Bloom: Justin Kosmides

🚲 E-Bikes, 🏭 Manufacturing, ♻️ Circular Economy, 📍Detroit, and More

Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails!

Coffee, E-bikes, the resurgence of American Manufacturing in Detroit, and a deep dive into the circular economy are all on the menu today as Justin Kosmides, co-founder and CEO of Bloom joins Matt for a chat. A trailblazer in the electric mobility space, Bloom is building an operations-as-a-service platform to help e-mobility companies scale production and operate efficiently. Coming at you straight from Newlab Detroit, this is one electric ride!

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"If we don't improve operational cost and efficiency, but also unit economic costs and efficiency, this isn't gonna work, and we're not going to go from early adopters to crossing the chasm into mainstream adoption."
Justin Kosmides, co-founder and CEO of Bloom

What we drank during the episode: ☕ Coffee

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Companies/Startups mentioned during the show:

• 🥏 Airspace Link

• ⚡Amogy

• 🏢 Barclays

• 🚲 Bird

• 🚲 Bloom

• 🚲 Cake

• 🍽 CloudKitchens

• 🚛 Clutter

• 💰 Detroit Venture Partners

• 🚲 E-Bikes for Hunters

• 🚐 Grounded RV

• 🏢 Prologis

• 🚗 Rivian

• 🔧 Scalvy

• 📡Starlink

• 🚲 VanMoof

• 🚲 Vela Bikes

• ☁️ AWS (Amazon Web Services)

People/places/things mentioned during the show:

• 📍 Baltimore, Maryland

• 💡 Brooklyn Army Terminal

• 📍 Brooklyn, NY

• 📍 California

• 📍 Chicago, Illinois

• 📍 China

• 📍Cobble Hill

• 🏀Dallas Mavericks

• 🧑‍💻Dan Gilbert

• 📍 Detroit, Michigan

• 🛻 Ford F-150

• 🧑‍💻 Justin Kosmides

• 🏀 Luka Dončić

• 🏢 Michigan Economic Development Corporation

• ♻️ Mill

• 📍 Miami, Florida

• 🚉 Michigan Central

• 💡 New Lab (Detroit & Brooklyn)

• 📍 Ohio

• 📍 San Francisco, California

• 📍 São Paulo, Brazil

• 📍 South Carolina

• 🧑‍💻 Taco Carlier

• 📍 Taiwan

• 📜 Section 301 Tariffs

• 📍 Toronto, Canada

• 📍 Windsor, Canada

• -TIMESTAMPS-

[00:00] - Scaling Electric Mobility with Bloom

[01:10] - The Role of Operations-as-a-Service in E-Mobility

[03:45] - Detroit’s Growing Climate Tech Hub

[05:30] - Challenges in E-Bike Manufacturing & Supply Chain

[08:15] - Lessons from Investment Banking to Climate Tech

[12:40] - How COVID-19 Fueled E-Bike Market Growth

[15:22] - Supply Chain Disruptions & Shifting to Domestic Assembly

[18:35] - Redefining Micromobility Beyond Scooters & E-Bikes

[21:50] - Why Hardware Startups Struggle to Raise Capital

[24:18] - Standardization & Efficiency in E-Mobility Production

[27:05] - The Power of Aggregation in Manufacturing & Logistics

[29:40] - Battery Innovation & The Push for Domestic Production

[32:55] - Detroit’s Potential as a Hardware Startup Hub

[36:12] - Government Support for Onshoring Manufacturing

[39:05] - Economic & Job Growth from E-Mobility Expansion

[42:20] - The Future of Shared Infrastructure for Hardware Startups

[45:30] - The Vision for Bloom & Expanding the Platform