D3 Mission LOG

Season 3 Episode 7 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Links: Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA You can listen to the D3 Mission Log Podcast on all major platforms and here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/ Or watch on the New Energy Nexus YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNwvl4tDbyI&list=PLvJ_IKWbRivK7u3YGJJLQByaBkdOf9zZC

Season 3 Episode 6 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. This week the group discusses takeaways from Activation Energy Summit 2021. Companies of the Week: Rizome https://rizomebamboo.com/ LoadExx https://loadexx.com/ Links: Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA You can listen to the D3 Mission Log Podcast on all major platforms and here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/ Or watch on the New Energy Nexus YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNwvl4tDbyI&list=PLvJ_IKWbRivK7u3YGJJLQByaBkdOf9zZC

Season 3 Episode 5 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Topics: The group discusses Announcing Cohort 419 & Holiday wishes. Featured Companies of the week: Energy Integration Inc https://energyintegrationinc.com/ Daanaa https://www.daanaa.com/ Links: Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA You can listen to the D3 Mission Log Podcast on all major platforms and here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/ Or watch on the New Energy Nexus YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNwvl4tDbyI&list=PLvJ_IKWbRivK7u3YGJJLQByaBkdOf9zZC

D3 Mission Log S3 Ep 4 - Josh Agenbroad, Head of Research & Insights Season 3 Episode 4 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Topics: The group discusses how D3 has changed their selection process to optimize for speed and scalability while maintaining rigor for investors. Featured Companies of the week: Energy Dome Recently closed $11M round https://energydome.com/ Blue Frontier Selected amongst the 16 most fundable early-stage companies in the US based on a study by Pepperdine University https://bluefrontierac.com/ Links: Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA You can listen to the D3 Mission Log Podcast on all major platforms and here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/ Or watch on the New Energy Nexus YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNwvl4tDbyI&list=PLvJ_IKWbRivK7u3YGJJLQByaBkdOf9zZC This episode S3 E4 on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Q_n0u7wz7f4

Season 3 Episode 3 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Topics: The group discusses how NEX has introduced a helpful, documented rubric, which is a requirement for some of their sophisticated investors. Featured Companies of the week: SunPath: SunPath recently closed $500k in funding (all angel investors). This unlocked an additional $250k in non-dilutive funding from the state of Colorado's "advanced industries grant," which requires 2:1 investors grant. TS Conductor $25M round closed recently _Links: Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA You can listen to the D3 Mission Log Podcast on all major platforms and here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/ Or watch on the New Energy Nexus YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNwvl4tDbyI&list=PLvJ_IKWbRivK7u3YGJJLQByaBkdOf9zZC

Season 3 Episode 2 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Featured companies of the week: Reedi https://www.reeddi.com/ BLUEDOT PHOTONICS https://www.bluedotphotonics.com/ Links: Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynex... You can listen to the D3 Mission Log Podcast on all major platforms and here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/ or on the New Energy Nexus YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNwvl4tDbyI&list=PLvJ_IKWbRivK7u3YGJJLQByaBkdOf9zZC

Season 3 Episode 1 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Featured Company of the week : Blue Frontier https://bluefrontierac.com Links: Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynex... You can listen to the D3 Mission Log Podcast on all major platforms and here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/ or on the New Energy Nexus YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNwvl4tDbyI&list=PLvJ_IKWbRivK7u3YGJJLQByaBkdOf9zZC

Season 2 Episode 10 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Featured Company of the week : ecountabl https://ecountabl.com/ Links: Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynex... You can listen to the D3 Mission Log Podcast on all major platforms and here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/ or on the New Energy Nexus YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNwvl4tDbyI&list=PLvJ_IKWbRivK7u3YGJJLQByaBkdOf9zZC

Season 2 Episode 9 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Featured Company of the week : TS Conductor https://tsconductor.com/ Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA You can watch the D3 Mission Log Podcast here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/

Season 2 Episode 8 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Featured Company of the week : Celadyne Links: https://celadynetech.site.live/Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA You can watch the D3 Mission Log Podcast here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/

Season 2 Episode 7 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Featured Company of the week : Frost Methane Labs Frost Methane is a finalist in the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge. over 431258 submissions! Links: Frost Methane Labs: https://www.frostmethane.com/ Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA You can watch the D3 Mission Log Youtube channel here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvJ_IKWbRivK7u3YGJJLQByaBkdOf9zZC

