CleanTechies Podcast

Announcement 🚨🚨 ATTENTION 🚨🚨 CleanTechies has a new look 🚀 We’re entering a new chapter filled with huge steps forward for us as a group (one of which you’ll see in today’s episode 👀). We’ve upgraded our logo and design to match. We’ll be explaining this & more in our first monthly show coming out at the end of July. Wanna stay tuned? Subscribe to follow along 👇🏽 Why did the tree go to the...

Why does the mushroom always get invited to parties? Because they are such a fungi! BTW - today, we have a new, shorter episode format for you. If you like it, please let us know in the comments below! 👇🏽 Okay, let’s do this… 🚀 🌎 Welcome back to CleanTechies, Founder edition. We are The #1 Podcast For ClimateTech entrepreneurs. Each week, we publish 2x hour-long conversations with leading Foun...

Are you ready to blow off some steam? (how’s that?) 🌎 Welcome back to CleanTechies, founder edition. We are The #1 Podcast For ClimateTech entrepreneurs. Each week, we publish 2x hour-long conversations with leading Founders, Investors, Operators, and Thinkers in ClimateTech to share their insights and tips for you. On top of that, we publish other written content like our Companies to Watch seri...

Why did the electrician become a great stock trader? Because he knew how to "switch" and "current" trends! 🌎 Welcome back to CleanTechies, founder edition. We are The #1 Podcast For ClimateTech entrepreneurs. Each week, we publish 2x hour-long conversations with leading Founders, Investors, Operators, and Thinkers in ClimateTech to share their insights and tips for you. On top of that, we publish...

Why don't electric aircraft ever get lost? They always follow the current! ⚡️ 🌎 Welcome back to CleanTechies! This is a Founder edition. If you’re new (or forgot), we are The #1 Podcast For ClimateTech entrepreneurs. Each week, we publish 2 (usually) ~1 hour-long conversations with leading Founders, Investors, Operators, and Thinkers in ClimateTech to share their insights and tips for others bui...

Why did the hydrogen molecule apply for a job in manufacturing? Because it heard they were really into bonding! — Ba dum shhh! 🥁 🌎 Welcome back to CleanTechies! This is a Founder edition. If you’re new (or forgot), we are The #1 Podcast For ClimateTech entrepreneurs. Each week, we publish 2 (usually) ~1 hour-long conversations with leading Founders, Investors, Operators, and Thinkers in ClimateT...

🎵 Don’t Worry — Be Hemp-y 🎵 🌎 Welcome back to CleanTechies! This is a Founder edition. If you’re new (or forgot), we are The #1 Podcast For ClimateTech entrepreneurs. Each week, we publish 2 (usually) ~1 hour-long conversations with leading Founders, Investors, Operators, and Thinkers in ClimateTech to share their insights and tips for others building in the space. On top of that, we publish ot...

Why did the skyscraper feel lonely? It couldn't find anyone on its level! 🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, Investor edition. Today, we are talking to Rahul Parekh of 2150 . Rahul broke down the nitty-gritty of how 2150 built (no pun intended) a leading ClimateTech VC fund focused on decarbonizing the built environment. We talked investing, fund modeling, learning from general VC, Fin...

Why don't CDR experts ever get lost? Because they always know how to sequester! (which apparently means to find one’s way AND capturing and storing carbon) 🤯 🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, Founder edition. Today, we are talking to Marian Krueger of remove . Marian Krueger comes to us with his experience investing in 120+ early stage CDR startups , and broke down what we should loo...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, Founder edition. We tried to devise a better joke, but Hot Rocks was the best cold open we could come up with. Today, we are talking to Arvin Ganesan of Fourth Power You may have heard of Fourth Power before but have you heard Arvin’s story of going from the EPA, to Apple, to Fourth Power, and what he thinks are the keys to their success? I don’t thin...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, investor edition. Today, we are talking to Michael Kearney from Engine Ventures . Michael Kearney started off this podcast defending the political durability of the IRA…and he had us convinced. If that doesn’t have you hooked, I don’t know what will! Building for deeptech founders is HARD…like folding a fitted sheet hard. And that’s why we need someon...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, founder edition. What do GHG Accounting platforms and NYC Rats have in common? There are substantially more of them than any of us would like. — Despite this sentiment, today’s guest is the founder of a GHG accounting co. that is truly built different —as GenZ would say. Let’s get into it 👇 Today, we are talking to Saleh ElHattab , Founder & CEO of G...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, investor edition. Today, we are talking to Tom Ferguson from Burnt Island Ventures . What do you get when you put Chris Rock, Timothée Chalamet, Greta Thunberg, & Marc Andreessen together? You get Tom Ferguson! The King of Water VC! Tom is by far the funniest guest we have ever had, so maybe you’re not even into Water Tech; no worries, you can skip th...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, founder edition. Today, we are talking to Allison Wolff from Vibrant Planet . I say wildfire prevention; you say FAANG technology…🤔 It sounds a bit silly, but that’s what Allison Wolff is doing at Vibrant Plant. When it comes to preventing wildfires, there is a LOT of land to manage. Through Vibrant Planet’s tech they are able to help prioritize whic...

