Amy Francetic (Buoyant Ventures) - The Evolution of Clean Tech Investing

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

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4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Amy Francetic is the founder and managing partner of Buoyant Ventures, a venture fund that invests in digital climate solutions. In this talk, delivered on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Francetic sheds light on the evolution of the clean tech market and shares why now, more than ever, is an opportune time to invest in clean energy and energy efficiency.

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0:00.0	Who you are defines how you build.
0:05.0	This is the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series.
0:09.0	Brought to you by Stanford E-Corner.
0:13.0	Hi, I'm Toby Corey, and I'd like to welcome you to Entrepreneurant Thought Leaders series
0:19.0	presented by STVP, the Entrepreneurship Center
0:22.5	in the School of Engineering and Bases, the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial
0:28.0	Studies. Today we're excited to welcome Amy Franzatic. Now Amy's the founder and managing
0:33.8	general partner of buoyant ventures, a new venture fund in Chicago that aims to invest in digital climate solutions.
0:40.8	She previously founded and led energized ventures.
0:43.6	Her career spans over 20 years of high technology entrepreneurship, private equity, and research.
0:50.3	Amy also co-founded and served as a CEO of Technology Accelerator Clean Energy Trust and held roles at private equity firm NBC Capital and the Stanford Research Institute.
1:02.7	Earlier in her career, she was co-founder and CEO of a tech company that she sold to Lego Systems, and she helped fundraise for mobile gaming company,
1:11.4	GluMobil, on whose board she served
1:13.8	until it went public on the NASDAQ.
1:16.7	Amy has a BA from Stanford University.
1:19.8	Welcome, Amy.
1:21.7	Thank you, thanks Toby, thanks so much for having me.
1:24.4	It's such an honor to be here.
1:26.4	I wish I could take this class.
1:28.3	Well, we're honored to have you now.
1:31.3	I'm going to open up with is it pure luck, the universe, or the Greek earth goddess Gaia,
1:36.3	working her magic that you're here today, leading a climate crusade on Earth Day?
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