Clean Catalyst Sun, 10 May 2026 22:09:39 -0400 https://www.podpage.com/clean-catalyst/ en-us © 2026 Clean Catalyst yes e15efbd6-97cf-592c-9389-4eb94a77f0c7 richa.pathak@workday.com Richa Pathak episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Cleantech, Renewable Energy, Start-ups, Angel Investment Richa Pathak richa.pathak@workday.com https://storage.buzzsprout.com/d0o2xvhoxvioj6gfrpxc8se26sxx?.jpg Clean Catalyst https://www.podpage.com/clean-catalyst/ Season 4: Episode 5 - Fiona Kelleher - CEO and Cofounder @ MyGug Season 4: Episode 5 - Fiona Kelleher - CEO and Cofounder @ MyGug Fiona Kelleher (CEO), along with her husband Kieran Coffey (CTO) cofounded Amugreen and MyGug to offer renewable energy digesters at scale. After 5 years and having raised nearly a million, they are well on their way to making MyGug a household name. 

With over 25 years of experience across design engineering, production, water services, and site management, Kieran invented this sustainable energy producing system that can be used to generate biogas as well as organic fertilizer!

In this episode, Fiona shares the story of how MyGug (named after the colloquial term in Ireland for an egg) was formed and how they are offering large-scale solutions, including at community level, to create a micro-circular ecosystem that turns food waste into multiple energy products.

Tune in to this episode to hear more and discover how we all can switch to using sustainable, renewable energy that we can produce from our own kitchen! and don't forget to share your feedback.

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]]> Fiona Kelleher (CEO), along with her husband Kieran Coffey (CTO) cofounded Amugreen and MyGug to offer renewable energy digesters at scale. After 5 years and having raised nearly a million, they are well on their way to making MyGug a household name. 

With over 25 years of experience across design engineering, production, water services, and site management, Kieran invented this sustainable energy producing system that can be used to generate biogas as well as organic fertilizer!

In this episode, Fiona shares the story of how MyGug (named after the colloquial term in Ireland for an egg) was formed and how they are offering large-scale solutions, including at community level, to create a micro-circular ecosystem that turns food waste into multiple energy products.

Tune in to this episode to hear more and discover how we all can switch to using sustainable, renewable energy that we can produce from our own kitchen! and don't forget to share your feedback.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-17807180 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:00:00 +0200 2055 4 5 full false Season 4: Episode 4 - Sarah Fliessbach - CEO and Founder @ Shareclub Season 4: Episode 4 - Sarah Fliessbach - CEO and Founder @ Shareclub Continuing our series of amazing women founders of cleantech companies in Ireland, we are proud to present a brand new episode featuring the story of Sarah Fliessbach from Shareclub. 

Having moved across to Ireland from her home country Germany, Sarah saw how Ireland is one of the largest consuming countries of single-use plastic.. And she immediately went about fixing the problem by setting up her own venture - Shareclub! 

Shareclub is an App-enabled ecosystem of reusable containers, starting with tackling the omni-present take-away coffee cup. They are scaling through enterprise customers and large events alike - they recently helped the Dublin Coffee Festival completely avoid the use of single use cups!

Tune in to hear her story and ambition and don't forget to leave your feedback. 

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]]> Continuing our series of amazing women founders of cleantech companies in Ireland, we are proud to present a brand new episode featuring the story of Sarah Fliessbach from Shareclub. 

Having moved across to Ireland from her home country Germany, Sarah saw how Ireland is one of the largest consuming countries of single-use plastic.. And she immediately went about fixing the problem by setting up her own venture - Shareclub! 

Shareclub is an App-enabled ecosystem of reusable containers, starting with tackling the omni-present take-away coffee cup. They are scaling through enterprise customers and large events alike - they recently helped the Dublin Coffee Festival completely avoid the use of single use cups!

Tune in to hear her story and ambition and don't forget to leave your feedback. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-17790592 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0200 1707 4 4 full false Season 4: Episode 3 - Kate Williams - CEO and Co-Founder @ Bold Donut Season 4: Episode 3 - Kate Williams - CEO and Co-Founder @ Bold Donut Featuring Kate Williams, CEO and Co-founder of Bold Donut. 

Our third featured female CEO this year, we are proud to present another novel and promising offering aiming to address the climate crisis. 

Kate has co-founded Bold Donut as a sustainability engagement company that provides a portfolio of digital games. They design and customise these games based on the enterprise customer's context and domain, in order to provide their employees a fun way of engaging in sustainability. 

In this episode, some of the highlights that Kate shares are as follows:

  • Changing the narrative from doomsday story resulting in people's feeling unable to make a difference, and switching it to feeling positive, upbeat and knowledgeable and contributing to solving the problem of climate change. 
  • This activity as an employee engagement benefit and a fun initiative as opposed to a required training, and using that interaction in short bursts to capture attention and land an important message and learning, coupled with full-fledged data analytics around engagement, learning behaviour and recommended actions. 
  • Waste management at an enterprise level is one of those last mile solutions that bring together a portfolio of investments in sustainability solutions such as installing renewable energy power sources, key infrastructure improvements etc, in addition of course to embedding sustainability into the core business model too.

