Great to chat with Sherif Elsayed-Ali , Co-Founder and CEO at Carbon Re , Carbon Re’s mission is to enable the decarbonization of foundation industries, starting with cement! We discussed cement supply chains, their carbon emissions, fuel efficiency, scaling of alternative fuels, the drivers for users and investors to cut carbon emissions and more! https://carbotnic.com/carbonre ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways! Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon Rate 5 stars ...
Jul 27, 2021•33 min
Great to chat with Ellis Singer McCue, Chief Executive Officer at Territory Foods , a company that delivers delicious chef made meals designed for the nutritious way you eat! We discussed sustainable packaging for food delivery, how we can fix the food system, the challenge of finding supply chains with healthier ingredients from regenerative agriculture, food labeling, how to educate customers and more! https://carbotnic.com/territoryfoods ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two...
Jul 20, 2021•48 min
Great to chat with Daniel Penn , Head Of Business Development for Soil Carbon at Terramera , a technology company that is transforming how food is grown and the economics of agriculture! We discussed the value of quantifying soil carbon, regenerative practices, the need for standardization of soil measurements for scaling, the technology and techniques that will help farmers make better decisions and more! https://carbotnic.com/terramera ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two am...
Jul 13, 2021•39 min
Great to chat with Kim Raath , Founder & CEO of Topl , an ESG tech company building a blockchain to help businesses prove their ethical and sustainable practices! We discussed Topl’s founding story, how blockchain technology has evolved over the last decade, why traceability is now so important to companies, the future of crypto and more! https://carbotnic.com/topl ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways! Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon Rate 5 stars on Apple T...
Jul 06, 2021•41 min
Great to chat with Petri Tolonen CEO of CH-Bioforce Oy, a company converting biomass like wood into high-value materials and replace fossil fuel raw materials in textiles and packaging! We discussed the the unique process for processing biomass they developed, how they are scaling their production, why technology licensing is an interesting and underutilised business model for startups, the importance of government support to kickstart the circular economy and more! https://carbotnic.com/chbiofo...
Jun 29, 2021•35 min
Absolute pleasure to discuss the state of cleantech VC with Monica Varman of G2 Venture Partners . We dove deep into late stage cleantech investment, how covid affected the investment landscape for supply chains and food startups particularly, the agtech technologies she is most excited by, how her experiences at Tesla and McKinsey influences her approach to investing and much more! https://carbotnic.com/g2vp ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways! Subscribe to the ...
Jun 22, 2021•38 min
Great to chat with Mark Herrema , cofounder and CEO of Newlight Technologies , a biotechnology company producing advanced sustainable materials! We discussed how they use naturally occurring microorganisms to eat greenhouse gases and produce a material called AirCarbon which can replace many uses for plastics, their 18 year journey to build such a disruptive technology, how the investing landscape for climatetech has changed over the last few years and more! ------ If you want to support the pod...
Jun 15, 2021•39 min
Great to chat with Charlie Guy, Co-Founder at LettUs Grow, a company which builds aeroponic technology for indoor and vertical farms! We discussed how aeroponics differs from hydroponics, how their MVP developed into their current product, plant circadian rhythms, how universities can better support startup development and more! https://carbotnic.com/letusgrow If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways! Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon Rate 5 stars on Apple Thanks so much! J...
Jun 08, 2021•38 min
Great to chat with Caren McNamara , founder and CEO of Conscious Container , a company with a refillable glass bottle system to reduce Single-Use Packaging Waste! We discussed the state of global recycling, the pros and cons of glass as a container, how customers think about the aesthetics of reused bottles, the importance of transparency as you build an MVP and more! https://lnkd.in/ehFwn_j ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways! Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon ...
Jun 01, 2021•40 min
Great to get into the details with Kathryn Bernell CEO and founder of reBLEND , company making high quality smoothie pops from delicious but misshapen fruits and vegetables. We discussed how they built a low waste supply chain, how sustainably minded CPG companies think about margins, how important branded fridges in pilates studios were to their initial traction, how they track their sustainability metrics and much more! http://carbotnic.com/reblend Download Podcast Here: https://plinkhq.com/i/...
