26 Jul, 2024 What does GB Energy mean for climate tech? By David Hunt Having a Government that isn't ideologically opposed to renewables is quite refreshing after 14 years. That's an understatement, it's...
24 Jul, 2024 Corporates backing Energy Storage in 2024 By David Beeston A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the increasing presence of Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) investments in early stage startup...
12 Jul, 2024 Is the Climate tech Funding Gap Real? A Headhunter's Perspective By Stephen Robinson In my experience as a cleantech headhunter since 2016, attracting investment and securing funding is the biggest hurdle for start-ups...
22 May, 2024 AI`s own Cannes - Festival and what it means for Europe By Wolfgang Kick Whilst the film industry has its Cannes Film Festival, the tech scene seems to take to Paris for its “Vivatech” festival. Whilst OpenAI...
10 May, 2024 First-of-a-kind (FOAK) financing in Germany - finally a break through with Bill Gates on board? By Wolfgang Kick Decarbonising our economy quite often means investing a lot of money - especially when it comes to capital-intensive infrastructure...
08 May, 2024 How employers can break down generational echo chambers at work By David Hunt We've always been strong advocates of the multiple benefits of a diverse team and workforce. Typically though most people consider, or...
06 May, 2024 Cleantech and AI - the places to be for investors in Germany! By Wolfgang Kick Intuitively, it makes sense that the two hottest investment spaces in 2023 were cleantech and AI companies - now the latest numbers have...
25 Apr, 2024 All aboard Mission Solar! 2024: Solar For Europe By David Hunt 260GW of solar installed in Europe to date. Proud to be responsible for installing a good many MW of this with my previous solar EPC...
19 Apr, 2024 Are Climate tech founders ditching VC for debt finance? By Stephen Robinson Forget venture capital, climate tech founders are seemingly turning to debt to finance their ability to scale - particularly the...
11 Apr, 2024 Is your Climate tech start-up investment worthy? By Stephen Robinson With investment surpassing even fintech and all other sectors, Europe's climate tech sector is booming. The first quarter of 2024 saw...
18 Mar, 2024 Why aren’t VCs funding tech to help us adapt to climate change? By David Hunt I love it when a plan comes together! (anyone else remember watching the A-Team!!) Some time ago I wondered why we in the cleantech...
15 Mar, 2024 Encouraging news By Wolfgang Kick At the moment, watching or reading the news isn`t exactly an experience that leaves you with overly optimistic outlook on the future of...
06 Mar, 2024 Hydrogen made in Germany got another boost By Wolfgang Kick Hydrogen and its role in future clean energy scenarios is a topic that always sparks a debate. What is an undeniable trend is that...
22 Feb, 2024 Battery Recycling. The Numbers Don't Lie! By David Beeston Those in the battery sector will have seen the news that battery recycling scale-up, Ascend Elements, has landed $162M investment to...
09 Feb, 2024 If you wanna be the best, hire the best! By David Beeston Many of my clients come to me for guidance on what package they should be offering for an upcoming leadership hire. I give them my...
01 Feb, 2024 Bits, Pretzel and Bavarian ambitions By Wolfgang Kick Now, don`t get me wrong - I really like a lot about Munich and Bavaria (not the least because I have lived there for a long time and my...