Climate CEOs

Learn how Brad Feld combines early-stage investing, founder empathy, and a “give first” ethos to scale climate tech breakthroughs. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Brad Feld has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. He is the Cofounder of Foundry, Mobius Ventures, and Intensity Ventures. He is also the author of eight books and cocreator of Techstars , a leading startup accelerator that has...

Explore how this episode blends a $350M fund’s carbon tech wishlist, counterintuitive funding advice, and insider investor access to spark your next big move. This is another newsletter-turned-podcast episode from Entrepreneurs for Impact. So, yep. It's still August.  Lots more downtime. More vacations. Fewer guests wanting to get off Mt. Fuji and talk on a podcast. 😅 Here's what I cover...

Unpack how this episode mixes fresh VC trends, funding data from 200+ mobility startups, and real talk on climate chaos to fuel your founder game. This is a newsletter-turned-podcast episode from Entrepreneurs for Impact. That, of course, means that I took too much vacation and didn't line up a guest for this week. 😂 But oh, the goodness herein! 🤑 Climate tech VC — 4 market updates 🏎️ Fundin...

Discover how Sweep’s Rachel Delacour blends SaaS tech, carbon tracking, and enterprise partnerships to slash emissions across massive global supply chains. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Sweep is a SaaS company that helps large companies reduce carbon emissions in their businesses and supply chains. Sample customers include multi-billion-dollar global enterprises such as Saint-Gobain and HP. Rachel Delacour i...

Learn how Ethic’s Jay Lipman fuses fintech, values-based investing, and advisor partnerships to channel billions into sustainable portfolios. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Ethic is working toward a future where all investing is sustainable investing. Backed by almost $100M of funding, they empower wealth advisors and investors to create portfolios that seek to align personal values with financial goals. Thei...

How Mitra Chem is using machine learning to cut battery cathode development timelines by 90% while reshoring safer, cheaper iron-based batteries to the U.S. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Mitra Chem is solving three problems:  Shifting the Western electric vehicle and energy storage industries' battery portfolio towards safer, cheaper, and cleaner iron-based battery cathodes Building production capacity i...

Explore how Lime Rock New Energy deploys $375M into mature clean energy companies by backing renewable tech, industrial efficiency, and transportation electrification to accelerate the low-carbon transition. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Lime Rock New Energy invests private equity capital out of its first $375M fund into maturing companies focused on renewable energy products and services, energy efficiency...

Discover how The Westly Group deploys $700M across energy, mobility, and industrial tech by funding growth-stage startups, driving sustainable infrastructure, and backing future climate unicorns. PODCAST GUEST BIO: The Westly Group was founded in 2007 and has four venture capital funds with over $700 million under management. They have become one of the premier venture investors in North America f...

Explore how Soluna combines excess renewable energy, modular data centers, and public-market scale to cut curtailment waste and build a greener cloud backbone. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Soluna Computing is a NASDAQ-listed public company that builds smarter, small-footprint data centers to buy and use excess renewable power. John Belizaire is the CEO of Soluna Computing and a serial entrepreneur who sold...

Explore how Climentum Capital combines late-seed funding, deep climate tech focus, and hands-on founder support to turn European startups into CO₂-slashing scaleups. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Climentum Capital invests via late seed and Series A rounds in European startups that can reduce megatons of CO2 equivalents. With initial ticket sizes ranging between 1 and 5 million EUR, they are building a portfo...

Explore how Nth Cycle combines electro-extraction tech, onsite modular systems, & recycling partnerships to profitably reclaim critical minerals for the clean energy transition. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Nth Cycle is a metals processing technology company. They work with battery recyclers and miners. Their customizable and clean electro-extraction technology installs onsite to recover critical minera...

Unpack how Mona Dajani combines legal expertise, engineering rigor, & global dealmaking to drive billion-dollar clean energy infrastructure projects. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an international law firm with a particular focus on the technology & media, energy, financial, and real estate & construction sectors. They have been recognized as one of the most...

Explore how CapShift blends philanthropy, finance, & climate innovation to mobilize charitable capital for massive social and environmental change. PODCAST GUEST BIO: CapShift empowers philanthropic, donor-advised funds, and financial institutions (along with their clients) to mobilize capital for social and environmental change. They are a turnkey impact investment solution for the $1 trillio...

