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Raphael Haupt, Founder and Chief Toucan at Toucan Protocol on the need for an all of the above solutions approach to carbon drawdown.

“Let’s unf*ck the environment…the only thing that’s clear is that the price of carbon needs to increase.”  -Raphael Haupt, Founder and Chief Toucan at Toucan Protocol

Toucan is working to make DeFi work for the planet by building market infrastructure to bring carbon markets to public blockchains.  Toucan launched in October 2021 as the infrastructure provider behind the Basic Carbon Tonne (BCT), Toucan’s first carbon reference token.  In the first month of launch, BCT achieved $2B+ in trading volume and 150,000+ of tokenized carbon credits were retired within two months of launching.

As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

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This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

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This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

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Greg Constantine, Co-founder and CEO of Air Company on the importance of reaching hearts and minds to combat the climate crisis:

“Imagination is everything.  It’s what moves the world forward.”  -Greg Constantine, Co-founder and CEO of Air Company

@Greg Constantine, Co-founder and CEO of @Air Company, Air company’s priority is to utilize as much CO2 as possible to slow the momentum of climate change, using consumer goods in the near term as an educational tool to show the world what is possible.

Since launching Air Company, Constantine and his team have won awards from NASA, The United Nations and XPRIZE. Air Company was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Products (2019) and Most Innovative Companies (2020), and was named one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2020. Constantine’s patent product design has won the highest design awards from Dieline and the Pentawards, and in 2019, Constantine was personally named The Spirits Business’ Young Achiever of the Year.  He brings expertise in the arts with an undergraduate degree from The University of Sydney and a wealth of business acumen from the Executive program at Harvard Business School.

As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

Enjoy the show!

🤝 

This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

🤝 

This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

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Ryan Pandya, Co-founder and CEO of Perfect Day on how nobody was working on microbe based dairy in 2014:

“I will live and die never again having an idea that you can’t find on the internet.”  -Ryan Pandya, Co-founder and CEO of Perfect Day

@Ryan Pandya, Co-founder and CEO of @Perfect Day, a consumer biology company on a mission to create a kinder, greener tomorrow by developing new ways to make the foods you love today — starting in the dairy aisle. Ryan, in partnership with co-founder Perumal Gandhi, leads a diverse team of scientists, engineers, chefs, food developers, and storytellers who are working in harmony to make their dream of animal-free dairy a reality.  Perfect Day, named one of TIME’s 2020 Best Inventions, is currently pioneering a new category in the dairy market by using fermentation to create proprietary “flora-made” dairy protein, without a single cow. Named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in 2019, Ryan is committed to making delicious, nutritious food that does less damage to our planet.

As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

Enjoy the show!

🤝 

This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

🤝 

This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

Interested in sponsoring Climate Tech Cocktails (CTC)?  Please reach out to [email protected]

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On their creation Tikkun Olunch, based on the Jewish tradition of Tikkun Olam, ”These lunches were an opportunity for us to get together once a week and ask, ‘Are you doing the most you can possibly do to make the world a better place?  How can I help you think through that and how can I help you step up your game?’ -Amanda Joy Ravenhill, Executive Director of The Buckminster Fuller Institute

@AmandaRavenhill, Executive Director of @BuckyFullerInst, which is dedicated to accelerating the development and deployment of strategies that radically regenerate Earth's ecosystems. She previously held the role of Co-Founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown, the comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. Amanda Joy is a member of The Seastars, an acapella group blending harmonies with new narratives of a future that works for 100% of life. She is also an avid gardener, stewarding her small backyard farm to build soil, host pollinators, create medicines, and grow food.

@KushyKush, Co-founder and Director of Outreach, @Third_Deriv, a joint venture between Rocky Mountain Institute and New Energy Nexus. D3 now has the largest cohort of climate tech startups in the world, an SPV to fund all current and future companies, $3 trillion in market cap across corporate partners and $2 billion in deployable funds across VC partners. He is the author of “Accelerate This! A Super Not Boring Guide To Startup Accelerators and Clean Energy Entrepreneurship”, sponsored by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, World Wildlife Fund, and New Energy Nexus, and featuring Y Combinator, Techstars, 500 Startups, Google X, and other innovation programs around the world.

