How Bitcoin Mining Could Save the Planet
Mark Pavlyukovskyy and Hendrik Remigereau host TechMates, the NZVC podcast. The guest on this episode is Daniel Batten, Climate Tech Investor and Startup Coach, and it went out on 23 April 2025.
- Guest
- Daniel Batten, Climate Tech Investor and Startup Coach
- Date
- 23 April 2025
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Daniel Batten grew up off-grid on New Zealand beaches, studied philosophy and drama, became an actor, then launched one of the country's first angel-funded tech startups without writing code. Now a climate tech investor and startup coach, he argues Bitcoin mining could mitigate methane and accelerate renewable energy. He also covers what coaching gives founders that advice cannot, and his power-to-weight-ratio approach to pitching.
- Why self-awareness is the ultimate founder superpower.
- What coaching gives founders that advice never will.
- How Bitcoin mining could mitigate methane and accelerate renewable energy.
- The power-to-weight-ratio trick for startup pitches.
Bitcoin, climate tech, startup coaching, methane mitigation, angel investing, founder communication