Most climate money chases decarbonization while a bigger problem piles up: two thirds of the losses from extreme weather and disasters go completely uninsured. Arindam Bhattacharya spent 30 years at SLB before launching Tailwind Futures to back startups hardening infrastructure, supply chains, and workforce against a changing climate. He argues resilience is a growth story, not just damage control, and walks through a portfolio from corrosion-proof rebar to a material that could replace copper.

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0:00   Intro
0:28   Meet Arindam and Tailwind Futures
2:07   30 years at SLB and the jump to venture
4:06   The insurance gap nobody talks about
7:05   Where the capital for resilience isn't going
12:11  Playing offense: resilience as a growth story
15:29  Government pullback and the opening it creates
18:22  The portfolio and how the fund invests
19:02  DexMat and replacing copper
25:20  Allium and solving steel corrosion
29:17  Water, heat, and flooding bets
33:30  Sourcing deals across the US and Europe
35:00  What makes a company worth backing
40:17  Giving founders honest feedback
44:27  How pitching differs around the world
47:36  Finding the best companies theme by theme
50:20  Cooling, wildfire, and parametric insurance
54:11  Pitching Arindam and Houston's role
57:16  Where to find Tailwind Futures

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