Deanna Zhang on LinkedIn: FOAK Roundtable · Luma (2024)

⭐ Excited to be in SF for Climate Week and cohosting a FOAK event on Wednesday with Jack Fritzinger and 9Zero and with speakers/supporters The Schmidt Family Foundation, Third Sphere, Climate Finance Solutions, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), For ClimateTech, Sightline Climate (CTVC), , Prime Coalition, Third Derivative, Nexus Development Capital, and Builders Vision: https://lnkd.in/dvDuSzz4 If I can't catch you at this event and you want to talk FOAK in SF, let's get together!⭐ALSO⭐ Anyone in Denver for NREL IGF and interested in sponsoring or attending a #FOAK discussion? Message me!! 😀

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Excited to be part of the launch of The Climate Brick, a big step forward in creating a common language for scaling climate tech. The team has worked very hard in identifying the common "bricks" or archetypes of climate tech startups and charting the milestones that define each brick's growth. It's an ongoing effort as more feedback comes in and the community continues to build on it - but I'm excited about what a great starting point this is for discussion.There are seven bricks: ✅ Gigascaling: scaling up large FOAK plants✅ Green deployment: proliferating assets like solar, wind, and batteries✅ Assets as a service: scaling new "as a service" software / business models attached to assets like city scooters✅ Product disruption - creating new green products like EVs and sustainable clothing ✅ New technology - creating tech like carbon capture for lowering the carbon footprint of existing supply chains✅ Moonshot - proving and scaling revolutionary technologies like fusion ✅ Companion software - software-focused solutions for things like grid optimization Read the open letter and join me in being a signatory! Letter: https://lnkd.in/dGsReM9nSign the letter: https://climatebrick.com/Congrats to EQT Ventures, Contrarian Ventures, and for spearheading this effort and creating something that I think will be an amazing resource for climate tech ecosystems everywhere 🌟🌎🌟

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Thrilled to share some FOAK ideas with old and new friends at the happy hour earlier this week. We talked about re-defining FOAK & the components of what makes a FOAK project, capital solutions like tax credit financing and FOAK-focused funds, human capital solutions like utilizing vendor talent and getting bought in from EPCs, offtaker solutions like buyers' clubs, and tech validation solutions like third party testing sites. Thanks to Jason Ethier and the Energy Tech Nexus for co-hosting with V1 Climate Solutions during #CERAweek.

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Our FOAK happy hour is TODAY at the Energy Tech Innovator Lounge at 5pm. RSVP if you haven't already! Depending on who's there, I'm thinking of discussing/whiteboarding with the group: ✅ Diagramming different investment structures for FOAK✅ Defining technology readiness for FOAK✅ Discussing individual participants' concerns and problems with FOAK✅ Sharing interests in FOAK and how to get market to increasingly support this asset class There will be light snacks and drinks. Come and have fun with us talking all things FOAK!Jason Ethier

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