CleanTechies Podcast

Today we are joined by the founder of Criaterra, Adital Ela. Adital is an industrial designer by education and profession who was seeking the potential to make fully circular building products. She was inspired to do this when visiting India she saw how clay Chai cups were used and then tossed to the ground to return to their original form.  After 12 years she then decided to set out to build Cria...

Super excited to share this with you. We've got someone who went to the same high school where Steve Jobs and Woz did back in the day. He then worked at Square on international expansion, went on to work with VC Legend Mike Maples, and eventually ended up as the Chief of Staff at Chris Sacca's, Lowercarbon Capital.  We are talking about Shawn Xu.  Shawn talked us through his journey to c...

If you are a bit of a shipping nerd like me, this is going to be a great episode.  We are joined by James Malley the co-founder of Paccurate where they are helping product shippers use smaller boxes so less air is shipped, resulting in fewer trucks to get the same products to your destination.  This is a juggernaut of a business as they are able to service ginormous companies with a very light sta...

Today we spoke with Joe Bushnell. I had met Joe before he launched Azollo so it is a pretty cool guest to have on since I got to hear where he was at prior to launch.  From Australia, he developed a certain attachment to the issue of climate change at a young age when wildfires destroyed his town and burned his school growing up. He went on to study sustainability in Uni. He then went into consult...

Today's topic is how to raise money for your ClimateTech Startup with Tommy Leep. He is the founder of Jetstream. A ClimateTech VC focused on investing in pre-seed ClimateTech companies.  Today's conversation focuses on three things.  First, some of his background, how he got interested in ClimateTech, how he got into VC, and some of the challenges in his career.  Second, we spoke about...

Today we have a dual guest episode with Husband & Wife duo, Steve & Beth McDaniel. They have a background in the paint and coatings industry where they have been finding ways to make paints and coatings do something other than just decorate and protect their surface.  Their latest innovation is a way to create surfaces that act as carbon capture the same way Blue Algae does. The surfaces c...

Interested in how we will have enough lithium over the next decades to support the energy and EV transition? Well, you can learn about a company solving this problem.  Enter EnergyX founded and run by Teague Egan. Teague had no previous experience in mining or chemistry but after seeing a huge gap in the market and one particular problem faced by a lithium reserve in Bolivia, he set out to see how...

Today we are joined by Olivia Pedersen the founder of Sustaio.  Olivia has a really incredible journey to building Sustaio. We were able to speak today about their technology, which is essentially a rewards platform for choosing sustainable products. This is a method for consumers to signal to corporates their interest in sustainable products.  One thing we also touched on was the difficulty many...

Today we are joined by DR Richardson the Co-Founder and CEO of Elephant Energy. DR started his career in a ClimateTech Fund for about 8 years. Then eventually left to scratch his entrepreneurial itch and build a ClimateTech startup. After about 2 years of testing ideas, he and his Co-founder Josh Lake landed on Elephant Energy where they are removing the friction of electrifying homes.  A few of t...

Today we were joined by John Shegerian the Co-Founder of ERI. Where they are recycling electronic devices and ensuring safe data destruction to comply with Cybersecurity concerns. They have been around for over 20 years.  They wouldn't have been called this when they started, but being one of the oldest "CliamteTech" or "Circular Economy" companies out there, John had a lo...

Today we are joined by Matt Ward the founder and CEO of the 4 Ward VC Accelerator.  Today we covered a lot of things and it was a super fun conversation coming from yet another incredible individual who had no true background in Climate but decided to make it his life.  Key topics are... How a mechanical engineer can build a ClimateTech Accelerator Why he chose to be part of the ClimateTech space...

Hello everyone and welcome back to the CleanTechies Podcast where we interview ClimateTech Founders and VCs to discuss their advice, experience, and all things Building and Climate Investing.  In today's conversation, we speak with Erik Terjesen a Partner at Silicon Foundry. What is Silicon Foundry? With a name like that you know it's cool. In essence, they are a consulting service that...