📺 Watch on YouTube | 🍎 Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Spotify | 🗣️ Join the Slack Channel 🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, with Shaun Abrahamson of Third Sphere. Today, we’ve got a banger for you. Our guest is Shaun Abrahamson , Managing Partner from Third Sphere . If you recognize the name, it might be because he has appeared on the show before ( Episode 136 ). There is a reason we had to do...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, founder edition. Today, we are talking to Chinmay Malaviya and Charlie Depman from Ridepanda . Micromobility isn’t a topic we’ve chatted about recently, and with the new congestion pricing in NYC , what better time to get two industry VETERANS on the pod to chat with us about it. In this episode, we discuss… * Why micromobility DESERVES a better rep a...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, VC edition. Today, we are talking to Jessica Burley from Planet A . If you have not already heard about Planet A, you are in the right place because you’re about to be in the know (do people still say that? 🤔) Some of the core items we discuss are… * How their fund’s carry (the ‘success fee’ they make) is tied to the environmental impacts of the inve...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, SPECIAL EP edition 🚨 Today, we’re breaking down the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. 🔎 To do that, we are talking to Franz Hochstrasser from S2 Strategies & Raise Green The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) is a generational government program deploying $27B into clean energy projects across the US. But what is the bill really? Franz Hochstrasser i...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, founder edition. Today, we are talking to Vivas Kumar from Mitra Chem In today’s conversation, we discuss… * How iron-based materials have a more sustainable and reliable future * What Vivas learned from negotiations at Tesla * How AI is 10x’ing their production process & More. Enjoy today’s episode, and let us know your thoughts in the comments Subsc...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, founder edition. Today, we are talking to Josh Knauer from ReSeed In today’s conversation, we discuss… * Why regenerative ag is the best form of carbon capture * How Josh is building both the technology and a global protocol to support their methodology * What’s worked with them collaborating with smallholder farmers & More. Enjoy today’s episode, and...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, founder edition. Today, we are talking to Tom Gauthier from AgTechLogic. Heya! 👋 Welcome back to the pod — We’ve got a blooming episode to share with you today. We hope you’re eating something while you listen today. Here’s why… What AgTechLogic is doing has a massive impact on reducing the use of herbicides on crops. If you’re eating something, chan...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, founder edition. Today, we are talking to Adam Saghei from WeRecycleSolar . Having a serial entrepreneur on was a ton of fun because he has picked up the tools over and over again until he’s gotten to this point. In today’s conversation, we discuss a LOT, but some of the notable things are… * The real lifespan of solar panels (vs the forecasted lifesp...

🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, VC edition. Today, we are talking to Mike Jackson from Earthshot Ventures . We discuss… * Strategies for startups to prepare for project finance * Promising business models in ClimateTech * What he learned from CleanTech 1.0 and what parallels he sees today And a lot more. 📺 Watch on YouTube 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🗣️ Join the Slack Channel Subs...

TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS 🚨 * As you have seen, we have recently launched a Patreon 🥳🚀 please check it out and consider buying us **just one** latte ☕️ * Thanks for returning to the CleanTechies Podcast on Substack! We have a big favor to ask you. Please take a couple minutes to fill out our listeners’ survey! Thank you SO much for being a supporter. 🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, foun...

TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS: 🚨 * We’ve launched a Patreon 🥳🚀 please check it out and consider buying us **just one** latte ☕️ * Thanks for returning to the CleanTechies Podcast on Substack! We have a big favor to ask you. Please take a couple minutes to fill out our listeners’ survey! Thank you SO much for being a supporter. 🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, VC edition. Today, we are talkin...