Electrified — Insights from the Energy Transition
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Welcome to the Electrified podcast, where each Tuesday we talk about the electrification of industry and moving toward a more decarbonized, resilient energy ecosystem. As former startup operators in this industry and now venture capital investors, our mission is to leverage that business experience in conversations with leading thinkers across technology, policy and media to tease out insights that help accelerate the energy transition.
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#12 Sue Yang: Alternative Capital and Risk
December 16, 2020 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBToday's guest is Sue Yang. Sue is a Vice President at Orion Energy Partners - one of the largest debt funds in energy. Prior to joining Orion, Sue worked at Macquarie Infrastructure where she was involved in the firm’s power and transportation investment practice, and at McKinsey where she worked in the Middle East on infrastructure projects. Our conversation with Sue was a wide-ranging one. We discussed alternative capital structures for companies in the energy transition, the most overhy...
#11 Leo Polovets: Venturing in the Unknown
December 02, 2020 13:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week's guest is Leo Polovets. Leo is a co-founder and General Partner at Susa Ventures, where he focuses on enterprise software; developer tools and technical products; and logistics and supply chain. Leo led Susa's investments in Outlier, Pex, Scalyr, and Stedi. Having been a software engineer for 10+ years, Leo approaches challenges with an engineering mindset and supports portfolio companies in vetting and hiring technical talent. Prior to Susa, Leo was the second engineering hi...
#10 Russel Frisby: Modern Regulation for a Modern Grid
November 23, 2020 12:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBOur guest today is Russell Frisby. Russell is a Partner at Stinson, a premier law firm in energy and Intelis Capital advisor. Russell's career is fascinating, to say the least. Previously, he served as chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission and as a board member at Pepco when it was acquired by Exelon for $6B in 2016. In addition to his energy expertise, Russell was responsible for the regulatory work surrounding Uber's entry into Maryland and has represented cases before the US S...
Patricia Schouker: Stone Age Cybersecurity [Electrified Ep. 9]
November 16, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBOur guest today is Patricia Schouker. Patricia leads business development for King and Union, a cybersecurity firm focused on the energy sector. She's also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Science Diplomacy Center at Tufts University, and was recently selected as one of the top 40 most influential individuals in the energy sector by Right Relevance. In this conversation, we cover the cross-section of energy as it r...
Shayle Kann - Believe the Hype [Electrified Ep. 8]
November 02, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBOur guest today is Shayle Kann, Managing Director at Energy Impact Partners. He is also a member of the NYSERDA Investor Advisory Board and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy. Previously, Shayle built and ran GTM Research, the market intelligence arm of Greentech Media, where he led a 30-person team tracking and forecasting the evolution of the electricity sector For more content on climate change and the energy transition subscribe to the Elec...
Tom Matzzie - CAC: Centering Around Customers [Electrified Ep. 7]
October 20, 2020 21:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBOur guest today is Tom Matzzie, founder and CEO of Cleanchoice Energy, the largest 100% renewable retail energy provider in the US. Prior to launching Cleanchoice, Tom was a senior Democratic strategist focusing on technology and media. This conversation with Tom focuses heavily on customer acquisition, retention, and engagement - 3 traditionally difficult aspects of consumer energy. If you are a startup focused on B2C energy, you can't miss this episode. For more content on climate cha...
Emily Kirsch - Prince and the Cleantech Revolution [Electrified Ep.6]
October 13, 2020 13:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBOur guest today is Emily Kirsch founder and CEO of Powerhouse and Managing Partner of Powerhouse Ventures. Emily is a well-respected leader in energy, serving on the investment advisory board for NYSERDA, and in 2019 she was selected as a World Economic Forum global leader, we've had the pleasure of knowing Emily and her team for some time now and her co-investors in two companies Amperon and Ensemble Energy. This was a great conversation, covering topics including the history of cleante...
Matthew Nordan - Creating Value with Values [Electrified Ep.5]
October 05, 2020 22:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBMatthew Nordan is co-founder and Managing Director of Prime Impact Fund. He co-founded Prime Coalition, Prime Impact Fund’s 501(c)(3) parent organization, and serves on its board of directors. Matthew launched Prime Impact Fund after serving as co-founder and Managing Partner at MNL Partners, a developer of energy and environmental projects in China. He learned venture capital at Venrock, one of the world’s oldest and most successful VC firms, where he and colleagues drove the firm’s inv...
Alex Trembath - Are Climate Hawks Extinct? [Electrified - Ep. 4]
September 28, 2020 22:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBAlex Trembath is the Deputy Director at Breakthrough, a global research center that identifies and promotes technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges. He is the lead or co-author of several Breakthrough publications, including Coal Killer, Beyond Boom and Bust, and Our High-Energy Planet. His work has been featured in the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and Time Magazine. ...
Emily Reichert - Getting Dinosaurs to Dance [Electrified - Ep. 3]
September 22, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBOur guest today is Emily Reichert, CEO of Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America. Earlier this year, Greentown Labs announced its expansion to Houston, TX. We talk with Emily about that announcement and the similarities between Boston and Houston. Emily shares her background with us and discusses how her background working with large corporations has shaped Greentown’s role in the climatetech ecosystem. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Emily. F...
Brad Hunstable - What Really Matters? [Electrified - Ep. 2]
September 14, 2020 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBOur guest today is Brad Hunstable, the co-founder and CEO of Linear Labs. Linear Labs develops fully modular electric motors and generators for use cases that include micro-mobility, HVAC systems, and automobiles. Brad is a successful entrepreneur and sold Ustream to IBM for $150M before starting Linear Labs. We first learned of Brad and Linear Labs when Jonathan helped organize the inaugural Venture Dallas event. Since then, Brad has gone on to raise from prominent venture capital firms ...
Julia Pyper - The Importance of Optimism and Nuance in the Energy Transition [Electrified - EP. 1]
September 08, 2020 02:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBWelcome to the inaugural episode of Electrified with Intelis Capital. Our guest this week is Julia Pyper, contributing editor at Greentech Media and co-host of Political Climate, a bi-partisan, climate-focused podcast. We chose Julia as the first guest for Electrified because we admire her work and ability to reach across boundaries in the name of creating awareness for climate change. Her message of nuance and optimism in climate-related public discourse is on full display in this episo...
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August 28, 2020 00:00 - 1 minute - 966 KBWelcome to the Electrified podcast, where we talk about the electrification of industry and moving toward a more decarbonized, resilient energy ecosystem. As former startup operators in this industry and now venture capital investors, our mission is to leverage that business experience in conversations with leading thinkers across technology, policy, and media to tease out insights that help accelerate the energy transition.