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Energytech Startups

Energytech Startups

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They say everything's bigger in Texas, including climate change. That's why Houston is leading the energy transition. Here in H-Town, the fourth largest city in the United States, entrepreneurs from across Texas and around the world are gathering to work with titans of industry to build the technology that will reduce emissions and power a low carbon future. Welcome to Energytech Startups with Nada Ahmed and Jason Ethier. We sit down with those change makers and wildcatters who are solving the toughest energy challenges with trillions of dollars on the line. We dig into how Houston will bring technology to market on a massive scale. Join us as we talk with the leaders of the energy capital of the world as they show us how the energy transition gets done.2025 Digital Wildcatters, Inc 個人ファイナンス 経済学
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  • Dana Vazquez from Coflux Purification

    Dana Vazquez from Coflux Purification
    2026/08/25

    One drop of PFAS can contaminate an Olympic sized swimming pool, and 90 percent of us are carrying it in our blood. Dana Vazquez, cofounder and Chief Commercial Officer at Coflux Purification, explains why the current industrial fix is basically a giant Brita filter headed for a landfill, and how her team built a material that captures forever chemicals and destroys them in one step. Plus the liability bill coming for companies that wait, and what it takes to get a first skid into the field.

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    00:00 Intro
    01:14 Meet Dana Vazquez
    02:04 What PFAS is and why it never leaves
    06:23 From consulting to co-founding
    09:12 How the technology works
    13:44 Scaling up and staying modular
    16:47 The regulation picture
    18:40 Liability is the real driver
    23:30 Home filters and what actually works
    26:45 Funding the build
    30:46 Why this one is personal
    32:25 The first field deployment
    37:03 Scientists and business people
    42:43 What the fall looks like
    45:36 The trouble with testing
    47:15 Where to find Coflux

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    48 分
  • Jacob Vizinat & Jason Harry from Iron Stag Advisory & Pontem Analytics

    Jacob Vizinat & Jason Harry from Iron Stag Advisory & Pontem Analytics
    2026/08/04

    Two engineers who spent years driving innovation inside a major oil company get honest about why the offshore world will land a robot at 20,000 psi but won't swap the pen and paper. Jacob Vizinat of Iron Stag Advisory and Jason Harry of Pontem Analytics unpack the corporate immune system, why the real value lives in the rock, the black magic of flow assurance, and how the right advisor can turn a single pilot into a real shot for energy tech founders.

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    Click here to view the episode transcript.

    00:00 Intro
    00:46 Meet Jacob and Jason
    02:34 Life as a petroleum engineer
    05:55 Driving innovation inside a major operator
    08:26 Trading pen and paper for iPads
    11:35 The corporate immune system
    16:20 Why the value lives in the rock
    26:32 Flow assurance and black magic
    32:46 How short-term thinking kills innovation
    36:00 Building advisory firms after the merger
    38:35 Drones, robots, and the rare orchestrators
    46:31 What it takes to go offshore
    48:00 Reading the 2025 market
    53:25 Why founders avoid the gold mine
    56:02 Advice for early stage founders
    1:01:12 Where to find them

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    1 時間 5 分
  • Gabe Cuadra from Powerhouse Ventures

    Gabe Cuadra from Powerhouse Ventures
    2026/07/22

    Flat load growth is dead, and AI just flipped the whole power sector on its head. Gabe Cuadra of Powerhouse Ventures gets into what that means for founders chasing capital in climate and energy, why algorithms alone never make a real moat, and how to actually pitch an early stage VC without wasting the room. Plus the messy truth about selling into utilities, spotting founder market fit, and why Houston is quietly turning into a place worth building.

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    Click here to view the episode transcript.

    00:00 Intro
    00:45 What keeps a climate investor up at night
    01:55 How Powerhouse Ventures invests
    05:20 AI, load growth, and a changing grid
    08:30 What traction looks like at early stage
    10:25 Finding founder market fit
    12:00 Houston vs the coasts
    18:13 How to pitch early stage VCs
    19:18 Why algorithms are never the moat
    25:04 The reality of selling into utilities
    28:17 Gabe's winding road into energy VC
    34:40 Inside the investment process
    37:02 Founder red flags
    42:21 Standing out when you pitch
    43:30 What has him excited next
    46:27 The case for Houston
    48:50 How to reach out

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    50 分
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