Bold Donut have most recently added ESB to their list of customers! Landing key opportunities like the partnership with Mywaste.ie as well as becoming a provider to ESB – Kate and her co-founder Nathan have come a long way in their short 2.5 year journey and have a lot of exciting things to look forward to. Tune in to the episode to hear more. 

 As always, don't forget to share your feedback.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Featuring Kate Williams, CEO and Co-founder of Bold Donut. 

Our third featured female CEO this year, we are proud to present another novel and promising offering aiming to address the climate crisis. 

Kate has co-founded Bold Donut as a sustainability engagement company that provides a portfolio of digital games. They design and customise these games based on the enterprise customer's context and domain, in order to provide their employees a fun way of engaging in sustainability. 

In this episode, some of the highlights that Kate shares are as follows:

  • Changing the narrative from doomsday story resulting in people's feeling unable to make a difference, and switching it to feeling positive, upbeat and knowledgeable and contributing to solving the problem of climate change. 
  • This activity as an employee engagement benefit and a fun initiative as opposed to a required training, and using that interaction in short bursts to capture attention and land an important message and learning, coupled with full-fledged data analytics around engagement, learning behaviour and recommended actions. 
  • Waste management at an enterprise level is one of those last mile solutions that bring together a portfolio of investments in sustainability solutions such as installing renewable energy power sources, key infrastructure improvements etc, in addition of course to embedding sustainability into the core business model too.

Bold Donut have most recently added ESB to their list of customers! Landing key opportunities like the partnership with Mywaste.ie as well as becoming a provider to ESB – Kate and her co-founder Nathan have come a long way in their short 2.5 year journey and have a lot of exciting things to look forward to. Tune in to the episode to hear more. 

 As always, don't forget to share your feedback.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-16869218 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0100 2114 4 3 full false Season 4: Episode 2 - Sarah-Marie Rust, CEO and Founder @EVE Mobility Season 4: Episode 2 - Sarah-Marie Rust, CEO and Founder @EVE Mobility Another exciting story, another promising climate-tech proposition! 

In this episode Sarah-Marie Rust, Founder and CEO of EVE Mobility shares her story of creating and growing EVE Mobility - a data-driven, AI-enabled SaaS offering to help companies electrify their fleet of vehicles. 

Sarah-Marie talks about her journey of arriving at the original idea and then continuously learning and iterating it to find a unique value proposition to help reduce the carbon footprint of large fleets. 

Fascinating to here how her idea has thrived and evolved through customer input and validation and how she has done such a great job in leveraging her local ecosystem of mentors, advisors and talented people. More power to you, Sarah!

Follow Sarah-Marie and read more about EVE Mobility on LinkedIn. 

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]]> Another exciting story, another promising climate-tech proposition! 

In this episode Sarah-Marie Rust, Founder and CEO of EVE Mobility shares her story of creating and growing EVE Mobility - a data-driven, AI-enabled SaaS offering to help companies electrify their fleet of vehicles. 

Sarah-Marie talks about her journey of arriving at the original idea and then continuously learning and iterating it to find a unique value proposition to help reduce the carbon footprint of large fleets. 

Fascinating to here how her idea has thrived and evolved through customer input and validation and how she has done such a great job in leveraging her local ecosystem of mentors, advisors and talented people. More power to you, Sarah!

Follow Sarah-Marie and read more about EVE Mobility on LinkedIn. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-16539839 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0100 2223 4 2 full false Season 4: Episode 1 - Shobhita Soor, CEO and Founder @ Legendary Foods Season 4: Episode 1 - Shobhita Soor, CEO and Founder @ Legendary Foods For Season 4's first episode, Shobhita Soor joins us all the way from Ghana! Our podcast's first enterpreneur from the African continent, we are so excited to present her story.

Forbes 30 under 30, social entrepreneur, undeterred and passionate founder of Legendary Foods, which produces palm larvae based protein-rich products.  They have the ambition to revolutionise our consumption habits to ensure better health and wellbeing, in a more environmentally-friendly and sustainable way.

Shobhita talks about her passion for food-tech, harnessing her superpowers growing up in an immigrant family in Canada, her journey of founding this company in Ghana and her learnings establishing a high-performance, well-knit team in a new market and new cultural environment.

Learn more about Legendary Foods and follow Shobhita on LinkedIn.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> For Season 4's first episode, Shobhita Soor joins us all the way from Ghana! Our podcast's first enterpreneur from the African continent, we are so excited to present her story.

Forbes 30 under 30, social entrepreneur, undeterred and passionate founder of Legendary Foods, which produces palm larvae based protein-rich products.  They have the ambition to revolutionise our consumption habits to ensure better health and wellbeing, in a more environmentally-friendly and sustainable way.

Shobhita talks about her passion for food-tech, harnessing her superpowers growing up in an immigrant family in Canada, her journey of founding this company in Ghana and her learnings establishing a high-performance, well-knit team in a new market and new cultural environment.

