#132 The Role of Science in VC, Successfully Building in Hardware, and Calculating Decarbonization w/ Iris Ten Have (Extantia)
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* Learn about what a Head of Science does in VC
* Hear how this hardware-focused investor evaluates hardware investments
* Find out what VC can learn from science
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#120 - Serial Entrepreneur Fundraising, the IRA & Home Electrification, IRA-Dependent Business Models, & More w/ Jeff Chapin (Haven Energy)
Show Notes:
In this episode, Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) & Somil Aggarwal (@somil_agg) speak with Jeff Chapin, the Co-Founder of Haven Energy. We heard how he raised the funding for Haven with 2 pitches. He taught us how the IRA aids home electrification. His thoughts on building IRA-dependent busi…
#104 From Restaurants to ClimateTech: Building a Carbon Capture Concrete Company w/ Tim Sperry (Carbon Limit)
What happens when a successful restaurateur decides to tackle climate change? Tim Sperry, CEO and founder of Carbon Limit, joins us to share his incredible journey from the restaurant business to creating a carbon capture technology company. With a mix of passion and business acumen, Tim offers val…
Extracting Precious Metals from Catalytic Converters to Solve Climate Change w/ Greg Pendura (Regenx)
In this episode, Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) speaks with the CEO of publicly traded, Regenx, Greg Pendura. Regenx is a metals recycling company recovering precious metals from catalytic converters and selling it on the market or providing the service directly to OEMs.
Greg explains the problem the…
Capturing Methane to Power Data Centers in Remote Areas w/ Andreas Lehner (PowerBlocks)
In this episode Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) speaks with Andreas Lehner (@lehner_a) about what he's doing with his new company PowerBlocks to capture methane that is just being flared, using that energy to power data centers or bitcoin mining, how he got interested in Climate, how to build an MVP wi…
Real Conversations about the Challenges, Insecurities, and Joys of Building a ClimateTech Startup w/ Alina Liu (Disco)
Today we had a really fun, but also impactful, and very transparent conversation, one that is slightly different than a lot of the guests we've had on. Someone who is a lot earlier in her journey of building her company.
I wanted to have her on as an opportunity to showcase the life of someone dee…
Food Waste to Energy; A new Vertical of Infrastructure w/ Ryan Begin (Divert)
Today we are joined by Ryan Begin. One of the founding members of Divert.
Divert is building food waste to energy plants that have achieved the scale to become profitable, scalable, and impactful in combating climate change.
This is a truly inspiring story as it took them about 13 years to get to…
214. Startup Lessons from a Founder Who Discovered a Billion-Dollar Idea in Bolivia
Teague Egan faced every founder’s nightmare: payroll was due, and a massive investment deal with General Motors was stalled. With his back against the wall, Teague sold his house for $2 million and wired the cash to his company just to stay alive. That "all-in" gamble paid off, securing the partner…
Lithium's Epic Comeback in 2026 - 'Huge Increase' in Demand as Price Soars: Teague Egan
Teague Egan, CEO of EnergyX, believes that the lithium market is firmly on the comeback trail, as prices start to rise and demand experiences a massive increase, largely driven by battery energy storage systems used to power AI data centers, along with continuing EV adoption. Teague breaks down the…
Fastmarkets Lithium DLE Panel 2026: From Promise To Production
Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) is moving from promise to production. In this Fastmarkets panel, Howard Klein moderates a discussion with Fabien Burdet, Francis Wedin, Teague Egan, Samuel Moore, Joseph Mills, and Jeremy Humphers on DLE commercialization, lithium project finance, brine resources, ge…
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