Bill Yost is Co-founder and CEO at Reclinker (formerly Cambridge Electric Cement). For more than 25 years, Bill has supported early-stage companies spanning hydrogen generation, water treatment, thermal storage and the recycling of carbon fibre, to bring climate solutions to market.

For series nine of the Climate Pioneers Show, we're hearing founder and senior leader stories from across climate tech. We'll be chatting about the highs, the lows, fundraising, commercialising, scaling, building teams and more.

1:51 - How Reclinker was founded

5:24 - The scale of the problem Reclinker is solving and what the solution is

10:24 - The economic benefit and diversification on offer to steel producers by working with Reclinker

12:51 - Where does Reclinker get its materials?

14:53 - How competitive is the market for the waste materials?

17:02 - Which markets are Reclinker looking to expand into and where are other furnaces available?

19:51 - How was the seed fundraising process last year?

22:10 - What main expectations did you see from investors?

25:16 - How has the team at Reclinker evolved - what has gone well or not so well?

27:54 - How did you define Reclinker’s culture and values?

31:22 - What are you proud of in the last year?

32:57 - Reclinker’s plans and challenges for the next year?

36:07 - What would be the biggest help in driving things forward?

39:20 - Advice for other climate founders

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