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Bucket List: - Do a live podcast recording ✅

Thanks to Extantia, one of THE leading ClimateTech funds in Europe, we recorded our first live podcast with Co-Founder, Partner, & LinkedIn Top Voice Yair Reem.

It was FOAKing awesome.

And no, it wasn’t awesome just because we got to do a live podcast, but because so many of you showed up to listen!! Shoutout to all of the CleanTechies that came through; we’re sufficiently motivated to do another 🚀.

No frills this time, the pizazz was in the recording, here’s the info you need:

In today’s recording of our live discussion, you can hear us break-down everything regarding FOAK financing for hardware climate tech startups:

* Intro to Yair

* What the F**K is FOAK

* How to “Do FOAK”

* How offtake agreements are game-changers & the largest open-source offtake directory

* Finding commercialization talent

* The danger of spinning out deeptech too soon

* How founders and investors can break through the noise

Every ClimateTech Entrepreneur needs a reliable partner for their legal needs. Why settle for less than the best? 💪🏽

Reach out to Goodwin Law today; the law firm of choice for hundreds of ClimateTech Entrepreneurs worldwide. They have you covered from funding docs to offtake contracts to IPO and M&A support. GoodwinLaw.com  (and tell them CleanTechies sent you!)

While you listen, here’s some links for ya:

* Connect with Yair

* Follow Extantia

* Check out the last episode we did with Extantia

* Connect with Somil & Silas

* Follow us on LinkedIn

* Subscribe on YouTube

* Upgrade to Paid

And before you go, here’s one more photo for ya:

See y’all at the next CleanTechies Live Podcast Recording ☕️

NYCW 2024 was a DOOZY…filled with plenty of good and crazy times that we equally don’t really remember. It went by in a blur, but so much happened in the week that we need to break it down with all you CleanTechies out there.

Listen to the ep to hear about:

* What events we liked — Third Sphere, Political Risk Event, Climate Capital Summit, New Climate Futures

* The events we didn’t like — VC hangouts & loud bar meetups

* Our biggest takeaways — There needs to be better collaboration across events; and the UNGA & NYCW are competing for the best climate talent

* Our biggest gripes — Too much posturing and getting stuck in echo chambers; too much noise — not enough signal

* What we are going to do differently next year — hosting more of our own events / attending fewer ones & finding places where the real debates are happening

* Our hot takes 🔥:

* FOAK financing isn’t real

* Dealflow isn’t an alpha for VCs anymore

* Startups need to pursue generating PE-quality returns to succeed

👉 AND…last but not least, stay tuned to hear the recording of our first live podcast (coming later this week)…👀

👉 If you’ve made it this far, you must really be interested in a better NYCW experience…fill out the post-Climate Week survey

Hey Everyone!

We're excited to share two big announcements. 🚨🚨

First, CleanTechies is doing its first-ever live podcast! 🎙️🎊

We are partnering with Extantia, one of THE leading ClimateTech VCs in Europe, to do our first ever live podcast recording. 🎉

* When: Wednesday, Sep. 25th @ 4 pm Sharp (be early)

* Where: Register for address

* Register for 1 of 15 CleanTechies tickets here: https://lu.ma/n8gteqtm

Second, we are hosting a soccer game for CleanTechies ⚽

* When: Friday, Sep. 27th @ 5:30 pm

* Where: Near Sunset Park in Brooklyn (final location shared if approved)

* Register here: https://lu.ma/duovm34k

We’re very excited to see you all there 😎!

NY Climate Week is ####ing insane — event after event after event.

If you’re not careful, you’ll waste an entire week of work and sleep — and get nothing out of it.

We are here to give you our two cents… or rather, 35 min of advice on how to get the most out of your climate week experience.

This is for you regardless if this is your first or fifth climate week.

We broke it down into:

* Before - How to prep

* During - What to keep in mind during the chaos

* After - Mastering the follow-up

Have a listen and comment with your advice for all the other CleanTechies.

🚨🚨🚨 ALSO… here is the list of events we’re attending during NYCW. Don’t be a stranger — we’ll be more excited to say hi than you can handle.

Good luck out there!

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Today, we are talking to Jonathan Tan from Coreshell.

Yo yo yo! 🪀 (I must have had too much caffeine today)

We are back with another kick-ass episode with a kick-ass founder building kick-ass battery technology.

