#129 A Decade of Energy Investing, Impact Investment Hurdles, & Launching a 2nd Fund w/ Jason Blumberg (Earth Foundry)

CleanTechies Podcast

Why you should listen:
**How to succeed in building your company from a seasoned ClimateTech and energy investor
**How to successfully expand your thesis and launch a new fund
**Learn the best ClimateTech industries of the future

Show notes:
In this episode, Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) & Somil Aggarwal (@somil_agg) speak with Jason Blumberg from Earth Foundry. Earth Foundry came out of Energy Foundry, who after a successful decade of investing in energy technologies is expanding its scope to other areas of climate tech.

Jason Blumberg is the co-founder and Managing Director of Earth Foundry. As a former consultant and founder in the energy space, he has sat on many boards and has a wide array of knowledge about energy and beyond to share with us.

Enjoy the Episode! 🌎

📺 👀 Prefer to watch: subscribe on YouTube.

📫 Interested in written summaries and takeaways from the episode? Subscribe to the newsletter.

Want to be part of the community and engage further? Check out the Slack Channel. https://tinyurl.com/mwkn8zk5

Links:

• Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonblumberg/
• Earth Foundry: https://www.earthfoundry.com
• Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/
• Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-techies/
• HMU on Twitter: (@silasmahner) & (@somil_agg)

Other episodes you might enjoy:

• Most Recent Episode: #128 Branding & Marketing Your ClimateTech Startup w/ Anna Konstantinova (AnnaKo.Co)
• Similar Topic: #116 Consultive VC, Understanding Customers (as a VC), Developing Industry Networks for Your PortCos, & More w/ Rick Zullo (Equal Ventures)
• Something Totally Different: #120 Serial Entrepreneur Fundraising, the IRA & Home Electrification, IRA-Dependent Business Models, & More w/ Jeff Chapin (Haven Energy)

Support the Show.

Chapters

1. Intro + career (00:01:21)

2. How Energy Foundry became Earth Foundry (00:02:25)

3. Changing thesis (00:06:32)

4. Lessons from a decade of energy VC (00:09:40)

5. Experience raising a fund (00:21:24)

6. Being a repeat fund manager (00:22:55)

7. How discipline became fund success (00:31:23)

8. Energy VC vs. general VC (00:34:30)

9. Best cleantech industries to invest (00:38:56)

10. Advice to founders (00:57:08)