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In this episode, Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) & Somil Aggarwal (@somil_agg) speak with Jason Blumberg from Earth Foundry. Earth Foundry came out of Energy Foundry, who after a successful decade of investing in energy technologies is expanding its scope to other areas of climate tech.
Jason Blumberg is the co-founder and Managing Director of Earth Foundry. As a former consultant and founder in the energy space, he has sat on the boards of many companies and has a wide array of knowledge about energy and beyond to share with us.
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Topics:
1:21 Intro + career
2:25 How Energy Foundry Became Earth Foundry
6:32 Changing Thesis
9:40 Lessons from a decade of energy VC
21:14 Raising a fund
22:55 Being a repeat fund manager
31:23 How Discipline Became Fund Success
34:30 Energy VC vs. general VC
38:56 Best cleantech industries to invest
57:08 Advice to founders
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Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonblumberg/
Earth Foundry: https://www.earthfoundry.com
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