Venture investors watch the world burn and seek refuge in virtual worlds

A year ago, I launched ETR , a startup aimed at disrupting sustainable heating and cooling. Today, I’m closing it. This wasn’t an easy...

This January, I’m offering 20 free one-hour online consultations to startups and investors in the cleantech and climate tech space.

I’ve just picked up my New Year read—a collection of solarpunk short stories. If you’re wondering, what is solarpunk, and why does it...

As 2024 wraps up, it’s time to reflect on a year that was anything but dull for the climate tech world. A buzzword dominated this year—...

How to negotiate a term sheet for your offtake

A Climate First VC artile got me thinking

Q3 VC investment data from Pitchbook Inc shows otherwise.

Crypto's Energy Hunger: Problem or Opportunity?

$𝟭𝟮 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿? $𝟯 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 $𝟭 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁ion

There are three things to keep in mind when going for series B.

Why is free public transport economically and environmentally better?

Let’s Talk About the Cost of Success Of Startups!

The Fourth Energy Transition looks certain to be accomplished by the end of this decade.

Some VC investments are head-scratchers, right? I thought so too. So, I took a deep dive into the world of climate VC investing.

The moment you let a corporation dictate your operations is the moment you lose control.

We had three to six months. After that, the full weight of corporate procedures would bear down on us, slowing our growth by a factor of...

When your core business rakes in billions and boasts margins over 50%, why bet on high-risk, low-margin ventures?

“How much is the hopium for the people?” Paraphrasing Ostap Bender from the “Golden Calph”, a satirical novel by Ilf and Petrov, about a...

Is Nuclear Energy A Big Boys Business? Not Exactly.