Another ClimateTech Podcast

That's a Wrap! 🎬 Most Played: Nature needs a better bank, with Martin Stuchtey

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0300

🗒️ A note from Ryan, your host: I'm so happy to have put these 80 interviews out into the world, and have made new friends, connections, and gained tons of inspiration along the way. But duty calls at the moment as my volunteer work in Ukraine takes all my time and attention. So I'll call it a wrap for now and hope to be back with new episodes one day. I hope you've enjoyed listening to these episodes as much as I enjoyed making them!

I'll leave you with the most downloaded episode of the series, in case you missed it:

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Martin Stuchtey is the founder and co-CEO of The Landbanking Group, which aims to support the regeneration of nature and biodiversity through an asset class they call Nature Equity.

Martin talked about how we can protect nature by literally putting a value to it, as well as his own life and career which has ranged from soldier in the German army’s alpine group to management consultant, professor, and now founder.

#biodiversity #regeneration #climatetech

🏖️ Summer Classics #3: Funniest Episode 😹 – Comedian Stuart Goldsmith

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0300

This August and September, I’m stepping away from the mic to volunteer — but I’m not leaving your podcast feed empty. Instead, I’m revisiting fan favourites in a short Summer Classics series.

In this last episode of the series, I'm reviving my chat with comedian Stuart Goldsmith where we:

🛹 Quote the Simpsons a couple times

🏟️ Clarify it's different to speak in front of and in a stadium

🪱 Mention Dune's sandworms

This episode explains how to talk about climate change without alienating people. 👽

🏖️ Summer Classics #2: Investor Favourite 📈 – Jessica Burley of Planet A

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0300

This August and September, I’m stepping away from the mic to volunteer — but I’m not leaving your podcast feed empty. Instead, I’m revisiting fan favourites in a short Summer Classics series.

The second of three episodes in the series is my interview with Jessica Burley of Planet A. I call it the "Investor Favourite" because I've heard from lots of VCs that it contains some of the best climatetech investing advice they've heard, like why:

The science folks should have an investment decision veto
Collaboration is a must for hardware investment
Thinking about planetary boundaries has to go beyond just CO2

This is a must-listen episode for climatetech investors — and the startups who need their cash. 💰

🏖️ Summer Classics #1: Rising Star 🌟 – Shannon Falconer of BioCraft Pet Nutrition

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0300

First up is Shannon Falconer, Founder & CEO of BioCraft Pet Nutrition (formerly Because, Animals). Two years on, they’ve made huge strides toward radically reshaping the pet food industry — and Shannon remains one of the most mission-driven founders I know. If you want good news about the future of pet food, start here.

Summer "Break" - Ukraine Volunteering

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0300

I'm going to be spending the summer on the road, delivering humanitarian aid across Ukraine. And needless to say, it's not the best setup for recording a podcast. So things will be quiet here until about October when I'll be back with new episodes, when I'm back settled in Kyiv and in relative peace. If you want to follow my adventures, be sure to follow me on LinkedIn.

Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so that you'll be notified when new episodes come out. Have a great summer. Thanks for listening.

Smart Meters, Dumb Rules, and Why AI is the New Electrification, with Felix Krause of Vireo Ventures

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:00:00 +0300

Felix Krause is the Managing Partner at Vireo Ventures, a European VC fund betting that the future of energy is electric, distributed, and intelligently managed. Based in Berlin, Felix brings sector-specific clarity to the sprawling world of climate investing and makes a strong case for why electrons, not moonshots, will define the next great energy transition.

In this episode we talked about:

🔋 Why electrification isn’t just inevitable—it’s the most capital-efficient climate solution on offer
🔄 What "sector coupling" means, and how heat pumps, EVs, and industry can all talk to each other
🧠 Why AI is the new electrification, and how it makes an increasingly complex energy system legible
⚡ The distributed grid, smart meters, and how regulation is slowing everything down
🔐 Why cybersecurity for backyard solar systems might be our next national security crisis
🔌 The dark horses of climatetech: agrivoltaics and bi-directional EV charging

#climatetech #electrification #energytransition #VC

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Universities are Reshaping the Future of Food with Ismäel, Lisa, and Jorge of the Alt Proteins Project

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0300

Ismaël Bawah is the SciTech Community Coordinator at the Good Food Institute Europe and the man behind the Alt Protein Project, a global student-powered initiative to transform universities into hubs for alternative protein innovation. Alongside him, we also heard from Lisa Neidhardt of Imperial College London and Jorge Guadalupe of Brazil’s Federal University of Minas Gerais—two campus leaders putting alt proteins on the academic map.

In this episode we talked about:

🌱 How the Alt Protein Project scaled to 63 active university chapters and sparked more than 20 new courses and 40+ research projects
🧬 Why fermentation is Lisa’s lab obsession—and how she’s using microbes to upcycle agricultural byproducts into food
🐔 Jorge’s role in creating Latin America’s first fried cultivated chicken (yes, really) and a new university course that ends with Shark Tank-style startup pitches
🧪 How mentorship, money, and microbes are building the alt protein talent pipeline from scratch
🎓 What it takes to get 13-year-olds (and their grandmas) excited about cultivated meat
📈 Why Brazil’s meat giants are pouring money into cultivated alternatives—and how geopolitics might do more for climate action than vibes ever will

#climatetech #alternativeproteins #futureoffood

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Sticking with the Software Side of Energy Transition, with Veronique Hördemann of Future Energy Ventures

Thu, 29 May 2025 10:00:00 +0300

Veronique Hördemann is Managing Partner and CFO at Future Energy Ventures, a climatetech VC firm investing in the software layer of the energy transition. From her base in Essen (with a side of Berlin), Veronique talked about going from corporate VC to a fully independent impact fund and why they’ve made a deliberate choice to stay clear of hardware.

In this episode we talked about:
🏙️ How they segment their investments across “future energy”, “future cities”, and “future technology”
📉 The real reason they avoid hardware investments (spoiler: it involves capital, time, and regret)
👩‍💼 The diversity problem in VC and why she wants more female-led startups in her pipeline
🔁 What it’s like going from corporate-backed VC to managing a regulated, independent impact fund
🏫 Why she thinks the school system is stifling innovation—and how that’s become personal

#climatetech #impactinvesting #venturecapital #VC

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Volcanic Rock as a Carbon Sink, with Anastasia Pavlovic of Eion

Wed, 21 May 2025 19:00:00 +0300

Anastasia Pavlovic is the co-founder of Eion, a carbon removal company that accelerates Earth's natural rock weathering process to lock away CO₂—permanently. Eion works with farmers to deploy enhanced rock weathering (ERW) in agricultural fields, creating a carbon sink disguised as soil amendment, with benefits to landowners and climate alike. Anastasia joined the podcast from Detroit to talk about carbon, kids, and the importance of remembering to eat.

