The Keep Cool Podcast
Episodes
E75: Methane moonshots, catalytic capital, and more with Johanna Wolfson from Azolla Ventures
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tune is as Nick is joined by Johanna Wolfson, co-founder and General Partner of Azolla Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in breakthroughs ...
E74: How Energize Capital is bucking fundraising trends and accelerating scalable climate tech businesses, with Managing Partner John Tough
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Nick is joined by John Tough, the Managing Partner of Energize Capital, a leading venture capital firm that invests in climate soluti...
E73: New venture capital for differentiated climate adaptation, with Darren Clifford, Founder and Managing Partner at Adapt[us] Capital
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen in as Nick is joined by Darren Clifford, the Founder of Adapt [us] Capital, a new venture capital fund and venture builder focused on inve...
*SYNDICATED EPISODE* - More efficient EVs, from the powertrain up with Scalvy
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
𖥔 Note 𖥔 This is a syndicated podcast from the Climate Capital Podcast, which Nick hosted. Nick also works at Climate Capital. You'll find the ...
*LIVE SHOW* E71: Scaling highly versatile biogas tech, with Stephan Herrmann, CEO of Reverion, and Sebastian Heitmann, Co-Founder and Partner at Extantia Capital.
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Stephan Herrmann, Co-founder & CEO of Reverion, and Sebastian Heitmann, Co-Founder and Partner at Extantia Capital—an investor in d...
E70: Making greener steel at significant scale with Tim Hill of Nucor
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Nick is joined by Tim Hill, the General Manager of Sustainability Solutions for Nucor Corporation. Nucor is the largest steel producer an...
E69: Understanding the full scope of the Loan Programs Office with Arpita Bhattacharyya
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick is joined by Arpita Bhattacharyya, Chief Climate Officer at the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office, where she helps understand common ba...
E68: Investing in water with Tom Ferguson, Founder and Managing Partner at Burnt Island Ventures
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick is joined by Tom Ferguson, Founder and Managing Partner at Burnt Island Ventures, one of the first venture capital firms focused on investing in ...
E67: Decarbonizing hydrogen and carbon black by splitting methane with Monolith Materials CEO, Rob Hanson
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Nick is joined by Rob Hanson, the CEO of Monolith, a company building methane pyrolysis plants to turn methane into hydrogen and carbon b...
E66: Building flywheels of irreversible momentum for methane monitoring & measurement
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Nick is joined by Jigar Shah, the Director of the DOE’s Loan Programs Office, and Ian Dickinson, the CEO of LongPath Technologies, to d...
E65: Building the common operating picture for climate action with Vibrant Planet
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick and Allison Wolff, CEO of Vibrant Planet, discuss the platform Allison and company are building to accelerate environmentally and economically so...
SPECIAL EPI: How Glassdome digitizes and accelerates industrial decarbonization
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick and Josh Charnin-Aker, Glassdome’s co-founder and CTO, as well as TJ Yoon, Product Manager, discuss how Glassdome is building a platform and a ...
E63: Literally making It rain with Augustus Doricko of Rainmaker
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick and Augustus Doricko, Founder and CEO of Rainmaker, discuss the viability of cloud seeding to (quite literally) make it rain more. Whether for fa...
E62: Infrastructure investing for the energy transition with John Skrinar, Partner at Cresta
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Nick and John Skrinar, Partner at Cresta Fund Management, explore the intersection of infrastructure investment, private equity, and the ...
E61: Making more climate resilient chocolate with Kawa Project and CEO, Aaron Feigelman
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick and Aaron Feigelman, the CEO of Kawa Project, dive deep on the world of waste-to-value alternatives to commodities like cocoa and palm oil. Speci...
E60: Keeping methane out of the atmosphere by using it on Earth, with Windfall Bio
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Nick and Josh Silverman, the CEO of Windfall Bio, discuss his companies novel methane utilization technologies while casting a wide net a...
E59: *SPECIAL EPISODE:* Everything Electrification, with Quincy Lee & Ramez Naan
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick, Quincy Lee, the CEO of Electric Era, and Ramez Naam, a highly experienced climate tech and energy analyst and investor, dive deep on all things ...
E58: ‘Cyclical’ plastic recycling for a more circular economy with MacroCycle
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Nick and the MacroCycle team discuss a paradigmatic shift from mechanical to chemical recycling in plastics recycling, why it matters, an...
