Climate change is a global threat and, without a doubt, one of the greatest challenges of our generation.
According to PitchBook, VC investment in climate tech companies this year has already exceeded the previous two years by 37 percent. At the beginning of this year, Elon Musk offered a 100M$ prize to find the “best carbon capture technology” able to achieve low cost at gigatonne scale.
But what is carbon capture and how does it work?
In this episode, we dive into the topic with Henrietta Moon, co-founder & CEO of Carbo Culture, and Talal Hasan, co-founder & CEO of 44.01. Carbo Culture is converting CO2 from plants into stable carbon while 44.01 is turning CO2 into rock.
Topics
00:22 — Introduction with Roxanne Varza
Part I with Henrietta Moon, co-founder & CEO of Carbo Culture
01:33 — Henrietta Moon on what Carbo Culture does
06:03 — The story behind Carbo Culture
09:03 — How the company has evolved
10:30 — Carbo Culture's business model
12:10 — The different types of customers they have
13:35 — How Carbo Culture's technological approach differentiates itself
16:53 — The importance of reducing emissions
18:21 — Examples of companies that should be recognized for their approach to carbon reduction
20:40 — Carbo Culture's fundraising with True Ventures and Cherry Ventures
21:40 — The advantages of being based in Helsinki, Finland
23:59 — Clean innovations that Henrietta is excited about beyond carbon capture
26:20 — Henrietta's vision for Earth in 50 years
Part II with Talal Hasan, co-founder & CEO of 44.01
28:03 — What does 44.01 mean?
29:57 — The type of infrastructure that 44.01 uses
32:44 — Talal's view on the best-case scenario for our planet
33:48 — Why 44.01 is based in Oma
36:12 — The customers of 44.01
37:27 — Carbon credits provided by 44.01
39:03 — How ClimateTech can seduce investors in this space
42:18 — The KPIs that Talal tracks
43:05 — Carbon capture companies and technologies that Talal is excited about
46:03 — Talal's background: what brought Talal into the CleanTech space?
This episode is supported by TikTok, hosted and produced by Cindy Yang. Art is by Gaëtan Lefebvre.
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