Climate Investors Series: Meryl Breidbart (At One Ventures)

Event host: Pranav Khanna, Daniel Kriozere, and Utkarsh Vaidya

Chapters
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0:00 Introduction
3:15 Meryl's Experience as a Climate Founder
7:40 Transition into VC
10:53 At One Ventures Overview
13:50 Portfolio Overview
15:00 Active Job Opportunities
17:20 Climate Applications of Product Design
20:10 Investing Focus on Hardware
24:44 Capital Intensive Hardware Investments
27:22 How Meryl's Experience Shapes Her Mindset on VC
32:14 Common Founder Mistakes
36:27 Recent Trends Driving Bigger Valuations
38:37 Future Valuation Trends
40:20 (Unit Economics) Impact of the Current Energy Crisis
45:12 Finding the Right Investors
48:51 Advice on Applying to Climate Jobs
52:18 Podcast recommendation
53:02 The Role of Diversity in Investment Decisions

Event Description
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Join Meryl Breidbart from At One Ventures to learn about job opportunities in climate tech. At One Ventures' portfolio of climate-focused companies are looking for talent.

Speaker details:
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Meryl Breidbart is an Associate Investor at At One Ventures. Prior to joining At One, Meryl was cofounder of Chirps, a cricket snack company, and an early-stage employee at two NYC-based tech startups. After earning her MBA, Meryl pivoted to venture capital, first at LDV Capital and now at At One Ventures. At At One, Meryl helps oversee platform efforts, including organizing and maintaining our portfolio job board and talent network. At One Ventures is a climate tech venture capital firm on a mission to help humanity be a net positive to nature.

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