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Betting on the Future of Climate Tech | Abhi Desai, Investor @ Desai Ventures
Abhi Desai explains why 2022 climate tech exuberance changed preseed and seed fundraising, and how novel IP affects investor conviction.
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Susan Njihia shows how Hello Tractor scales tractor access across 16 African countries by treating innovation as measurable value growth. Read + Watch →
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The Right Way to Reforest the Planet | Jad Daley, President @ Terraformation
Jad Daley argues Terraformation’s 5,000 hectare Keta Blue mangrove project shows why reforestation must balance carbon, biodiversity, and...
44:00 Jul 31, 2026
The Future of Tire Recycling | Vincent Gori, Dr. Kurosh Darvish & Mehrdad Swizi
Vincent Gori and Temple’s team explain cryogenic tire recycling at minus 160 Celsius, using cold, crushing, and shredding to separate tir...
44:41 Jul 22, 2026
How Nevada Became a CleanTech Hub | Tristan Pollock, Managing Director @ gener8tor
Tristan Pollock explains why Nevada, home to the only active US lithium mine and a Tesla-scale industrial park bigger than Detroit, is qu...
35:14 Jul 15, 2026
Can Heavy Industry Be Decarbonized? | Grant Budge, CEO & Co-Founder @ PeroCycle
Grant Budge says PeroCycle can decarbonize steel with no green premium and no carbon price required, just a one to three year payback.
47:09 Jul 10, 2026
The Future of Water Testing | Vernon LaLone, Founder & CEO @ Wave Lumina
Vernon LaLone spent a decade perfecting Raman spectroscopy on pharma drug accumulation before pointing it at PFAS, the chemical the EPA r...
52:48 Jul 8, 2026
Building a Startup: The Legal Playbook | Kim Klayman, Partner @ Ballard Spahr
Kim Klayman, who chairs Ballard Spahr's national emerging company and venture capital group, explains why founders who skip a $50 LLC fil...
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The Grove is Earth Onward's climate-tech interview podcast. Host Blake Newcomer talks with the founders, investors, and scientists building the energy transition, turning candid conversations into playbooks you can apply, from fundraising to regulation.