Venturing in Climate

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The Venturing in Climate (ViC) podcast was born to shine a light on climate tech entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers who are leading our efforts to tackle climate change. Hosted by Henry Hamilton, an early-stage climate tech investor, ViC helps unpack the key technologies, trends and insights for building a cleaner, more sustainable future. Henry has over 7 years of investing experience across a variety of public and private markets, including 2 years in climate VC. He also has worked for Bulb's CEO team during 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  1. Episode 8: Rob Trezona, Founding Partner @ Kiko Ventures

    27.10.2022

    Episode 8: Rob Trezona, Founding Partner @ Kiko Ventures

    Rob Trezona is a Founding Partner of Kiko Ventures, a $450m evergreen cleantech investment platform, backed by IP Group and based in London. Kiko aims to make the impossible possible in the fight against climate change. Rob worked at IP Group for over 10 years before launching Kiko Ventures, was a Non-Executive Director of Ceres Power, has been working in cleantech since 2000 and started his career as a hydrogen and fuel cell scientist. In this episode, we discuss: 1) Rob's journey into venture capital and why VC 2) Fund structures and their impact on investing in deeptech companies 3) Benefits of evergreen fund structures for climate tech 4) Learning from Cleantech 1.0 5) What Kiko Ventures look for 6) Understanding where we are in the hydrogen cycle 7) The role of carbon capture and storage in fighting climate change 8) Rob's favourite investor and why 9) Quick-fire round Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    48 мин.
  2. Episode 7: Patrick Sheehan, Managing Partner @ ETF Partners

    26.09.2022

    Episode 7: Patrick Sheehan, Managing Partner @ ETF Partners

    Patrick Sheehan is the Founder and Managing Partner of ETF Partners (Environmental Technologies Fund), a leading European climate VC firm, founded in 2006 and focusing mainly on Series B and beyond investments. Patrick has invested across cleantech cycles and has a wealth of experience in the space. In this episode, we discuss: 1) Patrick's journey into venture capital 2) His motivations to start an environmental VC fund 3) How the cleantech investing cycle has evolved since Cleantech 1.0 4) How fundraising has evolved over time 5) Example investments ETF has made 6) Hardware investing 7) Measuring impact 8) Comparing cleantech 1.0 to now 9) What to watch out for in climate tech investing 10) Policy movements to watch out for 11) Tips for being a good board member 12) Key lessons from founding a VC firm 13) Quick-fire round Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 мин.
  3. Episode 6: Irena Spazzapan, Managing Partner @ Systemiq Capital

    05.09.2022

    Episode 6: Irena Spazzapan, Managing Partner @ Systemiq Capital

    In this episode of Venturing in Climate, I spoke to Irena Spazzapan, Managing Partner of Systemiq Capital. Systemiq Capital is a London-based climate technology venture capital firm which has recently launched the first close of its £70m Fund II. We discuss: 1) Irena's career journey to managing a climate tech VC firm 2) Building a VC firm and adding value 3) What Systemiq Capital looks for with examples 4) Investing in hardware, capital intensity and dilution 5) Fundraising process for a VC fund 6) Over and under-invested areas of climate tech 7) Quantifying impact potential 8) Typical fund terms and returns 9) Portfolio company: Brimstone 10) Carbon Capture & Storage 11) Quick-fire round Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    37 мин.
  4. Episode 5: Tessa Clarke, CEO & Co-Founder @ OLIO

