Diego Saez Gil is the founder of Pachama. Pachama is building a marketplace where companies can support carbon offset projects.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year.
Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/
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Topics
00:00 - Welcome Gustaf and Diego
01:19 - Diego's background
06:50 - What is Pachama?
09:25 - Using remote sensing to track carbon
11:37 - Connecting disparate groups
13:04 - How much carbon does a typical company offset?
15:28 - How big is the reforesting opportunity?
17:09 - What are the incentives to offset carbon?
18:40 - Why don't people trust carbon offsets?
20:33 - What are the different forest conservation methods?
25:20 - How does Pachama use technology?
29:00 - Growth challenges
30:20 - Who are the customers?
32:12 - The future of the carbon market
32:48 - Fundraising for a climate startup
37:50 - Advice for people that want to start working in the climate change space.
41:38 - Climate policy
43:23 - What are the most important things happening in the space?
45:10 - The benefits of agroforestry and permaculture
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#131 - Jeremy Rossmann
#130 - Tracy Young and Kat Manalac
#129 - Simone Giertz
#128 - Michael Babineau and Kevin Hale
#127 - Vidit Aatrey and Adora Cheung
#126 - Chris Best and Jonathan Gill
#125 - Brian Halligan and Kevin Hale
#124 - Jarvis Johnson
#123 - Harry Zhang and Kevin Hale
#122 - Max Rhodes and Anu Hariharan
#120 - Austen Allred
#119 - Amy Buechler and Michael Seibel
#118 - Marques Brownlee
#117 - Craig Cannon and Adora Cheung
#116 - Domonique Fines and Cadran Cowansage
#115 - Mike Knoop and Kevin Hale
#114 - Karn Saroya
#113 - Caterina Fake and Kat Manalac
#112 - Ryan Hoover and Dalton Caldwell
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