Climate Tech Cocktails

In this episode, we drink a couple beers with with Toby Kraus, Co-Founder and CEO of Lightship.  Toby, an EV OG, walks us through his love of the outdoors, his journey from Wall Street to Tesla, and how he helped build the first electric travel trailer. So pack a bag and join us as we hit the road to explore how Lightship is forging the future of the electric mobility industry.

In this episode, we’re grabbing a drink with Niyati Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Fork & Good.Ever wondered how cultivated meat can help combat climate change? Or how hydroponics can revolutionize the way we look at food safety? This episode, we sit down with Niyati Gupta, the co-founder and CEO of Fork & Good, a startup pioneering new ways to address food safety and meet protein demands innovatively. Niyati takes us through her personal journey that brought her from Hong Kong to Harvard, from working with the Ministry of Agriculture in Nigeria to leading a vertical farming startup, ComCrop, in Singapore.We're not just talking about farming and food safety though. We delve into the world of cultivated meat and its role in the battle against climate change. Niyati, with her experience in the agriculture sector and as the founder of Fork & Good, offers valuable insights into the challenges of food production. We also discuss the impact of African swine flu on the global hog herd and why innovation is so crucial in solving food security issues.

Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to a very special episode of Climate Tech Cocktails. It’s been a minute since the first episode of Climate Tech Cocktails was released, 1,051,200 minutes to be exact (2 years).  To celebrate this milestone, Team CTC asked Matt if he’d be willing to sit down and chat with his climate tech colleague and close friend,  Ryan Kushner. We’ve grown so much over the past two years, both online and in IRL. We wanted to provide an opportunity to learn more about Matt and his own founder journey.

In this episode, we’re grabbing a drink with Anastasia Volkova, co-founder and CEO of Regrow. Regrow’s mission is to make resilient agriculture ubiquitous. On every acre. Globally. Our vision is for agriculture to be driven by science and technology to restore the environmental balance globally to nourish the population and be equitable for everyone. Environment. People. Equity. In that order.

Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails.In this episode, we’re grabbing a drink with Jeff Nobbs, co-founder and CEO of Zero Acre Farms.Zero Acre Farms is on a mission to remove destructive vegetable oils from the food system. And we’re not going to stop until restaurant deep fryers, home pantries, and packaged foods around the world are finally free of these harmful oils and fats.We’re grateful to have you with us, fighting the good fight with a cool beverage in hand.🥃 What we drank during the episode: Bunratty Mead (Matt) and homemade mead (Jeff).Enjoy the show!

