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#109 - Dan Brunner - Commonwealth Fusion - Is fusion still 20 years away?

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#108 - Josh Western - Space Forge - Growing materials in space

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#107 - Julia Padberg - SET Ventures - "The energy transition is not a technology challenge"

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#106 - Dinesh Ganesan - Arctern - Climate Investing in the Age of Compute

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#105 - Steve Kloos - Burnt Island Ventures - “It's All One Water”

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#104 - William Godfrey - Tangible - CapEx Financing 101

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#103 - EDF, HTGF, Tetmet - Can Startups Reindustrialise Europe?

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#102 - Marco Bertone - Syntetica - Nylon's dirty secret

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#101 - Juan Nieto - Zacua VC - "Cement is the world's 3rd largest emitter"

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#100 - Driss Laraqui - Fenix Energy - Using Iron as a Fuel to Replace Natural Gas

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#99 - Clara Ricard - Transition - "Hardware can scale as fast as software, China proved it"

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#98 - Andreas Saari - Paebbl - The cement that stores carbon - (live recording)

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#97 - Beau-Anne Chilla - FORWARD.one - "Technology without commercialization is just expensive science"

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#96 - Assia Kasdi - Milvus Advanced - "Can we create metals like we create shampoos?"

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#95 - Maximilian Schwarz - Nucleus - "It needs to feel uncomfortable sitting with them"

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#94 - Renaud Visage - SlateVC - The CTO behind Eventbrite is now chasing Europe's climate unicorns

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#93 - Patrik Möller - CorPower Ocean - "Wave energy could surpass global nuclear capacity."

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#92 - Timothée Parrique - "You can’t save the climate with capitalism"

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#91 - Ahmed Ismail - Dunia - Where AI meets material discovery

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#90 - Carl-Magnus Norden - Decade Energy - Powering the next generation of trucks

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#89 - Lea Strumberger - KfW Capital - The LP Perspective on Raising a Climate Fund

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#88 - Andy Lubershane - Energy Impact Partners - Energy Carriers and the Future of Fuel [5/5]

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#87 - Arnaud Tran - Voltaback - Charging Is the Real Bottleneck to Electrification

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#86 - Andy Lubershane - Energy Impact Partners - Drilling for Hydrogen and Heat [4/5]

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#85 - Torsten Kolind - Underground Ventures - What It Takes to Make Geothermal Global

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#84 - Andy Lubershane - Energy Impact Partners - The Economics of Ultra-Cheap Solar [3/5]

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#83 - James Gutman - Why Geopolitics Is Europe's Strongest Climate Accelerator

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#82 - Andy Lubershane - Energy Impact Partners - Can Fusion Ever Be Cheap Enough? [2/5]

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#81 - Andy Lubershane - Energy Impact Partners - Nuclear's Second Act [1/5]

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#80 - Abhi Desai - Desai Ventures - The Missing Link in Fixing Methane

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#79 - Jared O'Leary - SirenOpt - Real-Time Sensing for the Factory of the Future

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#78 - Otto Birnbaum - Revent - Conviction, Follow-Ons and 100x Outcomes

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#77 - Thor Gutierrez - Sirona - Is Direct Air Capture a Distraction?

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#76 - Fabian Heilemann - AENU - "If you ask for green premium, go home."

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#75 - Sarah Sclarsic - Voyager Ventures - Electrification Is the New Default

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#74 - Fabien Koutchekian - Genomines - Can Plants Replace Mines?

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#73 - Katie Marsh - Recupere - Copper Is the Bottleneck No One Talks About

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#72 - Jacob Bro - 2150 - €210M to Decarbonize Cities

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#71 - Joško Bobanović - Sofinnova Partners - Turning Great Biology into Scalable Companies

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#70 - Martijn Lopes Cardozo - Regeneration VC - Rethinking How We Design, Use and Reuse Everything

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#69 - Jahed Momand - Cerulean Ventures - AI, Nature and Pre-Seed Bets

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#68 - Jessica Burley - Planet A - The Hard Truth About Funding Hard Tech

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#67 - Erik Engellau - Norrsken Launcher - Turning World-Class Research into World-Class Companies

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#66 - Robina, Matthew, Vera - Contrarian, Voyager Ventures & Apex Ventures - AI for Materials: Breakthrough or Illusion?

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#65 - Anna Finizio - EIF - Inside Europe's Largest LP

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#64 - Simon Belka - Shifted - Microgrids, Storage and the Grid Bottleneck

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#63 - Eglantine Dupuy - Dealroom - The State of European Climate Tech

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#62 - David Ferguson - EDF - From Pilot to Scale: How Corporates Work with Startups

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#61 - Marc Lechantre - Axeleo - Can Europe Re-Industrialize and Decarbonize at Once?

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#60 - Sam Goodall - Cambridge Cleantech - Building a Pan-European Climate Tech Ecosystem

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#59 - Marion Schuppe - makesense - Launching a €25M Pre-Seed Impact Fund

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#58 - Nadine, Fabio, Gil - Zintinus, World Fund & Flora VC - The Investor's Guide to Food Tech

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#57 - Sid Khullar - Aris Machina - Can AI Fix Advanced Manufacturing?

