Tackling Climate Change with Carbon Capture

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.Topics00:22 — Introduction with Roxanne VarzaPart I with Henrietta Moon, co-founder & CEO of Carbo Culture01:33 — Henrietta Moon on what Carbo Culture does06:03 — The story behind Carbo Culture09:03 — How the company has evolved10:30 — Carbo Culture's business model12:10 — The different types of customers they have13:35 — How Carbo Culture's technological approach differentiates itself16:53 — The importance of reducing emissions18:21 — Examples of companies that should be recognized for their approach to carbon reduction20:40 — Carbo Culture's fundraising with True Ventures and Cherry Ventures21:40 — The advantages of being based in Helsinki, Finland23:59 — Clean innovations that Henrietta is excited about beyond carbon capture26:20 — Henrietta's vision for Earth in 50 yearsPart II with Talal Hasan, co-founder & CEO of 44.0128:03 — What does 44.01 mean?29:57 — The type of infrastructure that 44.01 uses32:44 — Talal's view on the best-case scenario for our planet33:48 — Why 44.01 is based in Oma36:12 — The customers of 44.0137:27 — Carbon credits provided by 44.0139:03 — How ClimateTech can seduce investors in this space42:18 — The KPIs that Talal tracks43:05 — Carbon capture companies and technologies that Talal is excited about46:03 — 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.