The climate transition is the biggest economic opportunity of our time
We build and back the ventures, capital structures, and market infrastructure that make the transition real — and commercially rewarding.
Capital lacks the market infrastructure it needs to connect to vast parts of
the transition opportunity.
Climatalist is a venture studio building the AI+human powered platforms
needed to bridge gaps in investment intelligence, agriculture and distributed
energy.
The scale of what needs to happen:
Ventures
we're building
We don't start with capital and look for places to put it. We start with a problem we've researched deeply, mapped the capital gaps for, and understood from the inside. Then we build the vehicle to go after it. Each venture starts as a vector: a thesis backed by real diligence and a clear view of why good solutions in this space keep dying.
New Zealand / Venture Live
Groundshift is an independent farm advisory and education service for New Zealand farmers navigating the shift to biology-led, lower-input systems.
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Australia / Venture Live
ClimatalistAI is a climate-aware research and collaboration platform for the people moving capital, knowledge, and policy through the transition.
climatalist.com/ai
Australia / Venture Loading
Rich Planet is an independent production house telling the climate transition as the story it actually is the biggest economic and human opportunity of our time.
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Australia / Venture Loading
Prometheus is an investment enablement platform for mid-market distributed energy and industrial decarbonisation assets.
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See a transition problem
that isn't being solved?
We're always researching new vectors. If you've got deep domain expertise and a real problem, we want to hear it.
Connect with usMeet the team
making it happen
Climatalist is built around second-time founders who scaled and exited Rex Software — an ANZ category leader — over fourteen years. Around us is a deliberately built bench of operators, domain experts, and venture builders pulled from sustainable finance, climate tech, regenerative agriculture, and clean energy markets. We come together because the transition needs builders who can play Switzerland across complex ecosystems — not another single-track solution.
Alex Babkov
COO, Operating Partner • Founder
Leads studio platform engineering and product. Operating partner Groundshift and Climatalist AI.
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Lana Babkov
Chair of the Board, Fractional Operating Partner (Growth) • Founder
Advises ventures on growth and go-to-market.
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Nigel Gormly
Operating Partner (Finance) • Venture Partner (Prometheus)
Advises on capital, M&A, growth strategy. Venture lead on Prometheus.
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Chris Szigeti
Operating Partner (Product) • Venture Climatalist AI)
Leads product and AI for Climatalist AI.
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Harry Guinness
Venture Partner (Climatalist AI) • Studio Partner
Leads on partnerships strategy for the studio and Climatalist AI
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Tom Monaghan-Jackson
Operating Adviser (Brand, Creative) • Studio Advisor (Brand)
Leads brand, creative, and growth marketing.
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Jack Hewitt
Operating Associate (Media + Production)
Studio and Rich Planet production and growth.
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Conan Moynihan
CEO & Founder Groundshift
Background as an agroecological engineer and farm systems specialist.
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Sam Lang
CPO & Founder Groundshift
Co-founder of Quorum Sense (NZ's govt-funded regenerative agriculture network), published climate researcher.
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Chanelle O'Sullivan
CMO & Founder Groundshift
Background in strategic marketing across NZ farming and ag-tech.
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Hamish Bourke
Venture Adviser, Fractional (Marketing) • Studio Adviser (Marketing)
Background in go-to-market, growth, and influencer marketing.
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Andrew Grant
Advisory Board, Nature + Carbon Markets • Advisory Board Groundshift
Chair of Tasman Environmental Markets and the Australian Carbon Markets Institute; Deputy Chair of Parks Victoria.
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Blair Palese
Advisory Board • Philanthropy • Media
Founder of Climate + Capital Forum, former Director of Greenpeace Australia Pacific, and Director of Philanthropy at Ethinvest.
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Theodore Dow
Advisory Board (Prometheus)
Climate finance and energy markets. Former Chief Investment Officer at the Australian Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
inStudio Partners
8 People Alex Babkov
COO, Operating Partner • Founder
Leads studio platform engineering and product. Operating partner Groundshift and Climatalist AI.
in Lana Babkov
Chair of the Board, Fractional Operating Partner (Growth) • Founder
Advises ventures on growth and go-to-market.
in Nigel Gormly
Operating Partner (Finance) • Venture Partner (Prometheus)
Advises on capital, M&A, growth strategy. Venture lead on Prometheus.
in Chris Szigeti
Operating Partner (Product) • Venture Climatalist AI)
Leads product and AI for Climatalist AI.
in Harry Guinness
Venture Partner (Climatalist AI) • Studio Partner
Leads on partnerships strategy for the studio and Climatalist AI
in Tom Monaghan-Jackson
Operating Adviser (Brand, Creative) • Studio Advisor (Brand)
Leads brand, creative, and growth marketing.
in Jack Hewitt
Operating Associate (Media + Production)
Studio and Rich Planet production and growth.
inVentures
4 People Conan Moynihan
CEO & Founder Groundshift
Background as an agroecological engineer and farm systems specialist.
in Sam Lang
CPO & Founder Groundshift
Co-founder of Quorum Sense (NZ's govt-funded regenerative agriculture network), published climate researcher.
in Chanelle O'Sullivan
CMO & Founder Groundshift
Background in strategic marketing across NZ farming and ag-tech.
in Hamish Bourke
Venture Adviser, Fractional (Marketing) • Studio Adviser (Marketing)
Background in go-to-market, growth, and influencer marketing.
inAdvisers
3 People Andrew Grant
Advisory Board, Nature + Carbon Markets • Advisory Board Groundshift
Chair of Tasman Environmental Markets and the Australian Carbon Markets Institute; Deputy Chair of Parks Victoria.
in Blair Palese
Advisory Board • Philanthropy • Media
Founder of Climate + Capital Forum, former Director of Greenpeace Australia Pacific, and Director of Philanthropy at Ethinvest.
in Theodore Dow
Advisory Board (Prometheus)
Climate finance and energy markets. Former Chief Investment Officer at the Australian Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
inWe choose partners, conceive & operate projects according to our core values.
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Partnership with respect.
We collaborate with trust, fairness, and a knack for making each other better.
Wealth in common
We build systems where effort, investment, and ideas shape the rewards they create.
Regenerative momentum.
We move with purpose, building energy as we go, not just burning through it.
Playful curiosity.
We explore, experiment, and chase the sparks of ideas that make us think, laugh, or both.
Simplicity.
We make space for what matters and let go of the rest.
Be a part of the change
Whether you bring capital, expertise, or networks — we're building this with people who want to move the transition forward.
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