In spring 2026, four climate practitioners got tired of climate content that only covered what had already worked and decided to build something different.
The Climate Spinout started as a podcast, grew into a database, and is becoming a network. We built it because the most important climate work — the kind coming out of university labs before it's polished, proven, or mainstream — was almost impossible to find in one place. It still is. We're fixing that.
A live, searchable directory of climate tech spinouts from university labs. Updated continuously. Filterable by university, sector, stage, and technology. The thing that makes everything else defensible.
Each episode pairs a world-leading researcher with a founder tackling the same hard climate problem. Every episode is sourced from the database. The show is the PR machine that proves the database is real.
Quarterly. Lab Watch, The Pairing companion, The Ecosystem map, and Signal vs. Noise. For VCs who want early signal, practitioners who need context, and students who want in.
Becca lives to funnel big money towards hard climate problems. She’s built climate risk models for the World Bank and a climate tech startup, believing that quantifying the negative financial impact of climate change can push companies to make better decisions. She also runs a sustainable fashion brand upcycling ethnic minority textiles in rural China. B.S. Economics & Data Science, UC Berkeley.
LinkedIn →Anthony is passionate about solving the climate crisis with innovation and better financing, working at the intersection of clean energy and sustainable finance. Previously in private equity and product at an early-stage workforce education startup. B.A. Sustainable Environmental Design, UC Berkeley.
LinkedIn →Gaby works at the intersection of climate science, community, and implementation. She shapes The Climate Spinout’s network strategy, content direction, and community across both campuses. She believes the most important climate work happens in rooms most people don’t have access to — and that access is the point.
LinkedIn →Grant brings the capital markets lens to The Climate Spinout — helping translate complex climate science into language that moves money. He leads growth strategy, investor relationships, and the newsletter’s coverage of the university climate tech ecosystem. He tracks what’s coming out of labs before it shows up anywhere else.
LinkedIn →Reach out directly. We read everything.