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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S4 Ep1: Droneseed: How To Create Sustainable Forests
S3 Ep8: Sesame Solar: Meet The CEO Changing The Face of Emergency Power
S3 Ep7: Patch’s Software Solution For Corporate Carbon Removal Goals
S3 Ep6: How Watershed is Helping Businesses Cut Carbon
S3 Ep5: Inna Braverman’s Extraordinary Journey To Wave Powered Renewable Energy
S3 Ep4: The 5 Pillars Supporting The Push For Renewable Energy, With Kyle Cherrick
S3 Ep3: The Social, Political, And Financial Buy-in Needed To Scale Carbon Removal
S3 Ep2: How Oco & Element Packaging are Rewriting the Packaging Playbook
S3 Ep1: How Flood Mapping Tech Is Saving Lives
S2 Ep 13: Why Molly Morabito Believes in Direct Action To End Fossil Fuel Reliance
S2 Ep 12: How Charm Industrial is Putting CO2 Back Underground, Profitably.
S2 Ep 11: Unlocking New Business Models to Align Incentives and Drive Decarbonization
S2 Ep 10: Jaeson Cardiff: How CleanO2 is Bringing Carbon Capture Technology to the Consumer
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S2 Ep 6: Framing Climate Change as a Massive Economic Opportunity with Alex Roetter
S2 Ep 5: How a Climate Tech VC is Helping Founders Create Scalable Solutions
S2 Ep 4: How Ample’s Cutting Edge Tech is Making it Easy to Run Electric Cars, With Levi Tillemann.
S2 Ep 3: Climate Core Capital And Real Estate Investing for a Changing Climate
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