What To Read: Resources for Cleantech and Venture Investing
If you’re a frequent reader of the Clean Energy Trust blog, it’s a pretty good bet you are interested in other good sources for news and insight. So, we’ve pulled together this list of resources for news and perspective on energy, venture capital, and entrepreneurship more broadly.
Of course, this list of newsletters, blog, podcasts, books, and twitter influencers is just a start — let us know what we’ve missed and we can update the list over time.
Newsletters
Daily news
Axios’ Generate — Daily energy news roundup
Axios’ Pro Rata — Daily venture capital & private equity news roundup
Fortune’s Term Sheet — Daily venture capital & private equity news roundup
US Energy News / Midwest Energy News — national and regional weekday newsletters of energy and climate headlines from Energy News Network / Fresh Energy
Centered — Technology news from the Midwest
Weekly sector-specific summaries and news roundups
Tommy Leep’s The Breeze — climate tech investing newsletter
Climatetech VC — climate tech investing newsletter
My Climate Journey — Jason Jacobs’ newsletter that builds off his podcast on climate solutions by the same name
Trucks Venture Capital Future of Transportation — weekly newsletter from Trucks Venture Capital on… the future of transportation
The Micromobility Newsletter — weekly newsletter from Micromobility Industries on the micromobility space
Benedict’s Newsletter — Ben Evans’ newsletter on (internet) tech
Podcasts
My colleague Paul published a post last year specifically on good podcasts for cleantech entrepreneurs, so I’m going to link to that here and also include his recommendations below:
Blogs and Websites
GreenTech Media — Good source for news and analysis on all kinds of clean energy.
New Energy Nexus — Resources for cleantech startups
A VC — Blog by Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures — lots of interesting commentary on venture investing in general, and blockchain in particular
Ben Thompson’s Stratechery https://stratechery.com/
Mary Meeker’s annual internet trends presentation
Twitter Influencers
These days it can be hard to keep up, but there is a lot of valuable insight is shared publicly on Twitter. Here are a few of the most relevant folks I’d recommend paying attention to on #energytwitter:
David Roberts, energy and climate writer at Vox — @drvox
Jesse Jenkins, energy systems engineering professor at Princeton — @JesseJenkins
Shayle Kann, Managing Director at Energy Impact Partners — @shaylekann
Stephen Lacey, contributing editor to Greentech Media and founder of Post Script Audio — @Stphn_Lacey
Katherine Hamilton, Chair of 38 North Solutions — @CleanGridView
Jigar Shah, founder of Sun Edison & President of Generate Capital — @JIgarShahDC
Rob Day, General Partner at Spring Lane Capital — @cleantechinv
Michael Liebreich, Founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance — @MLiebreich
Bill Gates, energy investor, philanthropist, and founder of Microsoft — @BillGates
Askshat Rathi, Quartz’s energy and climate reporter — @AkshatRathi
Books
There are better and more comprehensive resources out there for books on venture capital and entrepreneurship (see here and here for other better lists), but here are a few good ones to get started with:
Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s Venture Capital Deals
Clayton Christenson’s The Innovator’s Dilemna
Peter Thiel’s Zero to One
Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things
