Build, Repeat. (A Paces Podcast)

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!Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon  Rate 5 stars on AppleThanks so much! James #startup #cleantechPaces helps developers find and evaluate the sites most suitable for renewable development. Interested in a call with James, CEO @ Paces?

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 the podcast there are two amazing ways!Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon  Rate 5 stars on AppleThanks so much! James#startup #cleantechPaces helps developers find and evaluate the sites most suitable for renewable development. Interested in a call with James, CEO @ Paces?

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 the podcast there are two amazing ways!Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon  Rate 5 stars on AppleThanks so much! JamesPaces helps developers find and evaluate the sites most suitable for renewable development. Interested in a call with James, CEO @ Paces?

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 startup founders and much more!------If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways!Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon  Rate 5 stars on AppleThanks so much! JamesPaces helps developers find and evaluate the sites most suitable for renewable development. Interested in a call with James, CEO @ Paces?

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 support the podcast there are two amazing ways!Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon  Rate 5 stars on AppleThanks so much! JamesPaces helps developers find and evaluate the sites most suitable for renewable development. Interested in a call with James, CEO @ Paces?

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 there are two amazing ways!Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon  Rate 5 stars on AppleThanks so much! JamesPaces helps developers find and evaluate the sites most suitable for renewable development. Interested in a call with James, CEO @ Paces?

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 Carbotnic patreon  Rate 5 stars on AppleThanks so much! JamesPaces helps developers find and evaluate the sites most suitable for renewable development. Interested in a call with James, CEO @ Paces?

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 “containers” to help people find their place in climate work, how scouting and sailing drove her love of the environment, starting a company in Finland and much more!------If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways!Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon  Rate 5 stars on AppleThanks so much! JamesPaces helps developers find and evaluate the sites most suitable for renewable development. Interested in a call with James, CEO @ Paces?

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 AppleThanks so much! JamesPaces helps developers find and evaluate the sites most suitable for renewable development. Interested in a call with James, CEO @ Paces?

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 support the podcast there are two amazing ways!Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon  Rate 5 stars on AppleThanks so much! JamesPaces helps developers find and evaluate the sites most suitable for renewable development. Interested in a call with James, CEO @ Paces?