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ClimateTech Talks: Exploring the pathways to net zero
by David Contreras
Hosted by David Contreras and Daniel Arraiz, ClimateTech Talks: exploring the pathways to net zero is a series AND platform where we connect and deep dive in the journeys of #Founders, #CEOs, #VCs, #Angels and Industry leaders that are paving the way towards a #net-zero economy and the decarbonisation of our society. Our guests will share the latest in #ClimateTech #CleanTech #Renewables, on the recent advances on policy and green financial instruments, and finally we will also aim to understand how the incumbent energy players are adapting their strategies for the energy transition.
Episodes
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20 - Daniel Arraiz and David Contreras - Cofounders of ClimateTech Talks and Explorationists
This was a fun one to record. Finally our two cohost and cofounders, Daniel and David have a chat to discuss the year in review, aspirations, learnings and personal and corporate climate landscape for the new year Hope you enjoy it Art by: Maria Alexandra Monteverde / Instagram:...
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19 - Madhusudhan Rao - Founder of Oorja
Our guest this week is Madhusudhan Rao, who is the founder of Oorja, a company that provides energy efficiency, renewable cooling and heating solutions, mostly in the Indian market. He’s also a mechanical engineer by training and an entrepreneur for most of his working life. Our Substack -...
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18 - Anish Malpani - CEO of Ashaya
Our guest this week is Anish Malpani. About 81% of waste in India is left untreated and half of it ends up in landfills. However some entrepreneurs have realised that those landfills actually represent a mountain of opportunities and potential multi-billion dollar business. Anish Malpani from...
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17 - Anirudh Gupta - Founder of the Sustainability Mafia
Our guest this week is Anirudh, and he defines himself as an idealist, a dreamer who wants to build a better, safer, wealthier planet for all of us. Anirudh was born in South India, moved to New Delhi, lived in a boarding school at the foothills of the Himalayas, moved to the US to study…
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16 - Nils Söderström - Co-founder and CEO of Renbloc - Radical transparency to the energy market
Our guest this week is going to tell us a lot about what his company does in the Energy transparency sector. Based in Sweden, Nils Söderström is the CEO of Renbloc, a company bringing radical transparency to the energy market. We also discussed his motivations, background and how he got into the...
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15 - Katerina Garyfalou - Commercial and business development director at Clean Planet Energy - Mastering Oil and Gas transferable skills to land clean jobs with impact
Our guest this week is going to tell us a lot about what her company, Clean Planet Energy is doing, but perhaps most importantly, she will share insights on her career pivot from the O&G industry into a role that has given her the opportunity to align her values of protecting the environment and...
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14 - Eric Chaves - Founder of Terrament - Bringing Gravity to the Storage Game
Although people often think of energy storage as a battery that uses a chemical reaction to release energy in the form of electricity. Chemical storage is just one class of a bigger spectrum. There are many other ways to store energy for later use, fossil fuel is a form of long term energy…
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13 - Rokas Peciulaitis - Managing Partner at Contrarian Ventures - Power of Giving, Community and Venture Firm Building
Welcome back! Today we have a very special guest, Rokas Peciulaitis, managing partner at Contrarian Ventures, an innovative venture capital firm set up to disrupt the energy landscape. We explored the inspiration, the meandering pathways, the role models that Rokas has followed to start the firm...
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12 - Joey Moreau - Head of Account and Investor Relations at Startupbootcamp
In today’s episode we explore with Joey Moreau how Startupbootcamp is playing a key role as an accelerator in the ClimateTech ecosystem in Europe and globally. We discussed what value the company is bringing to corporates and to the founders themselves. Joy told us about the recent IPO of the...
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11 - Madison Rifkin - CEO and Founder of Mount - Unlocking the micromobility revolution
In today’s episode we explore how Madison Rifkin and Mount as a cool micromobility startup is rapidly expanding, in the crowded and competitive space of e-scooters and bikes. But ... Micromobility can play a significant role in decarbonising the passenger road transport emissions in big cities…
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10 - Helen Bertelli - CEO of Benecomms and co-Founder of Women in Climate Tech (WiCT) - Talent everywhere
We had the pleasure to chat with Helen Bertelli, she has a compelling story of transitioning her career to a more impactful path. She purposefully redirected her (marketing) skills to align her values and find a way to help in the cause against climate change. She’s the CEO of Benecomms, a PR and...
