Nurturing Deep Tech Startups to Address Climate Change: A Conversation with Andrew Gollach of HAX

Hardware to Save a Planet

Welcome to this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet. Today, Dylan is joined by Andrew Gollach, Principal at HAX, a pre-seed and hands-on venture capital company for Hard Tech startups focused on climate change, sustainability, industrial automation, and human health.

Join them as they discuss the challenges of hardware innovation, the importance of mining industry innovation, and the need for renewable energy scaling. They also touch on other innovation areas and investors' role in supporting climate tech. Listen in for an insightful conversation on solving climate change through hardware innovation and investing.

Andrew has over ten years of technical and operational experience in renewable fuels and traditional oil and gas industries, and he has worked as an engineer in nine different countries. He has led a team in deploying a first-of-its-kind low-carbon fuels facility and contributed to the operations of many more large CAPEX projects. He leverages his engineering background and business acumen to help founders de-risk their technology, develop scalable go-to-market strategies, and secure additional funding.

As a Principal at HAX, he is passionate about supporting and investing in Deep Tech startups that are tackling the most pressing challenges in climate and sustainability. HAX is the physical sciences-focused vertical of SOSV, a global venture capital fund with over $1 billion in assets under management.

.Episode resources:

• Andrew Gollach on LinkedIn
• HAX Website
• Dylan Garrett on LinkedIn
• Synapse Website

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Previous guests include: Peter Reinhardt of Charm Industrial, Carlos Araque of Quaise, Noah McQueen of Heirloom, Areeb Malik of Glacier, Jeff Satwicz of Bigbelly, Abe Schneider of Natel Energy, Insiya Jafferjee of Shellworks, Paul Gross of Remora, Erika Boeing of Accelerate Wind and Daniel Betts of Blue Frontier.
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