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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 in Austin features a ton of great content about the startup ecosystem in Central Texas and occasionally beyond.

In that week’s episode we had a wide-ranging discussion on everything from climate tech investing, our overall thesis at Ecliptic Capital (we invest in MedTech/Life Sciences and Cybersecurity/Identity as well), to my individual journey finding this role and changing careers.

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Some Episode Highlights

• Ecliptic Capital champions climate tech by prioritizing investments in adaptation, building and electrification, and then climate-friendly materials, aiming for long-term impact on climate issues and sustainable innovation.
• I start to outline a triad for university tech transfer success: forging ties with venture capital, aligning mutual goals, and employing discerning professionals to sift groundbreaking technology from incremental improvements.
• The episode tackles the intricate regulatory landscape in climate tech, spotlighting the prolonged time to market and evolving environmental regulations as challenges.
• I emphasize Austin’s potential to transcend its software and SaaS prowess and emerge as a stronghold for climate technology and material science innovation.
• What’s next for Ecliptic Capital? “I think what’s next for Ecliptic Capital is continuing a laser focus on really working with our founders, the people we’ve deployed capital to you. So I think we’re continuing to do that. I think in fall of this year, we’ll start talking about fund two and raising for fund two with very similar thesis.”
• What’s next Austin? “I hope people are thinking about climate. And the climate crisis is one of the fundamental biggest problems of this generation and the next generation. They quit that big tech job to go work on climate and I hope I see a lot more of that in Austin. It would make me very, very happy and our kids and our grandkids very happy that that’s the problem you chose to work on.”

Go take a listen and let me know what you think in the comments below.

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