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🔋Batteries, ⛓️ Supply Chain Innovation, 🌍 Energy Transition, 🤺 Olympic Fencing, and More⚡Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of <a href="https://www.climatetechcocktails.com/">Climate Tech Cocktails</a>! Get ready for some shrewd global insights with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivaskumar/">Vivas Kumar</a>, CEO of <a href="https://www.mitrachem.com/">Mitra Chem</a>, here today! Swapping cocktails for hydrogen water, Vivas shares his journey from Singapore & Tesla's supply chain to innovating iron-based cathodes. He and Matt cover Li-ion battery history (Korean War to Walkman!), the intense truth of entrepreneurship (what Stanford doesn't teach!), US funding's role, as well as fencing & travel tales from Tbilisi to South Africa. Drink up and enjoy this deep dive into tech, markets & climate drive!

Climate Tech Cocktails

Mitra Chem: Vivas Kumar

🌱Alternative Proteins, 🌱Fungi Powered Nutrition,⚡️Infrastructure, and 💥MoreFellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of <a href="https://www.climatetechcocktails.com/">Climate Tech Cocktails</a>! Celebrating the poetic irony of sustainable protein rising from the ashes of Chicago's meatpacking past, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-jonas-569407/">Thomas Jonas</a>, CEO and Co-founder of <a href="https://www.naturesfynd.com/">Nature's Fynd</a>, joins Matt for today’s stop on the "Here We Are" tour. Together, they unveil the magic of fungi-powered nutrition cultivated from a resilient Yellowstone microbe, and how it can revolutionize our plates and heal the planet. So buckle up for a thoroughly enlightening journey into the future of food, where microbes are the unsung heroes of a sustainable tomorrow!

Nature's Fynd: Thomas Jonas

🚲 E-Bikes, 🏭 Manufacturing, ♻️ Circular Economy, 📍Detroit, and  MoreFellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of <a href="https://www.climatetechcocktails.com/">Climate Tech Cocktails</a>! Coffee, E-bikes, the resurgence of American Manufacturing in Detroit, and a deep dive into the circular economy are all on the menu today as <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinkosmides/">Justin Kosmides</a>, co-founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.togetherwebloom.us/">Bloom</a> joins Matt for a chat. A trailblazer in the electric mobility space, <a href="https://www.togetherwebloom.us/">Bloom</a> is building an operations-as-a-service platform to help e-mobility companies scale production and operate efficiently. Coming at you straight from <a href="https://www.newlab.com/blogs/newlab-announces-launch-of-new-founder-fellowship-in-detroit-for-climate-tech-founders">Newlab Detroit</a>, this is one electric ride!

Bloom: Justin Kosmides

🪩Disco,⚡️Energy Efficiency, 🚗EV Grid, 🎤Karaoke, and 💡MoreFellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of <a href="https://www.climatetechcocktails.com/">Climate Tech Cocktails</a>!Climate Tech Cocktails is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. It’s all 🍸<a href="https://www.bombaysapphire.com/">Bombay Sapphire</a>,🍸<a href="https://citadellegin.com/en/">Citadelle Gin</a>, disco-balled cocktail shakers and Karaoke with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/apoorv-bhargava/">Apoorv Bhargava</a>, co-founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.weavegrid.com/">WeaveGrid</a>. A trailblazer in electrifying the future of EV grid integration, <a href="https://www.weavegrid.com/">WeaveGrid</a> is connecting automakers, utilities and drivers to tackle the challenges to and boost EV adoption across the industry. Featuring a stirring performance from Apoorv, this is one episode you’ll want to sit back, take a sip, and maybe even sing along to!

Matt Myers

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