Climate Tech Cocktails

🌱Alternative Proteins, 🌱Fungi Powered Nutrition,⚡️Infrastructure, and 💥More Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails [https://www.climatetechcocktails.com/]! Celebrating the poetic irony of sustainable protein rising from the ashes of Chicago's meatpacking past, Thomas Jonas [https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-jonas-569407/], CEO and Co-founder of Nature's Fynd [https://www.naturesfynd.com/], joins Matt for today’s stop on the "Here We Are" tour. Together, they unveil the magic of fungi-powered nutrition cultivated from a resilient Yellowstone microbe, and how it can revolutionize our plates and heal the planet. So buckle up for a thoroughly enlightening journey into the future of food, where microbes are the unsung heroes of a sustainable tomorrow!

🚲 E-Bikes, 🏭 Manufacturing, ♻️ Circular Economy, 📍Detroit, and  More Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails [https://www.climatetechcocktails.com/]! Coffee, E-bikes, the resurgence of American Manufacturing in Detroit, and a deep dive into the circular economy are all on the menu today as Justin Kosmides [https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinkosmides/], co-founder and CEO of Bloom [https://www.togetherwebloom.us/] joins Matt for a chat. A trailblazer in the electric mobility space, Bloom [https://www.togetherwebloom.us/] is building an operations-as-a-service platform to help e-mobility companies scale production and operate efficiently. Coming at you straight from Newlab Detroit [https://www.newlab.com/blogs/newlab-announces-launch-of-new-founder-fellowship-in-detroit-for-climate-tech-founders], this is one electric ride!

🪩Disco,⚡️Energy Efficiency, 🚗EV Grid, 🎤Karaoke, and 💡More Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails [https://www.climatetechcocktails.com/]! Climate Tech Cocktails is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.  It’s all 🍸Bombay Sapphire [https://www.bombaysapphire.com/],🍸Citadelle Gin [https://citadellegin.com/en/], disco-balled cocktail shakers and Karaoke with Apoorv Bhargava [https://www.linkedin.com/in/apoorv-bhargava/], co-founder and CEO of WeaveGrid [https://www.weavegrid.com/]. A trailblazer in electrifying the future of EV grid integration, WeaveGrid [https://www.weavegrid.com/] is connecting automakers, utilities and drivers to tackle the challenges to and boost EV adoption across the industry. Featuring a stirring performance from Apoorv, this is one episode you’ll want to sit back, take a sip, and maybe even sing along to!

🌱 Soil health,💡Agricultural innovation, 🤝Humanitarian Aid,🌱Carbon offset, and💥More Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails [https://www.climatetechcocktails.com/]! Climate Tech Cocktails is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.  Today, Matt is joined by Chris Tolles [https://www.linkedin.com/in/christolles/], Co-founder and CEO of Yard Stick [https://www.useyardstick.com/], an organization that is revolutionizing the way farmers measure their soil by making it accurate, instant, and affordable. While Chris sips on a Gangster Duck [https://www.radiantpigbeers.com/beers], and Matt quaffs both a Sparkle Pony [https://blackhammerbrewing.com/pages/beer] and A Brew Hope [https://untappd.com/b/laughing-monk-brewing-a-brew-hope/5800318#], their discussion unearths the importance of soil health, its role as a carbon sink, and Chris’s fascinating journey from humanitarian relief worker to cutting-edge climate tech leader. So, go ahead, grab whatever beverage is calling your name right now, and let’s dig into the dirt together!

🌱 Vertical Farming⚙️Construction Automation,💡Innovative Disruption  and 💥 More! Joining Matt and his Athenaeum Whiskey [https://www.instacart.com/products/26113343-athenaeum-double-barrel-bourbon-whisky-750-ml?csr=true] today is the man, the myth, the legend - and Matt’s dear friend and mentor - Jack Oslan [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackoslan/]. This fantastically successful co-founder of the two blockbuster start-ups, Plenty [https://www.plenty.ag/] and Diamond Age [https://www.diamondage3d.com/], comes armed with some Maker's Mark Reserve [https://www.makersmark.com/] to discuss both his personal and professional life. From growing up next to a corn field in small town Illinois to being a two-time Silicon Valley tech founder to building shelters for war torn Ukraine, Jack leads a nobly purposeful existence helping out those most in need, and you get to share in his extensive experience and wisdom here today.