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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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The Renaissance of American Manufacturing
The energy transition comes to blue-collar labor in a big way
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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
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Private Equity's New Venture Debt Strategy
The IPO market is on track for its worst year in two decades. The largest venture capital firms are now in a perpetual state of fundraising. The mega multi-strategy firms are recording record inbound cash flows and looking for new places to invest record returns. Put these trends together and
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What can Adam Neumann teach us about climate tech?
One of the most important lessons for new climate tech investors and a trap we’re all capable of falling for
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A Big Win for American Consumers and Manufacturing
The Inflation Reduction Act Delivers Savings for Consumers and Keeps American Manufacturing Strong