What founders sometimes fail to realise is that as you scale up, you will spend less and less time working on your product and more and more time with your investors.

Two different points of view on climate investment. Both wrong.

This post is about how Duke went from idea to operational factory in under 9 months—and what practical lessons it offers for cleantech scale-ups.

Image is AI-generated. Scaling up sustainable aircraft is like scaling up nuclear power—a comparable challenge in terms of regulatory...

Why do many cleantech startups stall before they even start? They skip the hard part: talking to customers. When  Polina Vasilenko...

Scaling a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) climate venture isn’t about ideas. It’s about execution infrastructure. And that infrastructure begins with people

Why pay more to achieve less? Really, why? Yet, you see this everywhere in climatetech. How come? A reduction in man-made CO2 emissions...

Cleantech scaleup climate impact assessment framework.

What Renault 5 might mean for the EU car industry.

The humble transformer is at the heart of the electric grid. And for decades, it’s been a tailor-made marvel. Engineers loved the craft,...

My full breakdown is now live: What’s working, what’s missing, and what scaleups, especially in cleantech and manufacturing, can do today without waiting for Brussels.

Would you consider using second-hand equipment for your pilot/demo/FOAK?

Check out my review of Dr. Funk's book, where I highlighted some key takeaways, like why hype has replaced productivity, why consultants always win first, and what it means for anyone evaluating early-stage tech in climate and beyond.

How to transform from project to product.

Can you find unicorns in water? There is a hype around water tech startups. Climate is changing, and some countries, such as Turkey,...

They IPO’d before raising VC. Here’s why that was genius. ATOME Energy didn’t follow the usual startup playbook. No pre-seed. No seed. No...

You don’t need to have a financial degree or a background in finance to understand the key principles of funding a FOAK.

Off-takes are the holy grail of climatetech FOAKs. Conditional off-takes are the norm. Is there another way?

Don’t play with the government. That’s a rule my father taught me. He built his business in the 90s and early 2000s in Russia. He knew...

Hear Olivier Mussat, the CEO and founder of ATOME, about the role of fertilizers.