Learn more about Legendary Foods and follow Shobhita on LinkedIn.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-16517861 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0100 1969 4 1 full false Season 3: Episode 5 - Romain Diaz, Founder of Satgana Season 3: Episode 5 - Romain Diaz, Founder of Satgana Season 3 Finale episode is out now, wrapping up this season focusing on Circular Economy!

Featuring Romain Diaz, Founder of the Europe and Africa focused climate impact fund, Satgana. Romain's humility and graciousness is so wonderful and inspiring! Amazing to hear about how he and his team are leading the fund's investment and advisory activities guided by their ethos and passion for solving for the climate crisis. 

Romain shares his story of starting as an entrepreneur in Morocco, followed by experiences in South Africa and ultimately following his passion to set up Satgana. He talks about risk-appetite while also being laser-focused on the climate - problem space, and at the same time combining his expertise in emerging markets to find high potential start-ups beyond Europe in African markets like Ethiopia, where VC investments are marginal to date.

Satgana's portfolio companies in Circular Economy, highlighted in this episode are as follows:
- Kubik, Addis Ababa: turning plastic waste in low-carbon, affordable housing
- Onima, Paris: producing sustainable alternative protein from beer yeast
- Loewi, Paris: accelerating the transition to electric bikes with a full-stack refurbishment platform
-  Arda, London: transforming waste feedstock into biomaterials for use in fashion, automotive and other sectors

Tune in to this episode to hear the conversation with Romain Diaz from Satgana, and don't forget to share your feedback!

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Season 3 Finale episode is out now, wrapping up this season focusing on Circular Economy!

Featuring Romain Diaz, Founder of the Europe and Africa focused climate impact fund, Satgana. Romain's humility and graciousness is so wonderful and inspiring! Amazing to hear about how he and his team are leading the fund's investment and advisory activities guided by their ethos and passion for solving for the climate crisis. 

Romain shares his story of starting as an entrepreneur in Morocco, followed by experiences in South Africa and ultimately following his passion to set up Satgana. He talks about risk-appetite while also being laser-focused on the climate - problem space, and at the same time combining his expertise in emerging markets to find high potential start-ups beyond Europe in African markets like Ethiopia, where VC investments are marginal to date.

Satgana's portfolio companies in Circular Economy, highlighted in this episode are as follows:
- Kubik, Addis Ababa: turning plastic waste in low-carbon, affordable housing
- Onima, Paris: producing sustainable alternative protein from beer yeast
- Loewi, Paris: accelerating the transition to electric bikes with a full-stack refurbishment platform
-  Arda, London: transforming waste feedstock into biomaterials for use in fashion, automotive and other sectors

Tune in to this episode to hear the conversation with Romain Diaz from Satgana, and don't forget to share your feedback!

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-14691983 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0100 2371 full false Season 3: Episode 4 - Elin Bergman, CIO of Cradlenet and Co-founder of Nordic Circular Hotspot Season 3: Episode 4 - Elin Bergman, CIO of Cradlenet and Co-founder of Nordic Circular Hotspot Proud to bring to you a brand new episode in this season! We welcome Elin to Clean Catalyst.

Elin Bergman is known for being the Circular Economy Queen of Sweden. She the COO and spokesperson of the Swedish circular economy network Cradlenet, and is also one of the co-founders of the Nordic Circular Hotspot a collaboration platform for accelerating circular economy in the region.

In this episode, Elin elaborates how circular business models are existing and more prevalent than we believe, while also outlining some of the blockers that founders face when setting up circular solutions.

Reports mentioned in the episode:
- Product-as-a-Service in the circular economy: the nine critical challenges and how to fix them
- Nordic Roadmap for Circular Financing

Books mentioned in the episode:
- Waste to wealth, the circular economy advantage: by Jakob Rutqvist, Peter Lacy
- Cradle to cradle, by  Michael Braungart, William McDonough


Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Proud to bring to you a brand new episode in this season! We welcome Elin to Clean Catalyst.

Elin Bergman is known for being the Circular Economy Queen of Sweden. She the COO and spokesperson of the Swedish circular economy network Cradlenet, and is also one of the co-founders of the Nordic Circular Hotspot a collaboration platform for accelerating circular economy in the region.

In this episode, Elin elaborates how circular business models are existing and more prevalent than we believe, while also outlining some of the blockers that founders face when setting up circular solutions.

Reports mentioned in the episode:
- Product-as-a-Service in the circular economy: the nine critical challenges and how to fix them
- Nordic Roadmap for Circular Financing

Books mentioned in the episode:
- Waste to wealth, the circular economy advantage: by Jakob Rutqvist, Peter Lacy
- Cradle to cradle, by  Michael Braungart, William McDonough


Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-14641860 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 23:00:00 +0100 2151 3 4 full false Season 3: Episode 3 - Max Meister, Founder's Associate @ Cirplus Season 3: Episode 3 - Max Meister, Founder's Associate @ Cirplus Christian Schiller, CEO and Co-founder of Cirplus came upon the idea of founding this company in the middle of the ocean, off the coast of Colombia. It was a moment of epiphany that evolved into a solution with the ambition to change the way the world consumes plastic. More recently, Christian was invited byt he German government to join the consultation process for creating the National Circular Economy Strategy for Germany. 

