I’ve spent the last several years working at the intersection of climate tech, technology, and commercial strategy, including building in the climate-tech ecosystem and working closely with companies developing solutions for decarbonization.
One thing I keep coming back to: climate innovation doesn’t fail simply because the technology isn’t good enough.
A company can have strong science, a compelling carbon-reduction pathway, and real market demand and still struggle to scale because procurement is fragmented, infrastructure isn’t ready, policy is uncertain, or buyers don’t yet know how to evaluate the technology.
That’s why I’m increasingly interested in the commercial infrastructure around climate innovation: how we create the markets, partnerships, financing mechanisms, and procurement systems that turn promising technology into deployed solutions.
The next climate-tech wave won’t just be about inventing better solutions. It will be about making them easier to finance, buy, deploy, and scale.