Season 2 Episode 6 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Featured Company of the week : NCX, formerly Silviaterra. NCX has a Natural Capital Exchange, which turns forest carbon from landowners of all sizes into high-quality carbon credits for sustainability leaders. Links: NCX: https://www.ncx.com/Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA You can watch the D3 Mission Log Podcast here: https://youtu.be/dWieRhtgfXU

Season 2 Episode 5 of the weekly Podcast (and YouTube video) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Episode 5: Guest: Dai Lin Lessons learned in creating startup success Featured Company of the week : Three Wheels United Three Wheels United is a technology-enabled financier of light electric vehicles in emerging markets, starting with auto rickshaws in India. covering up to 100% of the vehicle cost to remove the barriers of initial adoption. Go electric seamlessly and profitably. With 3,000 drivers financed to date and a platform reduce the climate impact of the transportation sector while generating more income for the people. Links: Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynex... Startup of the Week: Three Wheels United https://www.threewheelsunited.com/ You can SEE the D3 Mission Log Youtube Video Podcast here: https://youtu.be/OaAmg9Kzf4E

Season 2 Episode 4 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Episode 4: Lessons learned from securing corporate support Guest: Elaine Hsieh Selling to corporates Featured Company of the week : Blue Frontier Blue Frontier's AC system combines dew-point-style sensible cooling with liquid desiccant dehumidification to reduce electricity use by up to 90% (non-fan). The desiccant is recharged and stored when electricity is the cleanest or lowest cost, and later used to deliver cooling when electricity is dirty or costly. Links:Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA Startup of the Week: Blue Frontier https://bluefrontierac.com/ You can listen to the D3 Mission Log Podcast here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/

Season 2 Episode 3 of the weekly YouTube video (and Podcast) series with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly build the world's largest climate tech accelerator. Season 2 Episode 3: Lessons learned from startup-mentor pairing. Guest: Keenan Johnson Featured Company of the week: Startup: Nithio Nithio is a data-enabled analytics and financial intermediary platform to scale off-grid electrification. The team is driven and well-suited to solve the most thorny constraints to reaching scale for deploying pay-to-go energy service financing in sub-Sahara Africa: limited data on customer creditworthiness, resulting in lacking clarity on repayment behaviors, and in turn resulting in imprecise return, poor liquidity, and limited opportunities to secure scalable commercial financing. Links: Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/​ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA Startup of the Week: Nithio - https://www.nithio.com/ Press Release including Nithio: https://www.dfc.gov/media/press-releases/dfc-approves-new-investments-advance-sustainable-economic-development-respond You can listen to the D3 Mission Log Podcast here: https://www.newenergynexus.com/podcast/

Season 2 Episode 2 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. Episode 2: Kelly Carlin joins Bryan to discuss lessons learned for startup success in Africa. Today's topics AND Feature Company of the Week AMPS GmbH Links: Third Derivative Portfolio New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community AMPS GmbH

Season 2 Episode 1 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. Episode 1: Brant Richards joins Danny and Bryan to discuss lessons learned from deploying new investment funds. Today's topics AND Feature Company of the Week Zinc8 Energy Solutions is commercializing zinc/air redox flow batteries for long-duration (>8 hours) electricity storage. At scale, Zinc8 should be half the cost of lithium-ion batteries. Zinc8 has three commercial-scale demonstrations aligned, including a 1.5 MWh system for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and another 1 MW system for the New York Power Authority. Links: Third Derivative Portfolio New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community Zinc8 Energy Solutions Zinc8 Video You can also watch the D3 Mission Log on the D3 YouTube video channel.

Episode 10 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. Episode 10: By the numbers This week's topics: D3: 47 Startups in the first year of operation - 8 startups received $100k+ investments - 7 active engagements between startups and corporates - Startup Magic stories; Featured Company of the week: Antora Energy Links: Third Derivative Portfolio New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community Antora Energy You can also watch the D3 Mission Log on the D3 YouTube video channel.

Episode 9 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. This week's Topics: 1. Need on the ground support 2. Need local partners 3. Need translation and framing differently 4. Different media 5. Corporates have different needs than North American and European 6. Can't invest directly Featured Company of the week: mootral Links: Third Derivative Portfolio New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community mootral You can also watch the D3 Mission Log on the D3 YouTube video channel.

