Wilson Sonsini is proud to sponsor multiple events during Climate Week NYC 2025:

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WaterTech Futures: Industry Challenges & What It Takes to Scale Solutions
Monday, September 22
5:00 – 7:00pm ET
New York, NY (Location to be shared upon registration)
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Join leaders from across the water tech ecosystem for an exciting evening event co-hosted by Wilson Sonsini, ClimateHaven’s Water Innovation Hub, Xylem, Elemental Impact, Closed Loop Partners, Burnt Island Ventures, Echo River Capital, and Yale University.

Attendees will have opportunities to meet and gain insights from corporate leaders in water-intensive industries, early and growth stage investors, innovators, potential partners, and peers during two fire side chats and a rooftop reception featuring a Startup Showcase.

​Fireside chats:

• Water–Energy Nexus: Corporate Insights on Emerging Opportunities (Microsoft & Xylem)
• Scaling Water Tech: Capital Strategies and Market Pathways (Burnt Island Ventures & Closed Loop Partners)

Startups Showcase: Cutting-edge solutions from top WaterTech founders including solutions in water treatment, monitoring, infrastructure, and more.

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Climate Jam!
Tuesday, September 23
8:00 – 11:00pm ET
Brooklyn Bowl, New York, NY
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​Wilson Sonsini is proud to sponsor a benefit concert for Protect Our Winters, hosted by Broadscale Group at the legendary Brooklyn Bowl venue.

Andrew Shapiro's band Twilight Muse will play classic rock and funk tunes with special guests Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads and Robert Randolph, the celebrated pedal steel guitarist and gospel/blues musician. Attendees will also enjoy bowling, light food, and drinks with the WinterFest community and other climate leaders.

Sign up today to support the cause and have fun with us.

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A Working Session on Performance Risk Solutions for FOAK Climate Tech Deployment
Thursday, September 25
8:45am – 2:00pm ET
Bank of America Tower, New York, NY

This half-day working session will bring together 50 leaders from across the climate tech ecosystem—including insurance underwriters, brokers, MGAs, engineering firms, financial institutions, philanthropic capital providers, offtakers, U.S. and state government representatives, and climate tech experts—to explore emerging solutions that can accelerate deployment by addressing performance and technology risk head-on.

Partner Elise Zoli will speak on scaling investment and risk transfer, focusing on non-fragile capital stacks. Additional features include case studies from actual startups, findings from CEV and Penn’s multi-phase 10-month research initiative, and breakout discussions to evaluate and advance tangible solutions.

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Developer U Launch & Alumni Gathering
Thursday, September 25
11:00am – 1:30pm ET
250 West 34th Street, New York, NY

We are excited to celebrate the launch of new Developer U brand and website at a special event, hosted by CREO. This event is for Dev U alumni to reconnect, share what’s top of mind, and more. Partner Scott Zimmerman will speak on the panel.

Agenda

• 11:00 to 11:30am— Arrivals and networking
• 11:30am to 12:15pm — Ask Me Anything panel
• 12:15 to 1:00pm — Light lunch and continued networking