Max Meister, Founder's Associate at Cirplus joins us in this episode to tell us all about their journey so far, and their ambitions in the future. IT's a tight-knit team, going through a lot of firsts together, starting with a certification system for quality of recycled plastic. 

Tune in to this episode to hear more about their story. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Christian Schiller, CEO and Co-founder of Cirplus came upon the idea of founding this company in the middle of the ocean, off the coast of Colombia. It was a moment of epiphany that evolved into a solution with the ambition to change the way the world consumes plastic. More recently, Christian was invited byt he German government to join the consultation process for creating the National Circular Economy Strategy for Germany. 

Max Meister, Founder's Associate at Cirplus joins us in this episode to tell us all about their journey so far, and their ambitions in the future. IT's a tight-knit team, going through a lot of firsts together, starting with a certification system for quality of recycled plastic. 

Tune in to this episode to hear more about their story. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-14457630 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100 2202 3 3 full true Season 3: Episode 2 - Felix Wagner - CEO and Co-Founder @ Circunomics Season 3: Episode 2 - Felix Wagner - CEO and Co-Founder @ Circunomics So excited to present to you Circunomics, a B2B marketplace and proposition to give second-life to EV batteries. They are revenue positive and gearing up for Series A round of fundraising this year. We have in conversation with us in this episode the CEO and Co-founder of Circunomics, Felix Wagner, joining us from Germany!

With strong backers and validation from the beginning, Circunomics has tackled various challenges starting from the pandemic to a tough B2B environment, in order to reach their current state of progress. Felix's story is a fascinating one of resilience and drive, and we can only share their passion and excitement for more successes ahead.

Listen to this episode to find out more and discover how Circunomics works, and all the excitement lined up for them. Hope you enjoy the conversation with Felix and we would love to hear how it made you feel.

Follow Circunomics and connect with Felix on LinkedIn.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> So excited to present to you Circunomics, a B2B marketplace and proposition to give second-life to EV batteries. They are revenue positive and gearing up for Series A round of fundraising this year. We have in conversation with us in this episode the CEO and Co-founder of Circunomics, Felix Wagner, joining us from Germany!

With strong backers and validation from the beginning, Circunomics has tackled various challenges starting from the pandemic to a tough B2B environment, in order to reach their current state of progress. Felix's story is a fascinating one of resilience and drive, and we can only share their passion and excitement for more successes ahead.

Listen to this episode to find out more and discover how Circunomics works, and all the excitement lined up for them. Hope you enjoy the conversation with Felix and we would love to hear how it made you feel.

Follow Circunomics and connect with Felix on LinkedIn.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-14342051 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100 2284 3 2 full false Season 3: Episode 1 - Tuomo Laine, CEO and Co-Founder @ Twice Commerce Season 3: Episode 1 - Tuomo Laine, CEO and Co-Founder @ Twice Commerce For our very first start-up feature, we have with us in this episode the CEO and Co-founder of Rentle now Twice Commerce, Tuomo Laine, all the way from Finland!

Twice Commerce in it's newly launched avatar, is a very cool proposition to help customers extend the life of products and the team are all set to scale and grow! Tuomo gets into the depths of how they got inspired to start this journey and what keeps them going and excited for more successes ahead.

Listen to this episode to find out more and discover how Twice Commerce works, and all the excitement lined up for them. Hope you enjoy Tuomo's story and get a chance to try out their offering.

Follow Twice Commerce and connect with Tuomo on LinkedIn.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback!

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Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> For our very first start-up feature, we have with us in this episode the CEO and Co-founder of Rentle now Twice Commerce, Tuomo Laine, all the way from Finland!

Twice Commerce in it's newly launched avatar, is a very cool proposition to help customers extend the life of products and the team are all set to scale and grow! Tuomo gets into the depths of how they got inspired to start this journey and what keeps them going and excited for more successes ahead.

Listen to this episode to find out more and discover how Twice Commerce works, and all the excitement lined up for them. Hope you enjoy Tuomo's story and get a chance to try out their offering.

Follow Twice Commerce and connect with Tuomo on LinkedIn.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback!

(https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-14338806 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0100 1932 3 1 full false Season 3: Episode 0 - Let's focus on Circular Economy Season 3: Episode 0 - Let's focus on Circular Economy New year, new season, this time focusing on Circular Economy. I'm Richa, your host, bringing this introductory episode, followed by a line-up of interesting, innovative start-ups in this space. Stay tuned for more!

For this season introductory episode, I go through some trends and statistics describing the current state of affairs in the Circular Economy sector. Top of mind examples from Fashion, Food and Packaging industries, to show how much effort and investment is still needed in this space, and fast!

Listen to the episode to learn more and share your feedback and comments about what more you would like to learn about.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback!
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Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> New year, new season, this time focusing on Circular Economy. I'm Richa, your host, bringing this introductory episode, followed by a line-up of interesting, innovative start-ups in this space. Stay tuned for more!

For this season introductory episode, I go through some trends and statistics describing the current state of affairs in the Circular Economy sector. Top of mind examples from Fashion, Food and Packaging industries, to show how much effort and investment is still needed in this space, and fast!

