#1211 Bill Clerico On Investing MILLIONS To Solve Wildfire Crisis
The Pomp Podcast
Anthony Pompliano
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Bill Clerico is an investor at Convective Capital. He is an early investor in 50+ companies, and he is the former CEO of WePay which was acquired by JPMorgan. In this conversation, we talk about Bill's investment thesis - his entire firm is focused on investing in technology, software, & hardware related to wildfires. Bill and his team are looking for startups that are trying to help mitigate, treat, & prevent all of those issues.
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| 0:26.4 | the world's most interesting people. So let's get in to today's episode. Bill Clerico is an |
| 0:31.9 | investor at Convective Capital. He's an early investor in 50 plus companies, and he is the former CEO of WePay, which was acquired by J.P. Morgan. |
| 0:40.7 | In this conversation, we talk about Bill's, dare I say, wild investment thesis. |
| 0:46.1 | His entire firm is focused on investing in technology, software, and hardware that is related to wildfires. |
| 0:52.9 | That's right. Those fires that you read about in the news, Bill and his team are looking for startups |
| 0:57.4 | that are trying to help mitigate, treat, and prevent all of those issues. |
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