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Watt It Takes
with Shayle Kann

Shayle Kann is a Managing Partner at Energy Impact Partners and host of the Catalyst podcast. Emily spoke to Shayle about his journey, from growing up in Madison, Wisconsin, to his early career at Green Tech Media, and later stepping into leadership at Energy Impact Partners. Shayle’s path wasn’t conventional, but his passion for storytelling and energy led him to successfully apply these interests in both media and venture capital, becoming a driving force in clean energy. As host of Catalyst, he’s shaped critical conversations on the future of energy, and as Managing Partner at EIP, continues to lead investments accelerating the energy transition and supporting the decarbonization of infrastructure.

 
 
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Shayle Kann

Managing Partner
Energy Impact Partners
 
 
 

Shayle Kann is a Partner at Energy Impact Partners, a $3+ billion venture capital firm backed by a coalition of the world’s largest energy and industrial companies. He leads EIP's Frontier Fund, dedicated to investing in revolutionary technologies to enable deep decarbonization. Shayle is also host of the popular climate tech podcast Catalyst.

Previously, Shayle built and ran GTM Research, the market intelligence arm of Greentech Media, through and beyond GTM's successful 2016 acquisition by Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ: VRSK). Prior to GTM, Shayle was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, researching renewable energy project finance in Australia. He also worked at Conservation Services Group (acquired by ClearResult) and the California Public Utilities Commission.
 
 
 
“There's the reason that I'm still interested in energy after 20 years now, and I don't feel like I've even scratched the surface of it. It's such a complex market, set of technologies, and industries. And so if I can find opportunities to distill that into something that is clear and concise and understandable, and then I can either disseminate that, or I can turn that into high conviction; that is my superpower. I'm some version of a storyteller.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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