Listen to the episode to learn more and share your feedback and comments about what more you would like to learn about.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback!
(https://www.linkedin.com/company/86013913/admin/)

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-14338751 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0100 862 3 0 full false Season 2: Episode 7 - Mark Bernstein, President and Co-Founder @ Earthshot Season 2: Episode 7 - Mark Bernstein, President and Co-Founder @ Earthshot For our season finale episode, we welcome Mark Bernstein to share his insights on opportunities in the Mobility space given his extensive experience across academia, government and private equity in this sector.

Currently running Earthshot, a non-profit aimed at inspiring climate action through presenting a positive cleantech vision in the future, Mark talks about their plans to energise and inspire people into taking positive action to solve the climate crisis. He also reflects his several decades of experiences across multiple roles, including for instance being part of the Clinton administration, and why he is optimistic about our future.

Listen to this episode to find out more and discover how Earthshot is out to offer game-based education and engagement. Hope you enjoy it and participate in their launch in the near-future.

Follow Earthshot and connect with Mark on LinkedIn.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> For our season finale episode, we welcome Mark Bernstein to share his insights on opportunities in the Mobility space given his extensive experience across academia, government and private equity in this sector.

Currently running Earthshot, a non-profit aimed at inspiring climate action through presenting a positive cleantech vision in the future, Mark talks about their plans to energise and inspire people into taking positive action to solve the climate crisis. He also reflects his several decades of experiences across multiple roles, including for instance being part of the Clinton administration, and why he is optimistic about our future.

Listen to this episode to find out more and discover how Earthshot is out to offer game-based education and engagement. Hope you enjoy it and participate in their launch in the near-future.

Follow Earthshot and connect with Mark on LinkedIn.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-11772369 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0100 2086 2 7 full false Season 2: Episode 6 - Linus Frank - CEO and Co-Founder @Vesputi Season 2: Episode 6 - Linus Frank - CEO and Co-Founder @Vesputi And last but not least - our 6th featured start-up in this season focused on Mobility  solutions, Vesputi!

Based in Leipzig Germany, Vesputi as described by CEO and Co-Founder Linus Frank, is a remarkable offering that seeks to optimise existing public transportation infrastructure with the ambition to reduce carbon footprint. The concept is so elegant in its simplicity - it started with API-enabled backend integration and is evolving into a platform for providing a bundled offering across providers.

Find out more about Vesputi's upcoming plans and connect with Linus on LinkedIn. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> And last but not least - our 6th featured start-up in this season focused on Mobility  solutions, Vesputi!

Based in Leipzig Germany, Vesputi as described by CEO and Co-Founder Linus Frank, is a remarkable offering that seeks to optimise existing public transportation infrastructure with the ambition to reduce carbon footprint. The concept is so elegant in its simplicity - it started with API-enabled backend integration and is evolving into a platform for providing a bundled offering across providers.

Find out more about Vesputi's upcoming plans and connect with Linus on LinkedIn. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-11663521 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0100 1933 2 6 full false Season 2: Episode 5 - Andrew Fleury - CEO and Co-Founder @Luna Systems Season 2: Episode 5 - Andrew Fleury - CEO and Co-Founder @Luna Systems In this episode we are featuring Luna Systems, in the words of CEO and Co-Founder Andrew Fleury.

Luna Systems based in Dublin, Ireland supports efficiency and safety for scooters as a more viable and sustainable alternative for urban transportation. Founded by a team of entrepreneurs who have common background in their education as well as running another Mobility start-up, Luna Systems has big ambitions to change the face of urban commuting and short-distance mobility.

Find more about Luna Systems and connect with Andrew on LinkedIn.

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]]> In this episode we are featuring Luna Systems, in the words of CEO and Co-Founder Andrew Fleury.

Luna Systems based in Dublin, Ireland supports efficiency and safety for scooters as a more viable and sustainable alternative for urban transportation. Founded by a team of entrepreneurs who have common background in their education as well as running another Mobility start-up, Luna Systems has big ambitions to change the face of urban commuting and short-distance mobility.

Find more about Luna Systems and connect with Andrew on LinkedIn.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-11663480 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0100 2027 2 5 full false Season 2: Episode 4 - Lupi Love - Co-Founder @ Infinite Mobility Season 2: Episode 4 - Lupi Love - Co-Founder @ Infinite Mobility We change tracks to look into innovative solutions in EV design and engineering. First up is Infinite Mobility based in Oslo, Norway - hear their story in the words of Co-founder Lupi Love.

Taking head on the problem of charging and of efficiency of EVs by changing the design of the EV itself - that's what Infinite Mobility is about. Launching Cargo Bikes, 2-wheeler and 3-wheeler solar powered light-weight EVs for urban mobility and last-mile delivery solutions. Listen to Lupi describe the journey up to the launch and how the team's phenomenal background and ambition has been instrumental in turning this vision into a feasible and remarkable product offering.

Find out more about Infinite Mobility and their prototype launch and interact with Lupi on LinkedIn. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> We change tracks to look into innovative solutions in EV design and engineering. First up is Infinite Mobility based in Oslo, Norway - hear their story in the words of Co-founder Lupi Love.

