In this episode of Klimatic Scale, Dash speaks with Alexander Soechtig, COO of inno2grid, a Berlin-based venture builder operating at the intersection of energy, mobility, and built environment.

Drawing on more than a decade of hands-on experience, Alexander breaks down how venture building actually works in practice: when it makes sense to build a venture outside the core business, when to integrate early, and when to consciously not build at all. The conversation describes concrete decision criteria, real failure signals, and examples of ventures that successfully made it to market.

This is the first of four episodes in the Venture Tools Chapter of Klimatic Scale, where we focus on venture clienting and venture building as the most practical innovation tools for climate-critical industries to move beyond pilots and into real-world impact. Both corporate and startup listeners can take valuable insights from real cases.

1:00 Alex’s path into venture building3:40 When venture building is the right tool (and when it’s not)6:30 The secret ingredient of energy ventures9:50 Case deep dive14:25 Kill your darlings: which ideas should not become ventures18:20 Red flags and rookie mistakes in corporate venture building22:27 Where the money comes from26:50 What success looks like and more examples

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