Do acquisitions of climate tech startups by Big Oil help or hinder energy transition?

I have no idea. Still, the question has been popping up in my head now and again for the last year. Every time I see some “hydrogen...

How selling experience and starting small lets you disrupt an industry.

A 3-step framework for scaling-up to FOAK

What Canoo failure can teach cleantech scaleups?

De-icing a frozen water tower in the middle of nowhere is not on anyone’s job description. However, this is a reality that you can come...

Venture investors watch the world burn and seek refuge in virtual worlds

The best guide so far on scaling up climate tech from Breakthrough Energy Catalyst

This January, I’m offering 20 free one-hour online consultations to startups and investors in the cleantech and climate tech space.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲?

2024 was a brutal year for hardtech climate startups.

Main FOAK risks

Twice in my career, I’ve dealt with intellectual property (IP). Both times, I came out with one big realization: IP isn’t the holy grail...

As 2024 wraps up, it’s time to reflect on a year that was anything but dull for the climate tech world. A buzzword dominated this year—...

A Climate First VC artile got me thinking

Review of Clean Tech ScaleUp Manual by Climate Brick

$𝟭𝟮 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿? $𝟯 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 $𝟭 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁ion

Why read my blog?

Some VC investments are head-scratchers, right? I thought so too. So, I took a deep dive into the world of climate VC investing.

🎙️ Reflecting on the Latest Climate Insiders Podcast with Nadav Steinmitz 🌍