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Podcast: Energy Gang
Episode: So You Want to Build a Cleantech Startup?
Description: While venture capitalists swoon over startups devoted to making people click on ads and stare at their phones longer, they’re decidedly less interested in solving more difficult real-world problems -- like transforming the energy sector.
Yes, we’ve been talking about this downward trend for years now. And there are still a number of venture firms actively pursuing opportunities in energy decarbonization and decentralization.
But startups are realizing they can’t rely on venture capitalists like they used to. So where do they turn for support?
This week, we feature a conversation with four execs from incubators around the countr...