Convective Capital
Convective Capital is Bill Clerico’s fire-tech-focused investment firm in Bill Clerico on WePay, YC, and Fire Tech. The episode links the firm’s thesis to Clerico’s post-WePay ranch life in Mendocino County, nearby wildfire exposure, and volunteer firefighting experience.
The fund treats wildfire resilience as an overlooked startup market rather than only a public-sector cost. Clerico argues that suppression, forest management, detection, home hardening, air filtration, utilities, and insurance all create possible company opportunities, but that startups need help finding first customers inside conservative agencies, utilities, and insurers.
Convective Capital’s wiki role is to connect regulated fintech pattern recognition to Fire Tech Climate Resilience. Clerico compares fire tech to fintech in 2008: unglamorous, regulated, institution-heavy, and therefore easy for many investors to dismiss before the market infrastructure exists.
Connections
- Bill Clerico - founder and investor.
- WePay and Payments Infrastructure Pivot - prior fintech pattern that informs Clerico’s fire-tech thesis.
- Fire Tech Climate Resilience and Climate Adaptation - core market and resilience concepts.
- OverStory - portfolio company highlighted in the episode.