Welcome to The Zenergy Podcast! On today’s episode, host Karan Takhar sits down with Lara Pierpoint, Managing Director of Trellis Climate, a program within Prime Coalition. Lara first gives a brief overview of how Trellis Climate came to be, shares how she and Prime Coalition Executive Director, Sarah Kearney, merged their two nonprofits to become Trellis Climate, and touches on the mission of the program. Karan and Lara touch on what types of projects Trellis focuses on and where they see that they fit in the capital stack. They discuss the gap Trellis Climate is aiming to fill in the market, how they are supporting entrepreneurs as they navigate the current political environment, and how philanthropy is stepping up and providing capital in new ways. Lara shares what criteria Trellis looks for when determining who and what to invest in and gives details about her day-to-day responsibilities.

If you’d like to learn more about Prime Coalition, you can check out their website at ⁠www.primecoalition.org⁠.

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Editing/Graphics: Desta Wondirad, Wondir Studios