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Another ClimateTech Podcast

Interviews by Ryan Grant Little, a climatetech founder and investor that explore the fight against climate change through with founders, investors, activists, academics, artists, and more.#Climate #Climatetech #Cleantech #Sustainability #Environment 

  1. Climate Investing in Oil Country, with Eric Rubenstein of New Climate Ventures

    6D AGO

    Climate Investing in Oil Country, with Eric Rubenstein of New Climate Ventures

    Eric Rubenstein is an oil and gas banker turned climate tech investor based in Houston. As founder of New Climate Ventures, he focuses on bridging the gap between traditional energy and climate innovation, bringing a pragmatic perspective shaped by his background in finance and fossil fuels. In this episode we talked about: 🌡️ The critical need for more power generation capacity and why we need both renewable and reliable energy sources with built-in redundancy 📊 How the ability to measure an...

    43 min
  2. Packaging Made to Disappear, with Julia Bialetska of S.Lab

    FEB 28

    Packaging Made to Disappear, with Julia Bialetska of S.Lab

    Julia Bialetska is the founder of S.Lab, a Ukrainian company creating sustainable packaging solutions from agricultural waste. In this episode we talked about: 🌱 How S.Lab transforms agricultural waste into packaging that can be used in food, pharmaceuticals, electronics, furniture and fashion 📊 The impact of EU regulations requiring all packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2030, and why that means companies are rushing to find sustainable alternatives ⚙️ The parallels between today's su...

    30 min
  3. Climate Resilience Is a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity with Jannik De Winter of PT1

    FEB 19

    Climate Resilience Is a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity with Jannik De Winter of PT1

    Jannik De Winter is an investor at PT1, a Berlin-based VC focused on greening the built environment. He recently co-authored a white paper on adaptation tech—the technologies we’ll need now that we’ve officially blown past 1.5°C. We talked about why climate resilience is an investment opportunity, not just a government expense, and why adaptation tech is still so poorly defined. We touched on: 🔥 How climate adaptation tech is more than just seawalls and sandbags—it includes urban cooling, cli...

    29 min
  4. The Utility Industry's Secret Weapon with Chris Bernkopf of Podero

    FEB 12

    The Utility Industry's Secret Weapon with Chris Bernkopf of Podero

    Chris Bernkopf is the founder of Podero, a tech company that helps utilities balance power loads by controlling distributed energy resources like heat pumps, batteries, and EVs. Fresh off a major fundraising round, he's building his remote-first team to expand across Europe while delivering 25% energy savings to customers. In this episode we talked about: 🔌 How Podero's software enables utilities to aggregate and trade power from customer-owned devices on energy markets 🌏 How growing up watch...

    24 min
  5. A Cool €250 Million to Green Buildings with Jess Clemans of noa

    JAN 29

    A Cool €250 Million to Green Buildings with Jess Clemans of noa

    Jess Clemans is an investor at noa, a VC that is raising its second €250M fund focused on making the built environment more sustainable. In this episode we talked about: 🎯 Why noa prioritizes founder quality over business ideas or market attractiveness when making investment decisions 💰 How customer acquisition costs for solar installations can reach an eye-watering $10k, while local SMBs achieve much lower costs through word-of-mouth 👷 The critical shortage of skilled labor for solar i...

    37 min
  6. Hydrogen hubs across the USA with Matthew Krayton of Publitics

    JAN 15

    Hydrogen hubs across the USA with Matthew Krayton of Publitics

    Matthew Krayton directs communications and engagement for MACH2, the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub. As someone who both works in-depth on the policy side but who is also focused on execution, Matt is working to establish regional clean hydrogen hubs across several states. 🇺🇸 In this episode we talked about: 🏭 How the Mid-Atlantic region's existing industrial infrastructure, including unused pipelines, could be repurposed for hydrogen transport 💼 The hub's goal to create over 20,000 new...

    32 min
  7. We have a CO2...shortage(?!) with Rob Van Straten of Skytree

    JAN 2

    We have a CO2...shortage(?!) with Rob Van Straten of Skytree

    Rob van Straten is CEO of Skytree, a direct air capture company addressing CO2 shortages while removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. In this episode we talked about: 🌱 How Skytree's direct air capture technology helps greenhouses meet their CO2 needs while contributing to carbon removal 🏗️ The challenge of scaling DAC to gigaton levels - requiring 300 container ships worth of units with current technology 💰 Why carbon removal is already economically viable, but needs a wider cost gap...

    29 min
  8. Tarmo Virki interviews Jana Budkovskaja of Beamline Accelerator

    12/18/2024

    Tarmo Virki interviews Jana Budkovskaja of Beamline Accelerator

    It’s the holidays and, in the spirit of sharing, I swapped episodes with Tarmo Virki, founder and host of NatureBacked podcast in Tallinn. I’m airing one of my favourite of his interviews: his conversation with Jana Budkovskaja, CEO of Beamline Acccelerator. They talked about: 🌲 Jana's evolution from aspiring panda-rescuer to cleantech accelerator founder 🔬 Why deep tech startups need non-equity funding in their early stages to bridge the gap between lab and market ♨️ An innovative project us...

    29 min
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Interviews by Ryan Grant Little, a climatetech founder and investor that explore the fight against climate change through with founders, investors, activists, academics, artists, and more.#Climate #Climatetech #Cleantech #Sustainability #Environment 

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  • Creator
    Ryan Grant Little
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    72
  • Rating
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    © 2025 Another ClimateTech Podcast
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