Sidley partners Andrew Harper and Justin Savage were recent guests on the Doon Insights podcast "What’s Next in ..." There they discussed current investment trends in the sector and the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act. They covered a wide range of issues, including: the impact of the current market downturn and volatility on financing deals, dealflow, differences between earlier and later stage deals, valuations, down-rounds, new legislative initiatives regarding climate change, a new national industrial policy, FOMO, new consumer and industrial tax credits for the sector, timing deadlines, new non-dilutive government grants, competing with China in the battery sector, the impact of the new policies on aviation, the Ukraine War as an accelerator of trends, how startups can take advantage of these new policies, and reasons for optimism.
