Sera Tajima

Conscious Tech

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Where deep tech meets capital in pursuit of planetary abundance. Each episode features the investors and founders solving the hardest problems in climate, energy, industry, materials, and the built world. Host Sera Tajima, angel investor, explores how solutions get funded from pre-seed to scale, how the tech works, and how we leverage technology to consciously solve humanity's most pressing challenges.

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Sera Tajima

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Novobiom's Genomic AI Powers Fungi for Textile Waste & Bioremediation 18.06.2026 57:05

Textile waste generates more greenhouse gas emissions than aviation and shipping combined, and most of what's produced ends up landfilled or burned. In this episode, Sera Tajima talks with Jean-Michel Scheuren , founder of Novobiom , about how fungi, nature's recyclers and chemists, can turn that waste into value. Jean-Michel breaks down how Novobiom uses fermentation, genomic modeling, and AI to...

Endgame Capital Raised €8M First Close in 4 Months for Climate Denier Proof Startups 21.04.2026 34:34

Get weekly deep tech intel Jinna Li and John Mairlot are the married GPs behind Endgame Capital — one of Europe's most commercially rigorous climate funds. In this episode, we get into their "climate denier proof" thesis, why they only back companies that win on economics alone, how they raised €8M in four months as first-time fund managers, and what European startups need to finally cross the cha...

Why 2150 Bet on Blue Frontier to Solve the Cooling Crisis 07.04.2026 49:37

By 2035, cooling will consume more electricity than every data center on the planet combined. Yet, it remains one of the most underfunded problems in climate tech. In this episode, I sit down with Christian Hernandez, partner at 2150, one of Europe's leading urban tech funds, and Dr. Daniel Betts, founder of Blue Frontier, who spun his breakthrough cooling technology out of the National Renewable...

Why Vinci & BMW Are Betting on 3D Wood Composites to Replace Steel 05.11.2025 1:01:47

Andres Mitnik is the CEO of Strong by Form , a deep tech startup revolutionizing sustainable construction materials. With a background in civil engineering and advanced degrees from Harvard and NYU, Andres is tackling industrial decarbonization—responsible for 30% of global carbon emissions. Strong by Form has developed Wood Flow, a next-generation timber composite that replaces steel, concrete, a...

Carbon Equity Democratizes Climate Tech Investing for Private Markets 17.09.2025 38:58

Jacquelyn van den Ende and Liza Rubenstein reveal how they're providing never before seen access to exclusive private markets for climate investing. The Carbon Equity co-founders expose why trading ESG stocks creates zero real-world impact, how they overcame two years of European regulatory battles, and why 80% of new electricity is now solar purely on economics. From €100K minimums down to €20K a...

Critical Minerals Crisis: How Endolith's Founder Liz Dennett is Solving Copper Supply with Microbes 19.08.2025 54:15

Liz Dennett , CEO of Endolith and Alaska native, reveals the hidden copper crisis threatening our digital future. Learn how biotech and microbes could solve mining's biggest challenge, why copper demand will double by 2050, and what 50% tariffs mean for tech infrastructure. From astrobiology PhD to mining innovator, discover the untold story behind every data center and electric vehicle. Get weekl...