⚡️ From Energy Experts to Agricultural Innovators: Insights with Michael Liebreich, Temple Fennell, and Anastasia Volkova
⚡️ From Energy Experts to Agricultural Innovators: Insights with Michael Liebreich, Temple Fennell, and Anastasia Volkova
Highlights from the My Climate Journey podcast
🎙️ This week on the My Climate Journey podcast…
Cody sat down with Michael Liebreich, host of the Cleaning Up podcast and the previous CEO and founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance (among his many accolades). They explore Michael’s accomplishments and how he came to focus on climate and clean energy topics, how he started New Energy Finance and the decision to sell the business to Bloomberg, as well as the legacy that he created.
Michael and Cody also cover a hit list of topics, including recent climate legislation in the US and the EU, the topic of green protectionism and Michael's “five horsemen” of big challenges the world faces as we try to decarbonize.
💰 On Jason’s Capital Series, we heard from Temple Fennell, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Clean Energy Ventures, an early-stage venture firm that funds disruptive capital-light technologies and business model innovations that can reshape how we produce and consume energy.
Jason and Temple have a broad discussion about the climate tech capital stack, some of the learnings from Cleantech 1.0, and why Temple believes this time is different. They also reflect on the state of institutional capital as it relates to climate tech fund investing, and the requirements for increased capital flow in this direction.
🌾 Our Startup Series guest was Anastasia Volkova, CEO and Co-founder of Regrow, which was named Fast Company's number one most innovative company in agriculture this year. Anastasia traces her journey to starting the business and highlights agricultural practices that have a significant impact on mitigating emissions.
Regrow, which secured a Series B financing round last year from Galvanized Climate Solutions and other investors, leads the way in implementing scalable changes towards regenerative agriculture practices.
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