I saw this graph from the IEA a few weeks ago and it hit home on a topic those closest to the energy transition know: the energy transition is going to require a LOT of minerals. These minerals are going to require a new approach to sustainable mining and a more prepared recycling strategy for …
I’m up in Wisconsin for the long weekend and went out for a run this morning. We are surrounded by miles and miles that look just like this photo. The agriculture industry is a surprisingly strong adopter of technology: seed technology companies, drone analytics for soil conditions, autonomous farming equipment, aerial and ground based sensors, …
A friend used this phrase the other day: “They stole defeat from the jaws of victory” I have seen this a few times in my career now. An individual or company was on their way to a great outcome. And keeping course and being heads down would have guaranteed the positive outcome. But emotions ran …
Jupiter Intelligence is a climate risk technology and analytics platform. Energize initially invested in the company in Q1 2019. We invested in Jupiter because we truly believe in Rich Sorkin and Eric Wun’s vision for the future of climate risk. As covered by Jeremy at the Washington Post yesterday, Jupiter’s vision and product are no …
I am a few days late here, but we had a fair amount happening over the last week! Last week marked the one year anniversary of Mark Tomasovic’s start date with Energize. If a few years ago you had told me we would hire an Exxon chemical engineer as an investment Associate I would have …
Yesterday Aurora Solar announced their $250M Series C. When Energize led our ~$14M investment in 2019 we most certainly did not imagine this growth potential for Aurora and the solar industry at large. The industry/company is hitting new highs and COVID forced firms to accelerate digital adoption. Beginning around Q3 last year we started seeing …
A business school 101 class would tell you that excess inventory consumes cash flow and lowers the return on capital. Armed with that simple fact, an unquestioned business movement over the past decades has been the “Just in Time” (our “JIT”) supply chain. “Just in Time” means that firms are: 1) Using predictive or behavioral …
The renewable markets are way way bigger than any of us expected… even those of us that are witnessing the growth first-hand. At Energize we are starting to see accelerating growth rates across the portfolio at revenue levels that usually succumb to scale. One of those success stories is Aurora Solar, and they have a …
I wrote this yesterday for Forbes about the recent announcement between Sunrun and Ford. Fun read, I hope. And the announcement is a big impact in renewables. TRUCK YOU: The battle royale in mobility Business development job descriptions tend to be filled with lots of buzz words and are heavy on “strategy”. Most professionals in …
SparkCognition is a world-class technology company, based down in Austin. The company helps drive growth or expand margin for their customers by leveraging award-winning machine learning technology, proven artificial intelligence systems, and a multinational team of AI thought leaders. The company has an incredible respect for the customer and looks to create industry-specific customer collaborations …