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We have a lot to learn from top performers, but not the ones speaking at Davos or ringing the bell at their IPO. We have a lot to learn from nature, still the most durable, proven, and high-performing system that exists today.

We have a lot to learn from top performers, but not the ones speaking at Davos or ringing the bell at their IPO. We have a lot to learn from nature, still the most durable, proven, and high-performing system that exists today.

This week portfolio company @PunaBio was recognized by @FastCompany as a most innovative company in Latin America... fastcompany.com/91497250/latin… #extremophiles #resilience #climate

Some 90% of the cost structure of physical businesses already aligns economy with ecology, but nobody is talking about it – except @thegoodtomchi on the ITSP Podcast. Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=TowS1D… #cleantech #ecology #deeptech #venturecapital #climate #regenerative

Portfolio company Chloris Geospatial has opened access to its global biomass data tool, so anyone can see for themselves how the world's forests are changing. Try it here: hubs.li/Q047ys3S0

Rethinking what an ideal founding team looks like, filmed at Super Return in Miami this week. People who can build a thing + folks who just know a particular market really well.

Choice snaps from SuperReturn North America this week, where our favorite overheard soundbite was "Impact investing is not political, it's purposeful." #SRNA

What is "the shrinking window" of venture capital? Listen as Tom Chi explains to SuperReturn attendees in Miami this week.

“𝑾𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒑 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆'𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓.”- Tom Chi, technologist, innovator, investor, author and adviser and inventor. @thegoodtomchi Tom Chi is the Founding Partner of At One Ventures, @atoneventures , an early-stage venture capital firm that supports companies and backs founders working in areas such as climate technology, energy, manufacturing and infrastructure, with the aim of helping the global economy move towards a regenerative and sustainable model. “If you look around the world actually all the national economies are designed a little bit differently because 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 in terms of growing GDP, being internationally competitive in markets.” “The reason that people are feeling that 𝒅𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 right now is 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒚𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄.” Tom Chi is also an author and thought leader in the field of climate and sustainability. His book ‘𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥: 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞’ explores how investment can support technologies that enable economic growth while restoring natural systems. “𝑾𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 100% 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒅. The world ends up better if we have 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆. We should tell more of the stories where 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒐 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒘𝒊𝒏.” “I think being able to 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 from all those different mindsets is where you get to 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆.” Stay tuned for the full episode in my YouTube channel soon. #TomChi #ClimateTech #RegenerativeEconomy #ImpactInvesting #Sustainability #TechForGood #FutureOfEconomy #InnovationLeadership #VentureCapital #ClimateSolutions #Entrepreneurship #SystemsThinking

The core problem with nuclear power isn’t about the technology – it is how the plants are built, explains Jake Jurewicz in an op-ed for Nuclear Newswire published this week. ans.org/news/article-7… #nuclearenergy

How and why did Stanley cups get so popular? In just 10 years, the product somehow transformed from a niche utility item into a massive cultural and social media phenomenon – and in a very short period of time. What can we learn from this?

The time for the easy path to restoring biodiversity has long since run out, says @thegoodtomchi in this book excerpt, published by Climate and Capital Media. Continue reading: climateandcapitalmedia.com/tom-chi-build-… #extinction #climatedisaster

There's a right way and a wrong way to finance a factory 🏭, and – you guessed it – we've been going about it the wrong way. See the playbook on the "right way," in Tom Chi's op-ed for Trellis Media: trellis.net/article/the-wr… #climatetech #manufacturing #FOAK #projectfinance

Hard tech might have the best moats. When you change the underlying, fundamental physics (matter, energy, time, space) of how something is made, the technology itself changes the cost curve and/or the performance boundary. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dee…

Appreciate the review of #ClimateCapital by Jeff Johnson from B Capital.

Climate Capital sold so many copies in the US that it was listed among the 150 top-selling titles last week by @USAToday. Congratulations to @thegoodtomchi for reaching so many people with this work. If you picked up your copy already, we thank you! #bestseller

How much pain do we want to prescribe for ourselves? Hear @thegoodtomchi share the #hardtruth about the trajectory we are on for planetary destruction: youtube.com/watch?v=NvPhvl…

As AI systems take over more repetitive cognitive labor, the uniquely human role is not speed or scale, but judgment, says @thegoodtomchi. Read more on Inc.com: inc.com/tim-crino/a-ph…

This week the @Stanford Social Innovation Review published an excerpt from Tom Chi's new book. Titled "Grief Is a Gift," it speaks to the distinction between prove-you-wrong intention and build-forward intention. #ClimateCapital ssir.org/books/excerpts…

Today we're extra proud to announce that our very own Danae Robert Johnson has been named as an @NVCA Rising Star, recognizing her as an emerging venture professional on a fast track to industry leadership. Congratulations Danae! #NVCA #venturecapital #awards