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Tune in to the latest Small-Cap Spotlight Flashcast! Join Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at WTR, and Peter Gastreich, Senior Energy Transition and Sustainability Analyst, as they discuss Green Plains. Learn how the company plans to profit from CO2 waste streams with its Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) operations staring up in 2H25. The outlooks for low-carbon ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) are also discussed including implications from Trump administration policies. 

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Dmitry Silversteyn offers his take on Administration’s actions to increase domestic minerals production in the effort to decouple from China-dominated supply chain, its impact on mining and processing companies’ prospects, and how investors can take advantage of the potential rebalancing of the critical minerals supply chain.

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On this week's episode of WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, Marcus Laun, Co-Founder and VP Executive of Sky Quarry joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainability Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss: 1) SKYQ’s business of recycling asphalt shingle waste into oil products and other materials, and with zero waste; 2) SKYQ’s innovative revenue model and offering waste shingle suppliers a lower cost alternative to landfills; 3) planned commissioning of the first 1.0 million ton per year capacity facility in Utah this year; 4) national expansion strategy; 5) expectations for decreasing regulation and streamlined permitting process; and 6) crowd funding as a source of financing.  

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On this week's episode of WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, George O’Leary, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sono Group (OTCQB: SEVCF), joined Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Peter Gastreich, Energy and Sustainability Analyst at Water Tower Research to discuss: 1) how Sono’s proprietary solar integration technology for commercial vehicles can bridge the gap between today's conventional vehicles and the future EV market; 2) Sono's German roots and strategy to leverage local partnerships to grow in North and South America; 3) capital strategy and path to NASDAQ uplisting in the near-term; 4) Sono's competitive advantages; 5) customer engagement strategy and other topics.

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Dmitry Silversteyn provides his impressions of the 2025 PDAC conference in Toronto and highlights some of the hot topics attendees were discussing at this three-day event. 

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In our latest episode, Tim Gerdeman, Founder, Vice-Chairman, and Chief Marketing Officer discusses Palladyne AI (NASDAQ: PDYN) and its growth potential with WTR technology analyst Dr. John Roy and Palladyne AI co-founder, President and CEO Ben Wolff.

Palladyne AI sells real-time learning and reasoning AI software platforms for robots, drones, and smart industrial systems. The company engages in the design, development, and manufacture of industrial robotic systems that augment human performance by combining human intelligence, instinct, and judgment with the strength, endurance, and precision of machines to enhance employee safety and productivity. Its mobile robotic systems include the Guardian S, Guardian GT, Guardian XO, and Guardian XT. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

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CEO Mitch Steiner joins us on this week’s collaboration with WTR Biotech Spotlight to talk about the next generation of drugs focusing on lean mass (muscle) preservation for obesity patients on the popular GLP-1 therapies. He reviews the recent enobosarm Phase 2b data and highlights the importance of functional clinical benefit in addition to maintaining lean mass. Listen to learn more about Veru and its obesity drug enobosarm.

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Perfect Corp. offers brands in the beauty industry the ability to offer an omnichannel experience to their customers, and for consumers to virtually try on products before making the purchases. The company recently acquired Wannaby to expand into the personal luxury vertical, which has expanded their targetable opportunity. In our conversation, we discussed how the company is positioning to reaccelerate top line growth, which we think, in turn, should lead to higher multiples.

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Join Shawn Severson, Co-Founder and CEO at WTR, and Peter Gastreich, Senior Energy Transition and Sustainability Analyst, as they discuss how carbon capture and storage (CCS) can enable a big growth opportunity for low carbon ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the US.  We quantify the growth potential and importance to the rural economy, detail what makes ethanol a low-cost candidate for CCS, explain why President Trump's "National Energy Emergency" executive order and appointments look supportive, and review eight listed companies with CCS, SAF and low carbon ethanol projects. For more, see our new WTR report "What Carbon Capture & Storage Could Mean for US Ethanol-Based Biofuels".

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In our latest episode of WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, Tim Gerdeman, Co-Founder, Vice-Chairman, and Chief Marketing Officer and WTR's Senior Research Analyst, Brian Gordon, discuss Brian’s top industry trends for 2025.