In this episode we talked about:

🪨 How volcanic rock dust turns farms into carbon capture sites (and why the best rocks might be in Norway)
🌽 How Eion aligns climate goals with farm economics
🚢 The surprising math that makes ocean shipping rock across the Atlantic more carbon-efficient than it sounds
💰 Why climate tech founders need to think like infrastructure financiers and not just software bros
📉 How Anastasia regulates the highs and lows of startup life—with a side of mac & cheese

#Climatetech #CarbonRemoval #Agtech

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The Scully Effect is Alive and Fermenting, with Nemailla Bonturi of ÄIO

Thu, 08 May 2025 10:00:00 +0300

Nemailla Bonturi is the co-founder of ÄIO, an Estonian startup fermenting fats and oils from yeast instead of palm oil or animal products. A Brazilian scientist-turned-founder, Nemailla now works at the intersection of synthetic biology, circular economy, and baked goods—with an in-house chef, of course.

In this episode we talked about:

🧫 How a “very special yeast” turns sawdust and stale bread into palm oil alternatives
🌍 Why Estonia is a unicorn factory
🥐 A plant-based butter that could make your croissant carbon neutral
🧴 Turning leftover dairy and tea leaves into moisturizers and lip balms
🧠 Mental health, therapy, and the importance of shutting your laptop at 6pm
📺 Why The X-Files may be the most pro-climate tech show of the 1990s

#fermentationtech #climatetech #circularbioeconomy

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Your next battery might be made from coal tar, with Eugene Beh of Quino Energy

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0300

Eugene Beh is the founder of Quino Energy, where he’s commercializing organic flow batteries that are safer, cheaper, and more scalable than their vanadium and lithium-ion cousins. With a background in physics and chemistry from Harvard and Stanford, Eugene has traded academic labs for chemical plants—and he’s betting that petroleum byproducts might just be the unlikely hero of long-duration energy storage.

In this episode we talked about:

🔋 Why Quino's aqueous organic flow batteries don’t catch fire, unlike lithium-ion
💰 How Eugene expects his electrolytes to undercut vanadium on cost—possibly this year
🏗️ Why reusing tank infrastructure could slash battery installation costs
🌍 What makes Quino’s batteries geopolitically boring, and why that’s a good thing
🏥 Why hospitals, factories, and AI-fueled data centers might be early adopters
🛢️ And how coal tar and clothing dye might save us from an electrified future dominated by flammable batteries

#climatetech #energystorage #batterytech

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Your smartphone can cut home energy costs, with Selina Tobaccowala of HomeBoost

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0300

Selina Tobaccowala is a Silicon Valley veteran turned climate entrepreneur. With hits like Evite, Ticketmaster, and SurveyMonkey on her resume, she’s now taking aim at one of the biggest sources of residential emissions: energy inefficiency. Through her startup HomeBoost, she’s making home energy assessments as simple as scanning your walls with your phone.

In this episode we talked about:

🔍 How HomeBoost uses AI and thermal imagery to let you run your own home energy audit
💡 Why the humble HVAC filter swap can cut 10% off your energy bill
🧠 Lessons from 20+ years in tech—from dot-com “eyeballs” to today’s LTV/CAC gospel
🛠️ What consumer tech folks can (and should) bring to climatetech
📉 Why climate investing is down, and why some founders might just be labeling things wrong

#climatetech #energytransition #founderstory

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Cutting Heavy Industry Carbon through AI, with Leise Sandeman of Pathways

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0200

Leise Sandeman is co-founder of Pathways, a company using AI to make heavy manufacturing more sustainable. Based in Copenhagen, she brings deep expertise in steel production and AI to the challenge of industrial decarbonization.

In this episode we talked about:

🏭 How Pathways is building the data layer for sustainable manufacturing, with their software now deployed across hundreds of plants

⚡ The current reality where sustainability teams spend 90% of their time collecting data and only 10% implementing changes

🤝 The "playground" mindset of being a first-time founder and the importance of co-founder trust

🌍 Taking a strong stance on being a "single planet society" while working with diverse perspectives across regions like Texas

#ClimateTech #manufacturing #sustainability #EPD #LCA

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Climate Investing in Oil Country, with Eric Rubenstein of New Climate Ventures

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0200

Eric Rubenstein is an oil and gas banker turned climate tech investor based in Houston. As founder of New Climate Ventures, he focuses on bridging the gap between traditional energy and climate innovation, bringing a pragmatic perspective shaped by his background in finance and fossil fuels.

In this episode we talked about:

🌡️ The critical need for more power generation capacity and why we need both renewable and reliable energy sources with built-in redundancy

📊 How the ability to measure and monitor carbon impacts drove Eric's interest in technologies like carbon capture, bioplastics, and carbon utilization

🔄 Practical advice for professionals looking to transition into climate tech, emphasizing gradual, deliberate steps and community engagement

🍸 How to turn CO2 into vodka

#climatetech #carbontech #energytransition #renewableenergy

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Packaging Made to Disappear, with Julia Bialetska of S.Lab

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0200

Julia Bialetska is the founder of S.Lab, a Ukrainian company creating sustainable packaging solutions from agricultural waste.

In this episode we talked about:

🌱 How S.Lab transforms agricultural waste into packaging that can be used in food, pharmaceuticals, electronics, furniture and fashion

📊 The impact of EU regulations requiring all packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2030, and why that means companies are rushing to find sustainable alternatives

⚙️ The parallels between today's sustainable materials evolution and the plastic revolution of the last century

🇺🇦 The resilience of Ukrainian startups operating during wartime and the growing recognition they're receiving globally

💰 S. Lab’s impressive pipeline worth approximately 20 million euros in monthly revenue and their current fundraising round of 2.5 million euros

#ClimateTech #SustainablePackaging #Packaging #Mycelium

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Climate Resilience Is a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity with Jannik De Winter of PT1

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0200

Jannik De Winter is an investor at PT1, a Berlin-based VC focused on greening the built environment. He recently co-authored a white paper on adaptation tech—the technologies we’ll need now that we’ve officially blown past 1.5°C. We talked about why climate resilience is an investment opportunity, not just a government expense, and why adaptation tech is still so poorly defined.

We touched on:

🔥 How climate adaptation tech is more than just seawalls and sandbags—it includes urban cooling, climate risk modeling, and even giving EV batteries a second life
💰 The trillion-dollar adaptation funding gap and why most of it isn’t coming from the private sector (yet)
🌍 Why Europe, and especially Germany, is ahead on adaptation policy, and what that means for startups and investors
🚰 The wild inefficiencies in water infrastructure—40% of Italy’s piped water just disappears—and the startups trying to fix it
🛰️ AI-powered disaster detection, from wildfire monitoring via satellite to real-time flood tracking
🎙️ PT1’s upcoming event on adaptation tech in Berlin, plus their podcast series diving into specific adaptation challenges

#AdaptationTech #ClimateFinance #ClimateTech

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The Utility Industry's Secret Weapon with Chris Bernkopf of Podero

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0200

Chris Bernkopf is the founder of Podero, a tech company that helps utilities balance power loads by controlling distributed energy resources like heat pumps, batteries, and EVs. Fresh off a major fundraising round, he's building his remote-first team to expand across Europe while delivering 25% energy savings to customers.

