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Marie Cheong
Founding Partner
100x100
Marie is a Founding Partner of 100x100, a leading climate company builder and venture capital fund launched by the team that co-founded Wavemaker Impact. 100x100 co-founds startups with experienced entrepreneurs with the aim of building a portfolio of scalable companies that can abate 10% of the global carbon budget. Every company that 100x100 builds and invests in has the potential to abate 100 million metric tons of carbon and be a US$100-million revenue business. 100x100 has over 25 companies in its portfolio tackling the biggest drivers of emissions in agriculture, land use change, energy in the built environment, industrial processes and transportation.
Marie has worked with over 40 entrepreneurs to help them build their businesses. In the last five years, Marie has focused exclusively on launching climate tech startups in Southeast Asia and is passionate about increasing the pipeline of women founders in the sector.
Marie has a MBA from the National University of Singapore where she graduated as valedictorian and holder of the Panasonic Marketing Award.
Speaking At
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12:15–1:45pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 4Open
Shaping Tomorrow's Innovation
Connecting the Capital Stack: Financing Climate Innovation from First Risk to Scale
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Davina HoDirector (Interim), Investor PracticeAIGCC
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Marie CheongFounding Partner100x100
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Mervyn TangInvestment Director, Global Equities & Head of Sustainability, APACSchroders
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Mervin TeoPartnerFullerton Fund Management
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Nikita AsthanaGlobal Head, Sustainability FinanceOlam Agri
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Priya BellinoHead of Sustainability Solutions Group APACSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
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Hilda SinRegional Director, Head of APAC, Middle EastPrinciples for Responsible InvestmentModerator
About this session
The ClimateTech financing conversation has moved beyond simply identifying where capital is underinvested. The challenge now is capital coordination, across asset classes, investment stages, and between public and private capital.
ClimateTech companies typically require more capital, longer commercialisation timelines, and longer paths to exit. Yet grants, venture equity, growth capital, credit, project finance and infrastructure capital operate with different mandates, risk appetites and time horizons, often with limited coordination between them.
This fragmentation creates challenges on both sides: founders face financing gaps as they move from innovation to scale, while investors may be asked to take risks or accept timelines that do not fit their mandates.
The roundtable will examine where these disconnects occur and how stronger capital coordination and public-private coordination can create better conditions for both ClimateTech companies seeking to scale and investors seeking sustainable risk-adjusted returns.
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