#262 How to Win in the Anti-Climate Era | Live from NY Climate Week

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#262 How to Win in the Anti-Climate Era | Live from NY Climate Week

Augustus Doricko (Rainmaker), Liz Dennett (Endolith), Grant Brown (8090 Industries), and Joel Armin-Hoiland (Climate Finance Solutions) Explain How to Win in the Anti-Climate Era

Silas Mähner, Somil Aggarwal, CleanTechies Notes, and 4 others

Oct 01, 2025

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Last week was NY Climate Week. The vibe was markedly different than years past. But in the best way possible. Stay tuned for our take on the week soon.

However, as you know, we hosted a live audience podcast during the week. The title of the discussion, “How to Win in the Anti-Climate Era.”

Why? Because we are clearly in a new era, and founders want to know how to win. So we brought together a kick-ass panel to teach us exactly that.

We had Augustus Doricko, founder of Rainmaker — making it rain and snow through cloud seeding.

Liz Dennett, the CEO of Endolith — using microbes to increase yield for mining companies with minimal cost.

Grant Brown, Partner at 8090 Industries — a VC fund with port-cos that have absolutely been crushing it this year.

And Joel Armin-Hoiland, founder of Climate Finance Solutions — helping CleanTech startups land grant funding (in excess of $1.6bn since starting in 2020) across Europe and the US.

PRODUCER’S NOTE:
We ended up having severe technical difficulties getting our recording equipment set up. As a result, the only audio file we have is a backup iPhone recording of the entire panel… Yeah—rookie mistake. As a result, the audio quality of this discussion is… not good to put it lightly. — However, we feel confident that the quality of the content will make up for the low audio quality (we hope you feel the same after listening).

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