The Tech 4 Climate Podcast

“It takes a village to empower founders tackling Climate Change”. Discover how Elemental Excelerator is bringing an enormous contribution into it.

Part 1: Meet the Investor:

In today’s episode, we are speaking with Kim Baker, Director of Innovation at Elemental Excelerator, a global program supporting early stage Climate Tech founders. I was excited to have Kim on the show and learn more about how the all Elemental team is on a mission to redesign the systems at the root of climate change. So far they invested in over 100 growth-stage companies and celebrated more than a dozen exits, funded more than 70 technology projects, and built a platform for scaling equitable, market-driven solutions to climate change. Kim will share with you her overview of the ClimateTech ecosystems today, Where we are at and what needs to happen to ensure the ClimateTech ecosystems can fully support the 2050 Net Zero Goal. She will cover with you in detail how Elemental selects and supports founders with their different initiatives in place.

Finally, Kim will  share how they evaluate impact in companies they support with their programs.  

Part 2: My secret sauce:

In the second part of the show, Kim will give her secret sauce for founders seeking to fundraise. Then, Kim will cover the challenges that she sees for ClimateTech teams seeking to scale and go global. Finally she will give her insights on how she maintains a healthy work life balance as a mother, an investor and or founder.

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From Agricultural Waste to Plastic-Alternative Biomaterials seeking to solve one of the most pressing issues for our planet today.

PART 1: Meet the founder:

During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with  Robert Luo , Founder & CEO at Mi Terro®/ Forbes 30 Under 30 Scholar/ GreenBiz 30 Under 30 and winner of the Startup basecamp Global online ClimateTech Pitch competition last June. I was excited to have Rob on the show as he is an incredible serial entrepreneur who is now tackling the enormous problems presented by conventional plastics, one of the most pressing issues for our planet today.  Mi Terro’s unique proprietary tech allows agricultural waste to be upcycled into compostable biomaterials to replace plastic and paper for food, fashion & packaging. We will cover the unique journey of the company and the potential that it presents in terms of market and impact opportunities. Finally, we will speak about the exciting future of the company which just started a pilot with Budweiser china.  

PART 2: My secret sauce:

During the second part of the talk,  Rob will give his secret sauce for early-stage founders looking to fundraise. He will share advice on how to unlock big partners while being an early-stage company, and his work-life balance tips for founders.  Finally, he will share with you his view on the opportunities that the ClimateTech ecosystems represent today.  

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From launching a BioTech lab to the Shark Tank show with his Sustainable Plant-based Pet Food startup.

PART 1: Meet the founder:

During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Ryan Bethencourt, CEO at Wild Earth, Managing Partner at Sustainable food venture, and Partner at Babel venture. I was super excited to get Ryan on the show as he is a pioneer in the BioTech movement in Silicon Valley. 

Over and above his incredible founder story, Ryan also has experience as a successful serial angel and Venture investor in future of food and future of biotech companies, making him a special guest able to give insides from both sides of the “fundraising” table. In the show we will cover with Ryan the unique story of the WildEarth team, who are developing clean protein pet foods that are healthier for your pet, better for the environment, and more humane than conventional products. This is an industry with big opportunities for decarbonization, as more than 25% of meat produced in the US goes to animal Food.   

PART 2: My secret sauce:

During the second part of the talk,  Ryan will give his secret sauce for early-stage founders seeking to fundraise.  Finally, he will share with you his view on the opportunities that the ClimateTech ecosystems represent today.  

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1 - Meet the founder:

During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Federico Garcea Co-founder & CEO @ Treedom. Federico will share with you his unusual story, starting with selling gelato when he was 15, to an “addiction” to “Farmville” that led him to create Treedom, the first online community in the world that allows you to plant trees remotely and follow them online. We will cover with him the evolution of the “ Agroforestry projects ” landscape today and how it is changing with the help of emerging market forces. Then we will go deeper into Treedom, in order to understand how they manage to geo-localize, photograph, and give impact reports of more than 2M trees to each owner on the platform.   We will also cover Treedom’s climate and social impact and how they measure it with their local partners. 

 2- My secret sauce:

During the second part of the talk, Federico will share his secret sauce on how they onboarded as a startup big brands such as Samsung and timberland. 

He will also share his fundraising experience as a ClimateTech entrepreneur, what worked, what did not, and finally concluding with his view on the ClimateTech ecosystem and upcoming opportunities.

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Learn more about the science and opportunities to turn C02 into stones with Carbfix. 

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Part 1: Meet the founder:

During this new episode, we are sitting down with Bergur Sigfússon, Head of CO2 capture and injection at CarbFix. Bergur will share his journey as a geochemist in Iceland which has led to him becoming a cornerstone in the process of C02 mineralization developed at Carbfix. Bergur will give an overview of the “ Carbon sequestration and storage ” landscape today. Then will be given a detailed account of the unique technology that Carbfix put in place at a geothermal power plant in Iceland. Their unique technology injects underground a mixture of captured CO2 and water that will turn into stones within a 2 year period. Finally, we will cover the business side of Carbfix, the different applications and opportunities of their proprietary process and what it will need to happen in order to scale the operations.    

