Build, Repeat. (A Paces Podcast)
Episodes
Biomass for the Circular Economy - E51
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
The State of Cleantech Investment - E50
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Absolute pleasure to discuss the state of cleantech VC with Monica Varman of G2 Venture Partners. We dove deep into late stage cleantech investment, h...
Replacing Plastic with AirCarbon - E49
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Great to chat with Mark Herrema, cofounder and CEO of Newlight Technologies, a biotechnology company producing advanced sustainable materials! We disc...
Scaling Aeroponic Farming - E48
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Building the Refillable Revolution! - E47
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Great to chat with Caren McNamara, founder and CEO of Conscious Container , a company with a refillable glass bottle system to reduce Single-Use Packa...
reBLENDING Wasted Food - E46
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Great to get into the details with Kathryn Bernell CEO and founder of reBLEND, company making high quality smoothie pops from delicious but misshapen ...
Making the World’s Waste Visible, Verifiable and Valuable - E45
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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, V...
The Natural Carbon Revolution - E44
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 cli...
A New Method to Sequester Carbon? - E43
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Great to chat with John Lin cofounder and President of Exaquest Carbon, a research nonprofit developing a new carbon sequestration technology which sl...
Enabling the Circular Economy - E42
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I learned so much from Garry Cooper, CEO and cofounder of Rheaply, a company which is an exchange platform for organizations to visualize, quantify, a...
Cleaning Up Manure Lagoons! - E41
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Regenerative Practices and Climate Goals - E40
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fantastic podcast with Cees Jan Hollander, Global Farming Expertise Manager at Danone! We discussed how companies like Danone can best reach climate g...
Upcycling with Global Impact - E39
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fantastic conversation with Joshua Shefner, co-founder and CEO of Agricycle Global, a company Upcycling natural fruit overabundance and diverting food...
#MapMyApple - E38
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Healthy and Happy Bees - E37
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Making the complex, simple! - E36
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fantastic podcast with Dmitry Dementiev, co-founder of GeoPard Agriculture, a company simplifying precision farming with data rich maps! We discussed ...
Satellites and API farmers! - E35
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Really great to speak with Robert Schmitt, co-founder and CEO of Vultus, a company working to eliminate waste in farming with satellite based recommen...
Reducing Food Waste With Ripeness Sensors - E34
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fascinating podcast with Katherine co-founder and CEO of Strella Biotechnology, a startup reducing waste across food supply chains with their advanced...
Infrastructure for a Sustainable Economy - E33
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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!...
#WeSeeInsects - E32
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fascinating conversation with Frederik Taarnhøj cofounder of FaunaPhotonics, a startup with advanced insect monitoring technology for agriculture. We...
Weeding Robots - E31
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 dire...
Smart Farm Irrigation - E30
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Stable Sequestration Through Biochar - E29
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I learned tons about biochar from Henrietta Moon, CEO and cofounder of Carbo Culture, a company which makes high quality biocarbons from waste, and pu...
Growing Potatoes in Air - E28
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Learnt so much about aeroponics speaking with Lucas Moreira, CEO of CBA Sementes, a Brazilian startup that grows potatoes in the air! We discussed h...
Sustainable Food Communication - E27
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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-sc...
A Sustainable Data Moat - E26
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Great to chat with Alexander Gillett, CEO and co-founder of HowGood, a company with the world’s largest food product sustainability database. We dis...
Solving irrigation sustainably - E25
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Very enjoyable chat with Patrick Henry CEO of GroGuru, a company using soil sensors to give farmers AI-based recommendations for crop irrigation. We d...
The Future of Geospatial Analytics - E24
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Great to chat to Philip Briscoe, COO at Rezatec, a remote sensing company which helps companies manage critical infrastructure at scale. We discussed ...
Measuring Farm Sustainability - E23
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We went deep into the founding story of Farm Dog with CEO and founder Liron Brish. Farm Dog is a data company which helps growers increase yields and ...
