
Ralph Chang
Partner at Motion Capital, a New Zealand venture capital fund focused on decarbonisation and climate tech.
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Jul 21, 2026
Making it cheaper to save the world than to destroy it with Holly Beals and Ralph Chang
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Ralph ChangGUEST
I think I saw in a report that 2024 was the fastest growing in terms of technology investments, faster than software as a class.

Ralph ChangGUEST
We're really, and you can see it because of, I guess, the Climate Lab accelerator, the amount of applications we get, they're growing every year and the quality of the applicants and the cohorts are increasing.
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19:33CourtneyHOST
For those who are listening who don't know much about climate tech, are there any companies that you could speak to that could give us like an idea of the, I don't know, different types of companies working in New Zealand or exited or...
Pathfinder's venture capital bet on kiwi climate-tech | Wed 17 Jun
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Liam DannHOST
So you've got a dual mandate, haven't you? You invest both for value but also for sort of a social gain, if you like, or for well-being or for strong ESG flavour there in climate?

Ralph ChangGUEST
I mean, our investment thesis at Motion Capital is to invest in businesses, technology businesses, that make it cheaper to save the world than to destroy it.

Ralph ChangGUEST
We look at the commercial models, we think superior economics drive adoption, and adoption at scale then drives that decarbonisation.
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Liam DannHOST
So, I mean, does that sort of narrow the field a wee bit for an outfit like Motion?
