He has been involved in over 70 start-ups to date, has built several companies from zero to successful exit, including a listing on the NYSE
We’re receiving Christian on the show for his active involvement in the Climate Tech scene as both an entrepreneur and business angel
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ABOUT THE GUEST:
Christian Vollmann is the Founder and CEO at C1 / Circular Carbon Chemistry, a Berlin-based startup developing climate-friendly chemicals, for example Green methanol.
He has been involved in over 70 start-ups to date, has built several companies from zero to successful exit, including a listing on the NYSE
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SHOW NOTES:
– From contributor to climate change to being part of the solution (0:57)
– How many startups have you founded and invested in? (2:14)
– How is methanol produced today? (3:26)
– What was preventing the production of green methanol before? (5:49)
– What are the economic prospects of C1 nowadays? (7:50)
– On reducing the ‘green premium’ on sustainable chemicals (8:27)
– Who are your customers today? (10:27)
– What is the most challenging bottleneck of a green chemistry startup? (13:20)
– Grabbing lots of capital early on or bootstrapping the first 2 years? (15:47)
– Does your path to scalability require bigger and bigger rounds? (17:12)
– How can we encourage successful founders to invest back into the startup ecosystem? (19:43)
– Tips and tricks to setting up an angel back office (21:52)
– What investment has brought you the most satisfaction? (23:11)
– What has been your strategy in angel investing? (24:24)
– What is your advice for people looking to start in ClimateTech? (25:33)
– Rapid fire round (27:19)
– Fall in love with the problem or the founding team? (31:39)
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ABOUT THE HOST:
Yoann Berno https://www.linkedin.com/in/yberno/ After a career spent building and investing in top tech startups, Yoann is now founding member and General Partner at Climentum Capital focused on investing in game changing technological solutions to our worsening climate crisis.
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