In this episode we talked about:

🔌 How Podero's software enables utilities to aggregate and trade power from customer-owned devices on energy markets

🌏 How growing up watching the same YouTube videos creates a global tribe of like-minded founders

🎯 The value of focused mentorship through programs like Y Combinator in developing founder mindset

💰 Why closing a funding round is just the beginning - it's "registering for the marathon, not finishing it"

🏗️ Building a remote-first company culture with quarterly offsites, virtual coffee chats, and camera-on meetings

#climatetech #energytech #cleanenergy

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A Cool €250 Million to Green Buildings with Jess Clemans of noa

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0200

Jess Clemans is an investor at noa, a VC that is raising its second €250M fund focused on making the built environment more sustainable.

In this episode we talked about:

🎯 Why noa prioritizes founder quality over business ideas or market attractiveness when making investment decisions

💰 How customer acquisition costs for solar installations can reach an eye-watering $10k, while local SMBs achieve much lower costs through word-of-mouth

👷 The critical shortage of skilled labor for solar installation in Europe and innovative approaches to address this through upskilling programs

#climatetech #solarenergy #venturecapital #builtenvironment

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Hydrogen hubs across the USA with Matthew Krayton of Publitics

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0200

Matthew Krayton directs communications and engagement for MACH2, the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub. As someone who both works in-depth on the policy side but who is also focused on execution, Matt is working to establish regional clean hydrogen hubs across several states. 🇺🇸

In this episode we talked about:

🏭 How the Mid-Atlantic region's existing industrial infrastructure, including unused pipelines, could be repurposed for hydrogen transport

💼 The hub's goal to create over 20,000 new jobs, many of them union positions, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25 million tons annually

🌊 The critical role of renewable energy development, particularly offshore wind, in scaling clean hydrogen production

⚡ The importance of IRA tax credits in making clean hydrogen economically viable at scale

#CleanHydrogen #CleanTech #ClimateTech #Hydrogen

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We have a CO2...shortage(?!) with Rob Van Straten of Skytree

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0200

Rob van Straten is CEO of Skytree, a direct air capture company addressing CO2 shortages while removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

In this episode we talked about:

🌱 How Skytree's direct air capture technology helps greenhouses meet their CO2 needs while contributing to carbon removal

🏗️ The challenge of scaling DAC to gigaton levels - requiring 300 container ships worth of units with current technology

💰 Why carbon removal is already economically viable, but needs a wider cost gap with emissions to drive adoption

🌎 The reality that climate change threatens humanity more than the planet itself, which has survived previous climate disasters

#climatetech #directaircapture #carboncapture

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Tarmo Virki interviews Jana Budkovskaja of Beamline Accelerator

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0200

It’s the holidays and, in the spirit of sharing, I swapped episodes with Tarmo Virki, founder and host of NatureBacked podcast in Tallinn. I’m airing one of my favourite of his interviews: his conversation with Jana Budkovskaja, CEO of Beamline Acccelerator.

They talked about:

🌲 Jana's evolution from aspiring panda-rescuer to cleantech accelerator founder

🔬 Why deep tech startups need non-equity funding in their early stages to bridge the gap between lab and market

♨️ An innovative project using abandoned mines for low-temperature heating systems in the Estonian village of Kiikla

🚀 Why startups, not governments or corporations, are best positioned to drive climate innovation

#climatetech #cleantech #deeptech #baltics

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The world's most advanced portable power with Andreas Sedlmayr of Instagrid

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0200

Andreas Sedlmayr is co-founder and co-CEO of Instagrid, makers of portable power stations for mobile workforces with heavy power needs. His company has grown from €500k to €30M+ in revenue and recently achieved B Corp certification while expanding into North America.

In this episode we talked about:

☠️ Why diesel and gas generators are silent killers

🇩🇪 What it means to revive Germany’s strong tradition of industrial innovation

🇺🇸 Why hiring local leadership was crucial for US expansion and how cultural nuances matter more than you might think

💼 How to expand smartly after raising $95 million

🌱 Why achieving B Corp certification was important to prove their commitment to social and environmental best practices

#climatetech #cleanenergy #sustainabletech #batteries

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If you don’t laugh, you’ll probably cry, with comedian and climate researcher Matt Winning

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0200

"I was sitting at a cafe in Prague with my headphones on and just laughing like a crazy person." -Ryan, watching Matt’s TEDx talk.

Matt Winning is an environmental researcher and stand-up comedian who combines his expertise in climate change with humor to engage audiences.

In this episode we talked about:

🌍 How climate change became Matt's focus due to its urgency and lack of widespread attention

🎭 Using comedy as a tool to start conversations about climate change and make people comfortable discussing the topic

📚 Matt's book "Hot Mess" and its portrayal of climate action as a choose-your-own-adventure

🔬 The importance of active decision-making in addressing climate change at all levels

🎤 Matt's upcoming projects, including a new comedy show and a children's book about climate change

#Standup #Comedy #Climate #ClimateTech

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Cultivated caviar and foie gras may soon hit your plate, with Yossi Quint of Ark Biotech

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0200

Yossi Quint is the founder and CEO of Ark Biotech, a startup focused on computational bioprocessing in the cultivated meat industry.

In this episode we talked about:

🧬 Ark's role in accelerating the development of cultivated meat products

🏭 How the bioeconomy could reshape traditional geographic advantages in food production

🌍 The global landscape of cultivated meat regulation and its impact on industry growth

🇺🇸 The potential consequences of state-level bans on cultivated meat in the US

💼 The decision to pursue entrepreneurship over activism for maximum impact

#CultivatedMeat #CleanMeat #AltProteins #BioProcessing #ClimateTech

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A kayaker turns her passion into a startup, with Jessica Droujko of Riverkin

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0300

Jessica Droujko is a passionate kayaker and lover of rivers. So it’s fitting that she should combine that passion and her PhD from ETH Zürich to launch Riverkin, a startup that monitors river health.

In this episode we talked about:

🌊 How rivers shape landscapes and their importance in global ecosystems

🔬 How Riverkin monitors water levels and sediment flows

🏞️ Jessica's adventures on some of the world's most interesting rivers, including the Boiling River in Peru

🚣‍♀️ The balance between responsible tourism and river conservation. Think: Grand Canyon

🌍 The River Collective's mission to create changemakers through events like the Students for Rivers camp

🔌 Opportunities for citizen science in river monitoring through mini hydrological stations

#ClimateTech #Rivers #Water

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The witty professor: comedy meets academia, with Prof. Max Boykoff of the University of Colorado

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0300

Max Boykoff is a professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado. His research focuses on the cultural dimensions of climate change, with a particular interest in how media and various stakeholders communicate about the issue.

