The Tech 4 Climate Podcast

Discover the adventurous story of Mike Winterfield and his passion for getting “lost in nature”, building high-performing teams, and creating impact at scale through investments & support of early stage climate startups with Active Impact Investments.  Mike Winterfield Founder & Managing Partners @ Active Impact Investments  - Tech 4 Climate Podcast by Startup Basecamp PART 1: Me...

From US to Asia meet Mihir Pershad,  the Bioengineer & serial entrepreneur who is growing seafood without the fish by crafting sustainable cultivated seafood from a lab.  Mihir Pershad CEO at Umami Meats - Tech4Climate Podcast by Startup Basecamp PART 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Mihir Pershad, CEO at Umami Meats. A Food...

From Dubai to California, Mehrad invests and teaches others to invest in Climate Tech.  Mehrad Yaghmai, Program Director @ Terra.do ClimateTech for VC’s and Partner at Cool Climate Collective - Tech 4 Climate Podcast by Startup Basecamp PART 1: Meet the Investor: In today's episode, we will speak with Mehrad Yaghmai the Terra.do Director for the program ClimateTech for VC’s and a Partner at C...

Astronaut in waiting, Serial entrepreneur, founder CEO of a non-profit (B Team) co-founded by Sir Richard Branson, and now an impactful investor with Aera VC. Meet Derek Handley, who believes in the amazing potential of the human spirit to build solutions for global problems such as Climate Change. Derek Handley Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Aera VC - Tech 4 Climate Podcast by Startup Basecam...

From successful Telco entrepreneur to investing in startups which have the potential to mitigate 2.5 gigatons of CO2 by 2050, discover the story of Dr. David Miller with Clean Energy Venture. Dr. David Miller  Co-Founder and Managing Director at Clean Energy Ventures - Tech 4 Climate Podcast by Startup Basecamp PART 1: Meet the Investor: In today's episode, we will speak with Dr. David Miller...

From his work at Caltech Labs running Climate change studies to his role at Fifty years VC supporting portfolio companies and investments decisions with his deep science background, discover the unique story of Alex Teng. Alex Teng - Chief Of Staff at Fifty Years VC - Tech 4 Climate Podcast by Startup Basecamp PART 1: Meet the Investor: In today's episode, we will speak with the Fifty Years VC Chi...

Learn more about the power of “community” and how connecting with talented, like-minded individuals can drive innovations to accelerate the fight against climate change.   Candice Ammori Founder & Director, Climate Tech at On Deck - Tech 4 Climate Podcast by Startup Basecamp PART 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode of our founder series, we are sitting down with Candice Ammo...

Learn more about the state of Food Tech industry today and how its innovation can accelerate the fight against climate change.   Meet the Expert series: Chiara Cecchini: CEO & Co-Founder at Future Food Americas. Head of Innovation at Food for Climate League. Forbes 30U30 - Tech 4 Climate Podcast by Startup Basecamp PART 1: Meet the founder: During this first episode of our Expert ser...

From her passion for Freeskiing to working at McKinsey and launching the first B2B marketplace for sustainable packaging, discover the story of Karolina and Circulate. Ep.#19  Karolina Ling-Vannerus Founder & CEO @ Circulate - Tech4Climate Podcast by Startup basecamp PART 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Karolina Ling-Vannerus Fo...

From a Blog Post to "The" ClimateTech Newsletter reference! Discover the story of ClimateTech VC co-founders.  Ep.#18  Sophie Purdom Co-founder @ ClimateTech VC - Tech4Climate Podcast by Startup basecamp PART 1: Meet the Investor: In today’s episode, we are speaking with Sophie Purdom,  Co-founder @ ClimateTech VC, Climate tech investor, operator, and author. ClimateTech VC is “The”...

From Burningman to writing a book, and dedicating his whole career to supporting ClimateTech founders, discover the unique story and insights from Ryan Kushner.  Ep.#17  Ryan Kushner Co-founder and Director of Startups @ Third Derivative   - Tech4Climate Podcast by Startup basecamp PART 1: Meet the investor: In today’s episode, we are speaking with Ryan Kushner, Co-founder, and...

From building their 1st prototype in their backyard, getting the SF bomb squad sent by the neighbors and being backed by YC and Lower Carbon Capital, discover how Noya is using existing “boring” cooling towers to capture tons of C02.   Ep.#16  Meet the founder series: Josh Santos, Co-founder, and CEO at Noya PART 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder series, we...