As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

Also a BIG shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails’ first official SUPER Climate Warrior patron supporter, Extreme Tech Challenge!  👀 Want to learn more and be listed here?!?  Visit https://www.patreon.com/ctc1

Enjoy the show!

🤝 

This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

🤝 

This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

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“I like to say we’re not a mission driven company.  We’re not a company with a mission.  
We’re a mission with a company.”  -Ryan Shearman, Co-founder and CEO of Aether Diamonds

@RyanShearmanNYC, Co-founder and CEO of @AetherDiamonds, a startup creating the world’s first positive-impact diamonds.  Ryan Shearman is a mechanical engineer turned entrepreneur. Early in his career, Ryan joined David Yurman as one of the first hires on their new Men's team, where he was responsible for overseeing the development of some of the brand's most iconic and commercially successful collections at the time, shipping over $80M worth of product in under three years. In 2013 Ryan founded his first startup, Fusar, a direct-to-consumer brand that developed tech-enabled safety products for the motorcycle market. Ryan currently serves as the founder and CEO of Aether, where he combines his passions for technology and jewelry with his personal mission to help solve the climate crisis. In his free time, Ryan can be found riding his motorcycle, teaching his dog new tricks, and spending time with his family.   

As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

Also a BIG shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails’ first official SUPER Climate Warrior patron supporter, Extreme Tech Challenge!  👀 Want to learn more and be listed here?!?  Visit https://www.patreon.com/ctc1

Enjoy the show!

🤝 

This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

🤝 

This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

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“How is everyone not working on climate change?...In my understanding of the science, I would say it will define the lives of people in my generation.”  -Kathy Hannun, Founder and President of Dandelion Energy

@KathyHannun, Founder and President of @DandelionEnergy, the largest residential geothermal company in the United States.  Before founding Dandelion, Hannun was a Rapid Evaluator at X, Alphabet’s innovation lab, where she focused on finding “Moonshots”.  Kathy initiated Dandelion as an X project and then launched it into an independent startup company in May 2017.  Dandelion has since raised millions in funding from top VCs, set a new standard for geothermal quality and cost-effectiveness, and empowered homeowners to avoid over 100 million pounds of carbon emissions and counting.  In February 2021, Dandelion raised a $30MM Series B funding round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures.  

As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

Also a BIG shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails’ first official SUPER Climate Warrior patron supporter, Extreme Tech Challenge!  👀 Want to learn more and be listed here?!?  Visit https://www.patreon.com/ctc1

Enjoy the show!

🤝 

This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

🤝 

This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

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“If the next 4 billion ACs are all heat pumps, they can also decarbonize heating while we’re expanding access to AC. If they have low carbon refrigerants we can solve the refrigerant problem.  Lastly, if we make sure they’re all smart and WiFi connected we can help modernize the grid at the same time and have more solar and wind on the grid.”  -Vince Romanin, Co-founder and CEO of Gradient.  

Vince Romanin is the CEO of Gradient (@GradientComfort), which is on a mission to cool the world sustainably.  Gradient plans to achieve this by increasing the efficiency of heating and cooling systems, removing harmful refrigerants, and electrifying the heating sector, all of which combined can offset about 2 GtCO2/year, or 7% of our total emissions today. Gradient’s first product is an easier-to-install and easier-to-use heat pump that is quiet and gives you your window back.

As always, HUGE shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails official sponsors ☀️Yotta Energy and 💎Aether Diamonds

Also a BIG shout out to Climate Tech Cocktails’ first official SUPER Climate Warrior patron supporter, Extreme Tech Challenge!  👀 Want to learn more and be listed here?!?  Visit https://www.patreon.com/ctc1

Enjoy the show!

🤝 

This episode is brought to you by ☀️Yotta Energy !  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

🤝 

This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

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“Globally we’re emitting about 5 Gigatons of CO2 from Diesel engines every year...so you’re looking at about 15% total emissions coming from that fuel in particular.”  -BJ Johnson, Co-founder and CEO of ClearFlame Engines.  

