David J. Neff – Medium

Pinned

David J. Neff

Embracing Systemic Complexity: The Ecliptic Capital Climate Thesis

In the last two years, I’ve experienced a wide range of emotions when it comes to climate change.

8 min readFeb 21, 2023

--

What DALL*E 2 thinks a Father and Son in a dark winter looks like.

--

David J. Neff

Fellowships in Climate: De-Risking your Climate Tech Startup

(Editors note: This is part two of a two-part series. Part one here.)

7 min readApr 16, 2024

--

Fellowships in Climate: De-Risking your Climate Tech Startup

--

David J. Neff

Fellowships in Climate: Getting a Jump Start on your Journey

by David J. Neff and Mike Argosh

8 min readApr 2, 2024

--

Fellowships in Climate: Getting a Jump Start on your Journey

--

David J. Neff
in
Austin Startups

A quick recap of Breakthrough Energy’s newest Report

I’m a huge believer in setting Objectives and FAST Goals for myself, the places where I work, and even the startups we work with in our…

3 min readNov 30, 2023

--

A quick recap of Breakthrough Energy’s newest Report

--

David J. Neff
in
Austin Startups

Why we Invest in Climate Tech

This post is a simple one. I wanted to take a moment to share what we believe when it comes to the science behind Climate Change and Energy…

1 min readAug 29, 2023

--

1

Why we Invest in Climate Tech

--

1

David J. Neff

Patient Capital Solving Capital P Problems

A couple of weeks ago I was honored to be a guest on the Austin Next Podcast with Michael Scharf. This fantastic up-and-coming Podcast here…

2 min readJul 19, 2023

--

Patient Capital Solving Capital P Problems

--

David J. Neff
in
Austin Startups

How did I break into Venture Capital?

“I don’t want to fill out one more hourly client timesheet. Ever. Or spend weeks traveling back and forth to Rockford, Michigan, in the…

2 min readJan 5, 2023

--

How did I break into Venture Capital?

--

David J. Neff
in
Austin Startups

Putting the Fun in Finance?

Trust me. I get it. The finance industry is not known for many fun things over the past twenty years. That said Venture Capital, which…

4 min readOct 17, 2022

--

Putting the Fun in Finance?

--

David J. Neff
in
Austin Startups

A Brand New Ad-Venture

As many of you know, a job change can be scary or exciting. Amplify that excitement and that sense of fear and you have a career change…

3 min readSep 7, 2022

--

Day One photo inspired by all the students out there. No uniform needed.

--

David J. Neff

The Stay Put Sabbatical

For those of you not familiar (I was not) a sabbatical can come in many forms. My last job offered a Leave of Absence (LOA) where you could…

4 min readAug 8, 2022

--

1

The Stay Put Sabbatical

--

1

David J. Neff

David J. Neff

Climate Change/Energy Transition VC. Let’s get to 1.5. Author ✍️, Mentor, Investor, Husband, Father, Gardner, and 2x startup founder. Board member @MRCAustin

Following

See all (2,429)

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams