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Climate CEOs: Scaling Startups

24 Steps to Build Great Climate and Energy Ventures (Experience Across 100s of Startups) [๐Ÿ‘ Interview]

20 Oct 2025

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Serial entrepreneurs, MIT professors, and climate tech experts share their blueprint for building startups in this new book.๐ŸŽง Episode SummaryTod Hynes is the Co-founder and CEO of Maigent, Board Chairman at Woodwell Climate Research Center, and Senior Lecturer at MIT.He has co-founded several organizations and companies and has raised over $500 million.ย He has also helped hundreds of teams of students launch their own climate and energy companies through the MIT Climate & Energy Ventures (CEV) class and MIT Climate & Energy Prize.Tod helped the Woodwell Climate Research Center raise matching funds and win a $41 million grant through the Audacious Project for their Permafrost Pathways Project. Only 18% of IPCC Earth Systems models include emissions from permafrost, which is like leaving out a Japan or even the U.S. worth of emissions.ย His newest venture, Maigent, leverages AI to accelerate climate solutions by turning us into super connectors to the right investors and partners needed for scale.I could try to summarize his other 44 โ€œExperiencesโ€ on LinkedIn or how we have 364 mutual connections, but you get the idea!Learn more:MIT Course: https://www.climateandenergyventures.comNew Book Website: https://www.de4cev.comMaigent Website: https://maigent.aiWoodwell Website: https://www.woodwellclimate.orgBook coauthors include veteran entrepreneur Bill Aulet, climate tech expert Ben Soltoff, and the additional faculty behind MIT's Climate & Energy Ventures course, Francis O'Sullivan, and Libby Wayman.--------Join EFIโ€™s Climate CEO Peer GroupBecome an EFI Climate CEO Fellowโ€”North Americaโ€™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.๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.entrepreneursforimpact.comGet Our 4-Minute Newsletter: Climate CEOsFor entrepreneurs and investors: 5 quick points on climate data, CEO to know, investor spotlights, AI insights, and mindfulness moments โ€” drawn from 400+ climate CEOs and 25 years of meditation practice.๐Ÿ‘‰ https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.comLeave a Podcast ReviewNo sponsors โ€” just real conversations with climate leaders. If you found this episode valuable, please leave a review to help others discover it.๐Ÿ‘‰ https://ratethispodcast.com/guides/where-can-people-leave-podcast-reviewsAbout the HostDr. Chris Wedding is a CEO coach, investor, serial founder, board member, professor, and occasional monk. For more on climate tech startups and leadership, connect on LinkedIn:๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherwedding

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