24 Steps to Build Great Climate and Energy Ventures (Experience Across 100s of Startups) [👏 Interview]

Serial entrepreneurs, MIT professors, and climate tech experts share their blueprint for building startups in this new book.

🎧 Episode Summary

Tod Hynes is the Co-founder and CEO of Maigent, Board Chairman at Woodwell Climate Research Center, and Senior Lecturer at MIT.

He has co-founded several organizations and companies and has raised over $500 million. 

He has also helped hundreds of teams of students launch their own climate and energy companies through the MIT Climate & Energy Ventures (CEV) class and MIT Climate & Energy Prize.

Tod helped the Woodwell Climate Research Center raise matching funds and win a $41 million grant through the Audacious Project for their Permafrost Pathways Project. Only 18% of IPCC Earth Systems models include emissions from permafrost, which is like leaving out a Japan or even the U.S. worth of emissions. 

His newest venture, Maigent, leverages AI to accelerate climate solutions by turning us into super connectors to the right investors and partners needed for scale.

I could try to summarize his other 44 “Experiences” on LinkedIn or how we have 364 mutual connections, but you get the idea!

Learn more:

MIT Course: https://www.climateandenergyventures.com

New Book Website: https://www.de4cev.com

Maigent Website: https://maigent.ai

Woodwell Website: https://www.woodwellclimate.org

Book coauthors include veteran entrepreneur Bill Aulet, climate tech expert Ben Soltoff, and the additional faculty behind MIT's Climate & Energy Ventures course, Francis O'Sullivan, and Libby Wayman.

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About the Host

Dr. Chris Wedding is a CEO coach, investor, serial founder, board member, professor, and occasional monk. For more on climate tech startups and leadership, connect on LinkedIn:

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