Fellow Climate Warriors, ICYMI:  🎥 Check out our very first Climate Not Too Late Show with Matt Myers on the YouTubes HERE featuring guests Darko Mandich, Paul Robertson and Maricel Saenz!🎧We’re happy to announce that the audio version of the show is now also LIVE to listen to wherever you get your podcasts. 📻 Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Audacy, and Substack👉🍸In this episode, we grab a drink with Darko Mandich of Melibio and Maricel Saenz of Minus. 🎭The evening was topped off with comedic relief by the one, the only Paul Robertson! About Melibio: ‘We at MeliBio know that without bees our lives on this Planet would be almost impossible. To protect the bees and support bee biodiversity, we created an alternative, science-driven approach in turning plants into honey, so that the precious keystone species could thrive. Read our State of the Bees report to learn more about the challenges bees are going through, especially 20,000 wild and native bee species whose story everyone should learn about.’About Minus: Minus produces coffee using 94% less water than traditional coffee, 91% less GHG emissions, and shorter supply chains.Minus was developed by a team of coffee-obsessed, planet-loving scientists. How did they do this exactly? They subtracted the beans, kept the caffeine, and dialed up the flavor through a precise fermentation process. Minus is dangerously smooth and consciously created; even the most discerning coffee snobs won't believe it's beanless.What we drank during the episode: 🐝🥃 Darko and Matt: Bees Knee’s (ft.  Melbio honey without the bees] ☕️🥃 Maricel and Matt: Carajillo (ft. Coffee without the bean from Minus!) 🙌This episode of the Climate Not Too Late Show could not have been possible without our incredible sponsor, Air Company. Enjoy the show!Companies/Startups/Things  mentioned during the show: Startups:🔋 Air Company 🔋 Melibio 🔋 Minus Coffee   Places:📍Shack15📍Costa RicaThings:🌍 Climate Change and Home Runs  🌍 Wooly Mammoth Meatballs Discovered 🌍Plant Based Honey🌍 Bee Extinction  🌍 Bumble Bees 🌍 Green Bee species 🌍 Carajillo Coffee Cocktail recipe 🌍 Robusta Coffee 🌍 Arabica Coffee🌍 Coffee Environment Impact Time Stamps: [0:12] A Special Message from Matt Myers and Air Company [0:45] Women and Puppies love how Matt smells with Air Company perfume [2:20] Introductions at Shack15 [3:00] Matt’s Comedy Debut [4:12] Climate Change and Home Runs [4:26] Wooly Mammoth Meatballs and Matt’s Fiance’s Cooking  [5:10] Republic White Men News [6:12] Josh Juice Tickles the Ivories [6:50] Darko takes the stage and introduces the concept behind Melibio[7:30] Darko explains the mission behind Melibio in a nutshell (or, in a beehive?) [8:08] Darko meets his dark dies [9:28] Matt asks a million-dollar question [9:50] Matt is Winnie the Pooh in the eyes of the bees [11:05] The connection between humans and bees [12:05] Are Bees being put out of Bizzzness? [12:55] Matt and Darko discuss what bees they identify as [13:33] Matt identifies as a green bee  [14:43] Look for Melib expands to SF restaurants [15:15] Josh Juice Sings a Jingle with the word honey in it [15:40] Matt introduces Minus [15:55] Matt x Maricel enjoy a coffee cocktail [16:20] Marciel explains the science behind coffee without the bean [17:45] Marciel and Matt’s Passion for Coffee. [18:13] Coffee puts Costa Rica on the Map [19:08] The Caffeinated Debate: Robusta vs. Arabica Blend [20:03] Coffee’s Impact on the Environment [21:40] Minus Coffee Hits the Market this Summer [21:40] Matt Introduces Paul Roberstson [22:12] Smart people only like Paul’s jokes [22:53] Paul’s take on being adopted [24:23] Paul loves his Jewish mother who loves a bargain [25:46] Paul’s bit about being Asian [26:37] Paul explains the annotation [27:20] Parking cars in San Francisco [27:59] Ailments x Technology [29:42] Paul’s take on being an Asian Jew [30:04] Wrap [30:29] Josh Juice Musical Outro [31:10] END   

Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails.In this episode, we’re grabbing a drink with Edward Shenderovich, co-founder and CEO of Synonym…“Synonym is accelerating the world's biological future by developing, financing, and building commercial-scale biomanufacturing facilities. We provide synthetic biology (synbio) producers – from startups to the Fortune 500 – with flexible production capacity while giving infrastructure investors access to a new, carbon-negative biomanufacturing asset class that we are calling “fermentation farms.”📻 Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Audacy and Substack👉We’re grateful to have you with us, fighting the good fight with a cool beverage in hand.⚡️ New to CTC? Sign up here!👉📲 Follow us on Twitter 👉📝  Show Notes Below👇🎧 New podcast episode: “Ultimately, all company building activity comes down to -- market and people. The market needs to be there and you need to have an amazing team to figure out… what is the right product for market and what is the right way to bring that product to market”-Edward Shenderovich, founder and CEO of Synonym. Find Edward on LinkedIn, and check out Synonym’s website here. 🍸 What we drank during the episode: Bombay Sapphire Gin Martini (Matt) and BeefEater Gin Martini 🍸(Edward).Enjoy the show!📻 Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Audacy and Substack👉Interested in sponsoring? Please reach out to m@climatetechcocktails.comCompanies/Startups mentioned during the show:🦠Synonym🦠Knotel🦠Delivery Hero🦠Tradeshift🦠Baker McKenzie🦠Silicon Valley Bank🦠Six Apart LTD. - Movable Type🦠Live Journal🦠Kite Ventures🦠Newmark🦠Capacitor.bioPeople/places/things mentioned during the show:🧠Beefeater Gin🧠Bombay Sapphire Gin🧠Edwardian Ball🧠Burning Man🧠Telluride Film Festival🧠Deepak Chora🧠Robert Burns🧠Dr. Seuss🧠Mark Rothko Artist🧠Whitney Museum of Art🧠MoMA Museum🧠The Met🧠San Diego Union-Tribune🧠RSS🧠Gregory W. Becker🧠SVB Wine Practice🧠Amazon Marketplace - Pacific Tower🧠Andrew Paulson🧠Brad Fitzpatrick🧠Russo-Georgian War🧠Lukasz Gadowski🧠Amol Sarva🧠Asset Class🧠Genetech’s Insulin Fermentation📚Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy📚Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - Ludwig Wittgenstein📚The Art of War - Sun Tzu-TIMESTAMPS-[00:00] Intro[01:38] Drink of the Show[02:40] Vodka, Whiskey & Cold, Dark, Lonely Places[03:49] Edwardian Ball[04:45] Edward Burning Man ‘96[07:13] Telluride[08:55] Stardust[09:50] Edward’s Poetry[13:18] How to Write Kid’s Poetry[14:10] Dr. Seuss[15:35] Stop Thinking[16:13] Inspirations[17:27] Museums[19:27] Edward’s First Jobs[22:43] Silicon Valley Bank[23:57] Greg Becker[26:47] Amazon Marketplace[27:59] Moscow Trip[28:19] Andrew Paulson[29:31] Live Journal[29:38] Brad Fitzpatrick[30:29] Russia Invades Georgia in 2008[31:35] Kite Ventures[33:12] Delivery Hero[37:45] Moving to Bio-Economy[38:12] Knotel[40:09] Became Passionate About Climate[42:28] Synonym[43:06] Asset Classes[44:47] Business Model[49:19] Fermentation Capacity[50:03] Built Capacitor.bio[53:17] Is Government Interested in Getting Involved [58:19] Cool and Weird Things[01:02:13] Bio-Economy/AI/Nuclear Energy[01:06:51] Rapid fire questions [01:06:54] Loved startups and founders[01:08:08] Book recommendations[01:14:43] Final thoughts[01:16:22] END

Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails.In this episode, we’re grabbing a drink with Bessie Schwarz, co-founder and CEO of Floodbase  (Formally known as Cloud to Street)…“Floodbase has pioneered the field of satellite flood tracking, with our science appearing on the cover of Nature in 2021. Our Flood Intelligence Platform has enabled the United Nations and several national governments to improve flood disaster response. We are now powering a new type of flood insurance to help flood-vulnerable communities around the world access financial support and adapt in the face of increasing climate disasters.”📻 Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Audacy and Substack👉We’re grateful to have you with us, fighting the good fight with a cool beverage in hand.⚡️ New to CTC? Sign up here!👉📲 Follow us on Twitter 👉📝  Show Notes Below👇🎧 New podcast episode: “We have realized that there are so many solutions that we have now and it’s a matter of investing in them that is the actual barrier to us adapting to climate change. Meaning, meeting the need with the money required at the time.” - Bessie Schwarz, founder and CEO of Floodbase. Find Bessie on LinkedIn, and check out Floodbase’s website here. 🍺 What we drank during the episode: Calidad Beer (Matt) and Threes Brewing Beer 🍺(Bessie).Enjoy the show!📻 Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Audacy and Substack👉Interested in sponsoring? Please reach out to m@climatetechcocktails.comCompanies/Startups mentioned during the show:🌊Floodbase🌊Yale University🌊Threes Brewing 🌊Calidad Beer🌊African Risk Capacity🌊Near Space Labs🌊Raincoat🌊AclimaPeople/places/things mentioned during the show:🧠Dr. Beth Tellman🧠Adaptation🧠Atmospheric Rivers🧠Parametric Insurance🧠Mexico City🧠FEMA🧠COP 27🧠Barbados🧠Bridgetown Initiative 🧠Minister Mia Mottley🧠The World Bank🧠Nigeria Floods🧠Marty Schneider🧠Rema Matevosyan📚The Ministry for the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson📚Gilead - Marilynne Robinson📚Walking with the Wind - John Lewis -TIMESTAMPS-[00:00] Intro[01:38] Drink of the Show[03:20] Bessie going to Mexico[05:03] Where is Bessie from[05:45] Hawt dawg not a hawt dawg[06:16] Time at Yale[07:15] Met co-founder (Dr. Beth Tellman)[07:57] Working on adaptation[10:07] 2 things to shift society[11:31] Investments in adaptation[13:03] Adaptation is hopeful[15:05] Invest in what we have[16:25] Experience working in developing countries[18:12] Original funding[20:23] What was learned from early work[23:40] Parametric insurance[26:02] African risk capacity[27:36] What happens when prices increase[32:20] Understanding flood insurance[35:31] Barbados and Mia Mottley[38:24] Understanding the loans[42:52] What happened in Nigeria[45:07] Source of Bessie’s drive[49:07] Marty Schneider and Bessie’s mom [54:28] 5 to 10 year vision[58:25] Financial impact[01:03:03] Rapid fire questions [01:04:19] Book recommendations[01:07:15] Loved startups and founders[01:09:35] Final thoughts[01:11:32] END 

Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails.In this episode, we’re grabbing a drink with Allison Wolff, co-founder and CEO of Vibrant Planet.“Vibrant Planet harnesses data-driven science and cloud-based technology to help make communities and ecosystems more resilient in the face of climate change. Our goal is to help planners, and policymakers save lives, avoid trillions of dollars in infrastructure loss, and restore the ability of natural systems to store carbon, deliver clean water, and support biodiversity, local economies, and recreational habits.”📻 Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Audacy and Substack👉We’re grateful to have you with us, fighting the good fight with a cool beverage in hand.⚡️ New to CTC? Sign up here!👉📲 Follow us on Twitter 👉📝  Show Notes Below👇🎧 New podcast episode: “We play out the Lorax, right? We literally cut every tree in North America; we deforest it like we’re deforesting the Amazon right now to build towns and railroads and mines.” Allison Wolff, founder, and CEO of Vibrant Planet. Find Allison on LinkedIn, and check out Vibrant Planet’s website here. 🥃 What we drank during the episode: Tequila hot toddy (Matt) and tequila hot toddy ☕(Allison).Enjoy the show!📻 Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Audacy and Substack👉Interested in sponsoring? Please reach out to m@climatetechcocktails.comCompanies/Startups mentioned during the show:🌲Vibrant Planet🌲Casamigos🌲George Clooney🌲Netflix🌲MTV - TRL (Total Request Live)🌲Blockbuster🌲Hollywood Video🌲Amazon Web Services🌲SYPartners🌲McKinsey & Company🌲eBay🌲Google Green🌲Facebook🌲Open Compute🌲Formerly known as Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance🌲The Nature Conservancy🌲Funga🌲Dendra  People/places/things mentioned during the show:🧠CDs/DVDs 💿🧠Carson Daly🧠Reed Hastings🧠Neil Hunt🧠Alexia Kelly🧠Netflix Net-Zero + Nature🧠Keith Yamashita🧠Bill McDonough🧠Cradle to Cradle🧠Anthony Ravitz🧠Bill Weil🧠Bob Inglis🧠Katherine HeyHoe🧠Paul Hawken - Drawdown🧠Amanda Ravenhill🧠Truckee Tahoe🧠Senator Feinstein🧠California Fires🧠California Forest Observatory🧠Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation🧠Salo Sciences🧠Gretchen Daily🧠Planet🧠Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station🧠Native Americans Forest Management🧠COP 15🧠The Dixie Fire🧠The Bureau of Land Management🧠Julia Butterfly Hill📚Cradle to Cradle - William McDonough📚The Weather Makers - Tim Flannery📚Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer📚The Sixth Extinction - Elizabeth Kolbert -TIMESTAMPS-[00:00] Intro[02:10] Drink of the Show[05:02] Allison’s time at Netflix[09:00] “Green” the global supply chain[11:45] SYPartners[13:51] Allison going on her own and takes on eBay[15:34] Google Green[18:30] What Worked[19:40] Bob Inglis - progressives and conservatives on science[21:15] Katherine Hey Hoe (Faith and Science)[23:43] Allison’s upbringing and love of nature[25:21] Paul Hawken and Drawdown[27:41] Matt’s introduction to Drawdown[28:36] Trail Running, bears, and mountain lions[31:10] Truckee Tahoe [32:43] Allison process, forming Vibrant Planet[34:55] California Forest Observatory[40:54] What can we do to protect forests[42:24] Native Americans and forest management[45:20] The value of ecosystem services[46:18] What it takes to restore forests [49:19] The Dixie Fire[51:55] Collaborations to deal with fires[55:44] Clarifying the use of Allison’s tool[59:00] Matt gets controversial [01:02:44] Co2 of California wildfires[01:05:37] How to unlock billions of dollars[01:08:55] The insurance play to invest in forest resilience[01:10:00] Having a teenage daughter and running a startup[01:12:14] Book recommendations[01:14:47] Loved startups and founders[01:16:33] Final Thoughts[01:18:47] END

