Climate CEOs (formerly Entrepreneurs for Impact): Scaling Climate Tech Startups

Sheeva.ai: In-Vehicle Payments for a Trillion-Dollar Market


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Sheeva.ai enables seamless in-car payments, turning a personal pain point into a global fintech solution backed by investors across four continents.


My guest today is Evgeny Klochikhin, Founder and CEO of Sheeva.ai.

Sheeva.ai is a software and fintech company that enables payments within vehicles, making it easy to “charge and walk.” They are backed by strategic investors in the US, India, Germany, and Japan.

Prior to Sheeva, Evgeny earned a PhD in innovation policy and technology and was a senior data scientist at the American Institutes for Research, a public relations specialist for the European Jewish Congress, and a journalist in Russia.

In this episode, you’ll learn these four important takeaways and much more.

  1. How a personal pain point was the origin of Sheeva’s creation
  2. Why they had to pivot and make big changes to their business model
  3. How they found motivated strategic investors in four countries
  4. Two traits that make founders unstoppable and how he found them

🔗 PODCAST SHOW LINKS:

Sheeva.ai - Sheeva.ai

Evgeny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/evgeny-klochikhin-30aa714/

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (book) - https://shorturl.at/BSWmz

How to Eat the Rainbow: Tips for a Colorful Diet - https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/eat-the-rainbow

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Dr. Chris Wedding is the founder of EFI (climate CEO peer groups), cofounder of Terraset (carbon removal), Senior Advisor at Javelin Capital (investment banking), Board member at World Tree (regenerative forestry), Board Advisor at DG Matrix (next-gen power electronics), Duke & UNC professor, ex-private equity investor, ex-investment banker, occasional monk, father of three, 2x ax-throwing champ (huh?), Time Magazine Person of the Year in 2006 (Google it), and super humble guy (as evidenced by this long bio).

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