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9 - Katie Mehnert - CEO of Ally Energy - The skills of the Energy Transition
We had the chance to catch up with Katie Mehnert, the CEO of Ally Energy. She's an impressive Diversity, Inclusion and Equity advocate in the energy world. We touched on how the O&G community is preparing for the energy transition. We discussed the role of corporates, governments and in…
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8.2 - David Mazaira - Especialista en el Impacto del Carbono en ResponsAbility - Liberando finanzas climática en Economias Emergentes
Daniel y David tuvieron la oportunidad de ponerse al día con David Mazaira. Nuestro invitado exitosamente migró del O&G, donde fue parte de Repsol en la parte de Refinación, Procesos y Sostenibilidad, para llegar a trabajar actualmente en responsAbility. La compañía basada en Suiza es un gestor…
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8 - David Mazaira - Carbon Impact Specialist at ResponsAbility - Unleashing climate finance in emerging economies
We had the chance to catch up with David Mazaira, a friend of mine (David) from childhood and that has successfully made the transition from a direct O&G job (he was a Process Engineer in Repsol) to a role as Carbon Impact Specialist in an asset management firm in Switzerland. We discussed...
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7 - Siobhan Clarke - Operating partner at Launchpad - Building a net zero Unicorn Factory
We had the chance to discuss with Siobhan Clarke one of the leading VCs in the #ClimateTech space and an Operating Partner at Launchpad. Working semi-independently from BP (Launchpad’s investor), this “Scale-up Factory” has the vision to generate sustainable change by building and scaling a...
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6 - Lubomila Jordanova - Co-Founder & CEO of Plan A - Enabling businesses to go carbon neutral & Improving their ESG performance
Lubomila is an exceptional leader. You can gather it from her huge list of awards: Atos Partner Startup, as part of Scaler, 2021 Top 100 Women in Germany for 2020, FOCUS Magazin, Dec 2020 80 Top Founders shaping the post-pandemic world, Sifted.eu, July 2020 Marshall Memorial Fellow 2021/2022…
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5 - Chryssa Tsouraki and Stelios Papagrigoriou - Co-CEOs of IN-VR - Best marriage in Tech, Government, Finance and Energy Investment community
Chryssa and Stelios are a power couple in every sense of the phrase. They have married (pun intended) their hyper-human-connection and business development skills (Chryssa) with Stelios previous tech expertise in banking and in the Tech sector in London to create IN-VR. The company is fully…
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4 - Jack Macfarlane, CEO of DeepStream Technologies
In this episode we learnt about Jack Macfarlane, CEO of DeepStream Technologies. The company is completely modernizing communication and data exchange among parties within the RFX experience (any sort of procurement process). With a strong focus on reducing inefficiencies, and bringing...
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3 – Nada Ahmed, VP of Transformation at Aker Solutions – Daring to lead and mastering change
In this episode, we talked to Nada Ahmed, VP of Transformation at Aker Solutions. Nada has a quintessential cosmopolitan upbringing. She grew up and studied in Pakistan and finished her International Baccalaureate in Hong Kong. She then continued her undergrad studies in the University of…
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2 – Knut Vassbotn, CEO of Deep Wind Offshore – Riding the giant offshore wind wave
In this episode, our guest was Knut Vassbotn, CEO of Deep Wind Offshore. We discussed about Knut’s journey from offshore engineering teams in the O&G sector, developing high-performing teams both in Norway and in the UK, and his organic transition into the offshore wind industry. Knut worked in…
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1 – David Hunt, CEO of Hyperion Executive Search - From Search to CleanTech and back to Search
In this episode, our guest is David Hunt, CEO of Hyperion Executive Search. He’s also a very prolific podcaster, participating in Leaders in #CleanTech. David started his career in Executive Search, but he gotthe Clean-energy-entrepreneur tick quick and launched with a couple of co-founders a...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hosted by David Contreras and Daniel Arraiz, ClimateTech Talks: exploring the pathways to net zero is a series AND platform where we connect and deep dive in the journeys of #Founders, #CEOs, #VCs, #Angels and Industry leaders that are paving the way towards a #net-zero economy and the decarbonisation of our society. Our guests will share the latest in #ClimateTech #CleanTech #Renewables, on the recent advances on policy and green financial instruments, and finally we will also aim to understand how the incumbent energy players are adapting their strategies for the energy transition.
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