Welcome back and Happy New Year!  Today we are joined by Nadav Steinmetz the Founder of Nomea a ClimateTech Venture Capital Firm investing in Seed and Pre-Seed companies throughout the UK, Europe, and Israel. Nadav has a diverse background having been born in Belgium, raised in Israel, studied University in the States, and now living in London. He has worked at a variety of places including Blacks...

Welcome back to another episode of the CleanTechies Podcast. This is episode 76 of the show and we are thrilled to have you joining us.  If you're a ClimateTech Founder seeking introductions to capital or potential partnerships or are interested in sponsoring the show, please reach out: silasmahner@gmail.com Today we are joined by an individual who focuses a bit more on a philosophical item....

Welcome back to another episode of the CleanTechies Podcast. This is episode 75 of the show and we are thrilled to have you joining us. --- If you're a ClimateTech Founder seeking introductions to capital or potential partnerships or are interested in sponsoring the show, please reach out: silasmahner@gmail.com --- Today we have a great conversation with Al Subbloie the Founder and CEO of Bud...

Welcome back to another episode of the CleanTechies Podcast. This is episode 74 of the show and we are thrilled to have you joining us.  If you're a ClimateTech Founder seeking introductions to capital or potential partnerships or are interested in sponsoring the show, please reach out: silasmahner@gmail.com Today we are joined by Aaron Fitzgerald the CEO and Co-Founder of Mars Materials. At...

Welcome back to another episode of the CleanTechies Podcast. This is episode 73 of the show and we are thrilled to have you joining us.  If you're a ClimateTech Founder seeking introductions to capital or potential partnerships or are interested in sponsoring the show, please reach out: silasmahner@gmail.com Today, we are joined by Bruce Usher. Currently a professor at Columbia, past CEO of E...

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 72. If you are a climate tech founder with specific questions you'd like us to ask -- OR -- looking for capital and strategic partner introductions, please reach out to me via the Slack Channel or LinkedIn and we are glad to help in any way we can.   Today we are joined by Graham Stewart the founder of Fiber52 which...

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 71. If you are a climate tech founder with specific questions you'd like us to ask -- OR -- looking for capital and strategic partner introductions, please reach out to me via the Slack Channel or LinkedIn and we are glad to help in any way we can.   If you're unfamiliar with Alternative Proteins, this episode s...

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 70. If you are a climate tech founder with specific questions you'd like us to ask -- OR -- looking for capital and strategic partner introductions, please reach out to me via the Slack Channel or LinkedIn and we are glad to help in any way we can.   Today we are joined by Jan Skjoldhammer the founder and CEO of Novi...

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 69. If you are a climate tech founder with specific questions you'd like us to ask -- OR -- looking for capital and strategic partner introductions, please reach out to me via the Slack Channel or LinkedIn and we are glad to help in any way we can.   Today we are joined by David Welch the Bureau Chief at Bloomberg Ne...

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 68. If you are a climate tech founder with specific questions you'd like us to ask -- OR -- looking for capital and strategic partner introductions, please reach out to me via the Slack Channel or LinkedIn and we are glad to help in any way we can.   Today we are joined by Celyn Brown and Kristen Castell to discuss w...

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 67. If you are a climate tech founder with specific questions you'd like us to ask -- OR -- looking for capital and strategic partner introductions, please reach out to me via the Slack Channel or LinkedIn and we are glad to help in any way we can.   Today we speak with Tucker Perkins who is the President and CEO of...

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 66. If you are a climate tech founder with specific questions you'd like us to ask -- OR -- looking for capital and strategic partner introductions, please reach out to me via the Slack Channel or LinkedIn and we are glad to help in any way we can.   Today we are joined by Greg Fasullo from Elevation.  They are helpi...

Hello everyone and welcome back to CleanTechies the Podcast. This is episode 65. If you are a climate tech founder with specific questions you'd like us to ask -- OR -- looking for capital and strategic partner introductions, please reach out to me via the Slack Channel or LinkedIn and we are glad to help in any way we can.   Today we are speaking with Eddy Badrina the CEO of Eden Green Techn...