Harvey Hodd

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1:49:3211 min

Harvey Hodd (Rivan Industries): $34M Series A for Synthetic Fuel

Rivan Industries co-founder Harvey Hodd returns to discuss the $34M Series A led by IQ Capital with Plural and long-time angels, funding 'Production Base One,' a mass-manufacturing factory in South London opening in about six weeks. He lays out the synthetic-fuel thesis (roughly 20% of energy can't be electrified and cheap solar power now makes e-fuels viable at fossil-fuel prices), defends staying in London for talent density and iteration speed, and explains why speed compounds across a 15-year arc while production gets its own guardrails.