Taking head on the problem of charging and of efficiency of EVs by changing the design of the EV itself - that's what Infinite Mobility is about. Launching Cargo Bikes, 2-wheeler and 3-wheeler solar powered light-weight EVs for urban mobility and last-mile delivery solutions. Listen to Lupi describe the journey up to the launch and how the team's phenomenal background and ambition has been instrumental in turning this vision into a feasible and remarkable product offering.

Find out more about Infinite Mobility and their prototype launch and interact with Lupi on LinkedIn. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-11596997 Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0100 1927 2 4 full false Season 2: Episode 3 - Marco Bevilacqua, Pietro Balda and Gabriele Bergoglio - Co-Founders @ Reefilla Season 2: Episode 3 - Marco Bevilacqua, Pietro Balda and Gabriele Bergoglio - Co-Founders @ Reefilla This episode features the story of Reefilla, by the three co-founders Marco (CEO), Pietro (CTO) and Gabriele (CFO).

Reefilla based in Turin, Italy offers a mobile-based predictive solution for charging EVs. Founded by a team that were co-workers and came together in an MBA program focused on automotive sector, it is a promising and exciting offering with lots of potential.

Find more about Reefilla and the upcoming launch of their product #Fillee and connect with Marco, Pietro and Gabriele on Reefilla's LinkedIn page.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> This episode features the story of Reefilla, by the three co-founders Marco (CEO), Pietro (CTO) and Gabriele (CFO).

Reefilla based in Turin, Italy offers a mobile-based predictive solution for charging EVs. Founded by a team that were co-workers and came together in an MBA program focused on automotive sector, it is a promising and exciting offering with lots of potential.

Find more about Reefilla and the upcoming launch of their product #Fillee and connect with Marco, Pietro and Gabriele on Reefilla's LinkedIn page.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-11593875 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0100 2397 2 3 full false Season 2: Episode 2 - Sheng Liu - Co-Founder @ Voltshare Season 2: Episode 2 - Sheng Liu - Co-Founder @ Voltshare Sheng joins us to talk about his journey to founding Voltshare and his adventures through the pandemic leading up to a grant award received from the UK public sector! With his diverse background and experience, Sheng's story is one not to miss!

Voltshare connects EV drivers to nearby home EV chargers with off the street private parking spaces. To find out more visit Voltshare or connect with Sheng on LinkedIn. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Sheng joins us to talk about his journey to founding Voltshare and his adventures through the pandemic leading up to a grant award received from the UK public sector! With his diverse background and experience, Sheng's story is one not to miss!

Voltshare connects EV drivers to nearby home EV chargers with off the street private parking spaces. To find out more visit Voltshare or connect with Sheng on LinkedIn. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-11590879 Sat, 05 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0100 2203 2 2 full false Season 2: Episode 1 - Juan Roldán and Ruben Vliente - Co-Founders @ Wattson Season 2: Episode 1 - Juan Roldán and Ruben Vliente - Co-Founders @ Wattson The first promising start-up this season is Wattson, based in Madrid in Spain.

Juan Roldán, CEO and Ruben Valiente, CPO join this episode to share their exciting adventure and journey at Wattson. Juan found Ruben through IESE Business School, a thread that connects us all and they clicked instantly!

Wattson is a network of mobile ultra-fast chargers for EV users, whenever and wherever they need it. Check out their MVP launch video here.

Find out more about Wattson or connect with Juan and Ruben on LinkedIn. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> The first promising start-up this season is Wattson, based in Madrid in Spain.

Juan Roldán, CEO and Ruben Valiente, CPO join this episode to share their exciting adventure and journey at Wattson. Juan found Ruben through IESE Business School, a thread that connects us all and they clicked instantly!

Wattson is a network of mobile ultra-fast chargers for EV users, whenever and wherever they need it. Check out their MVP launch video here.

Find out more about Wattson or connect with Juan and Ruben on LinkedIn. 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-11590721 Sat, 29 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0200 2480 2 1 full false Season 2: Episode 0 - Yoshimi Nakajima, Product Manager at Woven City Season 2: Episode 0 - Yoshimi Nakajima, Product Manager at Woven City Back again with Season 2, this time featuring innovative early-stage start-ups in the Mobility sector.

To kick-off this season, Yoshimi Nakajima joins me to discuss the latest trends that are inspiring companies both large and small, to create and offer cool, new solutions. With her background ranging across Mizuho, Honda and now Woven City in Japan, she shares her observations and insights about how the automative sector has evolved to embrace extensive innovation and change for the better.

Tune in to hear more and share your feedback with us on LinkedIn!

Yoshimi would be delighted to hear from you - get in touch with her on LinkedIn 
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshimi-nakajima/)


Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Back again with Season 2, this time featuring innovative early-stage start-ups in the Mobility sector.

To kick-off this season, Yoshimi Nakajima joins me to discuss the latest trends that are inspiring companies both large and small, to create and offer cool, new solutions. With her background ranging across Mizuho, Honda and now Woven City in Japan, she shares her observations and insights about how the automative sector has evolved to embrace extensive innovation and change for the better.

Tune in to hear more and share your feedback with us on LinkedIn!

