How can startup founders, tech builders, and private equity & venture investors build at the intersection of capitalism and community? What does it look like to align all the incentives in the right way, to take a profit driven approach to restoring waterpower dams while still benefitting and getting buy-in from local communities?
If you want to hear about: the arbitrage opportunity with decaying energy infrastructure, how technology and automation can massively impact operational costs at satellite facilities, the nuances of financing & regulation that have left huge opportunities up for grabs in regional + local energy innovation, an engagement strategy that rewards local communities for their resources (even with a private equity archetype business model), and some of the nuances in between... this one's for you.
Matthew Wenger went from building one of Canada's first fiber-to-home networks to leading billion-dollar hydropower projects on the Columbia River. Now, as CEO of Relevate Power, he's tackling one of clean energy's biggest challenges: making renewable power work 24/7 using facilities that have been neglected, abandoned, or underutilized.
Over two decades, he's scaled multiple ventures from zero to hundreds of millions while keeping community impact at the core. A builder at heart with over $1B in infrastructure projects under his belt, Matt brings a rare mix of hard-tech experience and startup speed to the energy transition.
This is Episode 011 of The Sherveen Show.
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