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: 

• Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwardio/
• 4Ward VC Website: https://4ward.vc/
• The Startup Tank: https://4ward.vc/the-startup-tank-climate-investor-pitch-show/
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