E57: Hot or not with Albert Wenger? Climate & climate tech in 2024
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick and Albert Wenger, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures (and a preeminent investor in general), discuss the state of climate, climate and en...
S7 E5: What 2024 has in store for climate tech venture capital, with Katie McClain of Energize Capital.
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick and Katie McClain, Partner and COO at Energize Capital, a venture fund focused on climate and energy technologies, discuss what’s ‘hot’ rig...
S7 E4: Understanding biodiversity loss and how to support businesses that reverse it, with Tom Quigley of Superorganism.
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick and Tom Quigley, co-founder and Managing Director of Superorganism, a venture firm focused on biodiversity, discuss what biodiversity is, why it ...
S7 Ep3: Pioneering climate-positive lending, with Ravi Mikkelson of Atmos
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Discover how Atmos, a climate tech company that looks like a bank, is revolutionizing fintech infrastructure to make climate-positive lending solution...
S7 Ep2: Scaling Carbon Capture Technologies and Other Critical Decarbonization Solutions, with Adam Goff of 8 Rivers
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carbon capture technology is a divisive technology in decarbonization debates. Oft touted by some companies, and with technology that’s exi...
S7 Ep1: Meet Yard Stick, the company at the Forefront of Soil Carbon Measurement, with Chris Tolles
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Curious about the emerging field of soil carbon and its role as a climate solution? Join Chris Tolles, CEO and co-founder of Yard Stick PBC,...
S6 Ep7: The Road to Gigaton-Scale Carbon Removal, with Giana Amador
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What exactly is the future of carbon removal? What is the role of government, and why is the need for industry collaboration key to driving i...
S6 Ep6: Restoring Impacted Landscapes with Mast Reforestation
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Discover how Mast Reforestation (formerly Drone Seed) is revolutionizing reforestation efforts to combat climate change. In this episode, Ma...
S6 Ep5: From Soil to Sky: Exploring Funga's Innovative Approach to Forest Regeneration
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Discover the future of ecosystem regeneration and biodiversity work as Nick sits down with Colin Averill, CEO and Founder of Funga, to discus...
S6 Ep4: How Lunar Energy is Redefining the Future of Home Energy
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s pod, Nick chats with Sam Wevers, the Head of Software Product for Lunar Energy, as they dive into the heart of Lunar Energy'...
S6 Ep3: The Company Making the Invisible… Well, Visible. (with Orbital Sidekick)
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It may sound like something straight out of science fiction, but hyperspectral satellites have been around for decades, measuring the spectra...
S6 Ep2: How Electric Era is Revolutionizing the Fast-Charging Station Infrastructure
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the man trying to make electric vehicle charging stations more accessible, affordable, and reliable than ever before. Quincy Lee is a f...
S6 Ep1: Agilitas Energy CEO Barrett Bilotta Talks Energy Storage Solutions
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s pod, Nick sits down with Agilitas Energy’s CEO and President, Barrett Bilotta to chat about the state of grid-connected ba...
S5 Ep6: Is Battery Swapping the Future of Electric Vehicles? With John de Souza
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s pod, Nick’s sitting down with Ample co-founder and president John de la Souza to chat about the future of modular battery-...
S5 Ep5: How Divert is Converting Wasted Food into Renewable Energy
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the company trying to make use of wasted food: Divert. Determined to create a zero-waste future, Divert’s CEO Ryan Begin sits down to...
S5 Ep4: Clearing Up Nuclear Energy’s Biggest Misconceptions, with Isabelle Boemeke
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What does a model-and influencer-turned-activist have to do with nuclear energy, and why should we care?As it turns out, quite a lot, and she...
S5 Ep3: Turning Waste into Regenerative Feed and Farming Products
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Has anyone ever told you to be more mindful of your waste? Meet the man who believes that waste isn’t just waste— and why he feels tha...
S5 Ep2: Revolutionizing the Battery Manufacturing Process With AI, with Jason Koeller
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does a theoretical physicist studying black holes and the nature of spacetime find his way to the field of artificial intelligence and ba...
S5 Ep1: Julie Gosalvez: The CMO Making Direct Air Capture Technology Enticing
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carbon removal wasn’t even in our vocabulary a few years ago. But now, thanks to companies like Climeworks, direct air capture technology i...
S4 Ep12: How Energize Ventures Is Moving The Needle On Climate Tech
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The energy transition is in full swing, find out how Tyler Lancaster is helping lead the way as an investment partner in innovative climate t...