 Part 2: My secret sauce:

During the second part of the talk, Bergur will share their secret sauce for ClimateTech founders looking to finance their project at the initial stage. This involves using alternative external sources of fundings as grants or forging partnerships with universities, as well as focussing on becoming financially independent. Finally, Bergur will share how they succeeded in getting an incredible amount of press attention, including visibility in a recent Netflix show. 

From Goldman Sachs to ClimateTech VC’s. Discover the incredible story of Andrea and Planet First.

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Part 1: Meet the Investor:

In today’s episode, we will speak with  Andreea Constantinescu Partner at Planet First Partners. She will share with you her amazing story; starting from Goldman Sachs in M&A to the transition into ClimateTech investments.   

You will learn in more detail the investment thesis of Planet First, a Growth equity investment fund with 2 major themes: Better for the planet, Better for the people with a focus on Eu HQ companies. 

Andrea will share with you how they developed a complex framework to measure #impact and make their investment decision with an innovative and systemic approach.

Finally, she will share with you the underdog area’s in Climatetech in which she sees exciting potential for investments and growth.

Part 2:My secret sauce:

In the second part of the show, Andrea will share her secret sauce to increase your odds to fundraise successfully. You will learn some key red flags that make investors pass on deals. Finally, you will get a few valuable tips on work-life balance for founders and investors. 

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Part 1: Meet the Investor:

In today’s episode, we will speak with Sylvain Carle, Senior director at SecondMuse which is running a global program “Venture for ClimateTech” supporting early-stage Climate Tech founders around the world. Sylvain will share with you his journey as a top Canadian Tech investor and the drivers that pushed him to jump into the ClimateTech ecosystem. You will learn that Sylvain is also a strong believer that “money is an incredible lever to change the world, and he hopes to catalyze capital for the challenges of today and the next decades”. Sylvain will also share how they evaluate impact in companies they support and the state of impact evaluation in the ClimateTech industry today.  

Part 2:My secret sauce:

In the second part of the show, Sylvain will share his secret sauce to founders seeking to build venture-backed companies covering the investment decision framework used during his investor career.

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1- Meet the founder:

During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Lubomila Jordanova, CEO and Co-founder of Plan A and Co-founder at GreenTech Alliance. Lubomila, will share with you her incredible journey and how she started Plan A,  the first software that enables businesses to monitor and reduce their emissions, while improving their ESG performance. We will cover with her how the Decarbonization and Impact Intelligence landscape is evolving today and how Plan A is fitting into it. She will go into details on how Plan A works, the economics behind it, and their competition landscape. Finally, she will also share with us her vision for the company, the way they are scaling it, and how they define their own ESG.    

2- My secret sauce:

During the second part of the talk,  Lubomila will share her secret sauce on how she successfully fundraised with some major investors such as Softbank, Demeter, and Coparion venture. We will also learn more about Greentech alliances that she co-founded. Why she started it, how you can join it and benefit from their incredible network of founders and Investors.  

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Carbicrete’s innovative carbon-negative concrete process is the new weapon to tackle the 10% of Global C02 emitted by concrete production.

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PART 1: Meet the founder:

During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Chris Stern, serial entrepreneur, Investor, CEO, and Co-Founder at Carbicrete. We will start this interesting conversation covering Chris’ Entrepreneurial journey in the Cleantech Industry which has lasted for more than 15 years. Then, you will learn how the Carbicrete team developed an innovative technology to enable the production of a cement-free, carbon-negative concrete using industrial by-products such as Steel Slag and captured CO2.  By offering concrete manufacturers the process, materials, and support to make lower-cost, higher-quality precast concrete in a way that reduces their carbon footprint, Carbecrete opens up a new way to decrease the 10% of global C02 emissions released by the entire concrete production industry.  

PART 2. My secret sauce:

During the second part of the talk,  Chris will share with you his fundraising’s secret sauce that he learned during his entrepreneurial and investor journey. This journey covers Bootstrapping, choosing your investors, and other ways to finance your initial stages.  Finally, Chris will share his view on the ClimateTech industry trends.  

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Part 1:Meet the Investor:

In today’s episode, we will speak with the co-founders of Planet A;  Fridtjof Detzner &  Nick de la Forge who are seeking to support and invest in founders tackling the world‘s largest environmental problems such as GHG, plastics and water shortage.

They will uncover how they provide early-stage funding and mentoring to highly scalable impact companies – while measuring and forecasting the positive ecological impact of a start-up as their central metric of success. Their unique approach is supported by a network of scientists and experts developing frameworks and methodologies with them to assess the impact prior to making their investments decisions.   

Part 2:My secret sauce:

In the second part of the show, Fridtjof & Nick will give a series of valuable insides for ClimateTech founders to successfully pitch investors. Finally, they will share with you their “secret sauce” on how they balance their busy founders and investor’s work life.

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