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  • ⭐ My guest today is Duncan McIntyre, CEO of Highland.

    Highland brings a turnkey solution to make EV fleet adoption simple, reliable, and cost-effective for school buses and other fleets.

    Duncan sold his previous company in energy and emissions management for $100M.

    Hope you enjoy it!

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    Highland – https://highlandfleets.com/Duncan – https://www.linkedin.com/in/dumcintyre/

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    How to convert CapEx to OpEx to make it easier for customers to say yes. What it takes to raise $250M in private equity funding from smart investor friends of mine like Vision Ridge. The value of performance guarantees to reduce customer risks. How they reduce life cycle costs for city fleets. Why it’s good to expect tough times. His routine of organic farming even in cold New England mornings before the sun comes up.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Rohan Puri, CEO of Stable.

    Stable maximizes EV charging station ROI with strategic placement and pricing solutions.

    Rohan brings experience from MIT, Harvard, and TechStars. Hope you enjoy it!

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    Stable – https://stable.auto/Rohan – https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohanspuri/

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    How 70% of EV fast chargers are underperforming financially. Why static pricing at EV charging stations makes no sense. How 15% vs. 5% should inform ideal charging goals for chargers. Their AI tool for optimizing charger location for quicker paybacks to investors. Deliberately keeping their team small. Why you shouldn’t sell software to software companies. Relentless focus.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Mike Hall, CEO of Anza Renewables.

    Anza is a solar module and battery storage procurement platform that helps developers and project owners see more options in less time to increase project profits and productivity.

    Mike is a long-time solar industry veteran with 20+ years of experience, including ex-CEO of Borrego and Board member of the Solar Energy Industries Association.

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    Anza Renewables – https://www.anzarenewables.com/Mike Hall – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-hall-b281615/

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    What he’s learned as the solar sector has grown 500x since he got involved. How their platform is saving 100s of customers millions of dollars and moving gigawatts of product into high high-quality projects. Why economies of scale procurement contracts don’t always lead to cost savings. The path to founder happiness without reaching unicorn status. How ultimate frisbee and Buddhism keep him calm and centered as a leader.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Dr. Gilwoo Lee, Founder and CEO of Zordi.

    Zordi is a VC-backed agricultural platform blending Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, and machine learning to reshape and enhance sustainable greenhouse farming.

    Gilwoo is a PhD in AI with experience at Facebook, Dreamworks, and Michigan Venture Capital.

    Hope you enjoy it!

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    Zordi – https://www.zordi.com/Gilwoo Lee – https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilwoo-lee-581a13199/

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    Why Kholsa Ventures invested in them. Mainstreaming climate tech solutions by selling on non-climate consumer benefits. Their expansion plans into new crops, business models, and geographies. The role of computer vision and machine learning. How her robots measure pests, plant health, and growth rates to optimize yields. Why she gets up at 5 am. Which billionaires inspire her to be more focused and ambitious.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Amit Gupta, CEO of Aeroseal.

    Aeroseal is a cleantech company – with $100M of investor capital raised to date – focused on increasing building efficiency by reducing HVAC losses in the duct system and leaks in the building envelope using patented technologies.

    Amit is a mechanical engineer with experience at Tata Motors, Carrier, and 75F, as well as CEO of Aeroseal since its founding in 2010.

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    Aeroseal – https://aeroseal.comAmit Gupta – https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-gupta-36abb0/

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    40% of global greenhouse gas emissions tied to buildings. 50% of those emissions linked to HVAC use. Their “fix a flat” tagline for leaking buildings. Why their solution is as “safe as bubble gum.” The 40 years of lab testing for their technology and incubation at Carrier. Their changing business model from just selling machines to leasing and software. Why they raised capital after ten years of high-margin operations. His desire to be more courageous, to lead like his “hair was on fire.” The role of meditation in his growth. The need to manage energy better than we manage time.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Zach Jones, cofounder and CEO of C-Zero.