Episode 8 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. This week's Topics: 1. 630 apps from 61 countries, broad range; ⅔ founders historically underrepresented 2. 80% came through networks, especially direct outreach - Making direct outreach easy was important 3. Paid ads on twitter, LinkedIn to targeted audiences - diminishing returns after 3 weeks 4. Content marketing (blog posts) helpful 5. Tight startup-oriented value prop 6. Not as many VC referrals as hoped 7. Emphasizing rolling apps didn't work Startup: SeeO2 Energy SeeO2 Energy is developing an electrolyser that can produce high-value industrial gases by converting CO2 to carbon monoxide, CO2, and water to syngas (a mixture of CO and H2) and water to hydrogen. These gases are used in the green plastics, chemical, petrochemical, and metal-processing industries, but they are currently produced primarily from fossil sources. Featured Company of the week: Links: Third Derivative Portfolio New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community See02 Energy You can also watch the D3 Mission Log on the D3 YouTube video channel. -----------------------------

Episode 7 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. This week's Topics: 1. Gsuite vs Teams (better UX) - but China - MSFT office sometimes 2. Slack - internal, program, NEN (plus plugins) 3. Calendly - individual scheduling, unsolved group 4. Submittable 5. Airtable 6. Hubspot 7. Qualtrics Featured Company of the week: Reeddi Inc. Links: Third Derivative Portfolio New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community Reeddi Inc Reeddi Video You can also watch the D3 Mission Log on the D3 YouTube video channel. -

Episode 6 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. This week's Topics: 1. Goals: support startups, investor diligence cost / table stakes 2. Design principles: minimize transaction costs, founder friendly 3. Convertible note with discount, no cap 4. Modeled on SAFE but convertible for more global fit 5. MFN clause allows flexibility to take other paper 6. One SPV investor invested BECAUSE of our note: - Other funds get hung up on terms - We got dozens of startups in just a few weeks b/c of simple, friendly terms - Rather than haggling/negotiating, we're helping / co-creating success Featured Company of the week: Switched Source: smart grid power electronics => mesh topology, increasing capacity and reliability ($9M SCALEUP grant from ARPA-E) Links: Third Derivative Portfolio New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community Switched Source SCALEUP—Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential PDF You can also watch the D3 Mission Log on the D3 YouTube video channel.

Episode 5 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. This week's Topics: 1. Expand our networks for partners, startup recruiting, hiring 2. BE more global - Activating our existing RMI/NEN networks, hiring more globally 3. Build the capacity to support startups in a given geography - Including different biz dev models rather than exporting US VC 4. Training/learning - Emerging Markets = Asia, Africa, LatAm Featured Company of the week: Gricd Gricd Article on CNN Links: Third Derivative Portfolio New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community Gricd You can also watch the D3 Mission Log on the D3 YouTube video channel.

Episode 4 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. This week's topics: Lessons from first cohort startup selection process: The importance (and biases) of networks Learnings and efforts to optimize selection processes Featured Company of the week: Silvia Terra Links: Third Derivative Portfolio New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community Silvia Terra You can also watch the D3 Mission Log on the D3 YouTube video channel.

Episode 3 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. This week's topics: 1. Networks most crucial for our quality dealflow 2. 61 countries represented in application flow but only 11 in final cohort 3. ⅔ of founding teams have at least one underrepresented founder Featured company of the week: Silvia Terra (just closed a round) Links: Third Derivative Portfolio New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community Silvia Terra You can also watch the D3 Mission Log on the D3 YouTube video channel.

Episode 2 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. This week's topics: Lessons learned from the D3 Inaugural Summit Recent million dollar wire transfers to new startups Challenges balancing a high-performing/highly motivated team working incredibly hard vs risking burnout Startup of the Week: SunPath Links: Third Derivative Portfolio New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community Featured Company of the week: http://sunpathtech.com/ You can also watch the D3 Mission Log on our YouTube video channel:

Episode 1 of the weekly Podcast with Bryan Guido Hassin of Third Derivative and Danny Kennedy of New Energy Nexus. They discuss the journey these two companies have chosen to take, to boldly go where no climatetech accelerator has gone before. Featured Company of the week: Limeloop Links: Third Derivative Portfolio - https://third-derivative.org/portfolio/ New Energy Nexus Network Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/newenergynexusnetwork/shared_invite/zt-7cjoxxyf-QYn4y_ixtfMek3s~8WxQhA Limeloop - https://www.thelimeloop.com You can also watch the D3 Mission Log on our YouTube video channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvJ_IKWbRivK7u3YGJJLQByaBkdOf9zZC