May 25, 2021•43 min
Really great to speak with Michael Groves , co-founder and CEO of Topolytics , a data analytics company that is making the world's waste Visible, Verifiable and Valuable! We discussed why tracking waste is so important, how they utilize multiple data sources to generate insights, how monetization in cleantech has evolved over the years, the pros and cons of building a startup in Edinburgh and much more! https://carbotnic.com/topolytics ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two amaz...
May 18, 2021•40 min
Delighted to speak with Oilver Bolton , CEO of Earthly , a company which makes it easy for businesses to invest in the most effective nature-based climate solutions! We discussed the need for greater natural carbon solution funding, how they think about the carbon permanence of different approaches, the importance of having a strong and independent science board, which approaches have the greatest scalability, how path to entrepreneurship and much more! https://carbotnic.com/earthly ------ If yo...
May 11, 2021•40 min
Great to chat with John Lin cofounder and President of Exaquest Carbon, a research nonprofit developing a new carbon sequestration technology which slows down the decomposition of biomass! We discussed the pros and cons of different biomass carbon sequestration technologies, why understanding decomposition is so important to climate change, what is next for their research, his interesting path to working on this problem and more! https://carbotnic.com/exaquest ------ If you want to support the p...
May 04, 2021•39 min
I learned so much from Garry Cooper, CEO and cofounder of Rheaply , a company which is an exchange platform for organizations to visualize, quantify, and utilize their physical assets. We discussed how a cart in a university laboratory was the genesis for Rheaply, how they are targeting the $630 billion of underutilized US asset capacity, the future of the circular economy, the importance of market place dynamics and gamification design principles to their product, how he thinks about customer f...
Apr 27, 2021•40 min
Really great to chat with Karen Schuett , co-founder and CEO of Livestock Water Recycling (LWR) , a company cleaning up manure lagoons and reducing the climate footprint of farms! We discussed the multiple pivots along the way, why manure lagoons have such a massive impact on climate, their approach to working with farmers, the importance of good data to their technology, why agtech is so exciting right now and much more! https://carbotnic.com/lwr ------ If you want to support the podcast there ...
Apr 20, 2021•38 min
Fantastic podcast with Cees Jan Hollander , Global Farming Expertise Manager at Danone! We discussed how companies like Danone can best reach climate goals, the central role that regenerative farming practices play in decarbonization, how best to approach measuring impact, his thoughts on engaging farmers with new practices, how dairy is changing with the rise of alternative milks and much more! https://carbotnic.com/hollander ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways!...
Apr 13, 2021•45 min
Fantastic conversation with Joshua Shefner , co-founder and CEO of Agricycle Global , a company Upcycling natural fruit overabundance and diverting food waste into healthy, all-natural brands you love! We discussed their fascinating founding story which hops from Jamaica to Panama to Uganda, their pivots along the way, how they built a community of thousands of farmers through word of mouth, their impact on climate change, how they are impacting rural poverty, the challenges in building a global...
Apr 06, 2021•41 min
It was a true pleasure to chat with David Blazevski , co-founder and CEO of Fresh Agriculture Technologies , a company that uses data science to predict when crops like apples are at risk of disease! We discussed the various ways of building trust with farmers and agronomists, how a research project with Cornel was a game changer, the climate impact of their product, the different go to market strategies they explored, what comes next after apples, building a company in Serbia and much more! htt...
Mar 30, 2021•37 min
It was a true pleasure to chat with Fiona Edwards Murphy , co-founder and CEO of ApisProtect , a company using advanced sensors and data science to keep beehives healthy and productive! We discussed what colony collapse disorder is and why helping prevent is so important, the impact bees have on food and agriculture, the importance of getting a startup’s technology team in front of users (even if it means bee stings!), the state of sensor and data science technology today, building a company in ...
Mar 23, 2021•38 min
Fantastic podcast with Dmitry Dementiev , co-founder of GeoPard Agriculture , a company simplifying precision farming with data rich maps! We discussed how a weekly basketball game was key to their founding story, what it like to go through a startup acquisition, how their product helps farmers understand their farms better, the relationship between sustainability and agronomy and much more! https://carbotnic.com/geopard ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways! Subsc...
