Cleantech 1.0
4 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 11, 2021 by Shayle Kann · across every show →
Everything said about Cleantech 1.0, oldest first
Nov 11, 2021 positive
Nov 11, 2021 neutral
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…”
Nov 11, 2021 bearish
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…”
Sep 4, 2025 bearish
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…”