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The De-Carbonization Of The Economy

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

My partner Albert told me that when you factor in the financing costs of this swap, the average home in the Northeast United States could save $1000 to $2000 a year by doing this swap. In another twenty years this chart will have a huge amount of green and almost no red in it.

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Terabase’s $130M Series C Funding Supports Transforming Utility-Scale Solar Construction

American Entrepreneurship

The surge in energy demand, driven largely by AI data centers, is spurring Terabases innovative approach to digitalizing and automating solar power plant deployment supported by recent funding. Kentaro Matsui, Managing Partner at SoftBank Global Advisers, emphasized the importance of Terabases innovation in meeting growing energy demands.

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Clean energy firm Husk signs UN energy compact as it begins solar mini-grid expansion in Nigeria, rest of Africa

TechCrunch

Husk Power Systems , a clean energy company that has been at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008, is planning to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years. “We welcome the Energy Compact commitments made by Husk Power and appreciate their leadership. Image Credits: Husk Power Systems.

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SunFi aims to be the fastest way for Nigerians to find, finance and manage solar

TechCrunch

SunFi , the Nigerian clean tech startup that connects people and businesses who want solar energy access to payment plans that match their needs, has raised $2.325 million in seed funding. SunFi isn’t Thomas’ first rodeo at the helm of an energy startup. And that’s what Rotimi’s previous upstart did. Think about it.

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How Great, Operationally-Focused CFO’s Can Transform Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

I love the enthusiasm, the boundless energy and the sense of possibility that comes from having an idea that hasn’t yet been beat up in the marketplace of competing ideas, customer contracts, VC skepticism, jaded journalists or fickle consumers who are on the The New, New Thing. You can focus your energy on what you’re good at.

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Home energy assessment startup Enter raises €19.4M Series A to expand in Germany and beyond

TechCrunch

Most were built for an era when the knowledge about energy consumption just wasn’t available in the way it is today. With energy becoming more expensive, and energy security ratcheting-up as a geopolitical issue, tech startups looking at this problem have been proliferating. million Series A financing round.

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What Happened In 2020

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

We are seeing structural declines in the importance of massive sectors like carbon based energy, commercial real estate, retail, and more. 2/ Electric vehicles/batteries/software gain when fewer and fewer consumers are buying gasoline from the carbon energy sector. And they finance the trend that they are directionally correct about.