This August and September, I’m stepping away from the mic to volunteer — but I’m not leaving your podcast feed empty. Instead, I’m revisiting fan favourites in a short Summer Classics series.

First up is Shannon Falconer, Founder & CEO of BioCraft Pet Nutrition (formerly Because, Animals). Two years on, they’ve made huge strides toward radically reshaping the pet food industry — and Shannon remains one of the most mission-driven founders I know. If you want good news about the future of pet food, start here.

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I'm going to be spending the summer on the road, delivering humanitarian aid across Ukraine. And needless to say, it's not the best setup for recording a podcast. So things will be quiet here until about October when I'll be back with new episodes, when I'm back settled in Kyiv and in relative peace. If you want to follow my adventures, be sure to follow me on LinkedIn.

Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so that you'll be notified when new episodes come out. Have a great summer. Thanks for listening.

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Felix Krause is the Managing Partner at Vireo Ventures, a European VC fund betting that the future of energy is electric, distributed, and intelligently managed. Based in Berlin, Felix brings sector-specific clarity to the sprawling world of climate investing and makes a strong case for why electrons, not moonshots, will define the next great energy transition.

In this episode we talked about:

🔋 Why electrification isn’t just inevitable—it’s the most capital-efficient climate solution on offer
🔄 What "sector coupling" means, and how heat pumps, EVs, and industry can all talk to each other
🧠 Why AI is the new electrification, and how it makes an increasingly complex energy system legible
⚡ The distributed grid, smart meters, and how regulation is slowing everything down
🔐 Why cybersecurity for backyard solar systems might be our next national security crisis
🔌 The dark horses of climatetech: agrivoltaics and bi-directional EV charging

#climatetech #electrification #energytransition #VC

If you're hiring developers, you need to look at Ukraine, where I've been hiring exclusively since 2018. Today I work with Wild Codes. Go to https://wild.codes/climate for a no-stress assessment of your needs. Podcast listeners get $1k off their first hire.

📈 B2B content to create and capture leads: book 30 minutes with Tom for free at grizzle.io/climate

🧑‍💼 Growing across Europe? Grab a free consultation and hire without hassle: parakar.eu/climate