    C-Zero converts natural gas into hydrogen and solid carbon. The hydrogen provides clean, low-cost energy on demand, while the carbon can be permanently sequestered. Investors include Breakthrough Energy Ventures, SK Gas, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Engie.

    Zach is biomedical engineer-turned-CEO with experience at The Economist, Beryllium Capital, EconoMEDics, and East Meets West Foundation.

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    🌐 LINKS:

    C-Zero – https://www.czero.energy/Zach Jones – https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachjones06/

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    Why natural gas is thermodynamically clean given its high hydrogen content. Why big energy companies are motivated investors in his venture, where a scaled up plant could cost $500M. The power of extreme focus. The top three things a CEO must do well. How to think about upstream methane emissions. How to crack natural gas without electricity. The need to be a skeptical optimist. Impacts of the federal 45V incentive.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Matt Ellis, CEO of Measurabl.

    Measurabl is the ESG platform built for real estate to measure, manage, disclose, and act on ESG data. Their 200+ employees serve clients representing 17 billion square feet of real estate and $2T of value in 93 countries.

    Matt is the former Director of Sustainability Solutions at CBRE, a Fortune 500 company and global leader in commercial real estate services and investments with around 3 billion square feet under management. His new book is: From Green to ESG: How Data-Driven Transparency Changed Real Estate for Good.

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    Measurabl – https://www.measurabl.com

    Matt – https://www.linkedin.com/in/measurabl

    Matt’s book, Green to ESG – https://www.amazon.com/Green-ESG-Data-Driven-Transparency-Changed/dp/B09TZ9BSCN

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    Why his private equity, asset manager, and REIT customers use his software. How he prices his products. His data partnership with the FTSE index, which is moving billions of dollars into green real estate. The pains of customer price discovery. Why self advocacy matters. How he balances strategic and VC investors. Future consolidation in this industry.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Aaron Luque, Cofounder and CEO at EnviroSpark.

    EnviroSpark is a leading installer of EV charging stations and delivers a fully customizable solution at little to no cost for property owners. With a team of over 130 people and thousands of stations installed, they are on a mission to raise awareness of the benefits of electric vehicles

    Aaron is a serial environmental entrepreneur, based in Atlanta, Georgia, who conceived of the idea for EnviroSpark during a round-the-world travel adventure to 20 countries with his wife and business partner.

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    🌐 LINKS:

    Aaron - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronluque

    EnviroSpark - https://envirosparkenergy.com

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    The magic of financing EV charging installations to make it easier for real estate owners to say yes. How he scaled the company from a $5,000 investment to a multi-million dollar company before taking outside investment. The need to have a bias for action. Concentration risk of working too much with big customers. The moral responsibility and enormous economic opportunity of transportation electrification.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Jason Aramburu, CEO of Climate Robotics.

    Climate Robotics is a team of roboticists, soil scientists, and AI researchers developing advanced robotics to help sequester carbon via biochar, capitalizing on the fact that the Earth’s soils contain more than 14 times more carbon dioxide than the atmosphere.

    Jason is a serial entrepreneur and investor interested in new applications of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Sensors and Trustless Computing to large industries such as agriculture, mining, logistics, energy, health and climate change mitigation.

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    🌐 LINKS:

    Jason - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonaramburu

    Climate Robotics - https://www.climaterobotics.com/

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    His current company’s ties back to his Gates Foundation-funded biochar company founded in 2006. How they’re tackling the 50% of total costs involved in transporting biochar from the site of biomass to the agricultural field. Why biochar is a permanent carbon sequestration solution, despite common misperceptions. The price per ton of various carbon removal solutions. Crop outperformance when the soil is enhanced with biochar. What it means when we say: “Name it and you can tame it.”

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Manuel Pinuela, CEO at Cultivo.

    Cultivo exists to accelerate finance to regenerate nature. They do this by building portfolios of high-quality natural capital that generate healthy financial returns that are good for nature and society.

    Manuel has been named an Inventor of the Year and 35 Innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review for Latin America. Born in Mexico, he earned his PhD from the Imperial College of London in electrical engineering.

