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Laura Zizzo

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Founder & Strategy at Manifest Climate

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

FoundedManifest Climate

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About

Laura Zizzo is Co-Founder and CEO of Estian Partners, an infrastructure investment platform that finances and delivers resource recovery infrastructure for municipalities across North America. She previously founded a Canada-based climate-focused law firm in 2009 and Mantle314 climate consulting in 2015, and co-founded Manifest Climate, a B2B SaaS platform, serving as its CEO before becoming its Founder and Chief Strategy Officer. She holds a background in environmental studies and law from the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto and has practiced law on Bay Street.

Founder & Strategy at Manifest Climate

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Manifest Climate's investors · 6

Climate Innovation CapitalTorontoGarage CapitalWaterlooGolden VenturesToronto · $500K – $2.5M checksKlass CapitalToronto · $3.6M – $73M checksOMERS VenturesToronto · $5M – $25M checksTech Square VenturesAtlanta · $500K – $3M checks

Experience

  1. Estian PartnersCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2025 — present
  2. Manifest ClimateCo-founder and Chief Strategy Officercurrent2024 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  3. Manifest ClimateCo-Founder and CEO2020 — 2024Toronto, Canada Area
  4. HDataMember of the Board of Advisorscurrent2026 — present
  5. TrexAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
  6. UnreasonableUnreasonable Fellowcurrent2022 — present
  7. Mantle ClimateAdvisor and Board Membercurrent2020 — present
  8. Creative Destruction LabMentor2020 — 2023Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  9. Mantle314 Inc.Co-founder & CEO2015 — 2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  10. Zizzo Allan DeMarco LLPFounding Partner2010 — 2015Toronto
  11. Zizzo Climate LawSole Practitioner2009 — 2010
  12. Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLPAssociate2006 — 2009

Skills & more

Strategic Planning6International Environmental Law1Sustainability47Renewable Energy17Climate Change60Carbon13Environmental Awareness30Energy7Environmental Policy17Public Policy8Policy Analysis5Policy11
+7 moreSustainable DevelopmentResearchEnergy EfficiencyEnvironmental IssuesSustainable EnergyEnvironmental LawEnergy Policy

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Who is Laura Zizzo?
Laura Zizzo is Co-Founder and CEO of Estian Partners, an infrastructure investment platform that finances and delivers resource recovery infrastructure for municipalities across North America. She previously founded a Canada-based climate-focused law firm in 2009 and Mantle314 climate consulting in 2015, and co-founded Manifest Climate, a B2B SaaS platform, serving as its CEO before becoming its Founder and Chief Strategy Officer. She holds a background in environmental studies and law from the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto and has practiced law on Bay Street.
Where does Laura Zizzo work?
Laura Zizzo is Founder & Strategy of Manifest Climate.
What companies did Laura Zizzo found?
Laura Zizzo founded Manifest Climate.
Where did Laura Zizzo go to school?
Laura Zizzo studied at University of Toronto (J.D., Law); University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Environmental Studies, Environment and Resource Studies).

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