An invitation-only climate-tech cocktail held during VivaTech 2026, on 17 June at we are_ Paris, co-hosted by the climate funds Lightrock, SE Ventures, Mirova and World Fund. It gathered climate funds, energy-transition startups and industrial players around new financing models for European climate tech.
Climate Tech Drinks @ VivaTech was an invitation-only cocktail held during VivaTech 2026 week, on 17 June, at the venue we are_ Paris. It was co-hosted by four climate-focused investment funds: Lightrock, SE Ventures, Mirova and World Fund. The evening gathered climate funds, energy-transition startups and industrial players around new financing models for European climate tech. It sits within the VivaTech Side Events vertical tracked by Events Index, alongside more than forty other gatherings held across the same week.
The cocktail ran on 17 June 2026, the first business day of VivaTech, as one of the week's sector-specific investor evenings. Independent press coverage of Schneider Electric's VivaTech activity, distributed the same week via GlobeNewswire and picked up by outlets including MarketScreener, Macau Business and The Globe and Mail, confirmed the gathering as "an invitation-only gathering of technology entrepreneurs and investors on June 17 in Paris" hosted jointly by SE Ventures with Lightrock, Mirova and World Fund, corroborating the date and host list independently of the original FrenchWeb listing. Access was by invitation only, and no public registration channel, Luma page or RSVP link has been found for this event, consistent with the closed format described by both sources.
The evening ran on 17 June, the first business day of VivaTech, among the week's vertical investor gatherings. Its single-sector, invitation-only design placed it at the curated end of the side-event spectrum, alongside comparable sector evenings such as Financing Deep & Clean Industrial Innovation and founder-facing mornings such as the VivaTech Founders Breakfast, both part of the same week's circuit of more than forty side events mapped on the VivaTech Side Events page.
Coverage of this event is genuinely limited, consistent with its closed, invitation-only side-event format. Two attributable mentions were found, and no dedicated press coverage of the cocktail itself exists beyond these:
No named additional sponsors, partner companies or portfolio startups beyond the four host funds were found in either source, and no independent editorial coverage, review or attendee account of the cocktail itself is publicly available as of verification. A journalist-accreditation count or attendee number is not publicly disclosed.
It was an invitation-only side event during the VivaTech week, on 17 June 2026. It ran independently of VivaTech ticketing, as one of more than forty side events mapped on the VivaTech Side Events page.
Four climate-focused investment funds: Lightrock, SE Ventures, Mirova and World Fund.
It was not designed for: the general public, since access was invitation-only; founders or investors outside the climate and energy field; attendees seeking a conference programme rather than a cocktail; and those without an invitation from one of the host funds.
No. As of this verification, no next edition, date or venue has been publicly announced by any of the four host funds or by VivaTech.
The cocktail was held at we are_ Paris, named as the venue by FrenchWeb's coverage. A precise street address is not publicly disclosed.
Lightrock is a global impact investor focused on growth capital, backing purpose-driven entrepreneurs across the themes of people, planet and technology for good; its portfolio spans more than 90 companies across 14 countries. SE Ventures is the venture arm associated with Schneider Electric, a global fund with approximately EUR 1 billion under management. Mirova is a sustainable-finance asset manager. World Fund is a Berlin-based climate-tech venture firm that closed a EUR 300 million fund in 2024, among the largest first-time climate VC funds raised in Europe. The four co-hosted the cocktail as a shared climate-investor gathering during VivaTech, reflecting the broader 2026 pattern of sector-specific investor evenings replacing generalist mixers across the VivaTech week.
A closed climate-tech cocktail that signals the verticalisation of VivaTech's investor evenings, convening four climate funds and their portfolios. Its thin press footprint, a single listicle mention and one line in a corporate wire release, is typical of the format: these gatherings trade visibility for curation, and their value lies in the room rather than in the coverage. It joins the wider VivaTech Side Events circuit and the VivaTech parent show as a marker of how far sector-specific investor networking has spread across the week.
The event was invitation-only, with no public registration channel, Luma page or RSVP link found. Access was through the four host funds.
No. The event was invitation-only, with no public registration channel identified in either source consulted for this fiche.
On the evening of 17 June 2026, at we are_ Paris, during the first business day of VivaTech week.
A sector cocktail among climate funds, energy-transition startups and industrial players, with no published programme or named speakers.
Yes. It sits within the VivaTech Side Events vertical alongside related sector evenings such as Financing Deep & Clean Industrial Innovation and the VivaTech Founders Breakfast, and readers tracking the wider EMEA calendar can browse upcoming events across all sectors.
| Official website | not disclosed |
| Lightrock | https://www.lightrock.com/ |
| Mirova | https://www.mirova.com/en |
| World Fund | https://www.worldfund.vc/ |
| Press mention (FrenchWeb) | https://www.frenchweb.fr/vivatech-2026-rooftops-breakfasts-cocktails-les-side-events-qui-vont-faire-vibrer-la-semaine-tech-parisienne/461964 |
| Press mention (GlobeNewswire, Schneider Electric) | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/06/17/3313175/0/en/schneider-electric-advances-energy-intelligence-at-vivatech-2026.html |
| Parent event (VivaTech) | https://eventsindex.org/events/viva-technology.html |
| VivaTech Side Events vertical | /vivatech-side-events.html |
| Upcoming EMEA events (Events Index) | /upcoming.html |