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    🌐 LINKS:

    Manuel - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuel-pinuela

    Cultivo - https://cultivo.land

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    This statistic: More than half of the world’s total gross domestic product, or $44 trillion, involves activities that are moderately or highly dependent on nature. How they’re building a “search engine for natural capital.” The role of proprietary algorithms vs. boots on the ground in their assessments. How projects earn multiple revenue streams while focusing on improving degraded land.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is ⁠Kameale Terry, Cofounder and CEO of ChargerHelp!.

    ChargerHelp! is the only national EV charger-dedicated operations and maintenance service provider, with over 1,000 EV technicians trained so far. Their key offering is Reliability as a Service (RaaS) – “a labor subscription service that provides peace of mind to charging station owners and operators who require fast and reliable O&M services at consistent, hassle-free prices, with 97% EV charger up time.”

    Kameale Terry is a former banker, policy fellow, and EV charging software executive. She’s also the daughter of Belizean immigrants born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. She believes that an “equitable green economy can be achieved through realignment of existing workforces in conjunction with clean technology.”

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    ChargerHelp! - https://www.chargerhelp.com

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    Their new partnership with SAE International to create a standardized EV charging technician program. The benefits of betting on American consumerism to choose new technology products that delight them (like EVs). How they will leverage the largest data set nationally for EV charging operations. Why she’s a member of the 5 AM club and how it affects her mornings. How we miss out on solutions when we don’t include all people. Insights from a favorite book, Paradise Built in Hell.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Jack Morrison, CEO and cofounder at Scythe Robotics.

    Scythe produces “state-of-the-art autonomous machines that handle the mowing while your team works hard to keep your properties looking their best.” As they say, “Smell Grass, Not Gas:

    Leave the noise and gas fumes behind. With all-day battery life and high torque electric motors, Scythe gives you power without pollution.”

    Jack is a liberal arts-trained technical leader with a passion for fast code and connecting computers with the physical world. He was previously the Co-Founder and CTO of Replica Labs, which focused on 3D scanning and was acquired by Occipital.

    Links:

    Jack - https://www.linkedin.com/in/morrisonjack/

    Scythe Robotics - https://www.scytherobotics.com/

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    How their robotic lawnmowers can reduce costs vs. conventional lawn care by 40%. The business pivot that turns their lemons into lemonade. How the Robocup (robots playing soccer) was part of the company’s origin story. What led investors to commit $60M to their growth. How their guaranteed reliability and “pay as you mow” model align incentives to create happy customers. The diversity of their team with 40 disciplines across 80 team members, aka, Scythers.

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  • ⭐ In today's super short holiday episode, I cover these 4 topics:

    (1) Top 30 software innovators: Electrify everything, (2) 7,000+ climate technologies vetted by the U.S. government, (3) 12 tips for better sleep (Stanford scientist), (4) If you’re not getting the recognition you deserve, then remember the Wright Brothers

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  • ⭐ In today's super short holiday episode, I cover these 4 topics:

    (1) Report — Climate investing for family offices, (2) POV — What climate tech software means for an $80B VC investor, (3) Mental model — Hanlon’s Razor (Don’t assume the worst), (4) Mental fitness — What is the feeling you're unwilling to feel?

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    DIY course about startup capital raising (170 slides, 70-item library, 250-investor list): ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.ly/QCcl5⁠⁠⁠⁠

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Haroon Inam, CEO and co-founder at DG Matrix.

    DG Matrix is a power electronics startup building L3 DC fast EV chargers, that are 10-20x smaller than competitors, as well as all-in-one single-unit microgrid solutions. They have over 100 engineers innovating on these two products.

    Haroon has three decades of experience in executive, product, and operations roles in energy technology companies, including the commercialization of billions of dollars worth of power electronics products and over 50 patents awarded.

