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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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Long-Term Energy Storage is Getting Crowded
What does it mean for scaleups? With lithium-ion batteries locking down short-term storage, investors are now flooding the long-duration...
Emin Askerov
Sep 9, 20241 min read
💡 Is Nuclear Better Than Renewables for Decarbonization? That’s the Wrong Question 🌍
Is Nuclear Better Than Renewables for Decarbonization? That’s the Wrong Question. Here is why.
Emin Askerov
Sep 7, 20241 min read
A Near 100% Renewable Grid Use Case ⚡🌍
Australia can now run its grid on close to 100% renewables. What are the takeaways for cleantech scaleups?
Emin Askerov
Sep 5, 20243 min read
What do VCs get wrong in Cleantech?
🎙️ Reflecting on the Latest Climate Insiders Podcast with Nadav Steinmitz 🌍
Emin Askerov
Sep 4, 20241 min read
The Battery Boom
The Battery Boom (no, not THAT one!): VC Funding Surges as Renewables Demand Grows
Emin Askerov
Aug 26, 20241 min read
Navigating the Capital Stack: From Lab to NOAK
Who do you go to for the money and when? When you're scaling up from Lab to Nth-of-a-Kind (NOAK), understanding the capital stack is...
Emin Askerov
Aug 20, 20241 min read
Slow and Steady Morrow’s March
Good news at last. But progress still slow. Morrow Batteries, founded in 2014, has finally opened its first 1 GWh factory after ten...
Emin Askerov
Aug 19, 20241 min read
Choosing a Road Beyond FOAK
Licensing, Buy-out or Project Finance?
Emin Askerov
Aug 15, 20242 min read
Missing Skills
Investors think that hard tech climate scaleups lack generalist and financial expertise. While Founders agree only with the latter. Why?...
Emin Askerov
Aug 7, 20242 min read
Arrival: What Happened?
We all love success stories, but the truth is, we learn best from failures.
Emin Askerov
Aug 3, 20241 min read
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