Invested In Climate Market insights with Climate Tech VC’s Kim Zou, Ep #30
If you’re interested in venture investing in climate tech, you probably already know about Climate Tech VC (CTVC). It began as a side hustle and small newsletter and now reaches 40,000 people. In my opinion, there’s really no better source of data and insights around climate tech investing.
In this episode, I sat down with CTVC's Co-Founder Kim Zou. Kim was an investor at Energy Impact Partners and has been following climate tech investment closely as its taken off over the past several years. In fact, Kim might have actually been the person who coined the term "climate tech." Beyond that bold claim, there’s a lot to learn about regarding the state of climate tech investing in this interview. We talked about how CTVC got started, how climate tech has grown in recent years, where that investment is coming from and going to, how the economic slowdown has affected things and a bunch more. Buckle up and enjoy.
In today's episode, we cover:
- [3:07] What is Climate Tech VC & how did it get started
- [5:33] Finding synergies for accelerating climate innovation
- [8:29] CTVC’s growing team & business model
- [13:29] The scale and growth in climate tech venture investing
- [15:43] The different spaces within climate tech & areas with the most investment activity
- [19:08] Built environment opportunities
- [23:33] How has corporate interest in climate investing changed over recent years
- [25:56] IRA impacts on climate tech companies and climate tech investing overall
- [29:50] Valuation & fundraising trends
- [37:34] Bumps in the road - long term transition to sustainable protein or just climate tech overall
- [40:25] The influence of elections on climate tech investing
Resources Mentioned
Connect with Kim Zou
- Connect with Kim on LinkedIn