In this episode we talked about:

☯️ How firsthand experiences of climate events can contrast with media coverage

🎭 The power of comedy in connecting people to climate change information and ideas

🌏 Cultural perspectives on climate change ranging from Singapore and Jerusalem

🎬 The climate-themed standup comedy video competition he runs

👥 His excitement around younger generations' engagement with climate issues

#ClimateComedy #ClimateEducation #ClimateTech

More:

Climate comedy work from Inside the Greenhouse at CU Boulder
The 10th annual climate comedy video competition
The Media and Climate Change Observatory

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Fixing the chemical industry's emissions problem with Marissa Beatty of Turnover Labs

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0300

Marissa Beatty is the co-founder and CEO of Turnover Labs, a startup developing technology to convert CO2 into valuable chemicals. With a background in chemical engineering and a Ph.D. from Columbia University, Marissa is tackling the challenge of carbon utilization in the petrochemical industry.

In this episode we talked about:

🧪 Turnover Labs' approach to converting CO2 into useful chemical building blocks

💼 The challenges and opportunities for female founders in the climate tech space

💰 How Marissa secured backing from notable climate tech investors for her pre-seed round

🔬 The importance of corporate partnerships in developing and scaling carbon utilization technologies

🎯 Turnover Labs' strategy for narrowing their focus and identifying potential customers

🤝 Why I’m missing out by not going to Climate Week NYC

#CarbonUtilization #CleanChemistry #ClimateTech #netzero

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A €160 million fund pioneering a science-based approach to VC with Jessica Burley of Planet A Ventures

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0300

Jessica Burley is an investor at Planet A Ventures, a €160 million fund pioneering a science-based approach to venture capital. Jessica is passionate about impact measurement and, as she says: "If there's not a significant positive environmental impact, the deal is off.”

In this episode we talked about:

🔬 Planet A Ventures' use of life cycle assessments to evaluate potential investments

🚫 The fund's in-house science team's veto power on deals lacking significant environmental impact

🤝 Collaboration with Speedinvest and Norrsken VC to create a climate hardware playbook

📊 The importance of impact measurement for businesses to demonstrate sustainability claims

🌡️ How climate risk is increasingly becoming a business risk

🚀 Her optimism in climate tech thanks to transformative technologies and dedicated talent

#VC #Hardware #Sustainability #Investing #ClimateTech

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WebMD co-founder Kittu Kolluri of Neotribe Ventures invests where bits meet atoms

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0300

I spoke with WebMD co-founder and veteran VC Kittu Kolluri of Neotribe Ventures to talk about what he’s investing in, the importance of board governance, and what active investing actually means.

We touched on:

🐉 The potential of technologies like hydrogen, ammonia synthesis, and cold fusion

💼 The role of boards in ensuring good governance and avoiding conflicts of interest

📈 What software VCs need to do to become hardware investors

🤝 The importance of active investing and the value it brings to young entrepreneurs

#climatetech #venturecapital #governance

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Gen Z collabs with Aneta Londa of Moonshot Pirates and the winners of the Shape the Future competition

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:00:00 +0300

Aneta Londa is the founder of Moonshot Pirates, an organization that empowers young changemakers to tackle global challenges. In this episode, Aneta is joined by Annie Zountsa and Elanu Karakus, winners of the Shape the Future Challenge, to discuss their innovative project AEIFLORIA and the impact of youth-driven initiatives.

We talked about:

🏴‍☠️ How Moonshot Pirates teaches Gen Z to fight climate change through innovation

🏆 How four teenagers found a way to help bees find flowers with AEIFLORIA

🔮 How Moonshot Pirates is going to get involved in the future of food, and how you can help

👭 What it’s going to be like for four founders to meet for the very first time in person

#MoonshotPirates #climatetech #YouthInnovation

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What to do after selling a $100 million company? Start another, with Alex Ivanenko of HyWatts

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0300

I spoke with Alex Ivanenko, the founder of HyWatts, about building “power plants in a box” and about why, after selling a company for more than $100 million, he started another one right away.

In this episode we talked about:

👉 Why traditional power generation philosophies don’t work for renewables
🔋 The high costs of transmission and distribution in the energy grid
💡 The potential for distributed energy solutions in reducing blackouts and fires
🚗 Why EV charging stations are the fastest path to commercialization for startups
📈 The implications of subsidies and regulations on the renewable energy market

#climatetech #renewableenergy #EVcharging

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EV charging must be open-source! With Marco Möller of Pionix

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Marco Möller is a computer scientist, physicist, and serial entrepreneur. He’s passionate about electrical transportation and recently turned his attention to open sourcing the world of EV charging.

In this episode we talked about:

🔋 The company Marco sold to Intel and its impact on climate change through drone technology

🚗 The current state of the EV market in Europe, including growth and price trends

🔌 Common concerns about switching to electric cars and how to address them

⚙️ Marco's new company Pionix and its open-source EV-charger operating system, Base Camp

💼 The stakeholders involved in the EV charging space and the role of collaboration

🕵️‍♂️ Resistance to open-sourcing EV charging and the industries' changing perspectives on open source

#climatetech #EVcharging #opensource

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Making batteries out of CO2, with Sebastian Pohlmann of UpCatalyst

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0300

Sebastian Pohlmann is VP of Business Development at UpCatalyst, which makes carbon nanotubes and graphite from CO2. They are literally taking one of the world’s most problematic waste streams and turning it into one of the most desperately-needed materials.

In this episode we talked about:

🔋 The carbon footprint of producing graphite for lithium-ion batteries

🌍 Innovative approaches to sourcing CO2 for industrial processes

🚗 The emerging market for sodium-ion batteries and their benefits over lithium-ion batteries

🏗️ How carbon nanotubes can reinforce concrete and reduce overall emissions

🤝 The role of academia in validating and advancing climate tech innovations

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The war in Ukraine and what it means for energy and the environment, with Juraj Krivošík of SEVEn

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0300

This is a topic I’ve wanted to talk about on the podcast for the whole last year. 🌟 Juraj Krivošík is the Executive Director at SEVEn, The Energy Efficiency Center, in Prague. He’s also in my opinion one of the leading voices on how energy and infrastructure have been affected by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and its broader implications today and in the future.

In this episode, we talked about:

🇺🇦 The impact of the Ukraine war on CO2 emissions and biodiversity loss

🏢 The role of energy security in shaping climate policies in Europe

🪖 The importance of supporting Ukraine to ensure global climate protection

⚡ The unintended push towards renewable energy due to rising energy prices

🔋 The challenges of measuring and promoting energy efficiency compared to new energy sources

#climatetech #energysecurity #renewableenergy #ukraine

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Making leather from beer with Brett Cotten of Arda Biomaterials

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0300

Who needs a cow to make leather when you've got beer? Brett Cotten is co-founder of London-based Arda Biomaterials and in this episode we talked about:

🐄 The problems of the traditional leather industry

👜 New Grain, Arda's sustainable leather alternative

🍺 Creating local supply chains by co-locating with breweries and distilleries around the world

🎡 The synthetic biology scene in London, and how the UK is investing heavily into biotech and material science

#leather #climatetech #beer #spentgrain #synbio #syntheticbiology

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Forests have been undervalued for too long but Lisett Luik of Arbonics is fixing that

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0300

Lisett Luik is co-founder of Arbonics, an Estonian company that believes forests have been undervalued for far too long and is seeking to rememdy that.

