49 episodes

On Tech and Trees Pascal Mies talks to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to answer two simple questions: How do we build better ClimateTech Start-Ups and how do we build more of them faster?
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tech and Trees Pascal Mies

    • Business

On Tech and Trees Pascal Mies talks to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to answer two simple questions: How do we build better ClimateTech Start-Ups and how do we build more of them faster?
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    #48 Caitlin Wale - CEO and Founder of Kinjani - Backing African Climate Talent

    #48 Caitlin Wale - CEO and Founder of Kinjani - Backing African Climate Talent

    Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to learn about how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster.
    On this episode I talk to Caitlin Wale, the founder of Kinjani. This conversation takes us back to the African continent. With Kinjani Caitlin aimes to catalyse African nature-based and industrial decarbonisation solutions. Through a mix of program support and investment, she wants to support African science-driven entrepreneurs, bring them together with commercial co-founders to produce a wave of African ventures driving climate positive growth. Kinjani has just opened applications for their first cohort which will start in Cape Town in August. If you want to build a climate company in Africa, there are probably few if any better places to do so. All necessary links are in the description. Now, listen to Caitlin and her view on why Africa provides a unique feeding ground for climate-focused start-ups.
    Check out Kinjani: https://www.kinjani.com
    Reach out to Caitlin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlin-wale/
    Let me know what you thought: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-mies/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 58 min
    #47 Natalia Dorfman - CEO and Co-Founder of Kita - Insuring Carbon Markets

    #47 Natalia Dorfman - CEO and Co-Founder of Kita - Insuring Carbon Markets

    Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to learn about how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster.
    On this episode I talk to Natalia Dorfman, founder and CEO of Kita. Kita is an insurance start-up from the UK that focuses on insuring carbon. Buying carbon credits comes with a lot of risk. This risk keeps large players with deep pockets from buying high quality carbon credits. This is hurdle to scaling projects and technologies that can contribute to slowing climate change. Insurance plays a big role in derisking carbon markets and turning them into an effective measure to fight climate change. I was looking forward to this conversation as I know little about insurance and I knew that we were about to get into the technicalities of the carbon markets. So listen and learn from Natalia Dorfman from Kita. Enjoy.
    Check out Kita: https://www.kita.earth
    Reach out to Natalia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalia-dorfman/
    Let me know what you thought: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-mies/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 39 min
    #46 René Bretschneider - Chief People & Sustainability Officer at Thermondo - Führungskräfte gewinnen und halten

    #46 René Bretschneider - Chief People & Sustainability Officer at Thermondo - Führungskräfte gewinnen und halten

    Hallo und herzlich willkommen zum Tech and Trees Podcast. Mein Name ist Pascal Mies und wie immer geht es heute darum, wie wir bessere ClimateTech Start-Ups bauen und wie wir schneller mehr von ihnen auf die Straße bringen können.
    Ganz konkret geht es heute darum, wie ClimateTechs erfahrene Führungskräfte gewinnen können, wann das überhaupt Sinn macht und welche Gedanken man sich sonst gemacht haben sollte. Mein Gast ist René Bretschneider. René war 20 Jahre lang bei Adidas und hat es da ziemlich weit gebracht - so weit, dass er zwischenzeitlich mehrere Milliarden Euro Umsatz unter seiner Verantwortung hatte. Vor zwei Jahren aber hat René den Sprung vom Adidas-Campus in die Berliner Start-Up-Welt gemacht. Er ist jetzt Chief People & Sustainability Officer bei Thermondo. Was René zu diesem Wechsel bewogen hat, was Gründer tun können, um einen solchen Wechsel erfolgreich zu gestalten und wie René seine Erfahrung einbringt, darum geht es in dieser Folge.
    René:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/rene-bretschneider/
    Thermondo:
    https://www.thermondo.de
    Ich:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-mies/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 57 min
    #45 Casper Rasmussen - Co-Founder & CEO of Monta - Connecting the dots in the EV ecosystem

    #45 Casper Rasmussen - Co-Founder & CEO of Monta - Connecting the dots in the EV ecosystem

    Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to learn about how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster.

    On this episode I talk to Casper Rasmussen, Co-Founder of Monta. This company from Copenhagen has built a central platform that facilitates the charging process of electric vehicles, making the charging process easier for everyone involved..Thereby, they speed up our transition to electrified mobility system. Casper and his team have raised $130Mn in a little more than three years. To find out how they achieved this and hear about the challenges they faced on the way listen to Casper Rasmussen from Monta.

    Check out Monta:
    https://monta.com

    Reach out to Casper:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/casper-h-rasmussen-63b13922/

    Reach out to me:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-mies/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 43 min
    #44 William Pelton - CEO & Co-Founder of Phytoform - DNA editing for sustainable agriculture

    #44 William Pelton - CEO & Co-Founder of Phytoform - DNA editing for sustainable agriculture

    Hello and welcome to the Tech and Trees podcast. My name is Pascal Mies and on Tech and Trees I talk to ClimateTech founders, investors and operators to learn about how we build better ClimateTech companies and how we build more of them faster. On this episode I talk to William Pelton, Co-Founder and CEO of Phytoform. Phytoform is a British ClimateTech Start-Up that contributes to making agriculture sustainable by helping to grow the next generation of future proof crops. Phytoform makes minimal changes to plant DNA to grow crops that can feed the world’s growing population in a sustainable manner. To find out how the underlying technology works, how it is different from controversial GMOs and how to go about selling to the agriculture market continue listening William Pelton from Phytoform.Check out Phytoform:
    https://www.phytoformlabs.com/technology

    Reach out to William:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-pelton-12813b56/

    Reach out to me:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-mies/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 42 min
    #43 Florian Hildebrand - CEO & Co-Founder of Greenlyte Carbon Technologies - Scaling DAC to Tesla-levels

    #43 Florian Hildebrand - CEO & Co-Founder of Greenlyte Carbon Technologies - Scaling DAC to Tesla-levels

    On this episode I talk to Florian Hildebrand, Co-Founder and CEO of Greenlyte Carbon Technologies. Greenlyte is direct air capture company that draws down carbon from the air while producing hydrogen. They have raised ten million in capital and want to grow as fast as Tesla did. Ambitious goals but if we want to fight climate change we need people thinking big. Continue listening to find out how Florian wants to reach Tesla-scale success with Greenlyte Carbon Technologies.
    Check out Greenlyte Carbon Technologies:
    https://www.greenlyte.tech

    Reach out to Florian:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-alexander-hildebrand/

    Reach out to me:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-mies/


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 37 min

Top Podcasts In Business

Inwestomat - oszczędzanie, inwestowanie, wolność finansowa
Mateusz Samołyk
Ekonomicznie
Hirsch / Kuźniar • by Voice House
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
DOAC
Jak inwestować?
atlasETF
Матерь Бложья
Александра Митрошина
Maciej Wieczorek - Expert w Rolls-Royce
Expertia