The Keep Cool Podcast

Carbon removal wasn’t even in our vocabulary a few years ago. But now, thanks to companies like Climeworks, direct air capture technology is being brought to the forefront of climate change technology.

CMO of Climeworks, Julie Gosalvez, sits down to chat with Nick about how direct air capture works by capturing CO2 particles from the air, why it’s critical to use the technology as we race to control climate change, and the challenges carbon removal tech faces in the quest to implement it on a global scale. 

Plus, find out how and why carbon removal is poised to become a trillion-dollar industry in the near future.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro and Background

3:45 Explaining Climeworks

8:03 Scaling with an Invisible Product

10:04 Challenges to Climeworks Buyers

15:02 Negotiating with Policymakers

18:07 Plans for Expansion

20:36 Collaborating with Other DAC firms

22:42 Scalability in Direct Air Capture Tech

24:49 Biggest Risks 

26:21 Bringing the Individual Consumer into DAC

29:39 Economic Impact of DAC

36:46 Other Exciting Technology

37:56 Outro

The energy transition is in full swing, find out how Tyler Lancaster is helping lead the way as an investment partner in innovative climate tech startups.

Tyler is a partner at Energize Ventures, a leading investor in capital-light climate tech solutions , partnering with best-in-class innovators to accelerate the energy transition.

Nick and Tyler discuss how even in the last five years climate tech innovation has changed exponentially, areas of the climate tech space they’re particularly focused on , and whether the current climate tech boom has momentum to last.

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How do you measure the impact of net zero targets and climate change on large corporations? Step forward Shanu Mathew.

Shanu is Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager/Analyst - US Sustainable Equity at Lazard Asset Management.

Nick and Shanu get into how to catch the inflection points in innovation and rapid growth in markets, how these impact climate tech investments, and  what role ESG and other investment analysis frameworks will play in years to come.

Plus, you’ll hear why Nick and Shanu believe we can be optimistic about systems level changes that will improve the world.

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Tim is Managing Partner at Mercy Corps Ventures: The unique investment fund ploughing hundreds of thousands of dollars into innovative startups.

Helping the most vulnerable communities become more resilient to climate and financial change, Tim works throughout South East Asia and LatAm and West Africa.

Nick and Tim get into why he has a particular passion for agriculture, how to use Web3 to create radical transparency in the carbon markets, and the intersection between climate tech and fintech.

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Earth’s resources are running low, so how do you choose the smart software and digital investments that maximize productivity and deployment of climate technologies?

Micah Kotch is an investor at Blackhorn Ventures, the early-stage venture capital firm investing in digital solutions that accelerate the energy transition and tackle other problems, too. .

Nick and Micah talk grid resiliency and alternatives to fossil fuels, the high caliber of breakthrough ideas coming through, and discuss where investors are getting over their skis just a little bit.

Plus you’ll hear Micah’s predictions on the number of unicorns finding their way into the climate tech space and why we’re going to see way more action at federal level when it comes to mitigating climate change.

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It’s easier than ever to launch a climate tech startup. But getting noticed can be harder. Meet the investor who’s allocating capital and helping businesses tell their story.

Jay Kapoor is General Partner at VSC Ventures, the award-winning comms firm that also invests at Seed and Series A stage and tells the stories of climate tech startups and their exceptional founders.

Nick and Jay discuss topics like why VCs and founders need to roll up their sleeves to work with governments, why the grid needs to grow up to unlock the power of EVs, and the rest of the cool tech VSC Ventures is backing.

Plus, you’ll hear Jay’s views on where he’d build a business if he weren’t investing..

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Measuring and tracking emissions is a great start, but how do companies make long term plans for effective change? 

They require more sophisticated modeling technology as well as policy expertise.

Ela leads Actual’s efforts in the areas of policy, industry affairs, and research at Actual, supplementing the company’s state-of-the-art modeling software and ESG strategies across industries with deep policy research.

Nick and Ela dive into what it takes to go from data to real world impact, why Actual is the missing piece in the corporate ESG puzzle, and how smart modeling is helping New Zealand sheep farmers produce wool more sustainably.

You’ll also hear Ela’s thoughts on interesting climate policy to look out for in 2023..

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How do you gather drone data at scale? You leverage crowddroning. Markku Koivisto explains how.

Markku is Chief Business Development Officer at Globhe, the Crowddroning platform coordinating sophisticated drone operators globally to collect high-resolution earth observation data for businesses, organizations and researchers.

Nick and Markku discuss why crowddroning is a win-win-win situation for operators and clients, how 5G technology will play a huge role in drone evolution, and how drone inspectors are helping safeguard communities and critical infrastructure.

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How is Ali Javidan staging an electric revolution in the trucking industry? It’s not easy. Hear how the Range Energy founder’s tip toeing into an electric future.

Ali is Founder and CEO of Range Energy, the company producing powered trailers for the heavy-duty truck market.

Nick and Ali unpack why trailer electrification has been left behind in terms of green innovation, how to convince a skeptical end user, and why new tech should slip seamlessly into current setups.

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Dana Gibber is the former lawyer, turned tech entrepreneur, turned climate tech founder. Discover how Flowcarbon is changing the carbon credit marketplace.

Flowcarbon is the tech company bringing carbon offset credits on chain, leveraging blockchain technology to accelerate the innovation and scale of climate change solutions.

Nick and Dana get into conversation discussing how to incentivize communities to protect rainforests, the problems with carbon credit registries, and how Flowcarbon is offering solutions with blockchain-based tokens that can travel beyond registries.

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