**About The Guest(s):**

Amanda is the Head of High Growth Ventures at KPMG, where she leads a team dedicated to working with startups. With a focus on deep tech and climate tech companies, Amanda helps founders navigate the challenges of scaling their businesses and provides them with the necessary support and services.​**Summary:**Amanda discusses the importance of compliance and governance for startups, particularly in the deep tech and climate tech sectors. She emphasizes the need for founders to think about these aspects early on and to outsource them to experts, allowing them to focus on the core aspects of their business. Amanda also highlights the growing interest in impact-led companies and the availability of funding and support in the climate tech space. She concludes by emphasizing the need for founders to be intentional and prepared in order to achieve high growth and make a significant impact.​

**Key Takeaways:**

Compliance and governance are essential for startups, but founders should outsource these aspects to experts to focus on their core business.- Impact-led companies need to measure and quantify their impact to attract investors and avoid greenwashing.- Climate tech companies have access to a wide range of funding sources, including impact investors and family offices.- Founders should be intentional and prepared, thinking ahead to future growth and expansion into new markets.​

**Quotes:**

"The earlier we can start, then we can really start founders thinking about the sort of foundations that they need to have to ensure that the business is sustainable when it scales."- "If you want the business to scale, you cannot be doing everything yourself."- "Compliance is not the right word the whole time... It's more about intention and preparedness."- "We need to start thinking that way and be greater."

About The Guest(s):
Amanda is the Head of High Growth Ventures at KPMG, where she leads a team dedicated to working with startups. With a focus on deep tech and climate tech companies, Amanda helps founders navigate the challenges of scaling their businesses and provides them with the necessary support and services.

Summary:
Amanda discusses the importance of compliance and governance for startups, particularly in the deep tech and climate tech sectors. She emphasizes the need for founders to think about these aspects early on and to outsource them to experts, allowing them to focus on the core aspects of their business. Amanda also highlights the growing interest in impact-led companies and the availability of funding and support in the climate tech space. She concludes by emphasizing the need for founders to be intentional and prepared in order to achieve high growth and make a significant impact.

Key Takeaways:

• Compliance and governance are essential for startups, but founders should outsource these aspects to experts to focus on their core business.
• Impact-led companies need to measure and quantify their impact to attract investors and avoid greenwashing.
• Climate tech companies have access to a wide range of funding sources, including impact investors and family offices.
• Founders should be intentional and prepared, thinking ahead to future growth and expansion into new markets.

Quotes:

• "The earlier we can start, then we can really start founders thinking about the sort of foundations that they need to have to ensure that the business is sustainable when it scales."
• "If you want the business to scale, you cannot be doing everything yourself."
• "Compliance is not the right word the whole time... It's more about intention and preparedness."
• "We need to start thinking that way and be greater."