Nick and Katie McClain, Partner and COO at Energize Capital, a venture fund focused on climate and energy technologies, discuss what’s ‘hot’ right now in climate venture capital, besides for, you know, the rate at which the Earth is warming. Nick and Katie also take a keen look at what to expect in 2024 and beyond. Specifically, Nick and Katie dive deep on:
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Timestamps:
00:03:06 - Energize's Edge Platform for Portfolio Companies
00:07:49 - Looking Forward to 2024 in Climate Tech
00:09:06 - Evolution of Renewable Energy Industry Challenges
00:14:13 - Exciting Portfolio Companies: Banyan Infrastructure and more
00:18:28 - Demand-Side Efficiency and Electrification
00:22:11 - The Future of Climate Tech and the IRA's Impact
00:25:57 - Challenges and Opportunities in Project Deployment
00:27:55 - Differences in Climate Tech Between North America and Europe
00:32:02 - Differences Between Cleantech 1.0 and Climate Tech Today
00:34:56 - Sustainability Beyond Emissions Reduction
00:38:04 - Bringing Expertise from Other Sectors to Climate Tech
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E65: Building The Common Operating Picture for Climate Action with Vibrant Planet
SPECIAL EPI: How Glassdome digitizes and accelerates industrial decarbonization
E63: Literally Making It Rain with Augustus Doricko of Rainmaker
E62: Infrastructure Investing For the Energy Transition With John Skrinar, Partner at Cresta
E61: Making More Climate Resilient Chocolate with Kawa Project and CEO, Aaron Feigelman
E60: Keeping methane out of the atmosphere by using it on Earth, with Windfall Bio
E59: *SPECIAL EPISODE:* Everything Electrification, with Quincy Lee & Ramez Naan
E58: ‘Cyclical’ plastic recycling for a more circular economy with MacroCycle
E57: Hot or not with Albert Wenger? Climate & climate tech in 2024
S7 E4: Understanding biodiversity loss and how to support businesses that reverse it, with Tom Quigley of Superorganism.
S7 Ep3: Pioneering Climate-Positive Lending, with Ravi Mikkelson of Atmos
S7 Ep2: Scaling Carbon Capture Technologies and Other Critical Decarbonization Solutions, with Adam Goff of 8 Rivers
S7 Ep1: Meet Yard Stick, the company at the Forefront of Soil Carbon Measurement, with Chris Tolles
S6 Ep7: The Road to Gigaton-Scale Carbon Removal, with Giana Amador
S6 Ep6: Restoring Impacted Landscapes with Mast Reforestation
S6 Ep5: From Soil to Sky: Exploring Funga's Innovative Approach to Forest Regeneration
S6 Ep4: How Lunar Energy is Redefining the Future of Home Energy
S6 Ep3: The Company Making the Invisible… Well, Visible. (with Orbital Sidekick)
S6 Ep2: How Electric Era is Revolutionizing the Fast-Charging Station Infrastructure
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