    Links:

    Haroon - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harooninam

    DG Matrix - https://www.dgmatrix.com

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    Their $1B pipeline of big companies that are excited to use their fast chargers. The benefits of fast chargers that are 70% smaller than competitors’. The role of silicon carbide in their innovation. Lessons learned from 30+ years in power electronics. The benefits of improving EQ (emotional intelligence) earlier in one’s career. Why he meditates and aims for a low ego.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Shely Aronov, Founder and CEO of InnerPlant.

    InnerPlant is a VC-backed agtech company on a mission to transform farming by enabling crops to communicate with growers. Their Living Sensor plants emit optical signals detectable by tractors in the field or by satellites in space.

    Shely is a serial entrepreneur with experience in multiple sectors across multiple countries with an MBA from Stanford University.

    Links:

    Shely - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelyaronov/

    InnerPlant - https://innerplant.com/

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    United Nations estimates that we lose 40% of crops to diseases and pests each year. How she’s building tech that sounds like a mood ring for plants. The benefits of cross-domain expertise. Why they settled on fungal infections in soybeans as their first problem to solve. How they use a paid waiting list of farmers who are helping to co-create the best product-market fit. The number one reason that startups fail. Lessons from wizards and prophets.

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Micah Kotch, Partner at Blackhorn Ventures.

    Blackhorn Ventures invests in companies redefining industrial resource efficiency. Their portfolio serves enterprise customers across Energy, Construction / Real Estate, Supply Chain / Logistics and Transportation – interconnected industries that generate $3T in annual revenue and account for the vast majority of global greenhouse gas emissions. They’ve raised three funds totalling over $270 in AUM. Their investments in 60+ seed and Series A ventures is performing in the top quartile of all comparable VC funds, according to Cambridge Associates.

    Micah was previously part of the BMW Group, where he served as Managing Director of URBAN-X; the platform for startups reimagining city life. He is also a Founding Partner of C3, an AngelList syndicate backing companies working to reduce emissions, mitigate the worst effects of climate change, and help humanity adapt to a changing world.

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    The debate between hardware and software investing in climate tech. Why the September 11 tragedy catapulted him into sustainability. How he moved from an undergraduate major in East Asian studies to be a VC investor. How an off-grid family cabin in New Engand taught him about his current career mission. Their work to integrate impact additionality into the full life cycle of their investments. The importance of tackling big problems outside of our comfort zone. How loud music and motorcycles keep him calm. And his favorite NGO to support – Green City Force: https://greencityforce.org

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  • ⭐ In today's super short holiday episode, I cover these 5 topics:

    (1) 200 climate tech experts define top investment trends. (2) U.S. Department of Energy gives guidance on climate tech investment readiness. (3) The formula for happiness: Just two variables. (4) Carl Rogers: Accept reality before you can change it. (5) Nightly gratitude challenge

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  • ⭐ My guest today is Mike Reynolds, Managing Director at Ultra Capital.

    Ultra Capital is a mid-market investor in infrastructure and growth equity in the energy transition. They were founded in 2016 and have invested $5M to $25M per company across two funds.

    Mike’s prior work includes structured finance at a little-known firm named Goldman Sachs and founding EverVest, a financial modeling software for infrastructure investors.

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    🎙️ PODCAST TOPICS:

    Potential risks that billions of dollars in the IRA get clawed back if Republicans gain control of D.C. The financing niche they fill by sector and company stage. Why they don’t take tech risk. What they look for in a founding team. Why we should take a 40-year, not 4-year, view on our career trajectory. The need to set boundaries to protect time with family. FOMO vs. JOMO.

    Read their white paper on political risks to the Inflation Reduction Act here: https://tinyurl.com/yxj2xv65

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  • ⭐ My guest today is me. That’s right. No guest. Just 10 or so lessons learned from my work in capital raising for climate ventures as a private equity investor, founder, board member, and investment banker.

    If you liked these tips, share them with a founder friend.

    I know it's rough out there raising capital right now. But remember, it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Don’t stress too much about your 1-year goals. Try to think about the 10-year plan instead. #EasyToSayHardToDo

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