In today’s episode, we sat down with Mario Fernandez from Breakthrough Energy, the Bill Gates-backed firm driving investment in innovation in the race to net zero.
Mario leads Breakthrough Energy's Catalyst program, which has over $1 billion dollars to invest in demonstration and first-of-a-kind commercial scale projects.
Listen to learn more about:
What Breakthrough Energy is and how they invest in the climate transition.
Why Catalyst is laser-focused on projects that can prove and de-risk climate technologies at scale to unlock trillion-dollar markets.
Advice for entrepreneurs raising capital on technology de-risking, team and skills.
Key challenges in developing and scaling climate tech.
Which skills and experiences are crucial for a successful career in climate tech.