Hendrik Tiesinga

Founder and CEO of Climate Edge. Developing climate & clean energy innovation programs and catalytic investment vehicles. Clients include Artesian Investment, Catalytic Climate Facility, Barclays Banks, KFW, Novarium, Global 500, The New York Climate Exchange

Advising global clients and partners on open-innovation strategy — identifying venture-client opportunities, designing startup partnerships, and catalyzing pilots.

Developed Barclay’s Rise climate fintech investment thesis and venture building strategy.

Developed Southeast Asia's first clean energy early stage venture fund. Led the strategy, deal sourcing, team formation and legal setup. Member of the investment committee.

Developed New Energy Nexus from idea-stage as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) to spearheading the transformation of CalCEF into the worlds largest clean energy startup support organization, accelerating more than 200 startups annually across 8 different countries and 10 different programs. => raised over $12m for startup funding and support programs, contributed to millions more. => co-founded Free Electrons in 2017, the worlds first global utility backed energy startup accelerator. => built startup programs and New Energy Nexus offices in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines and India, contributed to New Energy Nexus chapters in China, New York and 3rd Derivative. => built a global network of clean tech incubators and accelerators with over 100 members.

Led the co-creation & program design process and first program pilot of Free Electrons. A unique international startup program backed by eight global energy companies and implemented by a coalition of startup organizations around the world.

Engaged potential international partners & reviewed the potential to replicate the Powerhouse solar startup incubation and acceleration model in different markets.

e-Lab is an assembly of thought leaders and decision makers from across the U.S. electricity sector who focus on collaborative innovation to address critical institutional, regulatory, business, economic, and technical barriers to the economic deployment of distributed resources in the U.S. electricity sector.

Natural Innovation specializes in designing and facilitating innovation labs and networks for sustainable development. We partner with governments, corporations, multilateral institutions and civil-society organizations to develop innovation and multi-stakeholder programs. Clients: The European Commission, Siemens Energy, Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, ICAEW, FoAM Labs, ICE Cairo, The Impact Hub, GIZ, WWF-UK, The American Chamber of Commerce Egypt, Asia-Europe Foundation, Hivos, the Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute.

Supported the development of the Finance Innovation Lab by facilitating innovation programs and retreats, providing strategic advice, developing the theory of change and evaluating impact. The Finance Innovation Lab seeks to incubate & accelerate new sustainable business models in the finance sector. The Finance Innovation Lab was convened by WWF-UK and the Institute of Chartered Accountants with the support of Reos Partners and Natural Innovation.

Review of practices of innovation labs. In-depth cases studies of: The Finance Innovation Lab in London, the startup eco-system in Cairo, The Nile Project and the Electricity Innovation Lab (eLab) at the Rocky Mountain Institute. Published 'Labcraft: How social labs create change through innovation and collaboration'.