm - 2.45 pm | 🍴 LUNCH | |
Energy-efficient innovations and digital/AI solutions that are providing high-impact decarbonization impact.
| Time | Theme | People |
|---|---|---|
| 2.45 pm - 3.00 pm | Digital & AI 4 Energy Efficiency | Moshin Khan - Technip Energies |
| 3.00 pm - 3.20 pm | Startup Journey - From emissions to efficiency: The circular path to decarbonization | Ashwin KP - Promethean Energy with Siddharth Mehta - SE Ventures |
| 3.20 pm - 3.40 pm | Startup Journey - Cooling as a service: Transforming thermal efficiency through innovations | Madhusudhan Rapole - Oorja Energy with Satyanarayanan Bansal - Blue Ashva Capital |
| 3.40 pm - 4.00 pm | Expert Talk - Energy Efficiency as a service-status and trends | Ajit Shah - Yantra Harvest with Pashu Gopalan - Fenice |
| 4.00 pm - 4.45 pm | I3 - Industry Investor Insights |
Moderator: Tina Philip - Accenture Industry Experts from: Sanjay Kumar - Orbi2aNext, Hemalatha Dave - Technip Energy, Radhika Chowdhary - Freyr Energy, Arul Shanmugasundaram - Ayana Renewables, Anson Sando - IITMRP |
| 4.45 pm - 5.45 pm | IMPACT PITCHES - Energy Efficiency and digitization startup pitches from 7 curated high-impact startups | Jury: Mayuresh Raut - Seafund, Aswani Chaitanya - Capital A , Rohit Jhunjhunwala - In44 Capital, Alexander Hogeveen Rutter - Third Derivative, Vinod Shankar - Java Capital |
| 5.45 pm - 6.15 pm | Startup Showcase | About 12-15 Startups in Energy Efficiency & Digital will be quickly introduced |
| 6.15 pm - 7.00 pm BTDT Session |
Brief Insights from folks who had Been There Done That (professionals with deep and diverse experience having intersections with climatetech | Indumati Nambi - IITM, Arun Nagpal - Mrida, Satish Rajagopalan, Venkat Rajaraman - Cygni , Priya Selvaraj - Siemens Gamesa, Julian Thomas - Informa Markets, Arun Natarajan - Venture Intelligence, Ramesh M - Business Line |
| 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm | 🍽️ DINNER | |
Deep Science and deep engineering technologies and solutions for the following decarbonization domains.
| Time | Theme | People |
|---|---|---|
| 10.00 am - 10.15 am | Introduction & context setting | Satya Seshadri - IIT Madras, Narasimhan Santhanam - EAI |
| 10.15 am - 10.35 am | AI 4 Energy Storage & Smart Grid | Rajendra Nath Goswami - Bosch |
| 10.35 am - 10.55 am | Startup Journey - Synergies to Accelerate Hydrogen Infrastructure in India |
Shaji John - Ohmium with Vishesh Rajaram - Speciale Invest |
| 10.55 am - 11.15 am | Expert Talk - Deeptech Innovations for Clean Energy Transition |
Janani Mittal - Technip with Shelly Mittal - Chrysalix Venture Capital |
| 11.15 am - 12.00 noon | I3 - Industry Investor Insights |
Moderator: Kushant Uppal - IndusDC Nat Malupillai - IITMRP, Hardik Bhanushali - SCALE, Tejas Rao - Saint Gobain, Aastha Paliwal - Avaana Capital, Pawan Mehndiratta- Thermax |
| 12.00 pm - 12.30 pm | Special Mentions |
On Stage : Prasanta Sarkar - NewTrace, Maxson Lewis - Magenta Mobility, Soundararajan GS - Alldelite, Vikash Chandra - BPL-FTA, KN Rao - formerly with ACC, Jacob Thekkekara - Sugrah Mobility, Kunal Gour - Bolt.earth, Visakh Sasikumar - Fyn Mobility, Dinesh Arjun - Raptee, Deepak Rajmohan - GreenPod Labs, Ayshwarya Rajagopal - Climate Collective |
| 12.30 pm - 1.15 pm | Deep Tech Startup Pitches from 7 curated high-impact startups | Jury: Roopan Aulakh -Pi Ventures, Vishal Katariya - Ankur Capital, Vasu Guruaswamy - Lavni Ventures, Partha Talukder - NOW Venture Studio |
| 1.15 pm - 1.45 pm | Startup Showcase | About 15 startups in deeptech will be provided quick introduction |
| 1.45 pm - 2.30 pm | 🍴 LUNCH | |
Platforms and pathways by which India's academic and research sectors can partner with industry to accelerate the journey to Net Zero.
| Time | Theme | People |
|---|---|---|
| 2.30 pm - 2.45 pm | Decarbonization Research in Universities: A Reality Check | Energy Consortium - IIT Madras |
| 2.45 pm - 3.15 pm | Industry Showcase of Decarbonization | |
| Decarbonizing building materials |
Shailee Goswami - Saint-Gobain R&D |
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| Decarbonizing steel through use of steel scrap | Sumit Bhatia - ARS Steel |
|
| 3.15 pm - 4.00 pm | Panel Discussion - What should be the constituents of a platform that can efficiently translate academic research into high-impact implementations? |
Moderator: Satya Seshadri Panelists: Mirik Gogri - Spectrum Impact, Ajeya Bandyopadhyay - IFC, Vignesh Nandakumar - Enfinity Global, Indumati Nambi - IITM, Raghuttama Rao- GDC IIT Madras, Nishani Manohar - IITMAA |
| 4.00 pm - 4.15 pm | Special Mentions | Mentioned are: TS Giridharan - SSN iFound, Akshay Joshi - NSRCEL, Chintan Antani - IIMA Ventures |
| 4.15 pm - 4.30 pm | IITM Showcase of Translational Research | IIT Madras Energy Consortium |
| 4.30 pm - 5.00 pm | Awards, Summary & Summit Conclusion | CLIMAFIX Organizers |