S4 Ep11: Shanu Mathew - The Analyst At The Intersection Of Public Markets And Climate
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you measure the impact of net zero targets and climate change on large corporations? Step forward Shanu Mathew.Shanu is Senior Vice Pr...
S4 Ep10: Tim Rann: The Investor Tackling Inequality And Climate Change
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tim is Managing Partner at Mercy Corps Ventures: The unique investment fund ploughing hundreds of thousands of dollars into innovative startu...
S4 Ep9: Blackhorn Ventures’ Approach to Supporting Climate Tech
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Earth’s resources are running low, so how do you choose the smart software and digital investments that maximize productivity and deploymen...
S4 Ep8: VSC Ventures: The Climate Tech Investor Sharing The Stories Of Exceptional Founders
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s easier than ever to launch a climate tech startup. But getting noticed can be harder. Meet the investor who’s allocating capital and...
S4 Ep7: Actual - Leading The ESG Strategy Revolution
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Measuring and tracking emissions is a great start, but how do companies make long term plans for effective change? They require more sophist...
S4 Ep6: Globhe - The Crowddroning Platform Making Sense Of The World
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you gather drone data at scale? You leverage crowddroning. Markku Koivisto explains how.Markku is Chief Business Development Officer a...
S4 Ep5: Range Energy: The Heavy Transport Electric Revolution
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How is Ali Javidan staging an electric revolution in the trucking industry? It’s not easy. Hear how the Range Energy founder’s tip toeing...
S4 Ep4: Flowcarbon: Meet The CEO Creating A Transparent Carbon Market
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Gibber is the former lawyer, turned tech entrepreneur, turned climate tech founder. Discover how Flowcarbon is changing the carbon credi...
S4 Ep3: Thallo: Democratizing The Carbon Market Via The Blockchain
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thallo is filling a major gap in the voluntary carbon market. Discover how blockchain and climate tech together are revolutionizing financing...
S4 Ep2: ZwitterCo: Recycling Water Through Cutting Edge Filtration Tech
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
No-one thinks about water, until there’s a problem. Find out how a lack of water can impact businesses and ZwitterCo's solution.ZwitterCo i...
S4 Ep1: Droneseed: How To Create Sustainable Forests
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When more than 7 million acres of forests are swallowed up by fire every year, you need to find a smart way of reseeding them. Jonathan Loev...
S3 Ep8: Sesame Solar: Meet The CEO Changing The Face of Emergency Power
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Flanagan is the lifelong entrepreneur on a mission to use clean energy for power in emergency situations. Find out how Sesame Solar is...
S3 Ep7: Patch’s Software Solution For Corporate Carbon Removal Goals
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brennan Spellacy is on a mission to rebalance the Earth’s atmosphere at Patch. Find out why the business’ mission is so critical for the ...
S3 Ep6: How Watershed is Helping Businesses Cut Carbon
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you help complex businesses reduce carbon emissions? You combine science with practical solutions. Meet Steve Davies, Head of Climate...
S3 Ep5: Inna Braverman’s Extraordinary Journey To Wave Powered Renewable Energy
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Inna Braverman believes in second chances. Hear her incredible story from Chernobyl victim to Eco Wave Power Co-founder.Eco Wave Power is the...
S3 Ep4: The 5 Pillars Supporting The Push For Renewable Energy, With Kyle Cherrick
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Cherrick has been banging the drum for renewable energy for years and it looks like the tide is finally turning. Find out how.Nick and K...
S3 Ep3: The Social, Political, And Financial Buy-in Needed To Scale Carbon Removal
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Olivier is at the cutting edge of carbon removal, helping develop developing innovative processes to remove CO2 from the atmosphere at ...
S3 Ep2: How Oco & Element Packaging are Rewriting the Packaging Playbook
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Madison Savilow and Nick Gardner are ripping up the plastics playbook, creating advanced packaging using captured carbon. Find out how.As Chi...
S3 Ep1: How Flood Mapping Tech Is Saving Lives
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you help vulnerable countries prepare for the worst? You make your flood mapping data available to all.Dr Subit Chakrabarti is Directo...
S2 Ep 13: Why Molly Morabito Believes in Direct Action To End Fossil Fuel Reliance
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you show world leaders you’re serious about creating climate solutions? You stand up against an unjust system.Nick and Molly get str...
S2 Ep 12: How Charm Industrial is Putting CO2 Back Underground, Profitably.
