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Otto Gunderson
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Otto Gunderson has been working in clean energy for the last 7 years, with the last two being spent split between South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, reporting on the transition to clean energy. After traveling and writing for two years, his goal in founding The Energy Pioneer was to create a news outlet with a global approach to clean energy journalism. He particularly enjoys writing about entrepreneurship, investment, and innovations that are contributing to greenhouse gas reduction and clean energy development. He has spent the last several summers working as a wildland firefighter and enjoys writing about the climate impacts of fossil fuels.
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Jan 20, 2026 ∙ 4 min
A Crash Course in Climate Finance # 3
Startups that are not well-suited to venture capital but are hesitant to pursue debt financing can always return to a staple of early-stage financing: angel investors. In several ways, venture capital and angel investing appear similar, but their goals often differ.
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Jan 12, 2026 ∙ 4 min
A Crash Course in Climate Finance #2
The use cases for philanthropic capital and the available sources are crucial yet underdiscussed aspects of financing the energy transition. The word most frequently mentioned in discussions of philanthropic capital for this piece was catalyst. Whether the capital is intended to support a company as it scales up or to leverage existing technology in a new space, it should not be viewed by the recipient as an end in itself.
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Dec 2, 2025 ∙ 4 min
A Crash Course in Climate Finance #1
The role that venture capital will play in developing early-stage clean energy technologies is likely to mirror its scale in developing AI, internet companies, and social media platforms. While many of the hallmarks of VC remain the same, including long-shot bets, radical new technologies, and high potential returns, many of the challenges are new.
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