Bryson Wiese

Bryson Wiese (YC ’24) covers clean technology venture capital for Yale’s Clean Energy Finance Forum. Beyond CBEY, Bryson also serves on the board of the Dwight Hall Socially Responsible Fund, edits for The Politic magazine, and mobilizes student voters through Yale Votes. He enjoys outdoor sports and following current events.

The exterior of "Timber House," courtesy of Mesh Architectures — On an urban two-way street, Timber House's wooden frame points to a different way of assembling housing. (Courtesy of Mesh Architectures.)

Real estate is the source of around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions, including 11% that come just from making building materials. Mass timber panels, which consist of small pieces of softwood glued together, offer a lower-emissions alternative to steel and cement, as well storing carbon sequestered by trees. Driven...

Amy Harder, a journalist with chops, takes on the net-zero challenge — Amy Harder, an expert journalist, steers the storytelling for Breakthrough Energy's new publication.

Amy Harder, a veteran journalist, now runs a new site out of Breakthrough Energy called Cipher. She looks at the transition's hard questions, hard slogs, and compelling stories in a casual Zoom with undergraduates.

Climate tech these days extends to produce preservation — Apeel, a startup that's recently drawn venture investment, makes an edible coating to extend produce's shelf life. (Photo courtesy apeel.com .)

Financing through each stage of a venture's growth is possible - and increasingly available for climate-related startups. How do startups keep gaining investors as they grow into commercial companies and build their emissions-reduction bonafides at the same time?

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Bryson Wiese

Authored Articles

Timber House: Can Mass Timber Help Decarbonize Real Estate?

An Interview With Amy Harder of Cipher by Breakthrough Energy

Explainer: The "Valley of Death" and the Challenges of Scaling Climate Tech