On our third episode of Two Pence Worth: Stories from female Founders in Climate, I spoke to Aranzazu Carmona Orbezo: Founder and CTO of Parallel Carbon..
Aranzazu is the Founder and CTO of Parallel Carbon, a start-up developing technology that removes carbon dioxide from the air while producing hydrogen to eliminate emissions. She has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Manchester, with experience in electrochemical engineering, water treatment/desalination, and more.
00:00: Introduction to episode 3
01:20: Introducing Aranzazu Carmona Orbezo
02:12: About Parallel Carbon and how the technology works
03:15: Where did the idea come from and how did it develop?
05:50: What was the experience like working with a Co-Founder so geographically different to you?
07:35: Since spinning out from the venture builder, how has the last 18 moths - 2 years been for you? How has the technology and business developed in that time?
08:35: What does the future look like or the next 12 months?
09:45: How has your funding experience been? Is it your first time going through it?
11:29: Post-funding round
13:15: How have you found the experience as a female founder? To what extent do you feel you’ve faced adversity?
17:00: Balancing a brand new business with a baby
19:00: Managing without a physically-close support network
21:15: Cherry’s own experience with building a family and a business simultaneously
22:30: Communicating to people in the industry that you’re pregnant
24:35: Controversial book: Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In
27:10: What support or resources have you leant on that could benefit other people?
30:00: What people based resource has helped you?
32:00: What media based resource has helped you?
34:25: Who is your female business role model?
35:35: Conclusion and the future of the series
Video versions of these episodes are available here.
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