From IPO to a second startup: “beautiful” solar panels to protect children’s future

Yusuke Umeda, CEO of Monochrome, which makes building-integrated solar panels, and the lead investor from ALPHA talk about founding and leaving Uzabase, the new challenge that began when he ran into the irrationality of solar panels while building his own home, and why ALPHA decided to invest.

Topics include taking on the established solar market with beautiful design and software, his path from meeting his future Uzabase co-founder in high school through consulting to the turbulent early days of Uzabase, and why the investor focused on roofs and solar power.