Yoshimi would be delighted to hear from you - get in touch with her on LinkedIn 
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshimi-nakajima/)


Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-11590693 Sat, 29 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0200 1532 2 0 full false Season Finale - David Scanlon - Director @ Resolve Partners Season Finale - David Scanlon - Director @ Resolve Partners This is the season finale!

Today we are chatting with David Scanlon, director at Resolve Partners.

David has over 20 years of experience in the start-up and entrepreneurship space. He has played a pivotal role in the climate economy ecosystem in Ireland by bringing together founders and entrepreneurs who are creating sustainable solutions.

He has had management roles in Entreprise Ireland, the Start-up grind, NDRC (Ireland's National Start-up accelerator program) and is currently the Director at Resolve Partners. Resolve Partners inspire, guide, challenge, and coach leaders in Innovation, Research, and Entrepreneurship to deliver remarkable outcomes.

If you want to find out more reach out to hello@resolvepartners.ie // linkedin.com/in/davescanlon // https://twitter.com/dscanlon



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]]> This is the season finale!

Today we are chatting with David Scanlon, director at Resolve Partners.

David has over 20 years of experience in the start-up and entrepreneurship space. He has played a pivotal role in the climate economy ecosystem in Ireland by bringing together founders and entrepreneurs who are creating sustainable solutions.

He has had management roles in Entreprise Ireland, the Start-up grind, NDRC (Ireland's National Start-up accelerator program) and is currently the Director at Resolve Partners. Resolve Partners inspire, guide, challenge, and coach leaders in Innovation, Research, and Entrepreneurship to deliver remarkable outcomes.

If you want to find out more reach out to hello@resolvepartners.ie // linkedin.com/in/davescanlon // https://twitter.com/dscanlon



Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Alberto Fernandez Buzzsprout-10954516 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:00:00 +0200 2624 1 7 full false Episode 6 - Ben Or, Assaf - Co-Founder of Greeneum Episode 6 - Ben Or, Assaf - Co-Founder of Greeneum In this episode we will be chatting with Ben Or, Assaf Co-Founder of Greeneum.

Greeneum is a decentralized platform and marketplace for local energy management that supports you to become energy independent and with no fossil and zero emissions.

Greeneum leverages cutting edge disruptive technology, including blockchain, smart contracts and targeted machine learning (AI), to create an unparalleled reliable, comprehensive and potentially unlimited data platform for the renewable energy market.

Follow them on twitter: @GreeneumNet on their website: www.greeneum.net and on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeneum-network/

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> In this episode we will be chatting with Ben Or, Assaf Co-Founder of Greeneum.

Greeneum is a decentralized platform and marketplace for local energy management that supports you to become energy independent and with no fossil and zero emissions.

Greeneum leverages cutting edge disruptive technology, including blockchain, smart contracts and targeted machine learning (AI), to create an unparalleled reliable, comprehensive and potentially unlimited data platform for the renewable energy market.

Follow them on twitter: @GreeneumNet on their website: www.greeneum.net and on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greeneum-network/

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Alberto Fernandez Buzzsprout-10913631 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0200 2391 1 6 full false Episode 5 - Jorge Portillo Co-founder of Greemko Episode 5 - Jorge Portillo Co-founder of Greemko Greemko has the objective of facilitating the environmental management tasks for corporations. Trough their proprietary software they help companies evaluate automatically the environmental performance including their emission calculations.

Their tool allows to analyse information and compare different criteria and establish objectives for improvements. Moreover, it can predict consumption and associated costs.

Make sure to reach out to them: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greemko/ ; https://greemko.com/

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Greemko has the objective of facilitating the environmental management tasks for corporations. Trough their proprietary software they help companies evaluate automatically the environmental performance including their emission calculations.

Their tool allows to analyse information and compare different criteria and establish objectives for improvements. Moreover, it can predict consumption and associated costs.

Make sure to reach out to them: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greemko/ ; https://greemko.com/

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Alberto Fernandez Buzzsprout-10855934 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0200 2377 1 5 full false Episode 4 - Stephan Dinse Co-Founder of Think RE Episode 4 - Stephan Dinse Co-Founder of Think RE They support you on your path to becoming a Renewable Champion and finally contribute to the global energy transition. They are a network of renewable energy advisors helping corporates or public institutions to realize their sustainability strategy in terms of electricity consumption.

In addition, they also support developers or independent power producers to realize their renewable energy projects. ⚡ Subscribe to our Renewable Energy News channel: https://bit.ly/ThinkRE_Subscribe

Make sure to reach out to them: https://www.think-renewable.com & Stephan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephan-dinse

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> They support you on your path to becoming a Renewable Champion and finally contribute to the global energy transition. They are a network of renewable energy advisors helping corporates or public institutions to realize their sustainability strategy in terms of electricity consumption.

