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SRA_12 - Ruchira Shukla: We're here at
Supratan Asia in Singapore and joining

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me today is Ruchira Shukla, Managing
Partner and Co Founder at Synapses.

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Welcome, Ruchira.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for having me here.

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This is a great gathering and
I'm excited to be here today.

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Excellent.

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So you're one of the co
founders of Synapses.

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Tell us a bit about Synapses
Investment Strategy.

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Synapses is a venture capital
fund and it's focused on STEM

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innovations for climate and health.

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STEM innovations are engineering
and science led solutions.

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They are innovations that help
solve for decarbonization, so carbon

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mitigation, climate mitigation,
resilience, and adaptation.

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And we're a fund based in India, and
we're looking to support innovations

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where India can play a very big role.

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And these could be from India,
for the world, or from the

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rest of the world for India.

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And we want to build tech transform
bridges from India to the rest of the

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global south and the global north.

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So you're focused very much on
engineering led climate and health.

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Yes.

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Where are the biggest
opportunities to be found?

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There are a lot of what I call
plug in technologies that made

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decarbonization at scale possible.

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These would be examples like new
battery technologies new electrolyzer

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solutions, new motor designs, new
powertrain solutions, a lot of the

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components for the EV ecosystems.

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There are solutions around genetics
for seed engineering so that you

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can get climate resilient seeds.

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There are solutions, of course,
health tech for us is part of this

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equation because the biggest impact of
climate is being felt on human health.

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And we think smart medtech devices
that are portable and affordable

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will be the solutions people will
need when the climate crisis happens.

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soon becomes a health crisis.

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And so we're supporting medtech devices,
genomics, as well as AI for health,

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under the umbrella of climate adaptation.

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And what two messages would
you like to share with us?

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I think it's very important for the
world to embrace and recognize that

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climate and climate technologies will
deliver outsized financial returns.

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These business models, the examples
I gave you, are businesses that are

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reaching even depositivity very, early
in Journeys, they are capital efficient

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and they win customers globally.

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So they're going after large markets
with cash flow profitability and

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this stands to deliver upsized
financial returns to investors while

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also delivering on strong impact.

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So this is truly a sector which will
give both financial returns and impact.

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The other big message will be
that this is a large problem.

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and a growing problem and the
climate crisis is coming at us

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at a speed we did not imagine.

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And it's important for all stakeholders
in all countries to join hands.

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No nation can do it alone.

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No nation can be left behind.

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We need to collaborate in supporting
these solutions and helping

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them grow so that we can leave
behind a safer and better planet.

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Two strong messages for our audience.

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Thank you so much for joining us, Ruchira.

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Happy to be here.

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Thank you very much.

SRA_12 - Ruchira Shukla: We're here at
Supratan Asia in Singapore and joining

me today is Ruchira Shukla, Managing
Partner and Co Founder at Synapses.

This is a great gathering and
I'm excited to be here today.

So you're one of the co
founders of Synapses.

Tell us a bit about Synapses
Investment Strategy.

Synapses is a venture capital
fund and it's focused on STEM

STEM innovations are engineering
and science led solutions.

They are innovations that help
solve for decarbonization, so carbon

mitigation, climate mitigation,
resilience, and adaptation.

And we're a fund based in India, and
we're looking to support innovations

And these could be from India,
for the world, or from the

And we want to build tech transform
bridges from India to the rest of the

So you're focused very much on
engineering led climate and health.

Where are the biggest
opportunities to be found?

There are a lot of what I call
plug in technologies that made

These would be examples like new
battery technologies new electrolyzer

solutions, new motor designs, new
powertrain solutions, a lot of the

There are solutions around genetics
for seed engineering so that you

There are solutions, of course,
health tech for us is part of this

equation because the biggest impact of
climate is being felt on human health.

And we think smart medtech devices
that are portable and affordable

will be the solutions people will
need when the climate crisis happens.

And so we're supporting medtech devices,
genomics, as well as AI for health,

under the umbrella of climate adaptation.

And what two messages would
you like to share with us?

I think it's very important for the
world to embrace and recognize that

climate and climate technologies will
deliver outsized financial returns.

These business models, the examples
I gave you, are businesses that are

reaching even depositivity very, early
in Journeys, they are capital efficient

So they're going after large markets
with cash flow profitability and

this stands to deliver upsized
financial returns to investors while

So this is truly a sector which will
give both financial returns and impact.

The other big message will be
that this is a large problem.

and a growing problem and the
climate crisis is coming at us

And it's important for all stakeholders
in all countries to join hands.

We need to collaborate in supporting
these solutions and helping

them grow so that we can leave
behind a safer and better planet.

Thank you so much for joining us, Ruchira.

Ruchira Shukla, Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Synapses, joined us at SuperReturn Asia to talk about their venture capital fund focused on STEM innovations addressing climate and health. Learn about the fund's strategy, the biggest opportunities in engineering-led climate and health tech, and the importance of global collaboration to tackle these pressing issues.