Shopify: Three lessons from investing $55m in 40 carbon removal startups

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Planetary Tech, one of Shopify's ocean-related investments, adds an alkaline solution to ocean water to catalyze faster absorption of CO2 / Source: Shopify
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Planetary Tech, one of Shopify's ocean-related investments, adds an alkaline solution to ocean water to catalyze faster absorption of CO2 / Source: Shopify

Shopify's head of sustainability, Stacy Kauk, shares secrets from four years of investing in early-stage carbon removal

Since 2019, Shopify has invested close to $55m in 40 startups that have developed methods for removing carbon dioxide from the air - from direct air capture devices to spreading crushed rock on farmland for...

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