In addition, they also support developers or independent power producers to realize their renewable energy projects. ⚡ Subscribe to our Renewable Energy News channel: https://bit.ly/ThinkRE_Subscribe

Make sure to reach out to them: https://www.think-renewable.com & Stephan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephan-dinse

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Alberto Fernandez Buzzsprout-10757545 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0200 2028 1 4 full false Episode 3 - Nils Söderström - CEO & Founder of Renbloc Episode 3 - Nils Söderström - CEO & Founder of Renbloc In this episode, we will be chatting with Nils Söderström, CEO & Founder of Renbloc. 
Renbloc is a comprehensive and transparent solution for tracing and verifying sources of energy. Suppliers and customers can easily keep track of when, where and how their energy is produced. They want to increase the transparency in the energy market by giving consumers the opportunity to freely choose the origin of their energy, bringing purchasing power to the energy market.

For the first time, the conscious consumer will be able to voice their energy opinion by directly and transparently choosing the origin of their energy. They see this free will as a major step in the development of global democracy.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> In this episode, we will be chatting with Nils Söderström, CEO & Founder of Renbloc. 
Renbloc is a comprehensive and transparent solution for tracing and verifying sources of energy. Suppliers and customers can easily keep track of when, where and how their energy is produced. They want to increase the transparency in the energy market by giving consumers the opportunity to freely choose the origin of their energy, bringing purchasing power to the energy market.

For the first time, the conscious consumer will be able to voice their energy opinion by directly and transparently choosing the origin of their energy. They see this free will as a major step in the development of global democracy.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Alberto Fernandez Buzzsprout-10730436 Fri, 03 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +0200 2368 1 3 full false Episode 2 - Vanessa Macdougall - Co-Founder of Xtonnes Episode 2 - Vanessa Macdougall - Co-Founder of Xtonnes In this episode, we will be chatting with Vanessa Macdougall Co-founder of Xtonnes.

Xtonnes is the next-gen carbon management software built with designers and manufacturers to reduce, report and remove emissions while saving time, money and the planet. Their approach to carbon footprints is simpler, smarter and safer. It generates results and insight faster with robust SOTA data science. Aligns with the standards that matter now and in the future. Empowers businesses to take meaningful, confident actions at speed Your business can prioritise efforts to take control of their emissions in minutes, effortlessly remain up to date with changes to reporting standards and discover different ways to achieve science-based targets.

Make sure to check their website to book a demo: https://xtonnes.com/ or reach out to them on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xtonnes

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> In this episode, we will be chatting with Vanessa Macdougall Co-founder of Xtonnes.

Xtonnes is the next-gen carbon management software built with designers and manufacturers to reduce, report and remove emissions while saving time, money and the planet. Their approach to carbon footprints is simpler, smarter and safer. It generates results and insight faster with robust SOTA data science. Aligns with the standards that matter now and in the future. Empowers businesses to take meaningful, confident actions at speed Your business can prioritise efforts to take control of their emissions in minutes, effortlessly remain up to date with changes to reporting standards and discover different ways to achieve science-based targets.

Make sure to check their website to book a demo: https://xtonnes.com/ or reach out to them on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xtonnes

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Alberto Fernandez Buzzsprout-10633571 Tue, 17 May 2022 17:00:00 +0200 2076 1 2 full false Episode 1 - Wouter Draijer - CEO of Solarmente Episode 1 - Wouter Draijer - CEO of Solarmente In this episode, we will be chatting with Wouter Draijer - CEO and Co-Founder of Solarmente.

Solarmente changes the way PV installations are brought to consumers by creating accurate, honest and transparent automated offers using revolutionary technology.
Solarmente mixes software and financing to make solar simple for any homeowner.
Panels are cheap, installation is easy, yet going solar is still an excruciating process, they solve that.

Make sure to check out his website: https://solarmente.es or reach out to them on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solarmente/ 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> In this episode, we will be chatting with Wouter Draijer - CEO and Co-Founder of Solarmente.

Solarmente changes the way PV installations are brought to consumers by creating accurate, honest and transparent automated offers using revolutionary technology.
Solarmente mixes software and financing to make solar simple for any homeowner.
Panels are cheap, installation is easy, yet going solar is still an excruciating process, they solve that.

Make sure to check out his website: https://solarmente.es or reach out to them on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solarmente/ 

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Alberto Fernandez Buzzsprout-10598423 Wed, 11 May 2022 11:00:00 +0200 2199 1 1 full false Episode 0 - Clean Catalyst Intro Episode 0 - Clean Catalyst Intro The Podcast connecting breakthrough cleantech companies with investor and entrepreneurial communities

The purpose of this project is to be a connector of early-stage cleantechs with investors, talent and customers. The aim is to connect the entrepreneurial community to create and scale ideas into environmentally impactful and sustainable businesses.

In this intro Episode we will tell you more about what is Clean Catalyst how it became a reality.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> The Podcast connecting breakthrough cleantech companies with investor and entrepreneurial communities

The purpose of this project is to be a connector of early-stage cleantechs with investors, talent and customers. The aim is to connect the entrepreneurial community to create and scale ideas into environmentally impactful and sustainable businesses.

In this intro Episode we will tell you more about what is Clean Catalyst how it became a reality.

Visit us on our Clean Catalyst LinkedIn page and do share your feedback! 

]]> Alberto Fernandez / Richa Pathak Buzzsprout-10598364 Wed, 11 May 2022 11:00:00 +0200 789 1 0 trailer false