1、THE CANADIAN VENTURE OPPORTUNITYJUNE 2023 E-BOOK1|Climate Tech:The Canadian Venture OpportunityClimate change is one of the great challenges of our time.Canada has a bold ambition to cut emissions by 40%below 2005 levels by 2030 and to achieve Net Zero by 2050.Reaching these goals will require major

2、 new technological breakthroughs,deployed at scale.But these breakthroughs,like any,present risks and opportunities.For individual companies and investors,climate tech offers the prospect of exciting growth,but also uncertainty over which initiatives to back,since some technologies may end up undera

3、chieving while others in more decisive hands could enable competitors to leapfrog them.For Canada overall,climate tech can enable decarbonization and enormous economic opportunities.Whether Canada is a“maker”or“taker”of climate tech will be a major determinant of our future prosperity.The themes of

4、opportunity and risk are echoed within the Canadian climate tech space itself.The excitement is sparked by the remarkable new technologies home-grown Canadian innovators are deploying around the world.The concern comes from the challenges these promising companies face as they grow and,sometimes,fai

5、l to scale or decide to leave Canada.To contribute to the conversation,we decided to launch this study,bringing together our expertise from BCG Green Ventures,our Center for Growth and Innovation Analytics and our Centre for Canadas Future.As we conducted our interviews and developed our factbase,bo

6、th our excitement and our concern grew.More than a few of us found ourselves telling our kids about the exciting achievements of Canadian innovators.But we also found some tough facts around the challenges these innovators face scaling their businesses.Despite recent market uncertainty,the climate-t