Climate CEOs (formerly Entrepreneurs for Impact): Scaling Climate Tech Startups

Dr. Chris Wedding — Climate Tech CEO Coach | CEO @ EFI
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Weekly briefing for climate founders, investors, and operators. Hosted by Dr. Chris Wedding, executive coach and CEO of Entrepreneurs for Impact (EFI), a peer group with 100+ CEOs & investors representing $40B+ in enterprise value and AUM. Climate CEOs delivers playbooks from the front lines of climate tech, with insights on raising capital, scaling startups in clean energy, batteries, carbon capture, and the circular economy, plus the founder mindset, mindfulness, daily habits, book recommendations, and resilience needed to thrive.

  1. Scaling Climate Finance in the Global South: A CEO’s Playbook

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    Scaling Climate Finance in the Global South: A CEO’s Playbook

    Mapping $1.9 Trillion in global climate finance. Who invests? Who gets the funding? 🎧 Episode Summary The Climate Policy Initiative is a leading international nonprofit research organization focused on tracking and mobilizing climate finance. Dr. Barbara Buchner is the lead author of the annual Global Landscape of Climate Finance reports—widely regarded as the standard for climate finance tracking—and directs CPI’s Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, which has helped mobilize multibillion‑dollar investment for sustainable development worldwide. 🌎 Join EFI’s Climate CEO Peer Group Become an EFI Climate CEO Fellow—North America’s top invite-only peer community for growth-stage CEOs in climate tech and sustainability. 100 CEOs and Mentors representing $40B in market value or investment assets. 👉 https://www.entrepreneursforimpact.com 📨 Get Our 4-Minute Newsletter For entrepreneurs and investors: 5 quick points on climate data, CEO to know, investor spotlights, AI insights, and mindfulness moments—drawn from 400+ climate CEOs and 25 years of meditation practice. 👉 https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.com/ ⭐ Leave a Review No sponsors—just real conversations with climate leaders. If you found this episode valuable, please leave a review to help others discover it. 👉 https://ratethispodcast.com/guides/where-can-people-leave-podcast-reviews 🎙️ About the Host Dr. Chris Wedding is a CEO coach, investor, serial founder, board member, professor, and occasional monk. Follow daily insights on climate tech startups and leadership on LinkedIn: 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherwedding

    41 phút
  2. 7 Ways AI is a Climate Champion vs. Climate Killer

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    7 Ways AI is a Climate Champion vs. Climate Killer

    Hear 5 themes from Sept. 10th EFI CEO & investor discussion on AI in climate tech in practice. Additionally, discover 7 ways AI is a climate champion, along with 14 example companies. (From my newsletter. Join 40,000 who get it. https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.com)

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  3. Net Zero Homes: 2.5x Faster, 30% Cheaper, $20M VC Raise

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    Net Zero Homes: 2.5x Faster, 30% Cheaper, $20M VC Raise

    Using robots and microfactories to build energy-efficient, affordable homes, resilient to natural disasters. 🎧 Episode Summary Reframe Systems, led by CEO Vikas Enti, is a climate‑tech startup building compact, robotic micro‑factories that can construct climate‑resilient, net‑zero homes—specifically “missing‑middle” housing—significantly faster, cheaper, and with far lower carbon emissions than traditional methods. Having previously led robotics innovation at Amazon Robotics (and before that, Kiva Systems), Enti’s Reframe was recently awarded LACI’s LA Resilient Rebuilding Cup, recognizing both his vision and progress toward scalable, resilient housing solutions. 🔑 Highlights Raising a new $20M round co-led by Eclipse and VoLo Earth Ventures, with support from MassMutual Catalyst Funds, Cubit Capital, Planetary Health at RA Capital Management, Saga Ventures, and Nor’easter VenturesBuilding affordable, high-efficiency homes 2.5x faster and 30% cheaperLeading teams at Amazon Robotics with 1 million robotsAddressing a 500,000-worker shortage in building construction, with 40% of tradespeople expected to retire in the next 10 yearsChanging a career based on children and finding more meaning in life 🌎 Join EFI’s Climate CEO Peer Group Become an EFI Climate CEO Fellow—North America’s top invite-only peer community for growth-stage CEOs in climate tech and sustainability. 100 CEOs and Mentors representing $40B in market value or investment assets. 👉 https://www.entrepreneursforimpact.com 📨 Get Our 4-Minute Newsletter For entrepreneurs and investors: 5 quick points on climate data, CEO to know, investor spotlights, AI insights, and mindfulness moments—drawn from 400+ climate CEOs and 25 years of meditation practice. 👉 https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.com/ ⭐ Leave a Review No sponsors—just real conversations with climate leaders. If you found this episode valuable, please leave a review to help others discover it. 👉 https://ratethispodcast.com/guides/where-can-people-leave-podcast-reviews 🎙️ About the Host Dr. Chris Wedding is a CEO coach, investor, serial founder, board member, professor, and occasional monk. Follow daily insights on climate tech startups and leadership on LinkedIn: 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherwedding

    43 phút
  4. China’s Power Grid Gains — Outpacing U.S. by 2–10x in Power & Solar

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    China’s Power Grid Gains — Outpacing U.S. by 2–10x in Power & Solar

    Learn 5 quick insights in climate & clean energy, startup investment, AI for entrepreneurs, and mindfulness in leadership — straight from my newsletter. Join 40,000 who get it. https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.com

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  5. Smarter Agriculture: 30x More Produce, 96% Less Water with AI-Powered Greenhouses

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    Smarter Agriculture: 30x More Produce, 96% Less Water with AI-Powered Greenhouses