BJ Johnson (@bj_johnson87) is CEO and Co-founder of ClearFlame Engines (@ClearFlameEng), which is a startup taking the diesel fuel out of the diesel engine for heavy-duty industries. BJ leads business development, fundraising, and strategic planning operations at ClearFlame. BJ received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford in 2015 while developing the technology used by ClearFlame. At Stanford, BJ was supported by fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) program, and Stanford’s School of Engineering. BJ was also a member of the USA Swimming national team, representing the United States at world championships, and participating as a leader in USA Swimming diversity camps. 

Enjoy the show!

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This episode is brought to you by ☀️ Yotta Energy!  We all know energy storage is key to deploying renewables at scale. I’ve seen many energy storage solutions for commercial buildings over my years in climate tech, but none as impressive as Yotta’s.  

Yotta Energy’s unique "PV-Coupled" ecosystem of solar+storage solutions simply integrates within the standard solar installation process. Even better, their integrated storage technology can enable up to 60% more solar to be deployed on commercial buildings.  With commercial buildings consuming 35% of US electricity that means Yotta is making a serious dent in CO2 emissions. With the electrification of everything revolution underway, Yotta Energy is poised to meet the growing demands of electrification by sizing solar+storage resources to recharge electric vehicles as they future proof buildings into distributed energy sites powering the grid of the future. Find out more at YottaEnergy.com and follow Yotta on Twitter @YottaEnergy.

🤝 

This episode is also brought to you by 💎 Aether Diamonds.  If you’re planning to propose, or purchase a timeless gift for your partner, I couldn’t think of a better purchase than Aether Diamonds.  

Aether Diamonds are the world’s most sustainable diamonds, and the only diamonds that are actually GOOD for the planet!  Aether creates the world's first positive-impact diamonds made from captured CO2.  In fact, every carat of Aether Diamonds offsets your personal carbon footprint for over a year.  These are 100% real diamonds with a real impact. They’re some of the highest quality diamonds you can buy, and are certified by IGI, the world's largest independent laboratory for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewelry.

Now you’re no longer stuck having to choose between mined and regular lab-grown diamonds, both of which harm the environment.  Aether offers the only truly sustainable diamonds on the market, requiring no ethical or environmental trade-offs… in other words, they're the only guilt-free diamonds available in the world. 

To learn more about these revolutionary diamonds from air, visit their website at aetherdiamonds.com and follow on Twitter @aetherdiamonds

Interested in sponsoring Climate Tech Cocktails (CTC)?  Please reach out to [email protected]

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“(in 10 years) The grid is a decarbonized, decentralized, and digitized network taking full advantage of the network effects that we all enjoy in a modern technology stack.”  -Gregg Dixon, Co-founder and CEO of Voltus

Gregg Dixon (@gregg_dixon) is the Co-founder and CEO of Voltus (@voltusinc), connecting customers, investors, teammates, and the world with Voltus value, ensuring that the vision for the company, and its culture, is meeting their expectations.  Gregg is a world-renowned expert in commercial and industrial energy management and has pioneered many of today’s innovations that unlock the economic and environmental benefits of “intelligent energy.”  Prior to co-founding Voltus, Gregg was the Senior VP of Marketing and Sales and a founding executive at EnerNOC, a leading provider of demand response, energy procurement, and energy intelligence software.  

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“The more I looked into it, the more broken the pet food industry was.  It accounts for 25-30% of meat consumed in the U.S...it just makes no sense because we can make protein out of yeast, out of fungi, out of plants...and so I’m like, somebody needs to start this company.”  -Ryan Bethencourt, Co-founder and CEO of Wild Earth.  

Ryan Bethencourt (@ryanbethencourt) is a co-founder and CEO at Wild Earth (@wildearthpets), bringing years of experience in leading, building and advising high-growth food and biotechnology companies. Ryan is a biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement. He’s a co-founder, former Program Director, and Venture Partner at IndieBio (@indbio) and has invested in over 110 early stage biotech startups and served as the head of life sciences at the XPRIZE Foundation (@xprize). As an ethical vegan, Ryan is passionate about the future of biology as a technology, applied across all industries to solve some of humanity’s most intractable problems. Ryan fosters dogs for Rocket Dog Rescue and is passionate about mindfulness, meditation, and mentoring. 

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