Episode 84: Abe Yokell, MD at Congruent Ventures, & Shayle Kann, MD at Energy Impact Partners

Today’s guests are Abe Yokell and Shayle Kann, respectively Co-Founder and Managing Director at Congruent Ventures and Managing Director at Energy Impact Partners (EIP).

This is a special live episode recorded at a recent event, organized by the members of the My Climate Journey community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Abe and Shayle joined me in discussing a variety of topics, largely centered on their experiences as investors in the climate change space as well as seasoned veterans of the first greentech wave.

Founded in 2016, Congruent Ventures invests in early-stage startups in the cleantech space, and Abe and his team have developed a portfolio of 27 companies to date. Prior to that, he was an investor at Rockport Capital Partners, a VC firm which was active during the first wave of cleantech in 2007. Shayle started his career in cleantech with a focus on energy transition in the market intelligence space. His current firm, EIP, has close to a billion dollars of AUM and works with major utility companies to invest in innovative startups in the energy space.

This was a really fun event, which had a great turnout of around seventy attendees. Newcomers to climate change aren’t going to want to miss the in depth retrospective of the first cleantech wave that both Abe and Shayle offer.

Enjoy the show!

You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.

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