CleanTechies

Super excited to bring you this conversation with John Walsh. Forbes 30 under 30 2022 winner, CEO, and Founder at Endera. Endera is manufacturing light commercial EVs.  Next week we will be discussing how to make the transition from a talent perspective with Candice Ammori from OnDeck.  Links:  Endera Website: https://enderamotors.com/ Connect with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joh...

Today's conversation is with Josh Keister, President at Resilient Power where we discuss their revolutionary solid-state technology in the EV Charging space that reduces the footprint, installation time, and increases accessibility to EV charging infrastructure.  For anyone looking to add EV Charging infrastructure into their operations please reach out to the team at Resilient Power.  Tune i...

Fascinating episode with Tim Barat, CEO & Co-Founder of Gridware. Started working as a lineman in his younger days and then realized the issues the grid faces. This led him to found Gridware.  Key discussion points:  Tim's Story of founding Gridware IoT generally speaking IoT and cyber security The problem with transmission infrastructure The amount of savings available Preventing wildfir...

Thanks for joining us again today! Welcome back for part two with Fola and Anurag!  This is the second part of our conversation with Fola and Anurag, founders of ElectricFish and recent Forbes 30 Under 30 Inductees (2022).  This second part of the conversation discusses a lot more about the technical side of their business and what they see for the future of the industry.   We hope you enjoy today...

Welcome back to the show! We are excited to be back after a nice holiday break.  Today we bring you the first part of our conversation with Fola and Anurag, founders of ElectricFish and recent Forbes 30 Under 30 Inductees (2022).  The first part of today's convo focuses on their story and journey into ClimateTech and how they met each other to start ElectricFish.  Their unique world views are...

I really wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for your support of the show this year as we launched. We are excited about the future and look forward to Season 3 coming soon.  Thank you also to our Sponsors NextWave Partners and Tigo Energy for helping make this possible.  Happy Thanksgiving 🦃  Support the show If you're gonna change the world, you're gonna need a world-class tea...

In this conversation with serial entrepreneur and Detroit loyalist, Edi Demaj, the Co-Founder of KODE Labs discussed commercial real estate, smart buildings, transparency, and education.  The leadership and vision that Edi has for the future of the commercial real estate space are inspiring. Really glad to have him on the show and hope to have him again.  KODE Labs Website : https://kodelabs.com/...

Really enjoyed this episode with Chris discussing a wide range of topics. Chris is the CEO and Founder of Brightest, an ESG Data Tracking SaaS product. This conversation with Chris really resonated with me as we touched on all the topics that we have bounced around on this show. Equity, Climate Change, Hiring, Education...we talked about it all.  It is my opinion that we need more holistic thinkin...

Speaking with Heidi was one of the most interesting conversations I've been able to have in the investment side of ClimateTech because of her background and story to getting her and also because of her perspective for us in the US and what we can learn from what Europe has done.  Pale Blue Dot Website : https://www.paleblue.vc/#section-0 Connect with Heidi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.co...

Tristan and I have known each other for a while so it was great to have him on the pod discussing what he and Mehrad Yaghmai are doing with Cool Climate Collective Cool Climate Collective is a Syndicate that invests in ClimateTech companies helping angel investors to diversify into several platforms, all while helping get more capital into climate-focused companies.  Cool Climate Collective Websit...

Really great conversation with Holly Lichtenfeld, Chief Growth & Strategic Alliances Officer at SustainaBase.  SustainaBase is an ESG tracking platform that is helping companies advance their sustainable development goals. Their goal is to replace most of the ESG tracking and reporting services, that are traditionally done through consultants, with software.  I hope you enjoy this conversation...

Had the opportunity to speak with Craig Lawrence, Partner, and Co-Founder at Energy Transition Ventures. Craig started his career in a technical role and has found himself as the holder of the purse. Really hope you enjoy this conversation.   Check out the ETV Website : https://energytransitionventures.com/ Connect with Craig on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigmlawrence/ Join the Slack...

A punchy conversation with Josh Santos, the Co-Founder, and CEO of Noya - a carbon capture company offering companies a way to capture carbon and get paid. Their tech is installed on Cooling Towers, captures carbon, and is then able to be sold to companies who use carbon.  The new business models that are being developed every day to help make the transition to a cleaner world are very inspiring t...