Mar 16, 2021•34 min
Really great to speak with Robert Schmitt , co-founder and CEO of Vultus , a company working to eliminate waste in farming with satellite based recommendations! We discussed how they pivoted away from being a drone startup to focus on satellites, why now is such a great time to access satellite data, their approach to building APIs, the timelines it takes to get traction in agtech, the tradeoffs of grant vs venture funding and much more! https://carbotnic.com/vultus ------ If you want to support...
Mar 09, 2021•36 min
Fascinating podcast with Katherine co-founder and CEO of Strella Biotechnology , a startup reducing waste across food supply chains with their advanced ripeness sensors! We discussed how Katherine founded Strella while still in university, how they combined molecular biology with IoT sensors to produce such a unique product, their approach to raising capital, how their MVP saved an early user from losing $600K worth of apples, tips on managing employees and more! ------ If you want to support th...
Mar 02, 2021•37 min
Great to catch up with Brennan Spellacy , CEO and cofounder of Patch , a platform for negative emissions who just announced a $4.5m raise led by a16z ! We discussed how businesses can integrate with Patch's API to take carbon out of the air, how they leveraged existing relationships to get their first users, the range of carbon sequestration technologies they work with, how their business model works, why it is so important to share losses as well as wins to encourage more people to become start...
Feb 23, 2021•40 min
Fascinating conversation with Frederik Taarnhøj cofounder of FaunaPhotonics, a startup with advanced insect monitoring technology for agriculture. We discussed the importance of paternity leave to the early days of FaunaPhotonics, how they developed their early sensor prototypes, what they learned working with farmers on trials, the positive sustainability impacts their technology has on farming, why Denmark is a fascinating country for agtech startups and much more! ------ If you want to suppor...
Feb 16, 2021•38 min
Great to chat with Martijn Lukaart founder of Odd.Bot a startup that builds autonomous robots (a weeding robot!) for farms. We discussed how a EU directive coupled with a hackathon drove the initial decision to start Odd.Bot, why they chose carrots as their first use case, the incredible time and labor savings their robot can generate, how they are able to couple data science with in-world robotics, how they think about the future of agtech and more! ------ If you want to support the podcast the...
Feb 09, 2021•36 min
Great to chat with Cosmo Pepe co-founder of Soonapse, a company whose products make farming more efficient with a particular focus on smart irrigation. We discussed how they combine data from multiple sources to give recommendations on when to irrigate to the farmer, the challenge of balancing software and hardware in agtech, their go-to-market strategy, what it is like building a company in Italy and more! ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways! Subscribe to the Ca...
Feb 02, 2021•34 min
I learned tons about biochar from Henrietta Moon, CEO and cofounder of Carbo Culture , a company which makes high quality biocarbons from waste, and puts this biochar to use in soils, agriculture and urban environments. We discussed how biochar is created and why it is such a stable form of carbon, what the process of verifying carbon sequestration is like, how biochar intersects with regenerative agriculture, how large corporates are starting to think about offsets, the importance of “container...
Jan 26, 2021•39 min
Learnt so much about aeroponics speaking with Lucas Moreira, CEO of CBA Sementes, a Brazilian startup that grows potatoes in the air! We discussed how aeroponics differs from hydroponics, why seed potatoes are such a great use case for aeroponics, the importance of sensors, the pros of building a startup with your family, the Brazilian tech scene and more! ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways! Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon Rate 5 stars on Apple Thanks so much...
Jan 19, 2021•40 min
Two great guests on the podcast this week in Ryan Slabaugh and Sarah Day Levesque of Acres USA, North America's oldest publisher on production-scale organic and sustainable farming. We discussed how to better communicate the importance of soil health for sustainable farming, the lessons regenerative agriculture can learn from organic farming, soil carbon sequestration markets, how to better engage conventional farmers on sustainability, the agtech landscape and more! ------ If you want to suppor...
Jan 12, 2021•39 min
Great to chat with Alexander Gillett, CEO and co-founder of HowGood, a company with the world’s largest food product sustainability database. We discussed what it took to build such a unique dataset (14 years!), the importance of decision making to actionable sustainability, the challenges for sustainability across the developed versus developing world, their go-to-market strategy, why trust is so important for early startup teams and more! ------ If you want to support the podcast there are two...
Jan 05, 2021•34 min