Unpack how SOSV’s Climate Tech 100, FOAK project funding tactics, & founder-focused training can supercharge your climate startup journey. In this episode, I'm once again trying a new format, something less formal. A solo recording where I talk through a few recent news stories in climate tech finance. Let me know if you like it. https://twitter.com/DrChrisWedding https://www.linkedin.com/...

Explore how top-ranked startups, strength-based founder tools, & a hands-on funding course can fast-track your climate tech success. In this episode, I'm trying a new format, something less formal. More like a conversation with you. And much shorter than usual. Let me know if you like it. https://twitter.com/DrChrisWedding https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherwedding/ In this show, I cov...

Uncover how Shopify backs carbon-negative startups using bold funding, corporate coalitions, & a long-game climate strategy. PODCAST GUEST BIOS: Shopify is a leading global e-commerce platform where "millions of the world's most successful brands sell, ship, and process payments anywhere." Nearly 600M shoppers made a purchase from a Shopify merchant in 2021, and around $496B has...

See how Sustain. Life blends carbon tracking, operational decarbonization, & stakeholder engagement to futureproof mid-cap companies. PODCAST GUEST BIOS: Sustain. Life is a software solution that futureproofs mid-cap businesses tackling climate change. This includes the following benefits: (1) measure, track, and manage carbon emissions, (2) identify areas to make operational changes that redu...

Explore how Cemvita Factory merges bioengineering, carbon-negative manufacturing, & biomining to decarbonize heavy industry. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Co-led by Cofounder and CEO Moji Karimi , Cemvita Factory is reimagining heavy industries for the net-zero economy via a portfolio of nature-inspired microbial solutions for the oil and gas and mining. Their work focuses on carbon-negative biomanufactu...

Discover how Regrow combines agronomy, soil carbon modeling, and satellite data to make agriculture more resilient and profitable. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Co-led by Cofounder and CEO Dr. Anastasia Volkova , Regrow is the first digital platform to unlock the power and profitability of resilient agriculture through a single, measurable, and verifiable system. Regrow combines best-in-class agronomy (from...

Explore how cove.tool combines machine learning, performance analytics, and cost optimization to make buildings greener, faster, and cheaper. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Co-led by Cofounder and CEO Sandeep Ahuja , cove.tool is an end-to-end automated green building performance software suite. It produces beautiful analysis graphics for energy, daylight, carbon, HVAC design, and more. Using machine learning...

Discover how Nexus PMG blends cutting-edge tech (drones + 3D laser scanning), sharp financial modeling, and bio-based design to build low-carbon infrastructure for global giants like Apollo and Cargill. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Co-led by COO and Cofounder Roshan Vani , Nexus PMG is a low-carbon, bio-based infrastructure development expert focused on project management, drone monitoring, 3D laser scannin...

Explore how Patch merges sleek API tech, diverse carbon removal projects (from forests to biochar), and top-tier VC backing to help companies erase their emissions at internet speed. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Led by CEO and Co-founder Brennan Spellacy , Patch is an API-based solution enabling customers to embed carbon footprint estimation and removal directly into their digital products and experiences. ...

See how Via Separations blends breakthrough membranes, electrified chemical processing, and $45M in deep-tech funding to slash industrial energy use and emissions at massive scale. PODCAST GUEST BIO: Led by CEO and Co-founder Dr. Shreya Dave , Via Separations is an MIT spinout enabling industrial process efficiency with novel chemistries that allow manufacturing facilities to slash energy consumpt...

Unpack how Congruent Ventures mixes early-stage risk-taking, cross-sector climate focus, and founder-first support to back the next wave of high-impact climate startups. Co-led by Cofounder and Managing Partner Abe Yokell , Congruent Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco. They focus on sustainability challenges and investing early across hardware, software, enterprise, consumer...

Learn how SJF Ventures drives financial & environmental returns by investing in solar, energy efficiency, & mobility startups. Led by Managing Director Dave Kirkpatrick , SJF Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Durham, San Francisco, New York, and Seattle that has been at the forefront of impact investing since 1999. They have invested in 70+ high impact ventures that are creating...