Alan Neuhauser

Scoop: Green asset investor Generate Capital eyes IPO The firm is feeling liquidity pressure.

SCOOP: Generate Capital, one of the most prominent investors and operators in climate-tech, is considering an IPO. www.axios.com/pro/climate-... @axios.com

How did things get so bad that we started allowing the Bubble Tea Industrial Complex to charge $12 for iced tea?

Sure, there's bar/bat mitzvah, confirmation. But you haven't truly reached Jewish adulthood until your parents start trying to send you home with their extra boxes of matzah.

Scoop: Type One preparing $200M raise for stellarator fusion energy The startup has projects underway with the TVA.

SCOOP: Type One Energy is preparing to raise an over $200 million Series A to continue developing its stellarator fusion plant.

www.axios.com/pro/climate-... @axios.com #fusion #fusionenergy #stellarator

Exclusive: Argent LNG seeking $20B for Louisiana gas terminal It's also raising $150 million in equity funding.

EXCLUSIVE: Argent LNG is raising $150M in equity and and meeting with Wall Street banks to close $20B in project financing to open a natural gas export terminal in Louisiana.

www.axios.com/pro/climate-... @axios.com

Fervo moves toward IPO despite Trump climate storm The discussions come as power demand rises and geothermal enjoys the administration's embrace.

NEW: Geothermal developer Fervo Energy is in talks with Wall Street banks about a potential $2 billion to $4 billion IPO in 2026 or 2027. With Ben Geman: www.axios.com/2025/03/13/f...

Climate: Carbon capture momentum Investors are backing startups

Distributed carbon-capture is gaining momentum:

🏢 CarbonQuest, deploying systems in residential buildings and eying data centers, raised $20m.
🚢 Stax, which captures pollution from ships, raised $70m in equity and debt.

We dive in at Climate Deals, only from Axios Pro www.axios.com/pro/climate-...

Realized that the photos in my Google-generated bio are just a progression of me getting balder.

The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway. Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority — an...

Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze

Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen

-hot meals for elderly and disabled
-groceries for those in need
-maternal & child health services
-a clinic that serves the poor

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Can't help but think how Count Orlok would've really shaken up the dynamic in Challengers.

Dimitry Gershenson on LinkedIn: Update on Federal government funding in climate: First, the uncertainty… Update on Federal government funding in climate: First, the uncertainty around federal support for climate innovation, commercialization, and deployment…

Some contract payments are starting to flow again from the Department of Energy and DOD, per @dgershenson.bsky.social. Some contracts also being canceled, especially those with DEI/environmental justice as an objective.

This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

Helion raises $425M Series F for fusion energy The Sam Altman-backed startup expects net output this year.

NEW: Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion developer, just raised a $425M Series F.

The startup has said it expects to reach net generation—creating more electricity than it consumes—as soon as this year, years ahead of competitors.

www.axios.com/pro/climate-... @axios.com @helionenergy.bsky.social

Climate: 🌬️ Why wind matters President-elect Trump's claim

In today's Climate Deals:
🛑 Trump's no-wind plan vs. clean energy demand.
⚡ EQT is acquiring Scale.
🚒 Convective's raising $75M for wildfire tech
💰 And Unless raised $90.6M, per an SEC filing.

All that and more, with Katie Fehrenbacher, only in Axios Pro:

www.axios.com/pro/climate-... @axios.com

Feds testing first respirators for wildland firefighters Wildland crews can't use the masks that city firefighters have had for decades.

A reminder that the wildland crews battling the wildfires in LA — and inhaling the smoke from burning insulation, chemicals and god knows what else — are largely doing so with no respiratory protection whatsoever. www.axios.com/2024/09/16/w...

Investing giant EQT plans to buy Scale Microgrids out of its infrastructure fund The Swedish investor group plans to invest in Scale's U.S. growth

We've seen very few substantive M&A deals in climate-tech amid the investing slowdown. This morning brought us a relative biggie: EQT is planning to buy microgrid and DER developer Scale Microgrids from Warburg Pincus. www.axios.com/pro/climate-...

That is indeed my first post on This Platform.

Consequence for finishing last place in fantasy football should be having to watch "Babygirl" with your parents.