In this episode we talked about:

🌳 How Arbonics is making forests a climate asset rather than just a source of timber
🕵️ The detective work involved in ensuring carbon offsetting projects are the real deal
🌍 Lisett's journey into climate tech entrepreneurship and her advice for others looking to make the switch
🇪🇪 The entrepreneurial culture in Estonia, and the influence of long, dark winters
👅 Her translation of Keith Richards' autobiography into Estonian

#climatetech #carbonoffsetting #carboncredits #forests

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Is this the most sustainable protein in the world? with Yonatan Golan of Brevel

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0300

To celebrate the launch of their new facility this week, I spoke with Yonatan Golan, co-founder of Brevel. Brevel makes possibly the most sustainable protein in the world through a process that speeds up microalgae production 100x.

We talked about:
👻 The concept of 'ghost protein'
🚀 How fermentation x photosynthesis = efficiency revolution
🥛 Why dairy is a good starting place
🏗️ Their new facility

#climatetech #sustainablefood #alternativeprotein

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Aviation can be far more sustainable right now, with Maxime Meijers of Estuaire

Thu, 30 May 2024 10:00:00 +0300

Meet Maxime Meijers, co-founder of Estuaire, a company that is working across the aviation industry to reduce its climate effects.

In this episode we talked about:

🛩️ The often overlooked impact of contrails on our climate and how their strategic mitigation can put a dent in aviation's climate footprint
💰 The power and influence of aviation finance in shaping the sector's environmental trajectory
🚀 The growth trajectory and ambitions of Estuaire as they seek to assemble a dream team in the intersection of aviation and sustainability

#ClimateTech #AviationInnovation #Flying #Aviation

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Hardware is hard but we wrote the playbook with Andreas Schwarzenbrunner of Speedinvest

Wed, 22 May 2024 09:00:00 +0300

Andreas Schwarzenbrunner always thought he's get into politics. But, as a partner leading the climate tech and industrial tech practices at Speedinvest, he's arguably playing an even bigger role in Europe's future this way.

In this episode we talked about:

🌍 Why hardware is hard but absolutely critical in climatetech
🔬 How crucial de-risking with corporate customers is for startups
💡 The role of policy in driving climatetech investment
🏭 The challenges of scaling up production and fundraising for founders
📘 The creation of "Building and Scaling Climate Hardware," a playbook for the climate tech sector

Check out "Building and Scaling Climate Hardware: A Playbook" here.

#climatetech #venturecapital #VC #deeptech

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Is this the world's best plant-based pizza? With Joe Hill of One Planet Pizza

Tue, 14 May 2024 10:00:00 +0300

Meet Joe Hill, Co-founder of One Planet Pizza. Joe has dedicated his career to promoting plant-based eating through the medium of delicious pizza. In this episode we talked about:

🌿 The importance of making plant-based alternatives that deliver on taste, texture, and price
🍕 How One Planet Pizza is leading the charge in this delicious revolution
🔬 The emerging trend of healthier, whole-food plant-based alternatives
🍄 Joe's excitement about the potential of mushrooms
🎙️ The role of food activism and its influence on plant-based food industry
💪 How Joe maintains his resilience and health while running a high-growth business

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oneplanetpizza/

#climatetech #plantbased #pizza

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A university dropout becomes a university chancellor with Christian Rebernik of Tomorrow University

Tue, 07 May 2024 11:00:00 +0300

Christian Rebernik is the mastermind behind Tomorrow University, an accredited online university using business education to drive impact and sustainability. In this interview we talked about:

👑 Christian’s royal pedigree in Berlin’s startup ecosystem

🎒 How a university dropout becomes a university Chancellor

🎯 Tomorrow University’s goal of reaching 1 million people

#education #university #climatetech

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Fighting food misinformation with Robbie Lockie of the Freedom Food Alliance

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0300

Robbie Lockie is co-founder of Plant-Based News and has just launched the Freedom Food Alliance, which fights misinformation and empowers people with the best science and expert alliances to create meaningful societal change.

In this episode we talked about:

🌱 The deceptive tactics used by the meat and dairy industries to discredit plant-based alternatives
🎙️ Celebrity influence in promoting a plant-based lifestyle, featuring the likes of Alicia Silverstone and Joaquin Phoenix, including running Jamie Oliver’s online presence back in the day
🌍 The Plant Based Treaty, a global initiative to shift away from animal-based food systems and restore ecosystems
🍔 The challenges and opportunities in the plant-based food industry, including the move towards fewer and more natural sounding ingredients

As discussed in the episode, the Plant Based News Podcast had some interviews with famous vegans. Here are a few of them:

Megadeth Drummer Dirk Verbeuren

“Bones and All” author Camille Deangelis

Actor Alicia Silverstone

Conservationist, anthropologist and activist Jane Goodall

#futurefood #plantbased #climatetech

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A surfer decides to tackle ocean plastic, with Joel Tasche of CleanHub

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0300

Joel Tasche is the founder of CleanHub, and is on a mission to clean up our oceans, all while empowering marginalized waste workers. And it all started with his passion for surfing. 🌊 And it all started with his passion for surfing. 🌊

Listen to this episode to learn how CleanHub:

🚛 implements tracking systems all the way from households to disposal sites, ensuring transparency and efficiency

💻 is developing its platform into a full-stack waste management system, borrowing efficiency strategies from Amazon's playbook

🌍 is expanding its waste collection and sorting capacities in coastal communities in India, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Cambodia

🤝 is working on upskilling programs and social audits to improve working conditions for waste sorters

#cleantech #wastemanagement #plasticcredits #recycling #sustainability

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A betta way to make a tuna sandwich, with Deniz Ficicioglu of BettaF!sh

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0300

Deniz Ficicioglu loves tuna so much that she doesn't want them to be put in a can. 🐟

That's why she founded BettaF!sh, an alternative proteins company that uses seaweed to create plant-based fish alternatives that replicate the taste, texture, and experience of traditional fish, minus the devastating effects of fishing.

Check out this 30-minute episode to hear how:

🐟 Tuna are freaking awesome and can swim basically as fast as a Fiat 500
🇪🇺 Their products are currently available in 10 different European countries
🛫 Japan Airlines serves their vegan tuna on flights from London to Tokyo and back
🧪 The company's R&D team is continuously working on developing a toolbox of seaweed ingredients for food industry players

#climatetech #altproteins #fish #tuna #salmon #seaweed

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Solving the water crisis out of thin air with Brian Sheng of Aquaria

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0200

Brian Sheng is a self-funded entrepreneur and co-founder of Aquaria, a company that seeks to create resilient water infrastructure by extracting water from the air. A former venture capitalist who started his own VC firm at 18, Brian transitioned to the operational side of startups with the onset of the pandemic.

