Navigate Podcast

Our second Navigate podcast of 2020 focuses on the future of renewable energy, highlighting the technological advancements, innovation opportunities, and policy changes necessary to help catalyze renewable energy growth and transform our energy sources. This exclusive podcast will help you understand the ever-changing cleantech ecosystem and help you and your organization navigate the upcoming decade. Our expert panelists provide an insider perspective for startups on market opportunities, areas of growth, partnership, and funding strategies.

This exclusive podcast illuminates a variety of funder and investor perspectives to help you and your startup navigate the funding process. Learn about Seed vs. Series A funding and how to approach and pitch potential funders and investors. Moderated by Jon Powers of CleanCapital, this webinar features speakers from Launch NY, Prime Impact Fund, and LineVision.

As we work towards a clean energy future, it’s up to us to actively ensure that BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and other under-represented groups are treated equitably in the clean energy economy and share in its rewards. This podcast addresses the energy future from a critical lens. Learn about how you can drive change in your company and community and prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion values.

This podcast addresses how utilities are pivoting from a traditionally conservative mindset to a forward-thinking and hands-on approach. Featuring speakers Raghu Madabushi, Director of National Grid Partners, and Kristina Lund, President of AES US Utilities, this discussion focuses on the utility sector and how it is reinventing itself, as well as the fascinating technologies these companies have been investing in, the trends they see coming, and how you can be part of the innovation to come in this sector. 

Investing in early-stage startups is challenging in any sector, especially in cleantech, but the ecosystem is changing. In this webinar moderated by Connell McGill, Enertiv CEO (an entrepreneur himself), we will hear from Congruent Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, and NYSERDA about changes in the cleantech investment space and how to get noticed.  

Discover what investors and corporates are looking for in a startup and how to match their interests. In this webinar moderated by Daniel Hullah of GE Ventures, we will hear from Walmart and Greenbacker Labs about their investment and partnership strategies, followed by examples of follow on investments and exits and a case study presented by Colin Gounden of the startup, VIA.   

Climate change is a reality with a baffling impact worldwide. Explore the latest technological solutions to combat climate change. In this webinar, moderated by Geoff Chapin from Phoenix Revolution, we will hear from Will Dickson of General Motors, Ben Myers of Boston Properties, and Bala Nagarajan of Equinor Ventures.   

Strategic partnerships are often an integral component of corporate and startup business plans. During this webinar, moderated by the startup Raptor Maps, our panel will answer questions related to strategic partnerships and discuss the Enel and eMotorWerks case study, including how a global corporate founded in 1962 has been reinventing itself and providing solutions to 21st century challenges through strategic partnerships with early-stage startups.