A New Age for Meat - E22
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Great podcast with Derin Alemli, COO of New Age Meats, a startup combining plant-based ingredients with cultured animal meat. We discussed why combini...
My Climate Journey - E21
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For Thanksgiving week, a bit of background on my climate journey and how Carbotnic came about! ------If you want to support the podcast there are two...
Wonder in Waste - E20
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Really interesting to get into compostable plastics with Tony Bova, CEO and founder of Mobius, a startup developing compostable plastics. We discuss...
The Future of Food is Local - E19
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Inspiring chat with Marcia Woods, founder and CEO of FreshSpoke, a marketplace that makes it easy to source local food by sustainability tapping into ...
Ending single use plastic - E18
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Really interesting podcast with Shadi Bakour, the CEO and Co-Founder of Pathwater, a company whose aluminum water bottles are designed to be refilled ...
Plant Based Diet Innovation - E17
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A great chat on the importance of expanding our diets into a broader range of plants with Marc Diaz, SVP of Business Development at TerViva, a company...
Sustainable Supply Chains - E16
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dived deep into supply chain sustainability with Allyson Quijano, Chief Sustainability Officer at Bext360, a SaaS platform to manage supply chain trac...
Fixing Fashion’s Fiber Waste Problem - E15
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Really interesting chat with Peter Majeranowski, CEO of Tyton Biosciences which uses biotechnology to recycle cotton and polyester for nearly complete...
Cellular Meat as the Future of Food - E14
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I became a cellular meat convert while chatting to Jalene Anderson-Baron! She is the co-founder of Future Fields, a biotech startup enabling cheaper d...
Disrupting Agriculture with Farming Networks - E13
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Learned so much speaking with Connie Bowen, Director of Innovation and Investment at AgLaunch a network that connects farmers and startups as well as ...
Making “Clean Cooling” Cool - E12
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Really interesting conversation with Manik Suri, CEO of CoInspect who build checklist and refrigeration monitoring solutions for food safety and susta...
Decarbonizing waste with insects - E11
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Very enjoyable chat with Olympia Yarger, CEO of Goterra a company using insects for sustainable waste management. We discussed the amazing merging of ...
Translating Agtech - E10
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Really great conversation with Sarah Nolet, founder of both the agtech focused VC firm Tenacious Ventures and AgThentic an agtech strategy and advisor...
Nature Based Sequestration Solutions - E9
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Great to speak with Irina Fedorenko who is working on nature based decarbonization solutions. We discussed the importance of solutions like mangroves ...
Scaling Grid Storage with Batteries - E8
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Excellent conversation with Nick Kitchin, CEO of Cumulus Energy Storage, developers of scalable, low cost batteries for the electrical grid. We discus...
A Circular Cup Economy - E7
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Such a fun conversation with Safia Qureshi, CEO and Founder of CupClub, a maker of reusable packaging being used by major NextGen consortium brands li...
Rain and the Circular Economy - E6
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Great to chat to Kevin Mercer, CEO of RainGrid a company which uses IoT connected rain barrels to manage residential storm water. We discussed how Rai...
Building with Bamboo - E5
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brilliant chat with Troy Carter, Co-Founder of Rizome, a company that converts bamboo into a cutting edge, decarbonizing building material. We discuss...
Energy and Data Silos - E4
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brilliant chat with Colin Gounden, CEO of VIA, a company that uses machine learning to enable encrypted analysis of confidential data at large energy ...
Painting and Packaging with Carbon - E3
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Very enjoyable chat with Ani Sharma, CEO of Graviky Labs, producer of AIR-INK, a unique ink made from CO2 pollution. We discussed the importance artis...
Energy Storage, and Decarbonization - E2
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Very enjoyable chat with John Jung, former CEO and Co-founder of Greensmith energy a long term and currently an operating partner at Cota Capital.. ...
Materials, AI, and Decarbonization - E1
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Great chat with Greg Mulholland, CEO and Co-founder of Citrine Informatics as AI Platform for materials development. We discussed:The early days of Ci...