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Elaine Salvador
Founding Partner
Verana Ventures
Elaine Salvador is the Founder of Verana Ventures, a climate-tech capital advisory firm helping founders raise capital, sharpen their investor positioning and connect with the right strategic investors.
She has more than 12 years of experience across investment banking, private equity and energy transition, with previous roles at Lazard, Stifel, Lightsource BP and H.I.G. Capital. Her work has spanned M&A, capital raising and investment across renewable energy, grid infrastructure, energy software, EV charging, energy storage, industrial decarbonisation and engineered climate solutions.
Elaine is also building Graciosa Climate Circle, a private deal-by-deal investor circle backing women-led climate founders across under-covered markets.
Interventions lors du Sommet
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1:30–3:00pmlun. 16 nov.RoundtableOpen
Chamkar - The Proving Ground
What Makes Innovation Scale? Regulation, Capital and Trust in Emerging Markets
À propos de cette session
Many promising financial companies do not fail because the product is weak. They fail between early proof and meaningful scale. Growth capital becomes harder to secure, institutional partners hesitate to integrate with younger firms, and entering each new market can require rebuilding relationships, compliance processes and distribution from scratch. This roundtable focuses on that scale gap. It asks which forms of capital are missing after the early stages, what would make banks and other large institutions more willing to partner with growth-stage providers, what governance, leadership and skills those providers need to earn that trust, and which shared infrastructure or market-access mechanisms could reduce the cost of expanding across emerging markets.
