Best Nate Bergman Podcasts (2024)

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Impact Deep Dive: Key Insights from Astanor Ventures (ft. Leslie Kapin from Astanor Ventures) 43:52

2M ago43:52

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In today's show, I'm joined by Leslie Kapin, Director of Impact at Astanor Ventures, one of Europe's largest Impact funds. Whether you work for a climate or impact fund, are looking to start one, or are simply curious about what's happening in the impact world behind the scenes, you'll love this value-packed conversation. We cover: - The impact jou…

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Sacrifices, Branding, Fighting Greenwashing: CEO Insights from Plan A (ft. Lubomila Jordanova) 47:54

3M ago47:54

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In today's show, I'm welcoming Lubomila Jordanova, the visionary co-founder and CEO of Plan A. We dig into a lot of personal stuff: -how to become a great Woman CEO, the sacrifices to make, tips to avoid burnout -how to build a personal brand while building an organization -how to face the unavoidable imposter syndrome and structure a support netwo…

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Carbon Removal Decoded: Markets, Tech, Prices & Oil Impact (ft. Robert Höglund, from CDR.fyi) 41:43

5M ago41:43

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In today's show, I'm receiving Robert Höglund, one of top experts in Carbon Dioxyde Removal (or CDR). He manages the Milkywire Climate Transformation Fund, and co-founded the CDR market overview CDR.fyi. This discussion is perfect for those who are just getting started or want to explore the state of CDR in more depth. We cover: -The various forms …

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Trash to Cash: The Circular Economy (feat. Vojtech Vosecky) 40:14

5M ago40:14

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Pioneering A New VC Model To Drive Systemic Change (ft Marie Ekeland of 2050) 51:04

5M ago51:04

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In today's show, I'm receiving Marie Ekeland, the founder of 2050, a French Climate Tech fund. She's a superstar investor in the French Venture ecosystem. She was a Partner at Elaia Partners where she invested early on in Criteo (which IPOed at the Nasdaq and remains one of the biggest success stories of the FrenchTech). Then she founded Daphni, a …

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Slowdown or Perish: the economics of degrowth (ft. Timothée Parrique) 51:04

5M ago51:04

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In today's show, I'm receiving Timothee Parrique, Dr. in economics at Lund University. He is a rising scholar, who made a big splash at the European Commission Beyond Growth conference. His book on Degrowth has sold more than 35,000 copies. He is a brilliant guy and a true artist with words. We talk about: -Why Timothée thinks Climate Tech VC and g…

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Climate Needs a "F1 Drive to Survive" Moment (ft. Art Lapinsch Founder of Delphi Zero) 43:21

6M ago43:21

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In today's show, I'm receiving Art Lapinsch, the creator of the Climate Tech newsletter called Delphi Zero, and a super inspiring mind. We talk about: -Why Climate Tech has a HUGE Story Problem -how we can learn from other mega entertainment successes like -🏎️ F1: Drive To Survive, MMA or 🥊 UFC -Why Climate Tech is the Greatest Game and most people…

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Confidence from the OG of Project Drawdown (ft.Chad Frischmann founder of Regenerative Intelligence) 46:49

6M ago46:49

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In today's show, I'm receiving Chad Frischmann, one of the co-creators of Project Drawdown, and founder of Regenerative Intelligence We talk about: - Project Drawdown's historical book, and insights from those enormous research and studies - Chad's new role to continue spreading the word in a different way - How Chad deals with the lack of progress…

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Turning a Climate Tech Newsletter into a Movement (ft. Tim Steppich founder of Climate U) 45:59

6M ago45:59

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In today's show, I'm receiving Tim Steppich, founder of Climate U, a platform that connects climate-tech companies with talents and investors. Most people in Climate know Tim via his newsletter 'Last Week In Climate' where he lists the weekly closed rounds, news, events, and jobs available. It's a bit like a CTVC for Europe We talk about: -Communit…

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Sweden’s Circular Economy Queen (ft. Elin Bergman COO of Cradlenet) 40:46

6M ago40:46

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In today's show, I'm receiving Elin Bergman, COO of Cradlenet and Founder of the Nordic Circular Hotspot. She was named the Circular Economy Queen of Sweden, and LinkedIn's top Green Voice We talk about: -Circular economy: a reality check of Sweden and the Scandinavian countries -What will happen when countries become too hot to live in and are flo…