    AI-powered agtech infrastructure is growing climate-friendly crops while boosting farmer profitability—backed by horticultural expertise and data science. 🎧 Episode Summary IUNU is a Seattle‑based ag‑tech startup using AI‑driven computer vision and autonomous sensors—via its LUNA platform—to monitor greenhouse crop growth in real time, optimize operations, and boost farm productivity across 100 facilities in 18 countries. They've raised over $60 million to scale up, including a recent $20M round led by our friends at S2G Investments. Adam Greenberg is the CEO and co-founder. As a servant leader, he believes that "true leaders base their success on the success of those around them." Amen, brother! His prior roles include consulting for Fortune 100 companies, volunteering with youth programs, and co-founding Pure Blue Tech (a reverse osmosis water tech co). 🔑 Highlights How they recently raised $20 million in a challenging market by demonstrating strong market pull from customersWhy they help farmers, retailers, and breeders with real business benefits before mentioning their environmentally friendly attributesWhat he means by Chief Translation OfficerHow great leaders create an environment where everyone is willing to go the extra mileThe inverse correlation between high-impact work and personal balanceHow Wim Hof breathing and meditation keep him healthy and sane 🌎 Join EFI’s Climate CEO Peer Group Become an EFI Climate CEO Fellow—North America’s top invite-only peer community for growth-stage CEOs in climate tech and sustainability. 100 CEOs and Mentors representing $40B in market value or investment assets. 👉 https://www.entrepreneursforimpact.com 📨 Get Our 4-Minute Newsletter For entrepreneurs and investors: 5 quick points on climate data, CEO to know, investor spotlights, AI insights, and mindfulness moments—drawn from 400+ climate CEOs and 25 years of meditation practice. 👉 https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.com/ ⭐ Leave a Review No sponsors—just real conversations with climate leaders. If you found this episode valuable, please leave a review to help others discover it. 👉 https://ratethispodcast.com/guides/where-can-people-leave-podcast-reviews 🎙️ About the Host Dr. Chris Wedding is a CEO coach, investor, serial founder, board member, professor, and occasional monk. Follow daily insights on climate tech startups and leadership on LinkedIn: 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherwedding

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  6. Climate Capital Map + Brad Feld’s 30-Year VC Wisdom (and our shiny new pod name)

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    Climate Capital Map + Brad Feld’s 30-Year VC Wisdom (and our shiny new pod name)

    Learn 5 quick insights in climate & clean energy, startup investment, AI tips, and mindfulness in leadership — straight from my newsletter. Join 20,000 who get it. https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.com

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  7. Reduce A/C Energy by 40%: MIT Spinout + Top Climate Tech VC Investors

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    Reduce A/C Energy by 40%: MIT Spinout + Top Climate Tech VC Investors

    Learn how to dramatically lower HVAC energy use via metal organic frameworks with Sorin Grama, CEO of Transaera. 🎧 Episode Summary Transaera is reimagining air-conditioning with solid desiccant materials that strip out moisture before cooling. Translation: less energy, fewer emissions, and a planet that sweats less. It’s a plug‑and‑play upgrade across residential and commercial HVAC systems. Sorin is an MIT-trained engineer, inventor, and serial entrepreneur. He’s also the co-founder of Greentown Labs, a lecturer at MIT, and a Climate CEO Fellow in our EFI peer group program. 🔑 Key Takeaways “Don’t fall in love with tech. Fall in love with the customer’s pain.” Promethean Power Systems and the art of keeping dairy cold in rural India The weird science of Metal Organic Frameworks Leadership lessons from Hard Thing About Hard Things + Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance His 5-minute journal + the radical act of slowing down to think clearly 🌎 Join EFI’s Climate CEO Peer Group Become an EFI Climate CEO Fellow—North America’s top invite-only peer community for growth-stage CEOs in climate tech and sustainability. 100 CEOs and Mentors representing $40B in market value or investment assets. 👉 https://www.entrepreneursforimpact.com 📨 Get Our 4-Minute Newsletter For entrepreneurs and investors: 5 quick points on climate data, CEO to know, investor spotlights, AI insights, and mindfulness moments—drawn from 400+ climate CEOs and 25 years of meditation practice. 👉 https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.com/ ⭐ Leave a Review No sponsors—just real conversations with climate leaders. If you found this episode valuable, please leave a review to help others discover it. 👉 https://ratethispodcast.com/guides/where-can-people-leave-podcast-reviews 🎙️ About the Host Dr. Chris Wedding is a CEO coach, investor, serial founder, board member, professor, and occasional monk. Follow daily insights on climate tech startups and leadership on LinkedIn: 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherwedding

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  8. 9x Founder Becomes Low Carbon Investor. Sustainable Aviation Fuel with 95% Lower GHG. Policy-Proof Climate Businesses. GPT as Your Chief Culture Analyst. Sweat Lodge Ceremony in Costa Rica.

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    9x Founder Becomes Low Carbon Investor. Sustainable Aviation Fuel with 95% Lower GHG. Policy-Proof Climate Businesses. GPT as Your Chief Culture Analyst. Sweat Lodge Ceremony in Costa Rica.

    Learn 5 quick insights in climate & clean energy, startup investment, AI tips, and mindfulness in leadership — straight from my newsletter. Join 20,000 who get it. https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.com

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Weekly briefing for climate founders, investors, and operators. Hosted by Dr. Chris Wedding, executive coach and CEO of Entrepreneurs for Impact (EFI), a peer group with 100+ CEOs & investors representing $40B+ in enterprise value and AUM. Climate CEOs delivers playbooks from the front lines of climate tech, with insights on raising capital, scaling startups in clean energy, batteries, carbon capture, and the circular economy, plus the founder mindset, mindfulness, daily habits, book recommendations, and resilience needed to thrive.

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