Happy Monday! Wow! Since we launched the CTVC Job Board on Friday, there’s been an outpouring of applications and enthusiasm from job seekers and climate tech companies alike. Helping folks find a platform to #workonclimate has been one of the most personally rewarding parts of this newsletter. We’re thrilled to Read more…
Happy Monday! A few hours after we published last Monday morning’s snazzy graphic on new 2020 climate tech funds, it was outdated with more mega announcements from TPG and Brookfield. Since we started this newsletter in March of 2020, the landscape of players and scale of private investment capital in Read more…
Happy Monday! With NYC air quality at its worst in 15 years due to forest fires in the Pacific Northwest, climate is showing up front and center to the financial capital of the world. The financial capital of the world, in turn, is showing up to invest in figuring out Read more…
Happy Monday! Is it just us or does it feel way too hot to be the start of July? It certainly was last week in the Pacific Northwest, with a 1 in 1,000 heat dome event setting a scorching 121ºF heat record in British Columbia. This week, we dive into Read more…
Happy Monday! As those of you in the Pacific Northwest open this email, the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for virtually all of WA and OR - the region’s hottest heat wave ever clocking in with triple-digit temperatures for the first time. The heat dome will Read more…
Happy Monday! In this week’s issue we observe some financial gravity as the air gets let out of EV SPACs’ tires. Cumulatively EV SPACs are down ~60% across the board. We dig into some of the drivers - and lack thereof. We also feature some crazy fundings including Heligoen’s sunlight Read more…
Happy Monday! As the world increasingly returns from URL to IRL, global supply chains rush to keep up. The White House has taken note and issued recommendations to shore up battery manufacturing and sustainable mining - key tenants of electrification and decarbonization, but China is the 800-pound gorilla when it Read more…
Happy Monday! Hope you had a good MDW. In this week’s issue, we break down how a small hedge fund made big moves by forcing oil & gas major Exxon to change stance on future production. We’ve got an absolute rig of deals with Bird SPACing at $2.3b, Bowery Farming Read more…
Happy Monday! Last week, apart from affably avuncular Biden getting behind the wheel of a F-150 electric pick up (“this sucker’s quick!), his administration passed an executive order dictating a government-wide response to assessing climate risk financially. Lots of things need to be true before it goes live, but it’s Read more…
Happy Monday! In this week’s issue, we chat with CEV’s David Miller about figuring out the future potential of carbon reduction technologies. While the math is directional, the logic holds; ~150 start-ups have gone through their common methodology to evaluate their reduction potential. This helps add some clarity to the Read more…