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This CEO Left a VC job to Start a Company. (Gasp!) Then Raised $40M and Signed Google and Microsoft as Clients.

from Climate CEOs: Scaling Startups

Here are today’s five NEW topics on climate & clean energy, startup investment, AI for entrepreneurs, and mindfulness in leadership:1. 📊 CLIMATE DATACommitted warming: Are we already cooked?2. 💡 CEO TO KNOWJulia Reichelstein @ Vaulted Deep ($40M for carbon removal with co-benefits)3. 💸 INVESTOR SPOTLIGHTBala Nagarajan @S2G ($2.5B for food, energy, and oceans)4. 🤖 AI INSIGHTYour new Board of Directors: All experts, zero humans5. ⛰️ MINDFUL MOMENTWisdom is not free.------------Join my EFI 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.comGet my 4-Minute Newsletter: Climate CEOsFor entrepreneurs and investors: 5 quick ideas on climate data, CEOs to know, investor spotlights, AI insights, and mindfulness moments — drawn from lessons working with 400+ climate CEOs and investors, plus 25 years of meditation practice.👉 https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.comLeave a Podcast Review. (All the cool kids do it.)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-reviewsAbout the Host:Dr. Chris Wedding is a climate CEO coach, investor, serial founder, board member, professor, and occasional monk. For more on climate tech startups and leadership, connect on LinkedIn:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherwedding

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