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Pressure is a Privilege

December 11, 2020 John Tough

Bille Jean King’s autobiography has that title. If you know anything about her, you know that title fits her story…

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When Ideologists and Capitalists Align

December 8, 2020 John Tough

Until recently, sustainability ideology and capitalism were two circles with only minor overlap in a Venn Diagram. Outside of minor…

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Teardown of C3.AI by Kevin Stevens

December 1, 2020 John Tough

I worked with Kevin Stevens at Choose Energy. He is now a Partner at Intelis Capital. According to Kevin’s website,…

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Aurora Solar $50M Series B

November 29, 2020 John Tough

Aurora Solar co-founders, Chris Hopper and Sam Adeyemo are ALWAYS heads down. They would be the first to tell you…

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Product – Budget Fit

November 24, 2020 John Tough

At Energize we are fortunate to see many next-generation technologies. As an investor with a commercial focus, I usually ask…

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Digital Industrial Partnership: Honeywell Forge + Nozomi Networks

November 23, 2020 John Tough

About a month ago I wrote about how Honeywell is using their Honeywell Connected Enterprise division to go all-in on…

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Digital Tech + Energy Transition: Drones Helping Build The Largest Solar Farm

November 19, 2020 John Tough

On Wednesday, Invenergy announced the development of the largest solar farm in America. The solar farm is 1.3 GW, costs…

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The Nuvve Micro-Spac: Most Intriguing Energy Transition Deal of 2020?

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Nuvve is a technology company that has a “Vehicle to Grid” aka V2G technology system that optimizes EV charging between…

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Industrial Transition M&A: Rockwell Acquires Fiix

November 18, 2020 John Tough

About a month ago I wrote about Rockwell’s M&A ambitions. That post can be found here. The theme of my…

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Launch of ZETA 2030: The EV Future is Near

John Tough

A few days ago a new coalition was announced. The Zeta2030 program is the Zero Emissions Transportation Association that is…

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