How two founders turned a decade of building too-early ideas into a climate investment thesis for the next industrial wave.

We’re joined by Maex Ament and Philip Stehlik, co-founders of two unicorns (Taulia and Centrifuge) and now founding partners at Earth, a new European climate fund investing across the industrial stack.

In this episode, we dive into how being “too early” became their edge, what it really takes to sustain a 20-year co-founder relationship, and how ex-founders think differently when they start backing the next generation of climate entrepreneurs.

In our conversation, we covered:→ Why great co-founder relationships are like marriages (and how to make them last)→ Why being too early can be a founder’s superpower, if you can survive it→ How ex-founders approach venture investing differently→ Why climate investing is the new industrial revolution (not just a cause)→ What “climate dynamism” really means, and why green premiums are dead

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Supported by:

☕ Climate Coffee:

Max Bray

and his co-founder have been building a fast-growing community and series of meet-ups connecting founders, investors, operators, and scientists in climate tech across Europe. Read more here.

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Maex Ament

Philip Stehlik

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