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AMP’s big bet is in the trash.
The company that taught robots to spot recyclables now wants to run the whole plant. In Virginia, that idea has become a 20-year bet on what the rest of us throw away.
Jimmy Rojas and the art of making hydrogen ordinary
A childhood fascination with an astronaut took Jimmy Rojas from Costa Rica to MIT. At EVOLOH, the engineer is pursuing a more terrestrial ambition: hydrogen equipment that factories can afford to make, buy and run.
Christopher Hopper and the Seven-Month Problem
A school roof in Kenya sent Christopher Hopper down an unexpected path: building software for the work that happens before the panels go up. The Aurora Solar co-founder’s story runs from village electrification to a company used to design millions of solar projects.
Saskia Bruysten and the business of changing her mind
A London lecture gave the former consultant a new way to think about profit. From Yunus Social Business to Carbon Equity, she has spent her career finding places where money can do a different job.
Steve Melhuish and the art of making yourself unnecessary
A frustrating house hunt became PropertyGuru. Then its co-founder set himself a more personal deadline: hand over the business, show up for his children, and find another problem worth his time.
Josh Santos and the Education of a Carbon Founder
He helped scale electric vehicles, then co-founded Noya to pull carbon from the air. After the company wound down, Josh Santos took its hard-earned lessons to London, where he now helps scientists become founders.
Maria Alegre and the business behind the game
At Chartboost, Maria Alegre helped game makers find players and earn a living. At Flori Ventures, the former apprentice entrepreneur is applying that experience to financial access and climate.
Mithun Suvarna and the Work Before the Promise
Before a company can change its environmental footprint, somebody has to make sense of the numbers. Mithun Suvarna has built his working life around that deceptively awkward assignment.
Shantanu Agarwal and the $50 Million Case for Rock Dust
He helped build a machine to take carbon out of the air. Then the Sustaera co-founder found another route through the problem: crushed volcanic rock, small farms, and a customer who never gets the bill.
Lisa Ann Pinkerton and the art of getting a good idea heard
A theater graduate became an environmental reporter, then built a cleantech communications firm after a recession-era layoff. Lisa Ann Pinkerton has been finding new audiences ever since.
Manav Gupta and the distance between an idea and a business
Before Brinc became a global venture accelerator, Manav Gupta learned the awkward business of getting things made. He has spent the years since helping other founders cross the same gap.
Brendan Wallace and the value of knowing the landlord
Before he built Fifth Wall, Brendan Wallace collected lessons in property, software and getting through the right door. His investment thesis brings them together: the people who own the buildings can help decide which technologies get inside.
Vijay Chattha would like a word. Six, preferably.
Before he helped startups find their voice, Vijay Chattha helped Philadelphia find a night out. The VSC founder, investor and Punjabi funk rapper has been working on the same problem ever since: giving people a reason to pay attention.
Duncan Logan keeps coming back to the room
RocketSpace put Duncan Logan in the company of startups that became household names. After closing it, the Scottish founder is testing the same belief at 9Zero: progress depends on who is sitting nearby.
Zarina Alexander and the price of changing concrete
Her father developed a more durable concrete; Zarina Alexander built a company around a harder question: would anyone change the recipe? From early rejection to commercial pours in Brunei, the Neocrete co-founder is learning what makes an old industry try something new.
Oliver Gunasekara and the rocks he wants to leave behind
After a career helping chips reach phones and video reach screens, Oliver Gunasekara turned to the ocean floor. His next business depended on teaching a robot which rocks to pick up - and which to leave alone.
Martin Garratt and the value of the right introduction
Before a clean technology can change anything, somebody has to buy it. Martin Garratt built Cambridge Cleantech around the often overlooked business of getting the right people into the same room.
Vikram Aggarwal and the price of a little clarity
A quiet house powered by sunshine caught his imagination. The confusing business of buying solar gave the EnergySage founder his work.
Rebecca Hu-Thrams and the second life of everything
An empty margarine tub was useful in Rebecca Hu-Thrams’s childhood home. At Glacier, she is applying the same idea to a much larger pile of things people have finished with.
Creel Price and the business of starting again
He helped build a business that sold for $109 million. Then Creel Price turned to a harder question: how do you help other people build something that lasts?
DR Richardson and the trouble with buying a heat pump
He spent a decade investing in the energy transition. Then his own Boulder townhouse showed him how much could go wrong between a good idea and a working heat pump.
Elizabeth Eastland and the art of leaving room
She founded iAccelerate to give ideas somewhere to grow. Her own life has made room for telecoms, scientific discovery, four years at sea and a second act in art and theatre.
Matias Sjögren and the business at the bottom of the garden
A worm filter at his father’s house sent Matias Sjögren into wastewater. His next challenge at BioFiltro is finding the money, customers and patience to turn living biology into lasting infrastructure.
José Ignacio Galindo and the price of taking water for granted
After selling an advertising software company, José Ignacio Galindo went looking for a different problem. At Waterplan, he is helping businesses reckon with a resource whose price rarely tells the whole story.
Stuart Rowland and the case for a stranger kind of company
An Oxford physics graduate in Indonesia saw a problem in the way forests were financed. At Revalue, Stuart Rowland is bringing ecologists, data scientists and investors together to make carbon credits earn their claims.
Eamon Jubbawy and the price of proof
He helped turn identity checks into a technology business. At Isometric, Eamon Jubbawy is asking what it takes to make a carbon claim worth believing - and taking that question into the wider industrial economy.
Marc-André Forget and the Power of Coming Home
He spent years advising electric utilities, then co-founded dcbel to give households more control over their energy. After a long California apprenticeship, his idea has come home to Quebec.
Rishi Stocker and the price of a second life
After four years building partnerships at Revolut, Rishi Stocker took on a different kind of exchange: the trade in discarded materials. At Safi, his work comes down to a stubborn question - how do you make recycling pay?
Nigel Sharp and the useful art of changing your mind
A teenage welding business, an Armenian detour, and a water startup built on a discarded idea. Nigel Sharp’s career keeps returning to the same question: what do people actually need?
Shawn McLaughlin and the Hidden Value of a Different Hour
After 25 years in energy trading, Shawn McLaughlin turned his attention to the household. His wager at Emporia Energy: a home that knows when to use electricity can change the economics of the grid.