From Coal to Climate, VC Channel Sales Partners, LP Sentiment & More w/ Albert Bielinko (Telstra Ventures)

In this episode, Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) speaks w/ Albert Bielinko (@bielinko) a Partner at Telstra Ventures. Albert leads their CT investments and speaks to us today about many things,  from how he started in coal to end up in climate. How they have helped their portfolio companies generate over $450m USD in sales through their channel partnerships. What the LP sentiment on CTVC is and his thoughts on the talent landscape?

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Topics:

• 2:07 Intro to Albert & Telstra Ventures

• 4:49 TV's Remit

• 7:59 How CT VC landscape has changed since 2014

• 12:31 Raising funds

• 18:29 Investment Thesis

• 27:53  VCs w/ Sales Channels

• 33:18 Investment Criteria

• 35:45 How to determine TAM in new spaces

• 39:51 LPs expectations for hardware vs software returns

• 42:03 LP sentiment on CTVC

• 45:29  Talent Landscape

• 50:00 What's Next in CT

• 53:07 Closing 

Links:

• Albert on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albert-bielinko-4070a729/

• Telstra Ventures: https://telstraventures.com/

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