Christian Vollmann is the Founder and CEO at C1 / Circular Carbon Chemistry, a Berlin-based startup developing climate-friendly chemicals, for example, Green methanol.

He has been involved in over 70 start-ups to date and has built several companies from zero to successful exit, including a listing on the NYSE

We're receiving Christian on the show for his active involvement in the Climate Tech scene as both an entrepreneur and business angel

Listen and Learn

• From contributor to climate change to being part of the solution (1:45)
• How many startups have you founded and invested in? (3:02)
• How is methanol produced today? (4:14)
• What was preventing the production of green methanol before? (6:37)
• What are the economic prospects of C1 nowadays? (7:53)
• On reducing the ‘green premium’ on sustainable chemicals (9:15)
• Who are your customers today? (11:15)
• What is the most challenging bottleneck of a green chemistry startup? (13:50)
• Grabbing lots of capital early on or bootstrapping the first 2 years? (16:35)
• Does your path to scalability require bigger and bigger rounds? (18:00)
• How can we encourage successful founders to invest back into the startup ecosystem? (20:31)
• Tips and tricks to setting up an angel back office (22:40)
• What investment has brought you the most satisfaction? (23:59)
• What has been your strategy in angel investing? (25:12)
• What is your advice for people looking to start in ClimateTech? (26:21)
• Rapid fire round (28:O7)
• Fall in love with the problem or the founding team? (32:27)

Show Links

• Christian Vollmann's LinkedIn
• C1 Circular Carbon Chemistry
• Nebenan.de -  social network for neighborhoods
• C1 Job opportunities