Julian Spector

Senior Reporter, Canary Media · 1 appearance on the record.

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He specializes in covering battery technologies, grid energy storage, low-carbon hydrogen, and clean-tech manufacturing supply chains. Before joining Canary Media at its launch in 2021, he reported on grid storage for Greentech Media and covered clean energy and transit for CityLab at The Atlantic.

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3 assertions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Julian argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Spector: Redwood Materials raised $700M at a $3.7B valuation
“Redwood Materials, they raised seven hundred million dollars last summer, which is, Huge for the kind of climate tech, clean tech space. That, that deal valued them at 3.7 billion dollars.”
Julian Spector Jul 7, 2022 ▶ 14:24 The Carbon Copy: Get ready for the battery recycling boom

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Everything Julian Spector said on Catalyst that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Supported
Spector: Redwood Materials raised $700M at a $3.7B valuation
“Redwood Materials, they raised seven hundred million dollars last summer, which is, Huge for the kind of climate tech, clean tech space. That, that deal valued them at 3.7 billion dollars.”
Julian Spector Jul 7, 2022 ▶ 14:24 The Carbon Copy: Get ready for the battery recycling boom
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Spector: Biden invoked Defense Production Act for battery minerals
“President Biden invoking Defense Production Act For battery minerals, calling it literally a matter of national security.”
Julian Spector Jul 7, 2022 ▶ 11:36 The Carbon Copy: Get ready for the battery recycling boom
Assertion Supported
Spector: Li-Cycle raised over $500M in SPAC plus subsequent strategic capital
“Lifecycle did a SPAC, and that pulled in over five hundred million dollars, and then they've gotten A few hundred million more since then from, like, Koch strategic platforms as well as from a major mining conglomerate.”
Julian Spector Jul 7, 2022 ▶ 14:49 The Carbon Copy: Get ready for the battery recycling boom

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Appearances (1)

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The Carbon Copy: Get ready for the battery recycling boom Jul 7, 2022 10m
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