Today we are joined by Matt Ward the founder and CEO of the 4 Ward VC Accelerator.
Today we covered a lot of things and it was a super fun conversation coming from yet another incredible individual who had no true background in Climate but decided to make it his life.
Key topics are...
How a mechanical engineer can build a ClimateTech Accelerator
Why he chose to be part of the ClimateTech space / how everything will be re-engineered to be carbon neutral or low carbon
In his words what it takes to be a ClimateTech entrepreneur
Why he's bullish on Ag & Food, Alt Materials, & Up-cycling & Recycling models
Really free-flowing conversation so dive in - if you're looking for specific topics you can find the topic markers in the show notes.
Topics:
4:30 Changing from engineering -
7:05 Journey to ESG
9:12 ClimateTech Space
14:25 Bottle Necks
23:04 How they vet members
26:02 Tech Breakthroughs - is it necessary?
29:52 Process working with them
37:32 future / what he's interested in (Ag & Food, Alt Materials, Up-cycling or recycling Models)
44:29 Decarbonization as the Default
Links:
The Startup Tank: https://4ward.vc/the-startup-tank-climate-investor-pitch-show/
Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/
HMU on Twitter: @silasmahner
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