ETF Partners raises 284M for climate startups that will be effective quickly-not 20 years down the road | TechCrunch
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I've actually got nothing against carbon capture and storage, apart from the fact it's probably going to be commercialized too late... Instead, Sheehan and his colleagues are diving into more software-centric companies that promise to still move the needle.
"The more I look at it, the more I completely disagree with that notion. We need to find companies we can scale rapidly to have an impact within the lifetime of a venture capital fund. That's 10 years maximum."
"Shipping's carbon emissions are nearly all fuel. With a little bit of software, which you can deploy globally in just a few years at almost no cost, you can shave off 0.3% of global emissions.
"The umbrella theme over the top of them is what I would call the intelligence layer on top of infrastructure," he said.
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