Here's what we talked about in our half-hour chat:

💦 Brian's company, Aquaria, seeks to create water infrastructure that doesn't need any pipes or construction
🏝️ Aquaria's water harvesting technology is ideal for residential communities, especially those off-grid or in locations with limited access to clean water
🌊 Aquaria's $26 million project in Hawaii to service a community of 1,000 homes
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 What it's like to have your brother as a co-founder
👨 Several reference to Tatooine from Star Wars (this emoji is Luke Skywalker, obviously)

#WaterFromAir #SustainableLiving #TechInnovation #ClimateTech #Tatooine

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Turning plastic waste into low-carbon buildings, with Kidus Asfaw of Kubik

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0200

Kidus Asfaw is the founder of Kubik, an Ethiopian company that upcycles plastic waste into construction material for low-carbon buildings.

In this episode we talked about:

🏢 How Kubik aspires to be a technology platform for the materials industry, aiming to extend their reach beyond just plastic
🚀 The opportunities for climatetech companies in Sub-Saharan Africa
🌐 Kidus’s career, including time with UNICEF and the World Bank
🎖️ What it’s like to be named as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in climate
🌱 Why he’s optimistic about the future

#greenbuilding #recycling #innovation #sustainabledevelopment #Africantech #climatetech

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Empowering carbon project developers, with Vivian Bertseka of BlueLayer

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0200

Vivian Bertseka is co-founder of BlueLayer, the first end-to-end software platform for carbon project developers. In this episode we talked about how:

📈 The carbon credit market is growing but also experiencing growing pains, with issues around transparency and trust.

🔍 There is an urgent need for more transparency in the carbon credit market to improve data disclosure and data system organization.

🧾 High-quality carbon credits are in high demand but short supply — companies need to act early to secure them.

🍷 Carbon credits are like wine — although the container is always the same size, the contents can be radically different!

#carboncredits #climatetech #netzero

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A primer on Direct Air Capture with Viktoria Oseyko of Carbominer

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0200

Viktoria Oseyko is CMO of Carbominer, a startup that uses direct air capture (DAC) to pull CO2 out of the atmosphere and use it for productive purposes, like growing our fruits and vegetables in greenhouses. We talked about how this technology works, how founder can attract public money for green interventions, and what the future of Ukrainian climatetech looks like.

#ClimateTech #DAC #NetZero

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How to become a seaweed farmer with Jennifer O'Brien of Sea&Believe

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0200

I found Jennifer O'Brien when reading some press about a new seaweed farm that had just been set up off the wild western coast of Ireland, in County Galloway. I've been intrigued by seaweed for a long time as a source of sustainable protein and material, as well as for its carbon sequestration power. It seems that seaweed is finally starting to get some of the limelight it deserves.

Jennifer is Founder and CEO of Sea&Believe, which owns that seaweed farm. This is to be the first of many such farms and she talks about all that seaweed can do, how it's cultivated, and who uses it.

#ClimateTech #Seaweed #Aquaculture

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Nature needs a better bank, with Martin Stuchtey of the Landbanking Group

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0200

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A founder's journey to climatetech investing, with me, Ryan Grant Little

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 02:00:00 +0200

This inverview is the 25th and final episode of my podcast Sound Funding, where I've been interviewing impact fund managers together with Impact Europe since 2020. If you're interested in impact funds, I highly recommend checking out the back catalogue!

Impact Europe's podcast host Benjamin DeVries interviewed me about my background as a founder, how I became a climatetech investor, why I started podcasting, and what I think about McKinsey (👎) and spicy chicken wings (👍).

Check out the back catalogue of my interviews with impact fund managers at Sound Funding.

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Microplastics are the new asbestos, with Adam Root of Matter.

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:00:00 +0200

Remember in the mid 2010s when we were all talking about microplastics in things like face creams, and brands were making a big deal about being micro-bead free? Well although the media attention has gone away, the problem of microplastics has definitely not. Adam Root is the founder and CEO of Matter., which is tackling the problem of microplastics head on at one if its key sources—your washing machine.

Matter. has just raised $10 million, with participation from big names like Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher, and the Walton family (Walmart) through their various investment vehicles.

#climatetech #microplastics #laundry #cleanwater #plasticfree

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Energy storage to electrify everything with Jason Goodhand of DNV

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0200

Jason Goodhand is an old classmate and pal, and a fellow traveller in renewable energy before it was cool. He's been fascinated by the role energy storage has in greening the grid for as long as I've known him. These days, he's travelling the world discovering, developing, and implementing storage technologies based on hydrogen, sodium, zinc, iron, vanadium redox flow technologies. He talks about the road ahead and what he's learned as a 20+ year industry veteran.

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The guru of alt proteins himself, with Bruce Friedrich of the Good Food Institute

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0200

Bruce Friedrich is the founder and president of the Good Food Institute and the reason I invest in alternative proteins. I was driving through the hills of Umbria listening to podcasts and an interview with Bruce came on. An hour later I was enthralled and had found my calling. It really was as simple as that.

I talked with Bruce about the outlook for investment in alt proteins, the nature of the industry, why it's so crucial to the fight against climate change, and how he is able to keep his cool with all the trolls out there. And finally got to thank him for being such a major influence in my life.

#altproteins #climatechange #climatetech #futurefood #foodtech

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The kingdom of fungi is changing everything with Nathan Paumier

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0200

Fungi is having a moment as it does everything from open our minds, feed our population, pass notes for our trees, capture our CO2, and clean up our messes. Nathan Paumier is a fungi nerd and writer of the popular and informative BRB newsletter. I took advantage of having him on the show to ask everything I always wanted to know about mushrooms but was afraid to ask.

Nathan's go-to book to learn about fungi is Entangled Life by Merlin Seheldrake.

#fungi #climatetech #climatechange #bioremediation #mushrooms

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Democratizing renewable energy investing with Will Wiseman of Climatize

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0200

Will Wiseman is a Forbes 30 under 30 founder who’s on a mission to democratise investing in renewable energy. He co-founded Climatize, which allows people to invest as little as five bucks, just two years ago and it’s going well. We talked about how Will got started, his experiences abroad in Europe, and the role of microloans in electrifying the grid.

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Podcasts collide with Silas Mähner and Somil Aggarwal of The CleanTechies Podcast

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0200

I was flattered when Silas Mähner and Somil Aggarwal reached out to invite me onto The CleanTechies Podcast out of New York. In the end we decided to do something fun and interview each other and syndicate the episode across both our podcasts at the same time. Fun times!

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Climate change is hilarious with Stuart Goldsmith

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0200

Stuart Goldsmith is one of the only people out there who can make me LOL about climate change. I caught his act on YouTube thanks to "the Algorithm" and was thrilled that he said yes when I invited him on the podcast. Especially since he's in front of slightly larger audiences like the Conan O'Brien Show and Wembley Arena. This episode has some important insights nested in some good laughs.

Check out Stuart's website and Instagram.

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The founder and winners of the 1st annual Future is Fungi Award with Susanne Glørsen & co.

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0200

Susanne Glørsen is a renowned early-stage sustainability investor who took her fascination with the potential of fungi to the next level: she created an award, called the Future Is Fungi. In this episode, Susanne talks about the award and introduces us to the inaugural winners including the bioremediation company novobiom, as well as Oona Snoeyenbos-West, whose company MycoMine solves the "forever chemical" quandary through mycelium cleanup, and Jens Laurids Sørensen, Associate Professor at Aalborg University who is making batteries out of fungi.

