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ThesisApril 2, 2026

The road out of the death spiral begins at Pre-seed

Why I invest at Pre-seed: the climate capital funnel has structural breaks between early and late-stage financing, pushing founders to commercialize before building sound technology.

ThesisMarch 17, 2026

The 'Engineer State' Is a Fairy Tale. I Was There.

Everyone in climate VC keeps talking about how China planned its way to clean energy dominance. I built a factory there. That is not what happened.