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The Future Of Construction Is Modular: Ecoworks' Blueprint for Green Homes (ft. Emanuel Heisenberg) 31:44

7M ago31:44

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In today's show, I'm receiving Emanuel Heisenberg, co-founder of Ecoworks, a construction company that transforms houses into NetZero. We cover: - The Energiesprong Revolution: How Ecoworks Transforms Homes to NetZero in Days! - The Future of Sustainable Construction: Prefabrication & Modularity - From the Netherlands to the World: Adapting the Ene…

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Hacking the Climate Tech Scene: Insights (feat. Arman Anaturk co-founder of Hack Capital) 49:50

7M ago49:50

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In today's show, we are bringing Arman Anaturk, co-founder of Hack Capital. Hack Capital supports impact-driven founders, funders, and managers with their capital raises. We talk about: -managing your LinkedIn presence to grow your brand and drive more people to invest in Climate Tech -becoming an angel investor in Climate, and the expectations the…

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Trailblazing Gigacorns with Extantia (feat. Sebastian Heitmann) 44:56

7M ago44:56

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In today's show, I'm receiving Sebastian Heitmann, co-founder and General Partner of Extantia, a European Climate Tech fund based out of Berlin. We cover: - The Path to Extantia: Strategies and Hindsight in Structuring Climate Funds - Gigacorn Hunter: Identifying the Next Big Climate Startup - Impact Measurement Debate: Essential Process or Early-S…

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Inside Breakthrough Energy: Climate Tech's Powerhouse (feat Partner Allegra Kowalewski-Ferreira) 42:35

7M ago42:35

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In today's show, I'm receiving Allegra Kowalewski-Ferreira, Partner at Breakthrough Energy Europe. We cover: - Discussion on the world's largest Climate Tech fund - Exploring Bill Gates' actual role in the fund - The fund's investment decision-making process - Cultural differences between the US and Europe in Investing -------------- ABOUT CLIMATE …

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Democratizing Climate Tech Investing (feat. Jacqueline van den Ende, CEO of Carbon Equity) 52:07

8M ago52:07

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In today's show, I'm welcoming Jacqueline van den Ende, Co-Founder and CEO of Carbon Equity, a Climate VC and private equity fund investing platform that enables people to invest in the world's best climate funds. We cover: -Jacqueline van den Ende's personal journey, motivation, and drive in the climate tech space -The importance of involving the …

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Switching Seats: Unveiling My Climate Tech Journey (feat. Yoann Berno) 1:12:36

8M ago1:12:36

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This time we're turning tables. I will not be conducting the interview. Instead, I will be interviewed. By popular demand, you will hear a little bit about me and my thoughts on some awesome topics, such as risk management, ways to become an angel investor with as little as $1000, alternative forms of growth, why technology won’t solve this deeper …

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Announcing Top 5 Episodes of Climate Insiders! 🌍🎙️ 0:49

8M ago0:49

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Climate Insiders has grown into a Top 7% podcast worldwide 🔥 Here are some key stats and a preview of what's coming next... ✨ Over 8,000 people have tuned in to at least one episode! (Psst… not many podcasters share their stats, I wish they did it more). For a niche and expert podcast, that's pretty good! 🤯 It's in the Top 7% of all Podcasts worldw…

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Mastering Climate Impact Measurement: Your Expert Crash Course (ft. Isabelle Canu and Stefan Maard) 1:02:51

10M ago1:02:51

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Today's show features not just one, but two guests, who will provide super actionable insights to FINALLY demystify the IMPACT of Climate Tech Funds. -We will break down the most important concepts around impact measurements, such as SFDR, ESG, LCA, and other key acronyms ruling European Climate Tech. -We will ask two of Europe's best impact expert…

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Continuum - Tackling the Wind Turbine Recycling Challenge (feat. Nicolas Derrien) 30:55

11M ago30:55

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Nicolas Derrien is the CEO and Founder of Continuum. He's a fervent entrepreneur who believes NO composite should be buried or burned and simply left for future generations to deal with. We cover: -The big problem of end of life wind turbines -The best solutions to recycling composite materials and fiberglass at SCALE -The best ways to fund a super…

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Future Food Podcast - Invaluable Tips for Founders and Investors (feat. Analisa Winther) 36:11