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020 Shaun Kinetic had a scientific breakthrough. Now as Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Charm Industrial, he’s putting tons of C02 ba...
S2 Ep 11: Unlocking New Business Models to Align Incentives and Drive Decarbonization
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Businesses that focus on deploying climate solutions have the potential to become the world’s most valuable companies while positively impa...
S2 Ep 10: Jaeson Cardiff: How CleanO2 is Bringing Carbon Capture Technology to the Consumer
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carbon capture technology has seemingly been reserved for large-scale applications, and widely unavailable to the average consumer. But how ...
S2 Ep 9: Lacey Reddix: The Founder On a Mission to Solve The Global Clean Water Crisis With Olokun Minerals.
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you solve a problem like clean water for all? When you can turn waste products into sustainable solutions.Meet Lacey, CEO and Founder ...
S2 Ep 8: How Ecovative is Solving Sustainability Through Mushrooms
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when plastic, meat and leather become unsustainable to produce? You up-cycle from natural growing products like mushrooms, using...
S2 Ep 7: How Nori is Building a Carbon Removal Marketplace, And Cutting Out The Middleman
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carbon removal is critical for global health, but all the paper pushing makes it hard for businesses to get on board. Nori has the solution, ...
S2 Ep 6: Framing Climate Change as a Massive Economic Opportunity with Alex Roetter
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does a VC investor turn climate change into a sound investment opportunity? Alex explains how he’s changing the world, by retooling the...
S2 Ep 5: How a Climate Tech VC is Helping Founders Create Scalable Solutions
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you start working in climate tech, it’s hard to feel the same way about any other industry. And that’s what keeps Lily Bernicker, Pr...
S2 Ep 4: How Ample’s Cutting Edge Tech is Making it Easy to Run Electric Cars, With Levi Tillemann.
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Climate tech needs public and private sector support. Leading the charge, and driving vehicle electrification, is Levi Tillemann. Find out ho...
S2 Ep 3: Climate Core Capital And Real Estate Investing for a Changing Climate
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most real estate investors are unprepared for how climate change will impact their business. Owen Woolcock is one step ahead, investing in ma...
S2 Ep 2: How to Carbon Neutralize Your Garden, With Chad Massura of Rosy Soil
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make gardening greener? You engineer a new type of soil. This is the fascinating work of Rosy. Find out how.Cultivating gardens is...
S2 Ep 1. How to Close The Funding Gap And Save The World, With Dimitry Gershenson, Enduring Planet
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Despite trillions of dollars pouring into climate tech, there’s still a huge funding gap. So how do we close it? The answer is through for...
The Keep Cool Show: Season 2 Trailer
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Climate tech is constantly evolving. As the urgency to tackle the climate crisis grows, so does the number of exciting companies offering cut...
How Can You Reverse Climate Change? With Zach Stein, Carbon Collective.
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a big question and Zach Stein has the answers with Carbon Collective. Meet the CEO battling for the Earth’s future.Traditional inves...
S1 Ep 6. Season Finale | Climate Tech| Startup Investment
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The wait is finally over. One founder, or founding team, will leave with thousands of dollars worth of prizes to invest in their climate t...
S1 Ep 5. Stefania Di Bartolomeo, Founder and CEO of Physis Investment | Sustainable Investment | Climate Tech
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you generate wealth and save the world? By disrupting traditional investment models. Meet Physis, empowering investors to make a posit...
S1 Ep 4. Vince Wong and Folasade Ayoola, Co-Founders of ElectricFish | Climate Tech | Decarbonization
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to decarbonize the world, you need a resilient source of electricity powering everything from the grid to cars. Meet ElectricF...
S1 Ep 3. Evan Hynes, CEO and Co-Founder of Climatebase | Climate tech | Environmental Science
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Capital investment is great but it’s not enough for climate tech companies to scale. Climatebase is building a platform focused on providin...
S1 Ep 2. John Ridd, CEO & Founder of Greenpixie
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are digital carbon emissions and how big a problem are they becoming? Greenpixie has the answers and is seizing the green initiative wit...
S1 Ep 1: Michael Medvedev and Peter Frelinghuysen, Co-Founders at Earth Brands
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you can get 1% better every day, you’ll achieve big goals surprisingly quickly. That’s the philosophy behind Earth Brands and Co-Found...
Trailer Keep Cool Show: Season 1
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Climate tech is moving fast. As the urgency to tackle climate issues grows, so does the number of innovative startups in this space.I’m Nic...