Great conversation with Jim Castelaz, the founder and CTO of Motiv Power Systems. Motiv has been in the business of electrifying light commercial vehicles for over a decade.  We touched on many topics from what they are doing, to the future of the grid, to the future of education, and employee retention. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.  Checkout Motiv Power Systems : https://www.motivps....

Was really great to have Dr. Jonathan Reichental on the show today. We discussed Smart Cities on a broader level as well as the relationship between the private and public sectors.  I really learned a lot on this episode and I hope you do too!  Let us know what your favorite takeaway with this episode is!  Get Jonathan’s books: https://www.reichental.com/smart-cities-book/ Learn more about Jonatha...

Episode 16 of CleanTechies the podcast. Really enjoyed this discussion with Shannon Neumann running the CaPao brand from Mondelez International .  We discussed upcycling in regard to the food industry from harvest through manufacturing.  Let us know what your favorite takeaway with this episode is!  Check out CaPao : https://www.capaofruit.com/ Connect With Shannon : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sh...

Had a great conversation with Brian Turner the CEO of Buildings IoT on today's episode. He had a lot of insight to share about the PropTech / BuildingTech space.  Learn more about Buildings IoT here : https://www.buildingsiot.com/ Join the Slack Channel :  https://cleantechies.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-pd2drz6d-N~9nURU5JlyMXv2ZiO5bAQ#/shared-invite/email Subscribe to the Newsletter : ht...

This week's episode is a great discussion with Ben Hood, the CTO, and Co-Founder of WattBuy. WattBuy is helping arm residential consumers with the data and insight to reduce their energy prices which will have a large effect on the entire grid. Learn more about WattBuy : Connect with Ben : Join the Slack Channel: Subscribe to the Newsletter: HMU on Twitter: @ silasmahner Support the show If y...

Welcome back to the podcast! It's been a long refreshing and busy summer break and now we're back. What better way to come back than with a great episode with Valerie Shen from G2Venture Partners with a comprehensive look at the ClimateTech space from the fund perspective? Valerie has so much insight to share and I really enjoyed our conversation. I hope you enjoy it as much. Please lear...

The final episode of the first season of the podcast. And what a great episode to close it on.  In this episode, I spoke with Jackie Roberts, the Chief Sustainability Officer of AppHarvest. A revolutionary CleanAg / AgTech company, based in Morehead, KY. What they are doing in the space really excites me and I'm super excited to see what they do in the future.  https://www.appharvest.com/abou...

Really excited to be bringing you this episode and I mean that from the bottom of my heart.  This episode really was a thrill to shoot with Lynn Mueller President & CEO of Sharc International Systems. An energy recycling company that captures heat from outgoing water and uses it to help heat up the building or water that needs to be heated next.  Lynn is very down-to-earth and knowledgeable in...

Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of CleanTechies the Podcast. This is a special episode dropping outside of our normal schedule. We wanted to share a general overview of the main areas of CleanTech.  This is super high level, and just relying on my limited knowledge, but I hope it gives you a good understanding of what the space is about and what the primary areas are which will contr...

We have a great episode for you today with Paul Mertes, President, and CEO of CircuitMeter.  CircuitMeter has revolutionized the building energy management system space with their meters that are able to report data within small windows offering a microscopic view of energy usage and which machinery is using that electricity. This tech, once installed stands to save the building owners hundreds of...

Another exciting episode of CleanTechies: The Podcast. This time with Sam Ruben, Chief Sustainability Officer at Mighty Buildings.  Mighty Buildings (https://mightybuildings.com/) is 3D printing prefabricated houses that are made in a sustainable way with far less material, very low waste, recycled materials, and are highly efficient (also solar and battery ready). I hope you enjoy this episode wi...

In today's episode of CleanTechies, we have Bakur Kvezereli on to discuss his company ZTractor and what they are doing in the AgTech / SmartFarming space. ZTractor is an autonomous and fully electric tractor that has a lot of advantages to conventional farming such as data collection, inexpensive maintenance, lower ownership and operating costs, and most of all significantly lower carbon emis...