11M ago36:11

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In today's show, I’m receiving Analisa Winther the Founder of the podcast Future Food. She spent her entire career putting together startup and investor relationships as an ecosystem developer. Today, she coaches Founders helping them to define their vision and values to create a culture built to scale as well as hone their pitch to attract the rig…

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Wayout - Creating A World Where Access To Water Is Free (feat. Ulf Stenerhag) 30:42

12M ago30:42

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In today's show, I'm receiving Ulf Stenerhag the Founder of Wayout, a Swedish-based startup that produces Micro-Water Plants the size of a container. Ulf has a TON of insights to share. -How to crack the production of water locally and make it trustworthy so that people stop using bottles and drink from the tap again -Some surprising and shocking f…

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Top Tier Impact - The Surprising Solution to Climate Change: Rebuilding Communities (ft.Alessa Berg) 39:19

1y ago39:19

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In today's show, I'm receiving Alessa Berg the Founder of Top Tier Impact, a global ecosystem of impact investors, LPs, entrepreneurs, professionals and public figures in more than 45 countries. TTI runs weekly impact investment events across its 40+ city chapters and during gatherings such as the World Economic Forum and COP. We discuss: -The step…

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Entocycle - Turning insects into protein to ensure global food security (ft. Keiran Whitaker) 41:05

1y ago41:05

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Keiran is the Founder of Entocycle, an insect-farming startup based out of London. They commercialize high-tech insect breeding modules to enable efficient and scalable insect farming. Keiran has a TON of insights to share. -Why insect farming is at a turning point due to Covid, the war in Ukraine, and the global protein shortage -The magical prope…

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Vaekstfonden - The seeding role of Government Funds in European Climate Tech (ft. Lars Nordal Jensen) 35:45

1+ y ago35:45

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Lars Nordal Jensen is the Director of Fund of Funds investments at Vaekstfonden, the Danish Growth Fund. Since 1992, The Danish Growth Fund has financed more than 5,400 Danish companies with a total commitment of more than €1.5 billion. The Danish Growth Fund invests equity and provides loans and guarantees for small as well as medium-sized enterpr…

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Walerud Ventures - Early Klarna investors running hands-on Climate Tech family office (feat. Caroline Walerud) 36:39

1+ y ago36:39

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Caroline Walerud is a Swedish entrepreneur and Partner at Walerud Ventures, a deep-tech investment company that focuses on early-stage green tech startups. She also co-founded Volumental, a company that developed a cloud-based, 3D-scanning technology to create models to customize products and services. Walerud co-founded Volumental in 2012 together…

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Speedinvest - Takeaways From Europe's Best Year Ever in Climate Tech (ft Marie Helene Ametsreiter) 24:41

1+ y ago24:41

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Marie Helene Ametsreiter is a General Partner at Speedinvest, an early-stage generalist fund based out of Wien in Austria, with more than €600m AUM and 40 investors based in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, and Vienna. Marie-Helene oversees their newly launched Climate Tech fund. Marie Helene has a TON of insights to share: - her perspective on the l…

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Systemiq Capital - How to Invest in Climate Solutions (feat. Irena Spazzapan) 37:12

1+ y ago37:12

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Irena Spazzapan is a Managing Partner at Systemiq Capital, a London-based climate fund and spin-off of Systemic Ltd. Systemiq Ltd is an advisory and investment firm focused on climate, that helps build companies that have the potential to meaningfully accelerate the transition towards net zero. Irena worked at Goldman Sachs for 13 years in Commodit…

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Alzheimer’s Disease - Going Beyond the Hypothesis 11:47

1+ y ago11:47

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What if what we thought to be the primary cause ofAlzheimer'swas not true? Dr. NateBergman delves into a research article published by Dr. Weaver to assess if the primary cause of Alzheimer's can be limited to only the amyloid area. For years it has been believed that the main causes of Alzheimer’s disease are the abnormal build-up of proteins in a…

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Teampact Ventures - From Rugby career to Climate Action (feat. Benjamin Kayser) 41:04

1+ y ago41:04

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Benjamin Kayser is a former French Rugby international with a 16-year-long career (he played 47 games with the French National Team, and hundreds in the French and English championships). Benjamin is a Co-founder and Partner at Teampact Ventures, a Venture Capital fund that specializes in human capital. Benjamin is a charismatic and inspiring chara…

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SOSV - Building the World's Most Active Climate Tech VC (feat. partner Benjamin Joffe) 37:02