I know a thing or two about fungi (except how to pronounce it) but was blown away by some of these innovative applications. I can also recommend the book that Oona mentions in the episode: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

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Emma Osborne of Citizen Kind is foodtech's talent agent

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0200

If you've ever found yourself looking for a job in the foodtech sector, chances are you've come across the name Emma Osborne. Once a traditional executive recruiter, Emma threw that overboard to focus only on matching talent with roles that are aligned with her own values. Today, in addition to her talent matching work, she is at the centre of some major campaigns like "50 x 25", which aims to see 50% plant-based menu items in the UK by 2025.

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Nate Crosser of VC Blue Horizon is a Solarpunk

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 20:00:00 +0200

I know Nate Crosser as an influential venture capitalist at Blue Horizon, where I've co-invested with him. But I've lately started appreciating his talents as a writer of the Fifth Industrial series of essays on Substack. It was in reading his essay "Solarpunk is the next big literary-design movement" that I knew my listeners needed to hear from him. I've been called a punk throughout the years by many a person in authority and from now on I know to reply: "No ma'am, not a punk. A solarpunk".

Don't know what solarpunk is? Neither did I until I heard about it from Nate. Listen to the episode.

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With tactics from Napoleon to Netflix, Glenn Hurowitz of Mighty Earth is on a mission to save the world

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0200

Glenn Hurowitz is Founder & CEO of Mighty Earth, which aspires to be the most effective environmental advocacy organization in the world. Based on the work I’ve seen them do so far, I think they’re pretty damn close to achieving that.

Glenn founded Mighty Earth after recognizing a need for an entrepreneurial, results-focused organization working on the biggest problems that aren’t getting enough attention. Chief among these is nature, which Glenn says is 37% of the solution to climate change but gets only 3% of the funding. They aim to be agile, and to take the best of the business world, classical military strategy, and social change theory to run transformative campaigns.

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Maintaining biodiversity starts with seeds, with Blaine Pearson of Squiirrel

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 19:00:00 +0200

In a world where biodiversity is under threat, the role of native trees in maintaining the planet's health cannot be overstated. Blaine Pearson is the founder of Squiirrel, a digital marketplace and traceability system for reforestation and restoration ecology. We talked about trees' complex roles in biodiversity, the wildfires in Canada, and the importance of preserving native tree seeds and their potential role in restoring our ailing ecosystems.

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How to build 25 climatetech companies in 5 years with Jonny Everett of Marble

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0200

Jonny Everett didn't want to build his own climatetech company, so he decided instead to launch Marble, a climatetech company to build 25 of them in the next five years. Does that sound crazy to you? Well, it didn't to some serious backers who have helped make this Paris-based venture studio a reality.

Jonny talks about his career, his thoughts on climatetech financing, how a venture studio works, and some of the most exciting areas Marble is investing in.

#startups #venturestudio #companybuilder

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How to be climate-friendly when you're dead, with Mallory Greene

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 17:00:00 +0300

Mallory Greene's father was a funeral director and mother worked at a hospice, so the topic of death was never far from the dinner table. With her company Eirene Cremations, she has combined digitisation and transparency in order to shake up the funeral industry and give people real and cost-effective choices for themselves and their loved ones.

Especially interesting is one service Eirene offers, called aquamation. Think: cremation by water instead of fire. We talked about the funeral industry generally, and what options are available for people who want to factor in environmental considerations for their remains and the remains of their loved ones.

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Circular economy expert Paul Foulkes-Arellano on media, legislation and shoes

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 08:00:00 +0300

Paul Foulkes-Arellano is a sort of elder statesman in the circular economy industry. A lone wolf consultant these days, he previously spent the better part of 30 years in packaging and so knows first-hand the uphill battle we have ahead of us to achieve circularity in our economy. Fortunately, he also has some ideas about how to get there.

In this sprawling interview he talks about the broad shifts—and backward steps—within industry towards circular production, and the intertwined roles of media and legislation that are driving the changes.

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Why your bank account might be doubling your carbon footprint, with Dan Sherrard-Smith

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:00:00 +0300

Did you ever consider that your bank account could be doubling your carbon footprint? Me neither. But Dan Sherrard-Smith has built a business called Mother Tree that exists to help people and businesses shift their money so that they're not funding climate change. It might actually be the easiest way to lower your carbon footprint.

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Freaking unbelievable steaks with Amos Golan of Chunk Foods

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0300

Amos Golan is Founder and CEO of Chunk Foods, based both in Israel and the USA. Chunk has the distinction of being the first plant-based steak on an American steakhouse chain's menu. Here's what it says on the menu at Charley's Steakhouse:

F U Filet Mignon: *freaking unbelievable* plant-based by Chunk

Chunk's goal is to make plant-based steaks better-tasting and--drum roll please--cheaper than traditional meat.

This episode is especially suited to founders (of any kind) as he has great advice about how to focus on what your customer wants, why technology should be the enabler but not the product, and insights into the current funding environment.

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Climate change education through art with Nicole Kellner of Arts and Climate Change

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 08:00:00 +0300

Nicole Kellner was already making a living as an artist before she even identified as one. A tech entrepreneur by background, she kept finding herself drawn (haha) to visual storytelling through art and so went all in.

With this episode she is launching her colouring book, Electrify Everything, which is an awesome way for kids and adults alike to learn about renewable energy.

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Introducing the world's most impactful accelerator with Paul Ritch of ProVeg

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0300

Paul Ritch is a recent transplant from the US to Berlin, via two years of world travel. He's one of the forces behind ProVeg Incubator's absolutely brilliant Kickstarting for Good program which your humble podcast host sees as one of the most ambitious and clever programs ever(!)

Check out some of the ideas they have come up with, which they are ready to support:

🧑🏽‍🍳 World Society of Plant Based Chefs
🎓 Vegan Thesis
☁️ Meta-Funding Organisation
🍏 Nutritionists Fellowship
💅 Accelerator for Social Media Influencers
📣 Marketing & Comms Agency for the Plant-based Movement
☑️ Vegan "Checkoff" Programme
🐦 Early Action Network (EAN)

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This CEO will make it possible for animal lovers to sleep well at night: Shannon Falconer of BioCraft

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 22:00:00 +0300

It's hard to be an animal lover. Those of us who eat plant-based diets because we don't want to harm animals are also very likely to have cats and dogs at home. And so we end up unwittingly fuelling cruel and unsustainable meat production every day. Dogs can be plant-based--though they don't all take to it--but cats, as obligate carnivores, are the real challenge.

But what if you could feed your pets real meat that didn't come from animals?

That's the promise of BioCraft Pet Nutrition, which makes meat from chicken, mouse, and rabbit cell cultures that will be in commercial pet food as soon as 2025.

Founder and CEO Shannon Falconer talks about her personal mission to make pet food good for animals, people, and the planet.

