Cleantech 1.0
topic on 1 show · 4 statements across 2 episodes
4 statements about Cleantech 1.0, every show
Kann: The current climate tech downturn fell steeper than Cleantech 1.0
“One difference between this time and last time in my mind is that the fall from glory has been a lot steeper and faster, because it was really driven by a political change, the change in administration, and then the swiftness with which that new administration…”
Kann: Cleantech 1.0 losses were concentrated in thin film, biofuels, and Better Place
“So the big categories of where the money pits in cleantech one.o were thin film solar. Like you said, alternatives to silicon for PV, biofuels, and then one big money pit, which was, you said battery swapping, it was Better Place... If you subtract those three…”
Kann: Cleantech 1.0 software investments returned over 3x on $157M
“Meanwhile, the hundred fifty seven million that during that same period Went into software deals in clean tech had already returned more than three X.”
Kann: Cleantech 1.0 deep tech Series A returned $153M on $1.4B
“In that first wave of clean tech venture capital investment a decade ago, early stage series A investors plowed ultimately around 1.4 billion dollars Into startups that were in the categories of material or chemical or process innovation and hardware integrati…”