1+ y ago37:02

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Benjamin Joffe is a Partner at SOSV, a global deep tech fund with 1000 portfolio companies and $1.3B AUM. They focus on early-stage planetary and human health. They invest the very first checks at pre-seed via the startup programs HAX (hard tech), IndieBio (biology), Orbit (frontier markets), and dlab (blockchain). Benjamin started in an investing …

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Brain Stimulation for Early Alzheimer's Disease 1:14:18

1+ y ago1:14:18

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In This Episode You Will Learn: Where are you in your career right now? Neuroscience research is fascinating. Dr. Ted is most interested in attention, perception, and memory. These three things work together harmoniously because you can’t remember something you ignore, and it’s difficult to notice something if you don’t perceive it in the beginning…

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Strong Heart, Sharp Mind with Marwan Sabbagh MD 30:44

1+ y ago30:44

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6 Effective Ways of Heart Disease Prevention Anyone who wishes to optimize health by protecting the heart and brain must listen to this! Dr. Marwan Sabbagh and Joe Piscatella combine the six most effective principles for heart disease prevention. They unfold valuable heart and brain facts in their new book Strong Heart, Sharp Mind, which are equall…

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Circular Carbon Chemistry - Making chemistry sustainable with Christian Vollmann 36:16

2y ago36:16

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Christian Vollmann is the Founder and CEO at C1 / Circular Carbon Chemistry, a Berlin-based startup developing climate-friendly chemicals, for example, Green methanol. He has been involved in over 70 start-ups to date and has built several companies from zero to successful exit, including a listing on the NYSE We're receiving Christian on the show …

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Entrepreneurs For Impact - Building a bridge between the US and Europe in Climate with Chris Wedding 38:03

2y ago38:03

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Chris Wedding is an ex-Private Equity investor, 3x founder, professor at Duke University, a Climate CEO Coach, and a MONK ! Today's episode is a little special. Both Chris and I are running Climate Tech podcasts. The difference is that Chris has been doing it for a lot longer than I have, and he sits on the other side of the Atlantic, in the US. We…

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Ynsect - Lessons from building the world's largest insect farming company with Antoine Hubert 45:08

2y ago45:08

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Antoine Hubert is the CEO of Ynsect, the world's largest insect farming startup based out of France. They were founded in 2011 and today they count more than 230 employees, have raised more than 450m EUR, which is half of ALL the investments made in the insect farming sector to date. They are considered the FIRST Climate Tech unicorn out of France …

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Tier's Co-Founder donating 100% of his shares to Climate Impact with Lawrence Leuschner 36:11

2y ago36:11

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Lawrence Leuschner is the Co-founder and CEO at Tier, Europe's largest micro-mobility startup based out of Germany. You can now ride TIER’s electric scooters, bikes and mopeds in over 130 cities, from London and Paris to Berlin and Dubai. They were founded in 2018 and today they count more than 900 employees, have raised more than $650m, and did 6 …

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Europe has everything to succeed in the Climate Race with Christopher Burghardt (ex-MD Europe of ChargePoint) 32:14

2y ago32:14

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Christopher Burghardt is the ex-Managing Director Europe of ChargePoint, a US company that built the world's largest network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. They went public in March 2021 on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and became the World’s First Publicly Traded EV Charging company. Today Christopher is a Venture Partner at 2150…

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Planted - Alternative meat: is Europe late to the party? with Pascal Bieri 38:42

2y ago38:42

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In this episode we go deep into Europe's alternative meat space and discuss whether startups will win this race against US companies and food giants like Nestle. Pascal Bieri is the Co-Founder of Planted, a Zurich-based startup developing meat from alternative proteins. They produce alternative chicken, pulled pork, kebab and schnitzel and their pr…

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Norrsken VC - Impact investing in a market downturn with Agate Freimane 34:42

2y ago34:42

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Agate Freimane is a General Partner at Norrsken VC, a €125m Swedish early stage impact VC investing in technology that solves some of the world’s greatest challenges. She comes from investment banking at Morgan Stanley and then worked at a PropTech/Fintech startup: Brickvest. In today's show, we will discuss with Agate: the state of Climate Tech in…

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Zero Carbon Capital - Fixing Diversity in VC with Pippa Gawley 33:11