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#56 - Douglas Sloan - Better Society Capital - What Gets You Backed by an Impact LP

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#55 - Yair, Jonny & Matthew - Extantia, Marble & Voyager Ventures - Can AI Agents Run a Factory?

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#54 - Alex Bakir - Norrsken Evolve - Fixing the Pre-Seed Sophistication Gap

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#53 - Craig, Hampus, Julia - World Fund, Pale Blue Dot & Sightline - Einride's $1.8B IPO: Hype, Hope and Heavy Trucks

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#52 - Julia Attwood - Sightline Climate - Globalization in Climate Tech

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#51 - Hampus Jakobsson - Pale Blue Dot - Extreme Agency and Climate Conviction

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#50 - Maxi, Jordan, Jake - HV Capital, IQ Capital & Voyager Ventures - How to Underwrite Deep Tech Risk

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#49 - Maex Ament & Philip Stehlik - Anti Ordinary Ventures - Two unicorn exits, one climate mission

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#48 - Thibaud Martin - Altrove - The End of Trial and Error in Materials Science

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#47 - Carbon Equity, Ferd & Aurum Impact - How LPs Pick Climate Funds

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#46 - Guillaume Gras - ECBF - Investing in Growth-Stage Circular Startups

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#45 - Hampus & Matthew - Pale Blue Dot & Voyager Ventures - The Case for "Boring" Industries

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#44 - Laura Fox - Streetlife Ventures - Adaptation, Cities and the Built Environment

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#43 - Jonny, Maxi & Yair - Marble, HV Capital & Extantia - What Stegra Tells Us About Climate Scale-Ups

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#42 - Peter Platan - TESI - Inside Finland's $3B LP

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#41 - Jonny, Julia & Hampus - Marble, Sightline Climate & Pale Blue Dot - Mega Funds, Base Power and Germany's CCS Push

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#40 - Terhi Vapola - Greencode VC - AI, Efficiency and the Future of Green Software

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#39 - Carolina Echecopar - Carbon Equity - What LPs Really Want from Climate Funds

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#38 - Jonny, Julia & Julien - Marble, Sightline & Honda - Growing Nickel from Plants and Other Bold Bets

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#37 - Hampus & Matthew - Pale Blue Dot & Voyager Ventures - Fusion, Grids and the Energy Bottleneck

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#36 - Damien Didier - Daphni - Does ESG Actually Add Value in VC?

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#35 - Sir Ronald Cohen - Is Venture Capital the Right Tool for Climate?

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#34 - Timothy Rann - Mercy Corps Ventures - Climate Resilience as an Investment Thesis

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#33 - Nic Gorini - Spin Ventures - Circularity as the Next Unicorn Play

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#32 - Hampus, Pippa & Matteo - Pale Blue Dot, Zero Carbon & Kora Labs - Is AI Killing the Planet?

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#31 - Dave Borlace - Just Have a Think - Batteries, Climate and the Tech That Matters

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#30 - Hampus, Andreas & Jonny - Pale Blue Dot, Prototype Capital & Marble - Who Writes the First Check in Climate?

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#29 - Tove Larsson - Norrsken VC - Where the Next Climate Unicorns Will Come From

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#28 - Helena Wasserman - Investors for Climate - The Playbook Behind a Global Climate Syndicate

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#27 - Laurits Bach Soerensen - Nordic Alpha Partners - Hyper-Transformation: A New Playbook for Deep Tech

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#26 - Desirée Pettersson - Satgana - Rethinking Climate VC for Africa

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#25 - Benjamin Tincq - Marble - From Minus One to One: How Marble Launches 10 Deep Tech Startups per Year

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#24 - Craig Douglas - World Fund - The Case for Climate Investing in an Era of Crisis

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#23 - Olivier Mougenot - Wind - Microbes Are Taking Over Climate Tech

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#22 - Lauri Reuter - Nordic FoodTech VC - Investing in Food When No One Asks for Green

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#21 - Austin Wood - SET Ventures - When Energy Security Drives Climate Innovation

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#20 - Andrew Shebbeare - Counteract - Smart Bets in Carbon Removal

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#19 - Hendrik Brandis - Earlybird - Satellites, Solar in Space and Climate Solutions

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#18 - Annick Verween - Biotope by VIB - Why Biotech Startups Struggle to Get Funded

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#17 - Matthew Blain - Voyager Ventures - A Transatlantic View on Deep Tech Investing

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#16 - Matt Jones - Syensqo - M&A, IPOs and the Art of Timing Your Exit

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#15 - Alina Klarner - Impact Shakers - Diversity as a Competitive Edge in Climate Tech

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#14 - Jan Lozek - Future Energy Ventures - The Digital Layer of the Clean Energy Future

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#13 - Romain Vidal - Teampact Ventures - What Startups Can Learn from Elite Sports Teams

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#12 - Yair Reem - Extantia - The Death of the Green Premium

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#11 - Tina Dreimann - better ventures - Scaling Europe's Most Active Impact Angel Club

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#10 - Benedikt Buchspies - Planet A Ventures - Lifecycle Assessments as a VC Weapon