Building a Marketplace for Carbon

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🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In part 1 of our carbon removal series, we talked to Nan Ransohoff — Head of Climate at Stripe — about what it might take to jumpstart the market of carbon removal solutions. But what happens when there is a true, thriving market of buyers and sellers? How will suppliers effectively reach the right buyers, and as more solutions become available, how will buyers effectively vet the options? In part 2, we address these questions and more, together with Brennan Spellacy, co-founder & CEO of Patch – a growing marketplace for carbon credits. We also cover many evolving market dynamics, like the potential differences between two sets of tons delivered, the opportunity and challenge of effectively educating buyers, the integration of software like Patch's API, verification solutions and their current limitations, how even the voluntary market is being held accountable for their carbon claims, and the role that Patch is playing to help develop this nascent industry. By the way, if you like this episode, be sure to look out for part 3 of our series where we get into the nitty gritty of 3 emerging carbon removal solutions — ranging from biomass pyrolysis to carbon mineralization.

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0:00.0	Banks want to view, all carbon is the same.
0:04.0	Every ton of is created equal, regardless of the underlying net income.
0:08.0	We now know that is fundamentally not true.
0:11.0	Welcome to Part 2 of our carbon removal series.
0:13.4	If you miss Part 1, we talked to Nan Ransahoff, head of Climate at Stripe, about what it might take to
0:18.7	jumpstart the market of carbon removal solutions.
0:21.0	But what happens when there is a true thriving market of buyers and sellers?
0:25.7	How will suppliers effectively reach the right buyers?
0:28.1	And as more solutions become available, how will buyers effectively vet the options?
0:32.6	In this segment, we address these questions and more,
0:35.0	together with Brennan Spallisie, co-founder and CEO of Patch,
0:38.3	a growing marketplace for carbon credits.
0:40.6	We also cover many evolving market dynamics, like the potential differences between two sets of tons delivered, the opportunity and the challenge of effectively educating buyers on these differences, the integration of software like Patches API, verification solutions and their current limitations,
0:55.5	how even the voluntary market is being held accountable for their carbon claims,
0:59.5	and ultimately the role that Patches playing to help develop this nascent industry.
1:04.0	By the way, if you like this episode, be sure to look out for part three of our series,
1:07.6	where we get into the nitty gritty of some of these emerging carbon removal solutions,
1:11.4	ranging from biomass pyrolysis to carbon mineralization.
1:14.8	For now, I hope you enjoy this episode with Brennan.
1:19.0	The content here is for informational purposes only should not be taken as legal business tax or investment
1:24.4	advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security and is not directed at any investors
1:29.7	or potential investors in any A16Z fund.
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