    19.08.2022

    Episode 5: Tessa Clarke, CEO & Co-Founder @ OLIO

    In this episode of Venturing in Climate, I spoke to Tessa Clarke, CEO and Co-Founder of OLIO. OLIO is an app that connects local communities and businesses to share surplus food and other household items. OLIO has raised ~$50m in funding. We discuss: 1) What OLIO does and how the idea came about 2) Tessa's career journey 3) The scale of food waste and key challenges 4) Key lessons from maintaining a good relationship with your Co-Founder 5) Going from start-up to scale-up and key lessons 6) Fundraising: 'cockroach plan', current funding climate and valuation 7) A day in the life of Tessa 8) Quick-fire round Regulatory landscape of food waste 3) The scale of 2) How Johan came to found Tepeo 3) The challenge of heating - ~20% of carbon emissions are associated with domestic heating 4) Lessons from entrepreneurship 5) Being a sole founder 6) The need to move from a centralised to decentralised energy system...and the energy crisis 7) What's next for Tepeo 8) Advice from moving into the climate space 9) Quick-fire round Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    41 мин.
  5. Episode 4: Johan Du Plessis @ Tepeo

    03.08.2022

    Episode 4: Johan Du Plessis @ Tepeo

    In this episode of Venturing in Climate, I spoke to Johan Du Plessis, CEO and Founder of Tepeo who are tackling the vast amount of emissions from domestic heating through their Zero Emission Boilers (ZEBs). We discuss: 1) What Tepeo does 2) How Johan came to found Tepeo 3) The challenge of heating - ~20% of carbon emissions are associated with domestic heating 4) Lessons from entrepreneurship 5) Being a sole founder 6) The need to move from a centralised to decentralised energy system...and the energy crisis 7) What's next for Tepeo 8) Advice from moving into the climate space 9) Quick-fire round Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 мин.
  6. Episode 3: Tom McGillyCuddy @ CIRCA5000

    27.06.2022

    Episode 3: Tom McGillyCuddy @ CIRCA5000

    In this episode, I interview Tom McGillyCuddy, Co-Founder of CIRCA5000. CIRCA5000 is an impact-investing platform which has raised over £12m in funding. In this episode, we discuss: 1) What CIRCA5000 does and what stage it is at 2) How Tom and Matt started CIRCA5000 and why 3) Retention 4) Becoming an entrepreneur and the key lessons learned 5) Profit and purpose 6) Challenges of working with VCs 7) Building leading teams and tips for hiring 8) When to build an executive team 9) Founder mental health 10) Investing in the current environment 11) Measuring impact 12) Challenges of ESG approaches 13) Quick-fire round Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    37 мин.
  7. Episode 1: Battery storage with Andy Willis @ Kona Energy

    25.05.2022

    Episode 1: Battery storage with Andy Willis @ Kona Energy

    Here's what we discussed in this episode of Venturing in Climate: Kona Energy, what it does and why it is important Starting out: what made Andy set up Kona and take the leap into entrepreneurshipHow Andy manages uncertainty as a FounderRaising funding and its challengesThe opportunity for battery storageBattery technology and other technologies (e.g. hydrogen)What needs to change fast to encourage more battery storage The impact of the European energy crisis on renewables and battery storageQuick fire-round and Carbon Chain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    32 мин.
  8. Episode 2: Helen Lin @ At One Ventures

    23.05.2022

    Episode 2: Helen Lin @ At One Ventures

    During this episode, I interviewed Helen Lin, one of the founding team of At One Ventures, a $150million planet-positive climate VC fund investing in the US, Europe and in emerging markets. We tackle some very timely and crucial climate-related topics. Here is what Helen and I discussed: 1) Helen's journey into venture capital and climate tech 2) What At One Ventures focuses on 3) How At One helps founders 4) Valuations and deployment speed 5) Why it isn't too late to tackle climate change and what we need to do 6) At One's investment into Dendra 7) Carbon offsetting - its role in tackling climate change and its challenges 8) The quick fire round (founder mistakes, ways to keep up with climate tech news, and the most exciting early-stage climate start-up) 9) How to get hold of Helen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    43 мин.
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The Venturing in Climate (ViC) podcast was born to shine a light on climate tech entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers who are leading our efforts to tackle climate change. Hosted by Henry Hamilton, an early-stage climate tech investor, ViC helps unpack the key technologies, trends and insights for building a cleaner, more sustainable future. Henry has over 7 years of investing experience across a variety of public and private markets, including 2 years in climate VC. He also has worked for Bulb's CEO team during 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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