Greentech Media
Stephen Lacey is a contributing editor with Greentech Media. He is also the founder and executive producer of Post Script Media. Lacey produces and hosts The Energy Gang and Interchange podcasts, two of the most popular podcasts on energy and cleantech.
The New ‘Valleys of Death’ in Climate Investing
There were about eight years when climate tech was wandering in the wilderness, so to speak. It started after the Solyndra bankruptcy in 2011 and ended about two years ago, when the market began heating up again.
During that time, people in this space examined the valleys of death. What are the stages in a climate tech company’s life cycle that might be painful or even fatal to go through? And what resources can a company draw upon to cross these valleys?