There may be feelings hurt today when you hear what Jonathan has to say about the lack of genuine innovation in battery tech over the past ~20 years.

We get into a LOT of things.

But before that, you gotta know more about Jonathan.

After completing his undergrad at UC Berkeley in Chemical Engineering he spent many years developing membrane technology at Membrane Technology and Research Inc.

He was spending a lot of time in wastewater treatment. It’s there he realized that the major driver of that adoption, above regulation, was economics. They wanted to utilize all of the things they could to increase profitability.

Then in 2017, he and his co-founders got sick of their jobs and wanted to found a company. They originally met in college and had worked in the thin film membrane industries. Roger worked in CleanTech 1.0 with thin film solar.

Today, they are scaling up production in Germany with a partner. For that reason, we feel quite confident in Jonathan’s ability to speak about the do’s and definitely don’t do’s in this space.

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Every ClimateTech Entrepreneur needs a reliable partner for their legal needs. Why settle for less than the best? 💪🏽

Reach out to Goodwin Law today; the law firm of choice for hundreds of ClimateTech Entrepreneurs worldwide. They have you covered from funding docs to offtake contracts to IPO and M&A support. GoodwinLaw.com  (and tell them CleanTechies sent you!)

Okay — so what are we talking about today, partner? 🤠

* By focusing on luxury market, EV makers have emphasized range over price. This is in contrast to China’s EV market, which has now drastically lowered the cost of EVs when compared to the rest of the world.

* How Coreshell’s tech will allow the EU and US to stop relying on China’s monopolistic control over the global graphite market (they currently produce ~76% of the world’s graphite supply).

* Why Trump should be pro-investing in climate if he’s actually all about American independence?

* How the EU treats battery recycling and why they are jealous of the US’s policy achievements.

And quite a few other things.

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📝 Show Notes:

Topics

* Dinner with Peter Singer

* Jonathan’s Story

* Founding Coreshell

* The Technology

* Reliance on China’s Graphite Monopoly

* Advice to the Next Presidential Administration

* Mass Production Cost vs 10x Moonshots

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* Battery Industry in a Trump Admin

* Range Anxiety vs Charge Anxiety

* Economics Incentives on the Battery Industry

* The US & EU’s Battery Tech Policies & Incentives

* Battery Recycling & Traceability

Links

* Jonathan Tan | Coreshell

* Connect with Somil on LinkedIn | Connect with Silas on LinkedIn

* Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn

* @Silas & @Somil_Agg on X 

* This podcast is NOT investment advice. Do your homework and due diligence before investing in anything discussed on this podcast.

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ClimateTech Investor? Entrepreneur? Maybe an aspiring one? Service p…

NOTE: if you’re a free subscriber, you can get the full ~50-minute conversation by upgrading to paid today.

🌎 Welcome back to CleanTechies

The #1 Podcast For ClimateTech Entrepreneurs

* Discussions 2x / week 🎙️

* Bonus content on many episodes 🙋

* Monthly show with Somil & Silas 🤓

* Community 🤝

ClimateTech Investor? Entrepreneur? Maybe an aspiring one? Service p…

Today’s episode is special to me! When I first learned about ClimateTech, I dreamed of building a Venture Studio in the space. Although I didn’t even know what a Venture Studio was back then, I quickly realized that founder-market fit is crucial for success. While I’m not there yet, I started my own recruitment firm to gain the freedom and impact I wanted in a field with a huge need for affordable services.

Maybe one day, I’ll follow in Ben’s footsteps. But for now, this conversation with Benjamin, who co-founded Ouishare in France and has been building companies ever since, was incredibly fulfilling. We dive deep into his latest venture, Marble, discussing what they do, how their business model works, and how they’re funded. We also explore how to find the right co-founder and the role of policy in advancing ClimateTech.

There’s so much more to uncover, and I’m excited to have him back on one day. Enjoy the show!

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• Intro 
• Ben's Background
• What They Do
• Fundraising for Marble
• Challenges of Building in Climate
• Finding a Co-Founder

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• Policy and Regulation in Climate Tech
• Key Opportunity Areas in Climate Tech

Links

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• This podcast is NOT investment advice. Do your homework and due diligence before investing in anything discussed on this podcast.

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* Discussions 2x / week 🎙️

* Bonus content on many episodes 🙋

* Monthly show with Somil & Silas 🤓

* Community 🤝

ClimateTech Investor? Entrepreneur? Maybe an aspiring one? Service p…