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Climate Millionaires

February 5, 2021 John Tough

A few days ago there was a thread on Twitter about capitalism and climate. Jason Jacobs and I-Kang both elevated…

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DroneDeploy Raises $50M, Expands Horizon

February 3, 2021 John Tough

Today I am excited to announce that Energize co-led the latest growth round into DroneDeploy, alongside AirTree Ventures. This is…

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Investing in the Obvious Trends

February 2, 2021 John Tough

The VC market has a lot of nooks and crannies. Why? Big businesses usually start out as niche ideas that…

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Welcoming Eileen Waris to Energize Ventures

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Energize won the lottery earlier this winter when Eileen Waris agreed to join our firm as an Associate. She comes…

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Welcoming Kevin Stevens to Energize Ventures

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In the summer of 2014, Kevin Stevens joined the Choose Energy team to help us develop our go-to-market for the…

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4 years at Energize

February 1, 2021 John Tough

I saw this tweet come across my feed this morning from the @EnegizeVC twitter handle, run by Kelly on our…

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Thinly sliced salami!

January 31, 2021 John Tough

The best of breed don’t grow on thinly sliced salami! Eugene Kleiner Eugene Kleiner made this statement in reference to…

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Kleiner’s Laws – And the time to eat the tarts

January 30, 2021 John Tough

When I first joined KPCB, I got a detailed history of the firm and how a small group of pioneers…

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Deeptech and Cleantech: No Country for Growth Equity

January 29, 2021 John Tough

“Price is what the market pays” In business school the phrase was a reference to Eugene Fama’s “Efficient Market Theory”.…

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Tyler Lancaster’s podcast on Point 01 – a must listen

January 28, 2021 John Tough

Tyler Lancaster is a Principal at Energize Ventures. In this Point 01 episode he covers his background, our portfolio approach……

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