Jamie Sheard

The CBC Podcast

Business EN ↓ 5 episodes

Hosted by Evolo, The Climate Builders Collective (CBC) is a community of professionals driving the clean energy transition. We’re a community of founders, investors and innovators who are committed to making the world a greener place one technology at a time. The CBC podcast provides a platform for our industry’s pioneers to share the secrets of scaling, whether it be manufacturing, teams, investment, you name it! We still have an eco-system gap of companies that have truly scaled, we’re still in our development stage, hence why we’re providing a stage to provide insight and guidance to anyone...

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Jamie Sheard

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Ep5: Ensurge - The Scalable Solid-state Microbattery 08.07.2026 34:52

Asma Sharafi, the CTO of Ensurge joins me to talk about their solid-state microbattery solution for many applications such healthcare, wearables, hearables and connectivity. Asma comes from an EV and eVTOL background, where manufacturing scalability is challenging to say the least! Asma shares the transition, the outlook for this microbattery technology and why it's so scalable. We also talk about...

Ep4: Morelle - The Big Leap Into Founding 24.06.2026 28:13

At some point in your career, you may face a big question: stay employed or strike out on your own. There’s no right answer, just different trade-offs. In this episode, Kevin Hays shares how he reached that crossroads and went on to co-found Morelle. He introduces the business, which is focused on fast-charge battery technology for e-bikes, drones, robotics, and other mobility applications, and re...

Ep3: Powering Data Centres: The Energy Storage Opportunity 03.06.2026 32:05

“Data centres could consume up to 10% of global electricity by 2030, up from just 1–2% today.” Paul Charles, Co-Chair of the ESS & Data Centre Committee at NAATBatt International, joins us to explore one of the biggest challenges in energy right now: powering data centres and AI factories. We cover the current market landscape, government policy trends, talent shortages, US vs China readiness,...

Ep2: ElevenEs, Europe’s Biggest Hope for Batteries? 20.05.2026 25:43

Europe’s battery industry has faced major setbacks in recent years, but could ElevenEs be the continent’s success story? In this episode, ElevenEs CEO Nemanja Mikac joins us to unpack the company’s journey over the last six years, including the recent close of its Series B funding round led by Caterpillar Venture Capital, Inc. He also reveals plans to begin construction this year on ElevenEs’ 1GWh...

Ep1: $81M Series D - The Blue Current Build 12.05.2026 42:03

For our debut episode of the CBC Podcast, we welcome friends of the company/podcast; Susan Stone (CEO) and Kevin Wujick (CTO). Our host; Jamie Sheard, welcomed Susan and Kevin onto his former podcast in November 2024, just a couple of weeks into Susan's tenure with Blue Current. Fast forward to today, Susan, Kevin and the team have made a huge impact, raising a huge $81M Series D led by Amazon to...