Climate Takes
Climate Takes
Podcast Description
Climate Takes is Carbon13's podcast where we ask climate entrepreneurs, innovators and funders for their takes on their industry and climate challenges, while also asking what it takes to solve the climate emergency. Carbon13 is the Venture Builder for the climate emergency. Based in Cambridge, London and Berlin, we support and invest in entrepreneurs tackling challenges to Earth's Vital Systems.Since 2021, we have worked with over 1000 entrepreneurs, invested in over 70 startups which collectively have a decarbonisation potential of 500 million tonnes per year by 2040.Climate Takes is our chance to invite special guests from this community, and share the learnings, insights and determination needed to scale climate solutions.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on various themes related to climate technology, investment trends, and green innovations, including episodes such as the impact of AI in climatetech, the role of ammonia in sustainability, and the importance of ocean-based technology for carbon capture. Specific episodes have explored topics like the financial backing of climatetech ventures, the annual investment landscape, and innovative materials aimed at reducing carbon emissions.
Climate Takes is Carbon13’s podcast where we ask climate entrepreneurs, innovators and funders for their takes on their industry and climate challenges, while also asking what it takes to solve the climate emergency.
Carbon13 is the Venture Builder for the climate emergency. Based in Cambridge, London and Berlin, we support and invest in entrepreneurs tackling challenges to Earth’s Vital Systems.
Since 2021, we have worked with over 1000 entrepreneurs, invested in over 70 startups which collectively have a decarbonisation potential of 500 million tonnes per year by 2040.
Climate Takes is our chance to invite special guests from this community, and share the learnings, insights and determination needed to scale climate solutions.
Welcome to Carbon13’s podcast “Climate Takes” where we ask special guests for their “takes” on their industry and climate challenge, as well as setting a call to action, asking what will it take to solve the climate emergency?
In this episode, we’re getting the investor’s view of deeptech, how they evaluate deeptech startups, conduct due diligence, and view the endgame for exits.
Deeptech broadly refers to cutting edge solutions in engineering or science. Almost all the megatrends in 2025 involve deeptech: AI, robotics, industrialisation, energy security, dual use and biotech – and that applies to climate too.
In Carbon13’s own portfolio, deeptech includes MatNex, building the world’s largest supercomputer for materials science, or Nium, using nanotechnology to replace the Haber-Bosch process.
And that’s a big change from the SaaS and app years – so it’s vital that the investors working on early stage deeptech actually have the knowledge to make the right bets – and that’s why we’re talking to Dr Charlotte Kirk: PhD chemist turned industrialist innovator turned climate VC, with ultra endurance sports and armed forces experience to boot. She takes us through her journey, and what she prizes in deeptech startups – and it’s far more than just the technology.
Subscribe to Climate Takes to find more content on founding and investing in climatetech, with Takes on green chemicals, innovative materials, AI, and hard won lessons in climate entrepreneurship.
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