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Nextracker's IPO
A good sign of what's possible for enduring businesses in cleantech
Kevin Stevens
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Edge
edge (n): a quality or factor that gives superiority over close rivals or competitors.
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Unreasonable Hospitality
Once in a while, we all read a book that we know will have an impact on the way we think for a long time or maybe forever. Unreasonable Hospitality has been one of those books for me. Thanks for reading Sustainable Returns! Subscribe for free to receive new posts.
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AI, Climatetech, and the Signal of Microsoft's OpenAI Investment
I know what you’re thinking, and yes I’ve read a lot of the ChatGPT content out there too. Then I decided to myself…yes, the world needs another AI blog post. But, the fact is AI will have a big impact on technology over the next decade and
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Confidence Counts...
why climate software companies should have confidence in an uncertain market
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Sitetracker Expands!
Team announces creation of Corporate Development and Strategy Unit
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ServiceMax Acquired by PTC
Transaction highlights important lesson for software startups focused on industrials and energy
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SaaS Metrics Don't Work in Climate Software
Last week, the Energize team announced a new series entitled “10 Ways to Win in Climate Software". We kicked off the series this week with #10: When SaaS Metrics Fail in Climate Tech which takes a look at how traditional SaaS metrics are often misleading when applied to climate-focused
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M&A is Down, but Not Out.
It's all about product-buyer fit.
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Energize Ventures Leads Sitetracker's $66M Series D
The investment will accelerate Sitetracker's will help the company support the rapid energy transition while cementing their standing as the telecom industry’s deployment software of choice.
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Takeaways from the Global Clean Energy Action Forum
Last week, I spoke at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh. The topic of my panel was the intersection of private and public funding for decarbonizing heavy-emitting industries like energy, steel production, cement, and other manufacturing processes. While failures like Solyndra receive the lion’s share of the
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When in doubt, spin out
The energy transition promises to be an opportunity for businesses to create generational returns. Thanks for reading Sustainable Returns! Subscribe for free to receive new posts: That opportunity isn’t exclusive to startups or private businesses - big business wants in on the action too. In just the last 12