Dipender Saluja is the Managing Director of Capricorn Investment Group, a venture capital firm with $9B under management. He was an early investor in Tesla. Today Dipender leads Capricorn’s clean tech investments effort and is betting on nuclear fusion, next gen batteries and electric aviation as the next moneymakers in decarbonizing the economy. Dipender has worked in Silicon Valley for 35 years. This week, Akshat talks with him about why he got interested in venture capital, climate tech, and how his start in the semiconductor industry informs his investment strategy.

Listen to the interview with Rebecca Shirley of World Resources Institute and Makthar Diop of International Finance Corporation to learn more about clean energy financing in developing nations here. 

Read more: 
Leslie Kaufman’s story about TerraCycle here.
A transcript of the episode

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special thanks to Kira Bindrim, Venkat Viswanathan, and Dashiell Bennett. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

Dipender Saluja is the Managing Director of Capricorn Investment Group, a venture capital firm with $9B under management. He was an early investor in Tesla. Today Dipender leads Capricorn’s clean tech investments effort and is betting on nuclear fusion, next gen batteries and electric aviation as the next moneymakers in decarbonizing the economy. Dipender has worked in Silicon Valley for 35 years. This week, Akshat talks with him about why he got interested in venture capital, climate tech, and how his start in the semiconductor industry informs his investment strategy.
Listen to the interview with Rebecca Shirley of World Resources Institute and Makthar Diop of International Finance Corporation to learn more about clean energy financing in developing nations <a href="https://pod.link/1621556928/episode/7164bcc2d2cb519b7cb74fbf0d007ecc">here</a>. 
Read more: 
<ul>
<li>Leslie Kaufman’s story about TerraCycle <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-terracycle-tom-szaky/">here</a>.</li>
<li>A <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-24/transcript-zero-episode-39-the-biggest-opportunity-in-the-history-of-the-world">transcript</a> of the episode</li>
</ul>
Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special thanks to Kira Bindrim, Venkat Viswanathan, and Dashiell Bennett. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people tackling climate change – a venture capitalist hunting for the best cleantech investment, scientists starting companies, politicians who have successfully created climate laws, and CEOs who have completely transformed their businesses. The road to zero emissions has many paths and everyone’s got an opinion about the best route. Listen in.

Zero: The Climate Race

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The biggest opportunity in the history of the world

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The “cold chain” that delivers our food is inconspicuous but vast. The US alone boasts around 5.5 billion cubic feet of refrigerated space; that’s 150 Empire State Buildings’ worth of freezers. Now, the developing world is catching up. On Zero, Nicola Twilley, author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves, discusses how refrigeration became so ubiquitous and what our reliance on it means for our palates and the planet. 

Explore further:
Past episode with Stacey Abrams on how kitchen-table decisions can cut emissions
Past episode with journalist George Monbiot on how the world’s food system needs a radical rethink 
Past episode with two vertical farming companies taking agriculture indoors

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Kira Bindrim, Aaron Rutkoff and Monique Mulima. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

The &ldquo;cold chain&rdquo; that delivers our food is inconspicuous but vast. The US alone boasts around 5.5 billion cubic feet of refrigerated space; that&rsquo;s 150 Empire State Buildings&rsquo; worth of freezers. Now, the developing world is catching up. On Zero, Nicola Twilley, author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves, discusses how refrigeration became so ubiquitous and what our reliance on it means for our palates and the planet.&nbsp;
Explore further:
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<li aria-level="1">Past episode <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/fddf36b1-fe60-4500-b30d-b1ab015d2c0b">with Stacey Abrams on how kitchen-table decisions can cut emissions</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/22416264-e35b-4a1b-a261-b03c0110066e">with journalist George Monbiot on how the world&rsquo;s food system needs a radical rethink&nbsp;</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/cfa8f1b3-583a-46be-a41b-b07601048a9a">with two vertical farming companies taking agriculture indoors</a></li>
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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Kira Bindrim, Aaron Rutkoff and Monique Mulima. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Best of: How the humble refrigerator changed the world

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Capitalism can be blamed for worsening the climate crisis, says journalist Akshat Rathi, but it can also be used to drive the solutions to fix it. In this episode of TED Talks Daily, recorded at the Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle, Rathi discusses his book Climate Capitalism, and how the strategic use of market forces and government policies can make sustainability profitable.

Capitalism can be blamed for worsening the climate crisis, says journalist Akshat Rathi, but it can also be used to drive the solutions to fix it. In this episode of TED Talks Daily, recorded at the Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle, Rathi discusses his book Climate Capitalism, and how the strategic use of market forces and government policies can make sustainability profitable.

TED Talks Daily : Capitalism broke the climate. Now it can fix it

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Reporter Akshat Rathi speaks to Eric Toone of Breakthrough Energy Ventures about what’s hype and what’s not in the world of energy startups. Breakthrough is one of the world’s biggest funders of early stage climate technologies and has poured billions of dollars in more than 120 startups. Toone weighs in on everything from carbon removal to  the grid, nuclear fusion, nuclear fission, and green hydrogen.

Explore further:
Past episode about Commonwealth Fusion System’s reactors
Past episode about the drilling techniques employed by geothermal startup Fervo
Past episode about the plethora of carbon capture startups
Past episode about the energy startup trying to replace coal with a very cheap battery 
Past episode about TS Conductor’s approach to reconductoring
Past episode with Bill Gates about the areas of the energy sector he’s investing in

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Sharon Chen, Ethan Steinberg, and Jessica Beck. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

Reporter Akshat Rathi speaks to Eric Toone of Breakthrough Energy Ventures about what&rsquo;s hype and what&rsquo;s not in the world of energy startups. Breakthrough is one of the world&rsquo;s biggest funders of early stage climate technologies and has poured billions of dollars in more than 120 startups. Toone weighs in on everything from carbon removal to&nbsp; the grid, nuclear fusion, nuclear fission, and green hydrogen.
Explore further:
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<li>Past episode <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/inside-the-race-to-open-the-world-s-first-nuclear">about Commonwealth Fusion System&rsquo;s reactors</a></li>
<li>Past episode&nbsp;<a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/the-greenest-reason-to-drill-clean-power-thats-alw">about the drilling techniques employed by geothermal startup Fervo</a></li>
<li>Past episode&nbsp;<a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/are-there-too-many-carbon-removal-startups">about the plethora of carbon capture startups</a></li>
<li>Past episode <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/how-to-build-a-battery-that-replaces-a-coal-plant">about the energy startup trying to replace coal with a very cheap battery&nbsp;</a></li>
<li dir="ltr">Past episode <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/wires-carrying-twice-the-power-show-the-future-gri">about TS Conductor&rsquo;s approach to reconductoring</a></li>
<li dir="ltr">Past episode <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/why-bill-gates-is-investing-big-on-nuclear-energy">with Bill Gates about the areas of the energy sector he&rsquo;s investing in</a></li>
</ul>
Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Sharon Chen, Ethan Steinberg, and Jessica Beck. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Cutting through the climate tech hype and looking for profit

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