Many climate investors remember the early 2000s with a shudder. The promise of greentech riches mostly left a trail of green tears (with a few notable exceptions like Tesla, Beyond Meat, and Sunrun). But while investors pulled back, climate change doubled down and our decarbonization needs only accelerated. So when venture capitalist Andrew Beebe announced earlier this year that we’d really entered the climate decade, I was relieved but skeptical. Hadn’t we seen this ad before? Why was today different? So I sat down with Andrew to understand how climate startups can reach “escape velocity,” where Bill Gates is wrong, and what’s the hottest climatetech sector that most investors overlook.

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