#105 – Alex Mitchell | Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator - Unlocking Innovation, Debt vs. Equity, and The Most Promising Trends in Cleantech

Alex Mitchell is the SVP Unlocking Innovation, where he oversees all founder-facing efforts, including recruitment, all incubation programs, as well as investments of the LACI Impact Fund and LACI Cleantech Debt Fund. Key topics in this conversation include: Alex’s remarkable career journey, and how that led him to LACI The unique value LACI provides for founders The most promising trends in cleantech for impact and financial returns When debt might be a better choice than giving up equity Project Drawdown and our options for decarbonization Links: Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/AlexMitchell https://alexmitchell.substack.com/ https://laincubator.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmitchell98 https://twitter.com/iamalexmitchell Alex’s Bio Alex Mitchell is the SVP Unlocking Innovation, where he oversees all founder-facing efforts, including recruitment, all incubation programs, as well as investments of the LACI Impact Fund and LACI Cleantech Debt Fund. He joined LACI from Groupe PSA in Paris where he was VP of Corporate Strategy, co-leading the company’s acquisition of Opel from General Motors and leading the company’s work on autonomous mobility. Alex previously headed an automotive industry vertical at the World Economic Forum, with a focus on autonomous mobility.  Alex has also served as the VP of retail sales at an LA-based EV startup Coda Automotive and worked at Toyota Europe and McKinsey. Alex is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained an MBA from the Wharton School and an MA from the School of Arts and Sciences as a Fellow of the Lauder Institute Global MBA program.  He holds a BA from Stanford University.  His rescue dog makes frequent guest appearances on his Zoom calls. About The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is creating an inclusive green economy by unlocking innovation through helping scale cleantech startups, transforming markets through catalytic partnerships like the Transportation Electrification Partnership, and enhancing communities through green workforce training and pilots. Founded as an economic development initiative by the City of Los Angeles and its Department of Water & Power (LADWP) in 2011, LACI is recognized as one of the top 10 innovative business incubators in the world by UBI. To date, LACI has supported 315 startup companies that have secured more than $695 million in funding, generated more than $308 million in revenue, and helped to create an estimated 2,480 jobs with a long-term projected economic impact of more than $555 million. Future of Mobility: The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields. linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/ brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/