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How companies should plan for net zero with Manca Jurca of ClimatePartner

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0300

Today, ClimatePartner works with more than 6,000 companies in over 60 countries. Manca Jurca talks about the pivotal role corporations play in mitigating climate change.

Our conversation highlights the importance of quantifying a company's carbon footprint, transitioning to green energy sources, and investing in green technology. Listen as we discuss the essence of establishing short and long-term reduction goals, investing in nature-based solutions, and the vital role of transparent communication for businesses on their journey towards carbon neutrality.

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The interview every climatetech investor and founder needs to hear with Jeff Katz of 1.5° Ventures

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0300

Jeff Katz is a serial entrepreneur who these days invests in climatetech through his company builder and investment vehicle 1.5° Ventures.

In this conversation, Jeff dives into the many structural problems with VC and how it's not set up to tackle the massive challenges around climate change. This interview is packed with insights both for professional investors in the sector as well as climatetech entrepreneurs and how they can avoid falling into all kinds of traps.

Jeff talks about why we don't have time to follow the normal growth trajectories investors and entrepreneurs are used to since climate change is an impatient master. And we talked about how Europe risks losing its edge if it doesn't step up its ambition to deal with our biggest existential threat.

Jeff mentions this CAPEX financing guide for hardware climatetech startups.

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Journalist Megan Poinski on the last 7 years of covering foodtech

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 20:00:00 +0300

Megan Poinski is a US-based journalist who has covered the food industry the last 7 years. During this time, she has seen some of the biggest changes in how and what we buy, eat, and think about food literally in centuries. We talked about these changes in technology, attitudes, and markets and what excites her about the industry now.

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Greening the grocery chain and climate-friendly personal tips with Markus Linder of Inoqo

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:00:00 +0300

Markus Linder is a serial tech founder whose company Inoqo evaluates the impact of grocery products on the basis of climate, social impact, animal welfare, and nutrition to help consumers make greener food selections.

We talked about how private label brands can create differentiation by appealing to sustainability-conscious consumers and retailers, the EU's efforts to fight greenwashing, and how to make smart lifestyle changes to reduce your planetary footprint.

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Art Lapinsch's journey from tech founder to energy market obsessive

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:00:00 +0300

Art Lapinsch certainly never thought he would be studying law, but after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he became convinced that energy policy is one of the most crucial and overlooked aspects of global security. He is now studying energy law while sharing his thoughts on the topic through essays, science fiction pieces, and more at Delphi Zero.

In our meandering conversation we talked about European startup hotspots, knowledge management, and lots of kind of geeky stuff.

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Designer fats delivered through fermentation with Anastasia Krivoruchko of Melt&Marble

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0300

One of the biggest complaints about plant-based meats is that something is missing -- and that something is usually the fat. Some folks out there have been busy toiling away for years to find a way to solve this problem, without needing to kill animals to achieve it. People like Anastasia Krivoruchko, co-founder and CEO at Melt&Marble.

Anastasia talks about her journey from scientist to founder, why Europe is lagging behind in novel foods, and gives a short 101 on precision fermentation.

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Navigating the polycrisis: environmental breakdown, energy transition, and the future of human survival with Richard Heinberg of the Post Carbon Institute

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0300

I had the immense pleasure of speaking with Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow at the Post Carbon Institute about his brand spanking new report Welcome to the Great Unraveling: Navigating the Polycrisis of Environmental and Social Breakdown.

The biggest eye-opener for me? The extra emissions from creating the hardware we need to avoid surpassing emissions limits could ironically cause us to surpass emissions limits. Bottom line: no matter what, we need to reduce emissions as well as green our energy infrastructure.

If it feels like we’re living in an age of multiple crises whose interlinkages we’re only starting to fathom, it’s because we are. Listen as Richard explains how to navigate this new reality.

Books mentioned in this podcast include:

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Investing in Gigacorns and other ways to avert climate disaster with Carlota Ochoa Neven Du Mont of Extantia

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0300

Extantia is a ClimateTech fund decarbonization fund investing in gigacorns: companies that have the potential to offset or obviate a gigaton of carbon every year.

Carlota Ochoa Neven Du Mont talks about carbon markets and Extantia's long-term view of carbon pricing, the investment gap between the sectors attracting the. most attention versus the ones doing the heaviest lifting on emissions reduction, and why ClimateTech will soon be an outdated term.

Carlota raises how the newspaper The Guardian recently damaged the carbon offset industry with an oversimplified series of articles about credit valuation, and how we’re living out the Tragedy of the Commons.

Carlota's heroes are David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg.

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How corporates are going net zero with Yasha Tarani of Climate Choice

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0300

What if there was a platform to help businesses make climate-conscious decisions and achieve net zero emissions? Yasha Tarani talks about how his platform Climate Choice helps corporates to target Scope 3 emissions as a major step towards net zero.

Yasha breaks down the emerging regulatory landscape, the financial implications of climate change, and the challenges large companies face when it comes to reaching net zero targets.

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Electrifying the skies: revolutionizing air travel with Josef Mouris and ELECTRON

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 06:00:00 +0300

Imagine traveling by air with zero emissions, enjoying the luxury of a private jet at business class ticket prices. That's what Josef Mouris, founder of ELECTRON, envisions with their electric five-seater airplane, the ELECTRON 5. As a commercial pilot for 15 years, Josef's experience fuelled his passion for revolutionizing air travel, and in this episode, he shares the challenges, potential, and mission behind ELECTRON.

We dive into the world of funding and the exciting future of regional air mobility, projected to grow massively and be worth $100 billion by 2035. Find out how ELECTRON plans to leverage underused regional airports to minimize environmental impact while capturing a large slice of the global regional aviation market.

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It started with Lucy: cultivating meat from living organisms with Paul Bevan at Magic Valley

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0300

What if you could enjoy real meat without the guilt and environmental impact of animal slaughter? Discover how Magic Valley, a pioneering cultivated meat company, is making this concept a reality in our engaging conversation with vegan entrepreneur and founder Paul Bevan. Learn about the fascinating process of cultivating meat, its potential to compete against traditional meat in terms of taste and health, and the immense possibilities for tailoring nutritional profiles.

We talk about the technical and commercial challenges of cultivated meat, the ethical and scalability issues surrounding the use of foetal bovine serum, and the roadmap to achieving price parity with slaughtered meat, the intricacies of scaling up production and the global market landscape, and much more.

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Beyond carbon: reimagining impact Venture Capital with Melina Sánchez Montañez

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0300

Melina Sánchez Montañéz has covered some ground, from working on Wall Street to serving as a diplomat. Today she combines her finance expertise and interest in public policy as a cleantech investor at AENU in Berlin.

We talked about why traditional venture capital is broken, why carbon isn’t the only metric that matters for the climate, and the problem with climate bros.

Melina offers fresh perspectives on what needs to change in our investment approach to solve a crisis that is both happening now but also needs lots of future planning, on the problem with incremental change, and how Berlin is on the rise in all things climate. Melina's hero is Cecile Bilious.

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