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Climate Tech Investing in Emerging Markets (Part Two)
Mona Alsubaei – Mar 16, 2022
In January, I wrote about the case for climate tech investing in emerging markets. In addition to preventing catastrophic losses and events, it also represents an opportunity that is waiting to be pursued. While there are challenges to investing in [...] Read more
Floodmapp
Hanel Baveja – Feb 7, 2022
Co-authored by Nick Grossman. Thanks to major advances in GPS technology and the proliferation of mobile phones, we are used to predicting the arrival of everyday items with incredible accuracy. You can watch a Domino's pizza make its way down [...] Read more
Climate Tech Investing in Emerging Markets (Part One)
Mona Alsubaei – Jan 20, 2022
I recently joined the USV team and as many investors and founders, I have been a long-time reader of this platform. So, I'm honored to be writing here! For my first posts, I’m writing about something related to my career [...] Read more
Sofar Ocean’s Series B
Hanel Baveja – Nov 2, 2021
Co-authored by Rebecca Kaden There are over 4,000 satellites in orbit around the Earth today. Enabled by advances in IoT and distributed sensing in the last few decades, these satellites help us do everything from GPS navigation to weather forecasting. [...] Read more
REVOS
Albert Wenger – Sep 1, 2021
Increased mobility is one of the great accomplishments of the industrial age. We can get to places much faster whether it is for work, to visit friends and family, for sightseeing, or to participate in an event. Those gains, however, [...] Read more
Measurement in Market Making
Hanel Baveja – Aug 16, 2021
In order to provide high-powered incentives in any economic market, you need an accurate and ongoing measurement of quality. For example, it’s difficult to imagine a financial system in which capital market participants cannot review audited financial statements before making [...] Read more
Remora
Hanel Baveja – Aug 9, 2021
In the US, medium and heavy duty trucks account for 70% of all freight transport and 6.5% of all GHG emissions. While emerging technologies like battery electric and hydrogen fuel cells have the potential to help decarbonize this sector, they [...] Read more
Transmutex
Albert Wenger – Jul 29, 2021
Electrification of transportation, heating, and various industrial processes is crucial to fighting the climate crisis. Of course that’s only true if we wind up generating that electricity without carbon emissions. Renewable energy, including wind, hydro and solar will play a [...] Read more
The Growing Demand for Clean Electricity
Mona Alsubaei – Jul 28, 2021
The availability of abundant and affordable energy is directly linked to the quality of life. Energy consumption of 100 GJ or more per capita appears to be a precondition to achieving a high degree of human development (the United Nations [...] Read more