🌊🍤 Shrimp, Stem Cells, Star Trek 🚀 Orange Juice 🍊 and more!  In this episode, we’re grabbing a drink with Sandhya Sriram, co-founder and CEO of ShiokMeats. Shiok Meats is the world’s first cultivated crustacean meat company, and Southeast Asia’s firstcultivated seafood company.  “Shiok” is a local slang that means fantastic, delicious, and simply,pleasure. Their mission is to bring delicious, sustainable, and healthy seafood to your table,using our technology to grow meat from healthy cells instead of animals. 📻 Listen to the episode onSpotify,Apple Podcasts,Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Audacy and Substack👉We’re grateful to have you with us, fighting the good fight with a cool beverage in hand.⚡️ New to CTC? Sign up here!👉📲 Follow us on Twitter 👉📝Show Notes Below👇🎧 New podcast episode:  “I always questioned, “why do people eat meat?”...And then, I came to the conclusion that I shouldn’t answer the why, I should just answer, how do we do this?” Sandhya Sriram, co-founder and CEO of Shiok Meats. Find Sandhya on LinkedIn, and check out Shiok Meat’s website here. 🥃 What we drank during the episode: Decoy, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa (Matt) and Orange Juice 🍊(Sandhya).Enjoy the show!Interested in sponsoring? Please reach out to m@climatetechcocktails.comCompanies/Startups mentioned during the show: 🦐Shiok Meats 🦐Decoy Wines 🦐BevMo Liquor Stores 🦐Innovate 360 🦐Ants Innovate 🦐Avant Meats 🦐Wild Earth 🦐Phyx44 🦐Kind Earth Tech People/places/things mentioned during the show: 🧠Napa Valley 🧠Chennai, India 🧠Marina Beach 🧠Gujarat, India 🧠Abu Dhabi 🧠Dubai 🧠Kuwait 🧠Singapore 🧠Bollywood 🧠Karan Johor 🧠Aamir Khan 🧠Koffee With Karan 🧠Mark Post 🧠St. John’s Island 🧠Ryan Bethencourt 🧠Hong Kong 🧠Ira Van Eelen 🧠Willem Van Eelen 📚Ikigai - Book (Francesc Miralles & Hector Garcia) 📚First 90 Days - Book (Michael D. Watkins) 📚Zero to One - Book (Blake Masters & Peter Thiel)  -TIMESTAMPS-[00:00] Intro[01:20] Drink of the Show[03:30] About Sandhya’s upbringing[06:25] Indian Movies[08:01] Sandhya’s Entrepreneurial Drive[09:37] When she met her husband[10:40] School studies and experience[12:35] Stem cells for aging and other applications[14:56] Stem Cell 101 - What is a stem cell[16:19] Cloning vs. Stem Cells[17:21] Mid-life crisis - PHD to starting a business[22:03] About Shiok Meats[22:55] Seafood and the Asian diet[23:49] Seafood supply and demand[26:15] Farmed vs. Wild - What to look out for when buying seafood[27:24] Carbon footprint of shrimp[29:02] Price volatility of shrimp and crustaceans[30:22] What are we feeding shrimp and crustaceans[31:06] Inspiration to start Shiok Meats and being vegetarian[34:46] Deciding which meat to produce[36:06] First time extracting shrimp stem cells[37:36] St. John’s Island[41:27] Singapore expanding in food biotech[43:09] Other food biotech companies[43:56] Fundraising series A during Covid[45:12] When will the product be available and Singapore’s 30/30 plan[48:42] Singapore leading the way in cultivated meat regulations[50:04] Shiok Meat’s special sauce[51:19] The products and distribution[53:00] Market comparison to electric vehicles and scaling up[53:55] Matt wants his own bioreactor[54:54] Sandhya’s being an angel investor[55:57] Loved startups and founders[58:20] Book recommendations[01:00:12] Final Thoughts[01:02:49] END