Learn how their  unique open-source machine learning models can incentivise better land use management contributing to solve ecological collapse at a global level. PART 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Troy Carter Founder and CEO @ Earthshot Labs, an open-source community developing the first, unified land use model for landowners, i...

Good for your financial returns, good for the planet. Discover a new way to put your money to work for the climate while increasing your odds of making significant returns. PART 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Jacqueline van den Ende , Co-founder at Carbon Equity a new climate investing platform for alternative investments including a.i....

“ It takes a village to empower founders tackling Climate Change”. Discover how Elemental Excelerator is bringing an enormous contribution into it. Part 1: Meet the Investor: In today’s episode, we are speaking with Kim Baker, Director of Innovation at Elemental Excelerator, a global program supporting early stage Climate Tech founders. I was excited to have Kim on the show and learn more about ho...

From Agricultural Waste to Plastic-Alternative Biomaterials seeking to solve one of the most pressing issues for our planet today. PART 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with  Robert Luo , Founder & CEO at Mi Terro®/ Forbes 30 Under 30 Scholar/ GreenBiz 30 Under 30 and winner of the Startup basecamp Global online ClimateTech Pitch comp...

From launching a BioTech lab to the Shark Tank show with his Sustainable Plant-based Pet Food startup. PART 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Ryan Bethencourt, CEO at Wild Earth, Managing Partner at Sustainable food venture, and Partner at Babel venture. I was super excited to get Ryan on the show as he is a pioneer in the BioTech movement...

From selling Italian Gelato to launching the 1st online community to plant 1.9M trees remotely with local farmers.    1 - Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Federico Garcea Co-founder & CEO @ Treedom. Federico will share with you his unusual story, starting with selling gelato when he was 15, to an “addiction” to “Farmville” that...

Learn more about the science and opportunities to turn C02 into stones with Carbfix.  Bergur Sigfússon Head of CO2 capture and injection at CarbFix. - Tech 4 Climate Podcast By Startup Basecamp Part 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode, we are sitting down with Bergur Sigfússon, Head of CO2 capture and injection at CarbFix. Bergur will share his journey as a geochemist in Iceland whic...

From Goldman Sachs to ClimateTech VC’s. Discover the incredible story of Andrea and Planet First. Andreea Constantinescu Partner at Planet First Partners - Tech 4 Climate Podcast By Startup Basecamp Part 1: Meet the Investor: In today’s episode, we will speak with  Andreea Constantinescu Partner at Planet First Partners. She will share with you her amazing story; starting from Goldman Sachs i...

Part 1: Meet the Investor: In today’s episode, we will speak with Sylvain Carle, Senior director at SecondMuse which is running a global program “Venture for ClimateTech” supporting early-stage Climate Tech founders around the world. Sylvain will share with you his journey as a top Canadian Tech investor and the drivers that pushed him to jump into the ClimateTech ecosystem. You will learn that Sy...

1- Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Lubomila Jordanova, CEO and Co-founder of Plan A and Co-founder at GreenTech Alliance. Lubomila, will share with you her incredible journey and how she started Plan A,  the first software that enables businesses to monitor and reduce their emissions, while improving their ESG performance. We will cove...

Carbicrete’s innovative carbon-negative concrete process is the new weapon to tackle the 10% of Global C02 emitted by concrete production. Chris Stern CEO and Co-Founder at Carbicrete - Tech 4 Climate Podcast By Startup Basecamp PART 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Chris Stern, serial entrepreneur, Investor, CEO, and Co-Founder at Carbic...

Part 1:Meet the Investor: In today’s episode, we will speak with the co-founders of Planet A;  Fridtjof Detzner &  Nick de la Forge who are seeking to support and invest in founders tackling the world‘s largest environmental problems such as GHG, plastics and water shortage. They will uncover how they provide early-stage funding and mentoring to highly scalable impact companies – whi...

1-Meet the founder: During this episode of our Founder series, we will sit down with Lisa Gautier, CEO and Co-founder of Hackyourcloset, for an interesting conversation around her entrepreneurship journey and the need to change the way we “consume” fashion. With Lisa, we will go into details on how Hackyourcloset is bringing an innovative subscription model to the fashion industry. Giving consumer...