Science on a Mission

In this live-recorded podcast taped at SXSW 2024, Activate Senior Investment Manager Calvin A. Cupini moderates a conversation with Everybody In the Pool and Molly Wood Media’s Molly Wood, Matthew Norton from Azolla Ventures, and Craig Lawrence from Energy Transition Ventures on how venture capital can accelerate innovation. 

In this episode, panelists discuss the evolution of funding strategies in response to the climate tech sector and tackle topics like derisking, shortening timelines, keeping climate investments in play, preventing the climate tech ecosystem from collapsing and increasing the time to commercialization.

In this live-recorded podcast episode taped at SXSW 2024, Cortney Newell, Senior Director of Development at Activate, moderates a conversation with Olivia Strader of LH Capital/Lyda Hill Philanthropies, Margaret Lee from Prime Coalition, and Pat McGrath from the Schmidt Family Foundation about how philanthropic organizations can uniquely contribute to the advancement of climate tech by leveraging their resources, convening power, and innovative funding strategies.

This episode underscores the hope and dedication driving the climate tech space, encouraging continued innovation, risk-taking, and collaboration to build a sustainable future.

In this live-recorded podcast episode taped at SXSW 2024, host Molly Wood, founder and CEO of Molly Wood Media, talks to Activate CEO Cyrus Wadia, Opera Bioscience Chief Science Officer and co-founder Julie Ming Liang (Cohort 2023), and Terra Watts co-founder and CEO Kaitlyn Suarez (Cohort 2023) about how the urgent need for climate solutions has ignited a surge in innovation, pushing the boundaries of environmental technology and sustainability.

This conversation aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities for science founders, the drivers of growth in climate tech startups, inspiring areas of innovation, and the role of investors.