43. Climate Tech: Venture Capital, Innovation, and Data with Kim Zou

Over the last several years, climate tech has emerged into the spotlight as more than $120B in venture capital funding has poured into the sector and interest for decarbonization solutions have surged. Through it all, CTVC has tracked, analyzed, dissected, and reported on the biggest news and deals in the climate tech ecosystem.

CTVC (now Sightline Climate) founder and CEO Kim Zou joined us on the show to talk about the quickly changing climate tech sector and about her journey building CTVC from a popular newsletter into a market intelligence platform used by some of the top investors and companies in the industry.

In the episode, we talk about the state of climate tech VC, where it’s changing the most quickly, where the opportunities are, and where the industry is heading. We also discuss Kim’s hopes for Sightline to mitigate some of the mistakes made in Cleantech 1.0 and to direct investment to the most critical areas.

Keynotes:

-How Kim’s work building Energy Impact Partners’ Frontier Fund influenced the transition of CTVC into Sightline Climate

-Which sectors within climate tech are changing the most quickly

-How we can avoid the challenges faced in Cleantech 1.0

-Where the biggest opportunities in climate tech are

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