#200 Biofuels, Nature as a Blueprint, Bio-Mining, the Next Frontier, Waste to Fuel, & More w/ Moji Karimi (Cemvita)

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Woo Hoo! Episode #200 🎉🎉🎉
We are thrilled to release our 200th episode with the one and only Moji Karimi. Moji is a co-founder of Cemvita, the biotech powerhouse that has also birthed GoldH2 and Endolith (now individual companies).
This is the free version of the episode. To get the full thing, go to our Substack and become a paid subscriber. Any paid tier gets full access to the episode.
Today, Moji shares with us,

• His journey into entrepreneurship and Cemvita
• What in the world they do and what they've done so far
• The basics of the biotech space
• Then we talk a lot about the future of biotech -- specifically, how we will start taking nature's lead in engineering industrial production
• We even discussed what a Trump administration could look like for the climate sector

It's a wonderful conversation full of value. Enjoy!
TOPICS:
**02:22 Dinner with George Mitchell
**05:39 Personal Journey & Origin of Cemvita
**08:05 Sustainable Oil Production
**13:01 Understanding Biotech & Synthetic Biology
**15:46 Success in Biotech & Tips for Fundraising
**19:44 End of Free Episode
--In the full episode--
**Considerations if Trump gets in
**Disruption in Fundraising | Focus on Cost
**What is a Durable Biotech Biz Model
**Using Waste as a Feedstock
**Redesigning Biotech Processes
**Approaching Different Investors
**Future Applications of Biotech
**Finding the Right Cos and Investors
LINKS:
**Connect with Moji | Follow Cemvita
**Connect with Somil on LinkedIn | Connect with Silas on LinkedIn
**Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn
**@Silas & @Somil_Agg on X

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Hoofdstukken

1. #200 Biofuels, Nature as a Blueprint, Bio-Mining, the Next Frontier, Waste to Fuel, & More w/ Moji Karimi (Cemvita) (00:00:00)

2. Dinner with George Mitchell (00:02:22)

3. Personal Journey & Origin of Cemvita (00:05:39)

4. Sustainable Oil Production (00:08:05)

5. Understanding Biotech & Synthetic Biology (00:13:01)

6. Success in Biotech + Tips for Fundraising (00:15:46)