2y ago33:11

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Pippa Gawley is the Founding Partner at Zero Carbon Capital, a UK Climate Fund investing in early-stage companies that are on a mission to fix climate change through deep science innovation She worked with eBay in the UK, moved to Silicon Valley and is one of the "re-immigrants" as she moved back to Europe. There's a lot we will learn in this episo…

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Übermorgen Ventures - The Climate Tech Evergreen Fund with Alex Langguth 35:28

2y ago35:28

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Alexander Langguth is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Übermorgen Ventures, an early stage Zurich-based venture firm with early investments in climate innovators like Sunvigo, carbo culture and delicious data. Alex has always shown a high level of transparency and collaboration with other Climate Tech investors. In this episode, I take you be…

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Planet A Ventures: The Human Side of Climate Fund Managers with Nick de la Forge 31:25

2y ago31:25

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Nick de la Forge is a General Partner at Planet A Ventures, a German early-stage ClimateTech fund investing in start-ups that have a significant positive impact on our planet. I really appreciate Nick as a human being and for his unique value system. In this episode, we will be human, humble, and vulnerable and take you behind the scenes of raising…

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Fusion: The Holy Grail of energy with Heike Freund from Marvel Fusion 30:27

2y ago30:27

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This episode goes deep into Fusion energy which is essentially the energy produced by the Sun. Fusion makes SciFi become reality. If achieved, it could alter humankind forever. So we're glad to have one of the leading Fusion companies in Europe on the show. Listen and Learn Heike’s transition from Big Consulting at McKinsey to a Fusion energy start…

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Pale Blue Dot: Tips & Tricks to Raise your 1st Climate Fund with Hampus Jakobsson 1:00:04

2y ago1:00:04

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Hampus Jakobsson is a General Partner at Pale Blue Dot, a Swedish seed-stage ClimateTech fund investing in startups that reduce and reverse the effects of climate change. He was previously at BlueYard Capital, before that an angel with >100 angel investments. And before that, a serial founder. This is an EPIC conversation between two European Clima…

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Plasma Exchange, Albumin & IVIg for Alzheimer's - AMBAR Trial Results with Merce Boada MD PhD 1:27:44

2y ago1:27:44

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The conversation had on this episode is a little complex but is an excellent review in how science is done and "how the sausage is made" in terms of medical evidence in peer review for Alzheimer's treatments. We discuss the results of the AMBAR trial - The Alzheimer Management by Albumin Replacement - where people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's …

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Towards Understanding "Lyme" & Alzheimer's Relationships with Alan MacDonald MD 54:06

2y ago54:06

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In July 2021, the journal Frontiers in Neurology reported on "groundbreaking research" out of Tulane pointing to the relationship between Lyme disease and Alzheimer’s dementia. But since the 1980s our guest on this episode, Dr. Alan MacDonald, was stirring up the scientific debate by publishing and presenting data from his pathology laboratory that…

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Our Sense of Smell - Brainwaves of COVID and Alzheimer's with Thom Cleland PhD 54:39

2+ y ago54:39

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This is a more theoretical episode that gives us some idea about what might be happening with the rhythms of an Alzheimer's or POST-COVID brain. Our guest, Dr Thom Cleland, is a professor of theoretical and systems neuroscience at Cornell University. His research is particularly focused on the mammalian olfactory system and on the emergent dynamica…

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Our Brains Need Meditation - Here's Why with Hemal Patel PhD 58:17

2+ y ago58:17

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In this episode, we go deep into the potential benefits of specialized meditation for our immune systems, brain-related proteins, Alzheimer's, cellular energy, and much more. Our guest, Dr Hemal Patel - is a full professor and serves as the Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of California, San Diego. If yo…

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Lisa's Story - Chap. 2 - Living Well with Alzheimer's 1:02:18

2+ y ago1:02:18

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Earlier this year, podcast episode #65 - we spoke to Lisa and her daughters Stacy and Natalie. They told us about how they were Living Well with Alzheimer's and improving using lifestyle and personalized approach. Her cognitive decline had stabilized and seen small, but significant improvements in brain function. This episode we review some of the …

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Usable Technology for Brain Aging & Dementia with Ben Hampstead PhD 53:20

2+ y ago53:20

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“We’re actually able to change the brain, even in the face of things like Alzheimer’s disease.” This was the statement made by our guest for this show, Dr. Ben Hampstead. Dr. Hampstead is a professor at the Univ of Michigan and leads a lab that is doing several studies using transcranial direct current stimulation for mild cognitive impairment, Alz…

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